Patent ID: 7104821

Claim:
A rotary connector comprising: a fixed-side housing that includes a cylindrical case and a ring-shaped cover for covering a lower open end of the case; a movable-side housing that includes a ring-shaped top panel part for covering an upper open end of the case and a first cylindrical part protruding downward from an inner circumferential end of the top panel part; a rotor snap that includes a second cylindrical part connected to the first cylindrical part by being inserted thereinto from under the cover and locking parts having segments protruding outward from a lower end of the second cylindrical part in a radial direction thereof; a receiving space that is formed by rotatably assembling the movable-side housing to the fixed-side housing; flexible cables that are electrically connected to the fixed-side housing and the movable-side housing in the receiving space; and a ring-shaped plate part that is locked with the locking parts; wherein a holding projection projects outward in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the second cylindrical part between a lower end of the first cylindrical part and the locking parts, and a holding step is provided so as to form a step on an inner rim of an upper surface of the cover, and a wall surface forming the step of the holding step faces a side surface of the holding projection, and an inner rim of the cover is rotatably interposed between a lower surface of the holding projection and an upper surface of the ring-shaped plate part.