Patent ID: 7758362
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A rotary connector apparatus, comprising: a fixed side member supported fixedly; a rotating side member rotatably supported by the fixed side member and rotatable together with another rotating side member; a floating spacer disposed between the fixed side member and the rotating side member and rotatably floating according to rotation of the rotating side member, the floating spacer having an inverting pass portion communicating between the inside and the outside in a radial direction; a flat cable passing through the inverting pass portion of the floating spacer to be inverted and wound on the sides of inner and outer peripheries of the floating spacer; and an outer peripheral face of the floating spacer including a recessed portion centrally located in a direction of a rotational axis of the floating spacer to provide an area substantially not in contact with the flat cable so as to avoid hitting of the flat cable, and further including first and second guide faces providing first and second respective contact surfaces against which the flat cable hits, and which are disposed on both sides of the recessed portion in the direction of the rotational axis of the floating spacer.