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Cable type electric connector

  • US 5,752,843 A
  • Filed: 08/19/1996
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cable type electric connector for use with a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • an annular housing structure having an outer cylindrical wall and a first cable leading structure;

    a steering wheel cover shaped to cover a back side of said steering wheel upon said cover being mounted to said back side, said steering wheel cover having a circular rotor structure integrated therewith, said circular rotor structure being coaxially and rotatable disposed on said annular housing structure, said circular rotor structure having a circular center opening;

    an inner cylindrical wall integral with and formed on said circular rotor structure and projecting from a peripheral portion of said circular center opening toward a bottom of said annular housing structure, said inner cylindrical wall having a second cable leading structure; and

    a flat cable movably spiraled in an annular space defined between said outer cylindrical wall and said inner cylindrical wall, said flat cable having an inner end portion exposed to the outside through said second cable leading structure and an outer end portion exposed to the outside through said first cable leading structure; and

    a plurality of projections projecting radially outwardly from a root portion of said inner cylindrical wall, each projection defining a step on which one edge of said flat cable slidably contacts.

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