CN106992414A - Rotary connector - Google Patents

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CN106992414A
CN106992414A CN201610041546.0A CN201610041546A CN106992414A CN 106992414 A CN106992414 A CN 106992414A CN 201610041546 A CN201610041546 A CN 201610041546A CN 106992414 A CN106992414 A CN 106992414A
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王晶磊
高桥靖典
千叶修
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    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of rotary connector and the assemble method of the rotary connector of the efficiency for the assembling operation that can improve lead block.The rotary connector possesses:Fixed side body;Movable side body, links with the fixed side body, and can be rotated relative to the fixed side body;Flat cable, in the annulus between the fixed side body and the movable side body;And lead block, it is connected with the end of the length direction of the flat cable, it is held in the lead block assembled portion of at least one party of the fixed side body and the movable side body, the rotary connector is characterised by, the lead block assembled portion forms the accommodation space for storing the lead block, and with the opening portion for being used to insert the lead block from the annulus side.

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Rotary connector
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of rotary connector, the rotary connector is used as the gas in auto steerer The electrical connection mechanism of bag system etc. and use.
Background technology
Conventional rotary connector generally include to fix side body, movable side body, flat cable and Lead block etc..Movable side body links with fixed side body, and can be relative to the affixed side shell Body rotates.Flat cable in the annulus between fixed side body and movable side body, And the both ends of its length direction are exposed to the outside of annulus and electrically connected with lead block.Lead Block is by the connection terminal that is connected with external circuit and keeps the main body of the connection terminal to constitute.With it is flat The lead block of the end electrical connection of cable is held at least one party of fixed side body and movable side body Lead block assembled portion.
Figure 12 is to show that each lead block in conventional rotary connector is assembled into lead block assembled portion State sectional view.In patent document 1, by rotary connector by the first lead block 101, Second lead block 102, the 3rd lead block 103 are assembled into before lead block assembled portion 104, the first lead Block 101 is electrically connected with the first flat cable 201, the second lead block 102 and the second flat cable 202 Electrical connection, the 3rd lead block 103 is electrically connected with the 3rd flat cable 203 and the 4th flat cable 204.
Moreover, in fig. 12, the first~the 3rd lead block is being assembled respectively to lead block assembled portion 104 When 101~103, the direction of insertion of each lead block is directed towards the direction of top.
Then, by taking first and second lead block 101,102 as an example, to first and second lead block 101, 102 illustrate to the assembly operation of lead block assembled portion 104.Due to actually sometimes with by Figure 12 In the lead block and lead block assembled portion direction that turns upside down carry out the assembly operation of lead block, because This illustrates assembly operation with the direction turned upside down shown in Figure 13 and Figure 14.In addition, Figure 13 It is not the stereogram corresponding to Figure 12 with Figure 14, is not described in patent document 1, Tu13He Figure 14 is for schematically illustrating first and second lead block 101,102 in Figure 12 to lead block The figure of the assembly operation of assembled portion 104.
First, as shown in figure 13, first and second lead block 101,102 is made to be assembled positioned at lead block The surface of assigned position in portion 104, then passes through the receipts along composition lead block assembled portion 104 The wall 104a that receives makes the first lead block 101 move downward, so that it is inserted into lead block assembling Assigned position (position shown in Figure 14) in portion 104.
But, when first and second lead block 101,102 is located at the position shown in Figure 13, it is based on Now between first and second lead block 101,102 and the annulus 301 for accommodating multiple flat cables Distance, it is necessary to temporarily by the first flat cable 201 being connected with the first lead block 101 and with the The second connected flat cable 202 of two lead block 102 redundantly pulls out one from annulus 301 Point, and after the position that first and second lead block 101,102 is assembled into shown in Figure 14, The part for also needing to redundantly to pull out this, which is returned to, is used as the flat of a part for annulus 301 In cable leading-out portion 302.As shown in Figure 13, Figure 14, the flat cable leading-out portion 302 is located at ring-type The side of lead block assembled portion 104 in space 301, houses the first flat cable 201 and second flat Cable 202 and export the first flat cable 201 and the second flat cable 202 from annulus 301. Such assembling operation is typically based on manual operations, and the pull-out and recovery of flat cable cause assembling operation Become comparatively laborious.
