Patent ID: 6364079
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A cable reel including a fixed case having a peripheral wall that protrudes from an outer periphery of an annular-type bottom wall, a movable case having a peripheral wall that protrudes from the inner periphery of an annular upper wall, said fixed case and said movable case being interfitted in a rotatable manner and forming an annular cable housing space, and said fixed case and said movable case house a flat cable spirally in the cable housing space;an opening formed in a portion of the peripheral wall of said fixed case, and a connector housing integrally provided with a combination switch fixing area being formed on the bottom wall at a lower end of said opening; and a connector connected by welding to the terminals of an external cable at a vertical lower end of a bus-bar by laying narrow-strip bus-bars in parallel on an insulation board with exposed ends of the flat cable conductors welded to the end in the horizontal direction of each bus-bar; whereby, the welding area of said flat cable and said bus-bar of said connector is positioned at said opening, the welding area of the bus-bar and said external cable is interfitted into said connector housing, and said opening in said peripheral wall of said fixed case is covered with a cover such that a continuous peripheral wall is provided, with said cover having the same curvature as said peripheral wall of said fixed case.