Patent ID: 7223104
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A rotary connector device comprising: a stator; a rotor rotatably fitted to the stator, the rotor comprising an upper rotary member and a lower rotary member; a cable chamber surrounded by the stator and the upper rotary member of the rotor and formed circumferentially around the lower rotary member, which is a rotatable center of the rotor; a cable in the cable chamber so as to allow rotating of the rotor in relation to the stator, the cable having one end connected to the stator and another end connected to the rotor; and a slip ring mechanism comprising at least one conductive ring and at least one sliding terminal, wherein the at least one conductive ring is fixed to one of the rotor and the stator, and wherein the at least one sliding terminal is fixed to the other of the rotor and the stator and is also configured to slip on the conductive ring; wherein the stator has a stationary top face part which covers an upside of the cable chamber, while the rotor has a rotary top face part formed so as to adjoin the stationary top face part of the stator; and wherein the slip ring mechanism is in a clearance between the stationary top face part of the stator and the rotary top face part of the rotor.