The content of the invention
The present invention makes in view of the above problems, and its object is to provide one kind to improve lead The rotary connector of the efficiency of the assembling operation of block.
The present invention provides a kind of rotary connector, possesses:Fixed side body;Movable side body, with institute State fixed side body to link, and can be rotated relative to the fixed side body;Flat cable, volume It is wound in the annulus between the fixed side body and the movable side body;And lead Block, is connected with the end of the length direction of the flat cable, be held in the fixed side body and The lead block assembled portion of at least one party of the movable side body, the rotary connector is characterised by, The lead block assembled portion forms the accommodation space for storing the lead block, and with being used for The opening portion of the lead block is inserted from the annulus side.
According to the rotary connector of the present invention, due to inserting lead block from annulus side, with conventional edge The situation for rotation direction of principal axis insertion lead block is compared, and can significantly reduce flat cable empty from ring-type Between in the pull-out amount that is redundantly pulled out so that the operation for recovering the pull-out amount also becomes easy, Even without the operation for reply the pull-out amount.Thus, based on manual assembling operation Complexity is reduced, it is possible to increase the efficiency of assembling operation.
In the rotary connector, the lead block assembled portion has the receipts for forming the accommodation space Na Bi, the opening portion is in the storage wall, the storage wall tool being connected with the opening portion There is a guide portion, the guide portion is relative to being held in the lead block of the lead block assembled portion towards institute Annulus is stated to roll tiltedly.
Can in the process for being inserted obliquely into lead block towards annulus side relative to the lead block being kept Approximately to regard the process that lead block is rotated by flat cable centered on the export mouth of annulus as. In this process with little need for temporarily by flat cable, redundantly pull-out is a part of from annulus, Also just with little need for entering to be about to the operation that the part redundantly pulled out is returned in annulus.
In the rotary connector, the flat cable from the annulus to the lead block Between extended part length and the annulus it is identical with the distance between the guide portion.
From annulus side insertion lead block during, flat cable from the annulus to The length of extended part is not necessarily larger than between annulus and lead block assembled portion between the lead block Beeline, of course without requirement of carrying out that flat cable is redundantly temporarily pulled out into one from annulus The operation of part etc..
In the rotary connector, the guide portion has along the direction of insertion of the lead block Guide surface.
Based on the guide surface, more reliably it can draw along direction of insertion to the insertion of lead block assembled portion Line block, and contact based on lead block with guide surface causes insertion operation more to stablize, and can enter one Step improves the efficiency of assembling operation.
In the rotary connector, the one of the lead block of the lead block assembled portion is maintained at The end of side is kept by the bottom of the storage wall, and is also had the opposing party of the lead block End be maintained at the maintaining body of assigned position.
Based on the storage wall and maintaining body, the position of lead block is fixed, so that external connection Connection between device and the connection terminal of lead block becomes easy.
In the rotary connector, in the case where the lead block is maintained at the assigned position, The orientation for multiple connection terminals that the lead block has and the rotary shaft of the movable side body Direction is parallel.
In the rotary connector, in the case where the main body of the lead block is cuboid, protected The rotation direction of principal axis held in a face of the main body of the assigned position and the movable side body is put down OK.
In the case where the orientation of the connection terminal of lead block is parallel with rotation direction of principal axis, or by A face for being maintained at the main body of the cuboid of assigned position is parallel with the rotation direction of principal axis of movable side body In the case of, with lead block compared with rotation direction of principal axis is inclined by the situation of setting, connect process Become to be more prone to.Moreover, compared with the situation that lead block is inclined by setting, the setting of lead block is empty Between it is smaller, space service efficiency is high, is more beneficial for the overall miniaturization of device.
In the rotary connector, also with other components, other described components are arranged on described draw Certain side of the rotation direction of principal axis along the movable side body of line block assembled portion.Other described components are Other lead block beyond the lead block.
Certain side (such as the upside in Figure 10) of direction of principal axis is rotated even in the edge of lead block assembled portion Other components are provided with, because other components will not influence to the insert band of lead block, Neng Goushun Freely realize the assembling of lead block.And then, other components can also be other lead block, at this In the case of can also ensure that neighbouring setting free degree when multiple lead block are set.
The present invention also provides a kind of assemble method of rotary connector, and the rotary connector is above-mentioned skill Rotary connector described in art scheme, it is characterised in that empty from the ring-type via the opening portion Between the lateral lead block assembled portion assemble the lead block.
