Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary connector
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Application No.: US17025144Application Date: 2020-09-18
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Publication No.: US11325546B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Makoto Hirohashi , Toshiaki Asakura , Hiroyuki Sato , Toshiyuki Hoshi , Hiroshi Hanzawa , Satoshi Terashita
- Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-055223 20180322,JPJP2018-139548 20180725
- Main IPC: H01R39/00
- IPC: H01R39/00 ; B60R16/027 ; H01R35/02 ; B62D1/04

Abstract:
A rotary connector includes a case including a housing space and fixed to a vehicle body that includes a steering wheel including a steering-side electric component, a rotor that is rotatable around a rotational axis relative to the case, a first connector provided on the rotor and electrically connected to the steering-side electric component, a second connector provided on the case and electrically connected to a vehicle-side electric component in the vehicle body, a flexible cable that is provided in a wound state in the housing space of the case and electrically connects the first connector to the second connector, and a controller that is disposed between the first connector and the flexible cable and performs a predetermined process on an electric signal transmitted between the first connector and the flexible cable. The controller is configured to rotate together with the rotor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210070238A1 ROTARY CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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