Patent ID: 7097478

Claim:
An electric connecting device, especially for arrangement between a steering wheel and a steering column switch module of a motor vehicle, comprising a stationary housing part and a rotatable housing part which respectively include a connecting unit and enclose at least one spiral-shaped, wound up flexible electric conductor whose respective end is connected to the connecting unit and which is guided in a reverse-direction loop inside the housing, wherein a forced guidance is assigned to the conductor in a positive fit, engaging the peripheral side of the conductor and resulting in a defined winding or unwinding of the conductor during a rotational movement of the rotational housing part; wherein the forced guidance comprises a toothing assigned to either the rotatable housing part, the stationary housing part, or both; and wherein the conductor is guided within the housing in the form of a reverse-direction loop so as to bias respective recesses in the conductor into engagement with the toothing.