In the assemble method of the rotary connector, including:The lead is inserted to the opening portion Block, untill the end of a side of the lead block is contacted with the bottom of the lead block assembled portion The step of, contacted in the end of a side of the lead block with the bottom of the lead block assembled portion Under state, the step of end of the opposing party of the lead block is rotated to assigned position.
According to the assemble method of the rotary connector of the present invention, due to inserting lead block from annulus side, Compared with inserting the situation of lead block along rotation direction of principal axis in the past, flat cable can be significantly reduced The pull-out amount redundantly pulled out from annulus, so that the operation for recovering the pull-out amount also becomes Obtain easily, in this embodiment it is not even necessary to reply the operation of the pull-out amount.Thus, based on manual group Pretend the complexity reduction of industry, it is possible to increase the efficiency of assembling operation.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the rotary connector of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the rotary connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view of fixed side body.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram for showing the state that lead block is assembled into after lead block assembled portion.
Fig. 5 is the amplification stereogram for representing to be arranged at the structure of the lead block assembled portion of outer cylinder body.
Fig. 6 is the amplification stereogram for representing to insert lead block from the opening portion of lead block assembled portion.
Fig. 7 is the amplification stereogram for representing the assigned position that lead block is assembled into lead block assembled portion.
Fig. 8 is the first hook part and the figure of the fastening state of the first engaging recessed part for representing maintaining body.
Fig. 9 is the second hook part and the figure of the fastening state of the second engaging recessed part for representing maintaining body.
Figure 10 is to represent in second embodiment to insert putting for lead block from the opening portion of lead block assembled portion Big stereogram.
Figure 11 is to represent that lead block is assembled into the predetermined bits in lead block assembled portion in second embodiment The amplification stereogram put.
Figure 12 is to represent that each lead block in conventional rotary connector is assembled into lead block assembled portion The sectional view of state.
Figure 13 is to schematically show first and second lead block assembling by conventional rotary connector The stereogram of state before to lead block assembled portion.
Figure 14 is to schematically show first and second lead block assembling by conventional rotary connector To the stereogram of the state in lead block assembled portion.
Symbol description
1 fixes side body
2 movable side bodies
21 upper rotors
21a top plate portions
21b inner cylinder portions
22 lower rotors
23 first wirning harnesses
24 second wirning harnesses
3 flat cables
3a ends
4 supports
4a ring-shaped flat plate portions
4b rollers
4c guides wall portion
5 locking components
6 outer cylinder bodies
7 base plate members
8 lead block assembled portions
9 lead block
The end of the sides of 9a mono-
The end of 9b the opposing party
10 lead block housings
11 interfaces
12 storage wall
The storage wall of 12a first
The storage wall of 12b second
The storage wall of 12c the 3rd
13 opening portions
14 guide portions
14a guide surfaces
15 maintaining bodies
The hook parts of 15a first
The hook parts of 15b second
The engaging recessed parts of 15c first
The engaging recessed parts of 15d second
16 other lead block (other components)
S annuluses
S1 flat cable leading-out portions
Specific embodiment
Hereinafter, each embodiment of invention is illustrated with reference to each accompanying drawing.
(first embodiment)
First, referring to Figures 1 and 2, to the present invention first embodiment rotary connector totality Composition is illustrated.Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the rotary connector of first embodiment.Fig. 2 is Fig. 1 The exploded perspective view of shown rotary connector.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the rotary connector of embodiments of the present invention example mainly includes:Gu Determine side body 1;(the bag of movable side body 2 linked in a rotatable manner with the fixation side body 1 Include upper rotor 21 and lower rotor 22);Wound on positioned at fixed side body 1 and movable side body 2 Between annulus S in flat cable 3 (reference picture 3);Configure in a rotatable manner Support 4 between two housings 1,2;And for the locking structure for the neutral position for maintaining rotary connector Part 5.
Rotary connector in the present invention is assembled on the transfer of automobile and used, fixed side body 1 It is arranged at car body (not shown) side of transfer, the steering wheel of movable side body 2 and transfer is (not Diagram) side link, pass through at least one flat cable 3 and realize fixed side body 1 and movable side body Electrical connection between 2.
