Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary connector and fixing structure of rotary connector
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Application No.: US16304492Application Date: 2017-04-28
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Publication No.: US10587085B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Shuji Hirai , Kazutaka Kamiya , Toshihiko Kosugi , Shigeo Shigeyama , Nobuyuki Ishigure , Yoshio Chiba , Kunihiko Ikegame , Hideki Matsumura , Tadashi Usuya
- Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. , FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC. , TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA , KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Inukami-gun JP Toyota-shi JP Niwa-gun
- Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.,TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
- Current Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.,TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Inukami-gun JP Toyota-shi JP Niwa-gun
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2016-104762 20160526
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/017003 WO 20170428
- International Announcement: WO2017/203935 WO 20171130
- Main IPC: H01R39/00
- IPC: H01R39/00 ; H01R35/04 ; B62D1/10 ; B60R16/027 ; H01R12/70 ; H01R35/02 ; H01R39/02

Abstract:
Looseness of a rotary connector and lifting of the rotary connector which occurs depending on a harness wiring state are prevented, to reduce inconvenience such as generation of an abnormal sound due to the rotary connector contacting a steering wheel.In a fixing structure of a rotary connector, which includes a projecting piece 15 to fix the rotary connector to a combination switch and a locked portion 22a to be locked by the projecting piece 15 and in which a laterally protruding locking claw 31 is formed in a tip portion of the projecting piece 15, the locking claw 31 of the projecting piece 15 is integrally provided with a flexible urging portion 15a that displaces and urges the locking claw 31 in a locking direction. A contact surface 32 is formed on the locking claw 31, the contact surface 32 obliquely coming into contact with a locking side corner 23 of the locked portion 22a from the opposing side.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190221979A1 ROTARY CONNECTOR AND FIXING STRUCTURE OF ROTARY CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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