Patent ID: 7775800

Claim:
A device for electrically interconnecting a steering wheel and steering-column switch module of a motor vehicle, said device comprising: a housing including a stationary housing portion and a displaceable housing portion disposed for relative rotation about an axis with respect to said stationary housing portion: a first terminal unit fixed with said stationary housing portion; a second terminal unit fixed with said displaceable housing portion; and at least first, second, third and fourth spirally wound flexible electrical wires, each wire having a first end electrically connected to the first terminal unit and a second end electrically connected to the second terminal unit, each said wire guided in a direction-changing loop within the housing, wherein said wires are circumferentially arranged within said housing and establish a plurality of parallel electrically conductive paths between said first and second terminal units, wherein the second wire is held on socket pins in a welding region of the first wire and comprises a clamping portion which is held by a fixing portion of the terminal unit.