In addition, being provided with the first wirning harness 23 electrically connected with flat cable 3 on movable side body 2 With the second wirning harness 24.
As shown in Fig. 2 movable side body 2 includes plastic upper rotor 21 and lower rotor 22, upper rotor 21 clips fixed side body 1 with lower rotor 22 and is combined with integration by buckle. Upper rotor 21 has circular top plate portion 21a and the inner cylinder hung down from top plate portion 21a center Portion 21b, inner cylinder portion 21b internal diameter are set to the size that steering spindle (not shown) is inserted into.
Flat cable 3 is to be carried with band on the dielectric film of the compositions such as PET (the western purport of poly terephthalic acid second) The flexible cable of the strip of shape conductor, in addition to the both ends of the length direction of flat cable 3, band Shape conductor is covered by dielectric film.The width of flat cable 3 is about 15mm.Although illustrate only in Fig. 3 The part close to fixed side body 1 of flat cable 3, but actually flat cable 3 is can roll up The mode of tight and loose winding is accommodated in the annulus S between outer cylinder body 6 and inner cylinder portion 21b.
Flat cable 3 can transmit the electric signal of gas-bag system or horn circuit etc., can also transmit and set The electric signal of the various switches of multi-functional steering wheel is placed in, such as sound equipment controlling switch.As needed, The quantity of flat cable 3 can also be 1 or more than 2.
Support 4 is the formed products of synthetic resin, is had:Side in annulus S to rotate freely Formula is mounted in the ring-shaped flat plate portion 4a on base plate member 9;Stand up ring-shaped flat plate portion 4a can The multiple roller 4b and guiding wall portion 4c rotated.Flat cable 3 is hung on defined roller 4b and passes through roller Between 4b and opposed guiding wall portion 4c, so that the coiling direction of flat cable 3 is inverted in midway.
Below, reference picture 3 and Fig. 4 are illustrated to the structure of fixed side body 1.
Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view of fixed side body 1.Fixed side body 1 is by plastic Outer cylinder body 6 and the schematic configuration of base plate member 7, substantially cylindric outer cylinder body 6 are by buckle combination With the outer peripheral edge integrally of the substantially base plate member 7 of annular shape.
In addition, being provided with the lead block assembled portion 8 for package lead block 9 in the outside of outer cylinder body 6. Moreover, before the package lead block 9 into lead block assembled portion 8, lead block 9 and flat cable 3 Length direction end 3a rivet or welding etc. by way of electrically connect.
Fig. 4 shows the state that lead block 9 is assembled into after lead block assembled portion 8.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, lead block 9 includes metal multiple connection terminals (not shown) With plastic main body, multiple connection terminals and main body are formed by insert part forming, and main body is kept Multiple connection terminals.The end of one side of connection terminal is exposed to the main body of lead block 9, along rotation Direction of principal axis is arranged, the end of the end of the opposing party by way of riveting or welding etc. with flat cable 3 3a is electrically connected.Above-mentioned " rotation direction of principal axis " includes the rotary shaft of the movable side body 2 of rotary connector Axis direction, also including the direction with the diameter parallel.
In addition, being provided with the periphery of the base plate member 7 of fixed side body 1 from the lower section covering in Fig. 3 And the lead block housing 10 of anchor leg block 9.Fixed side body 1, which also has, to be used for and aerial lug The interface 11 of connection (not shown), the interface 11 can be assembled on lead block housing 10.
Then, 5~Fig. 7 of reference picture, structure to lead block 9 and lead block assembled portion 8 and was assembled Journey is illustrated.Connect in fact, the upper and lower relation of the rotary connector shown in Fig. 1~Fig. 4 is rotation Upper and lower relation when device is assembled into the transfer of automobile is connect, and is assembled into entering to be about to lead block 9 Be typically that fixed side body 1 turns upside down during the process of lead block assembled portion 8, with Fig. 5~ Direction shown in Fig. 7 carries out the assembly operation of lead block 9.Below, for the assembling with reality Journey is consistent, and the state after side body 1 turns upside down that will fix in 5~Fig. 7 of reference picture is illustrated.
Fig. 5 is the amplification stereogram for representing to be arranged at the structure of the lead block assembled portion 8 of outer cylinder body 6.
