Patent ID: 7175454
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A rotary connector comprising: a stator housing including a bottom plate having a central hole and an outer cylindrical portion provided along an outer edge of the bottom plate; an upper rotor rotatably coupled to the stator housing with an annular accommodation space defined therebetween, the upper rotor including a top plate opposite the bottom plate and an inner cylindrical portion opposite the outer cylindrical portion; a lower rotor inserted into the central hole and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the inner cylindrical portion, the lower rotor having a flange overlapping with an outer surface of the bottom plate; a flexible cable accommodated in the accommodation space with a winding direction thereof reversed at any point of the length thereof, the flexible cable having ends electrically connected to an outside of the stator housing and the upper rotor; a holder rotatably disposed in the accommodation space, the holder having an opening through which a reversed portion of the flexible cable passes; and a spacer fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the bottom part of the inner cylindrical portion, the spacer and the flange of the lower rotor holding the bottom plate.