Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotating connector
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Application No.: US14753549Application Date: 2015-06-29
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Publication No.: US10259499B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Hideki Adachi , Norihito Suzuki , Yuji Migimatsu
- Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-134955 20140630
- Main IPC: B60R16/027
- IPC: B60R16/027 ; B62D15/02 ; F16D66/00

Abstract:
A rotating connector includes a movable housing and a steering angle sensor unit. The movable housing includes a cylindrical section through which a steering shaft penetrates and a main gear integrally molded with the movable housing on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical section along a rotation direction. The steering angle sensor unit includes a fixed-side housing into which the cylindrical section of the movable housing is inserted, a satellite gear which is provided in the fixed-side housing and meshed with the main gear, and a rotation angle detection unit which is provided in the fixed-side housing and detects rotation of the satellite gear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150375787A1 ROTATING CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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