Lead block assembled portion 8 has the storage wall 12 for foring the accommodation space for storing lead block 9, And the opening portion 13 of lead block 9 can be inserted from annulus S sides by being provided with storage wall 12.Figure In 5, the second storage wall 12b described later, the 3rd storage wall 12c and guide surface 14a form respectively two Individual opening portion 13, each opening portion 13 is open towards the direction of insertion of lead block 9.Ring-type in Figure 5 Space S is located at the radially inner side of outer cylinder body 6.
Because the main body of the lead block 9 in present embodiment turns into the shape of approximately parallelepiped body, therefore receive Wall 13 of receiving has spatially mutually orthogonal the first storage wall 12a, the second storage wall 12b and the 3rd Storage wall 12c, the first storage wall 12a, the second storage wall 12b and the 3rd storage wall 12c are right respectively Three faces of the main body of approximately parallelepiped body are supported.Wherein, the 3rd storage wall 12c is in rotary shaft side Upward carrier lead block 9 (reference picture 7).
In addition, in a 3rd storage wall 12c part (that is, the 3rd storage being connected with opening portion 13 A part for wall 12c close opening portion 13) guide portion 14 is provided with, guide portion 14 has relative In rotation direction of principal axis (above-below direction in Fig. 5) towards the inclined guide surface 14a in annulus S sides, And guide surface 14a incline direction is consistent with the direction of insertion of lead block 9.In other words, guide Face 14a rolls oblique relative to the lead block 9 for being held in lead block assembled portion 8 towards annulus S (reference picture 7).
Fig. 6 is the amplification for representing to be inserted obliquely into lead block 9 from the opening portion 13 of lead block assembled portion 8 Stereogram.Fig. 7 is to represent putting for the assigned position that lead block 9 is assembled into lead block assembled portion 8 Big stereogram.
Specific Assembly Action is as follows.As shown in fig. 6, first by lead block 9 along guide surface 14a Incline direction from annulus S sides insertion opening portion 13.As the main body 9b of lead block 9 side After end 9a is contacted with the 3rd storage wall 12c positioned at downside and (supported by the 3rd storage wall 12c), Using the part of contact as fulcrum, the end 9b of the main body 9b of lead block 9 the opposing party is rotated to rule Positioning is put.Here " assigned position " refers to that lead block 9 is correct relative to lead block assembled portion 8 Assembling position.As shown in fig. 7, lead block 9 be located at the assigned position when, lead block 9 it is multiple The orientation (above-below direction in Fig. 7) of connection terminal and the rotation direction of principal axis of movable side body 2 It is parallel.Now, a face of the main body of the cuboid of the assigned position and movable side body 2 are maintained at Rotation direction of principal axis it is parallel.
Moreover, no matter state in insertion illustrated in fig. 6 or rotation illustrated in fig. 7 are to solid The state put is positioned, the end 3a of flat cable 3 is (i.e. from annulus S flat cable leading-out portion S1 is to part extended between lead block 9) length and annulus S flat cable leading-out portion S1 It is roughly the same with the distance between guide portion 14.Flat cable leading-out portion S1 is located at annulus S1 The side of lead block assembled portion 8, house flat cable 3 and from annulus S export flat cable 3.
In addition, being additionally provided with fixed side body 1 by the end of the opposing party of the main body of lead block 9 9b is maintained at the maintaining body 15 of the assigned position shown in Fig. 7.
Maintaining body in present embodiment is realized by snap fastener.Such as Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 institutes Show, receiving space projection towards lead block 9 is provided near the first storage wall 12a upper end First hooks (hook) portion 15a, is provided near the second storage wall 12b upper end towards lead block 9 Receiving space projection the second hook part 15b.
As shown in figure 8, (that is, what is be connected with lead block 9 is flat on the thickness direction of lead block 9 The end 3a of cable 3 extended direction) on, the first hook part 15a and the main body for being arranged at lead block 9 On the first engaging recessed part 15c engagings, so that it is determined that the position of lead block 9 in a thickness direction.
As shown in figure 9, in the short transverse (i.e. the rotation direction of principal axis of rotary connector) of lead block 9 On width (each connection terminal 9a bearing of trend), the second hook part 15b is with being arranged at lead Second engaging recessed part 15d engaging in the main body of block 9, so that it is determined that lead block 9 is in short transverse With the position on width.
