Rotating contactor for a motor vehicle steering column

A rotating contactor for a motor vehicle steering column, comprising:

• at least one flexible electrical connecting tape for powering devices connected to the steering wheel of said vehicle;
• means for winding/unwinding the flexible tape comprising a plurality of tracks for guiding the winding and unwinding of the flexible tape;
• and
• a cassette that can be mounted on the steering column and comprising:
• a stationary part, and
• a part moving relative to the stationary part that can be rotatably connected to the steering wheel of the vehicle, and defining, with the stationary part, a housing for the flexible tape and the tracks, wherein
• the stationary part of the cassette has a viewing window, and one of the tracks is differentiated and has at least one portion arranged substantially across from the viewing window of the cassette when the rotating contactor is in the neutral position, the neutral position being a position from which the rotating contactor is turned in one direction and in the other according to a predefined number of turns,
• the stationary part incorporates a casing back that can accommodate the flexible tape and the tracks, and in which the viewing window is arranged on one portion of the casing back exempt of flexible tape, and
• the casing back has a back wall and a lateral wall connected to the back wall, and in which the viewing window is arranged on the lateral wall of the casing back.