Patent ID: 6109942
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
A rotary connector comprising:a pair of housings, coaxially and relatively rotatably connected to each other;two flat cables accommodated in a space defined between said housings; anda lead block fixed to said housings,wherein at least one end portion of each of conductors of said flat cables is led to the exterior of said housings through joint bars supported by said lead block, andwherein a single flat cable is divided into said two flat cables, which are electrically independent of each other, by first providing said joint bars, the number of which is more than that of said conductors of a single flat cable, on said common lead block, and then connecting said conductors of said single flat cable to said joint bars at two connection portions placed in a direction in which said conductors extend, and subsequently, cutting said conductors between said connection portions.