Cable type electric connector

A cable type electric connector comprising:

• an annular casing having a first cable leading portion;
• an annular guide body rotatably and coaxially received in said annular casing, said annular guide body having a cable passing slot;
• an annular rotor coaxially disposed on said annular casing, said annular rotor having a second cable leading portion;
• a flat cable passing through said cable passing slot so that said flat cable is divided into an inner flat cable part movably received in an inner annular space surrounded by said annular guide body and an outer flat cable part movably received in an outer annular space defined around said annular guide body, said inner flat cable part having an inner end exposed to the outside through said second cable leading portion and said outer flat cable part having an outer end exposed to the outside through said first cable leading portion, said inner and outer flat cable parts being wound in opposite directions;
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• coupling means for coupling said annular guide body and said annular rotor in a manner to permit a relative rotation therebetween, said coupling means including a plurality of ridges formed on said collar portion of said annular rotor and means defining a circular opening in a center portion of said annular guide body, a peripheral portion of said circular opening being slidably disposed on said ridges.

A cable type electric connector comprising:

• an annular casing having a cylindrical wall;
• an annular rotor having a concentric collar portion, said collar portion being coaxially and rotatably received in said annular casing to define therebetween a cable receiving annular space;
• an annular guide body concentrically and rotatably received in said cable receiving annular space, said annular guide body having a cable passing slot;
• a flat cable having an inner end connected to said collar portion and an outer end connected to said annular casing, said flat cable passing through said cable passing slot, so that when said collar portion and said annular casing make a relative rotation therebetween, said flat cable is forced to make a roll wound on said collar portion in one direction or a roll wound within the cylindrical wall of said annular casing in the other direction;
• a cable holder ring connected to a leading end of said collar portion, said cable holder ring having an annular groove into which one lateral edge of said flat cable is inserted;
• a cable guide track formed on said annular guide body in a manner to face said annular groove of said cable holder ring, said cable guide track being capable of contacting with the other lateral edge of said flat cable;
• coupling means for coupling said annular guide body and said annular rotor in a manner to permit a relative rotation therebetween, said coupling means including a plurality of ridges formed on said collar portion of said annular rotor and means defining a circular opening in a center portion of said annular guide body, a peripheral portion of said circular opening being slidably disposed on said ridges.