Patent ID: 6733300
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
A rotary connector comprising:a stationary housing to which a first lead block is attached; a movable housing to which a second lead block is attached and which is rotatably mounted to the stationary housing; and a flexible cable which is accommodated in an accommodating portion formed between the stationary housing and the movable housing, and includes N conductor portions, each of the N conductor portions being connected to each of the first and the second lead blocks, wherein at least one of the first and the second lead blocks includes a first base member and a second base member, the first base member includes a first base portion, and N terminals integrated with the first base portion, the N terminals include N first terminal portions projecting outward from the first base portion, and N second terminal portions exposed from the first base portion, the second base member includes a second base portion and at most N terminals integrated with the second base portion, the at most N terminals include at most N first and second external terminal portions projecting outward from the second base portion, respective end portions of the N conductor portions of the flexible cable are connected to the N second terminal portions of the first base member, the at most N respective second external terminal portions of the second base member are connected to some of the N first terminal portions of the first base member, and the first external terminal portions are connectable to an external female connector terminal.