Connector device for a transmission line connecting two relatively rotating members
First Claim
1. A connector device, comprising:
- a belt-shaped transmission line coiled in the shape of a convolution, said coiled transmission line having side edges;
housing means containing said coiled transmission line, said housing means including a stationary housing portion attached to a fixed member and a movable housing portion attached to a movable member, said stationary housing portion being fixedly coupled to one end portion of said transmission line and having a first flange portion facing one side edge of said coiled transmission line, and said movable housing portion being fixedly coupled to another end portion of said transmission line and having a second flange portion facing the other side edge of said coiled transmission line, so that said movable housing portion can make a plurality of revolutions relative to said stationary housing portion;
a space being defined between at least one of said side edges of said coiled transmission line and its respective facing flange portion; and
vibration restraining means disposed in at least one of said spaces and including at least one resilient member for applying a resilient restraining force between at least one of said first and second flange portions and its associated side edge of said coiled transmission line.
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Abstract
A connector device which connects a rotatable member and a fixed member, for example, of a vehicular steering system, electrically or optically, by means of a belt-shaped transmission line coiled in a convolution. The transmission line is contained in a housing assembly which is composed of a movable housing, mounted on the rotatable-member side, and a stationary housing on the fixed-member side. A vibration restraining member is interposed between one side edge of the coiled transmission line and a flange portion of the movable and/or stationary housing. The restraining member serves to restrain the transmission line from moving crosswise, thereby preventing production of vibration and noise. Preferably, a resilient tongue, which extends along the transmission line, is fixed to an inner cylinder portion to which an inner coil-end portion of the transmission line is fixed. In such an arrangement, the transmission line is prevented from bending sigmoidally when it is loosened.
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1. A connector device, comprising:
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a belt-shaped transmission line coiled in the shape of a convolution, said coiled transmission line having side edges; housing means containing said coiled transmission line, said housing means including a stationary housing portion attached to a fixed member and a movable housing portion attached to a movable member, said stationary housing portion being fixedly coupled to one end portion of said transmission line and having a first flange portion facing one side edge of said coiled transmission line, and said movable housing portion being fixedly coupled to another end portion of said transmission line and having a second flange portion facing the other side edge of said coiled transmission line, so that said movable housing portion can make a plurality of revolutions relative to said stationary housing portion; a space being defined between at least one of said side edges of said coiled transmission line and its respective facing flange portion; and vibration restraining means disposed in at least one of said spaces and including at least one resilient member for applying a resilient restraining force between at least one of said first and second flange portions and its associated side edge of said coiled transmission line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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