Below, the technique effect of present embodiment is illustrated.
According to the rotary connector of present embodiment or the assemble method of the rotary connector, due to from ring Lead block 9 is inserted in shape space S side, compared with inserting the situation of lead block 9 along rotation direction of principal axis in the past, The pull-out amount that flat cable 3 is redundantly pulled out from annulus S can be significantly reduced, so that So that the operation for recovering the pull-out amount also becomes easy, in this embodiment it is not even necessary to the behaviour for reply the pull-out amount Make.Thus, the complexity reduction based on manual assembling operation, it is possible to increase assembling operation Efficiency.
In addition, being inserted obliquely into lead towards annulus S sides relative to the lead block 9 being kept The process of block 9 can approximately regard as lead block 9 using annulus S flat cable leading-out portion S1 as The process of center rotating.In this process with little need for temporarily by flat cable 3 from annulus S Flat cable leading-out portion S1 in redundantly pull out a part, it is also just unnecessary with little need for entering to be about to this The operation that the part that ground is pulled out is returned in annulus S flat cable leading-out portion S1.
In addition, during from annulus S sides insertion lead block 9, flat cable 3 from flat Flat cable leading-out portion S1 is not necessarily larger than flat cable export to the length of part extended between lead block 9 Beeline between portion S1 and lead block assembled portion 8, it is temporary transient by flat cable of course without requirement of carrying out 3 redundantly pull out the operation of a part etc. from annulus S.
, can be more reliably along direction of insertion to lead block assembled portion in addition, based on guide surface 14a 8 insertion lead block 9, and insertion operation is caused more based on the contact with guide surface 14a of lead block 9 It is stable, it can further improve the efficiency of assembling operation.
In addition, based on the 3rd storage wall 12c and maintaining body 15, the position of lead block 9 is fixed, So that the connection between aerial lug and the connection terminal of lead block 9 becomes easy.
In addition, in the case where the orientation of the connection terminal of lead block 9 is parallel with rotation direction of principal axis, Or it is maintained at a face and the rotary shaft of movable side body 2 of the main body of the cuboid of assigned position In the case that direction is parallel, with lead block 9 compared with rotation direction of principal axis is inclined by the situation of setting, Connection process becomes to be more prone to.Moreover, compared with the situation that lead block 9 is inclined by setting, lead The installation space of block 9 is smaller, and space service efficiency is high, is more beneficial for the overall miniaturization of device.
(second embodiment)
The rotary connector of present embodiment and the rotary connector of first embodiment are essentially identical, under Face is illustrated only for distinctive points.
Figure 10 is to represent the insertion of opening portion 13 lead in second embodiment from lead block assembled portion 8 The amplification stereogram of block 9.Figure 11 is to represent that lead block 9 is assembled into lead block in second embodiment The amplification stereogram of assigned position in assembled portion 8.
The rotary connector of present embodiment also has other lead block 16 in addition to lead block 9, its He includes metal 2 connection terminals (not shown) and plastic main body at lead block 16. The end of one side of connection terminal is exposed to main body, and the end of the opposing party passes through the side of riveting or welding etc. Formula is electrically connected with the end 3a of other flat cables 3.
As shown in figure 11, a part for other lead block 16 is arranged on the edge of lead block assembled portion 8 The side (upside in Figure 11) of the rotation direction of principal axis of movable side body 2.
Certain side that the edge of lead block assembled portion 8 rotates direction of principal axis is provided with other lead block 16 Deng other components, can be smooth because other components will not influence to the insert band of lead block Realize the assembling of lead block 9 in ground.And then, in the case where other components are other lead block 16, It can also ensure that setting free degree during the multiple lead block of neighbouring setting.
The present invention is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment.That is, those skilled in the art can also be in this hair In bright technical scope or its equivalent scope, the inscape progress to above-mentioned embodiment is various Change, combination, replacement.
For example, the number and shape of the guide surface in embodiments of the present invention are all suitably to become More, two guide surfaces in Fig. 5 can also be replaced and multiple narrower guiding ribs or one are set Broader guide surface.
Furthermore, it is to be understood that the shape and quantity of each storage wall are also suitably to change, as long as can Realize the function of storing lead block.In addition, storage wall may also include covering lead block The roof of upper surface in Fig. 7.
In addition, the shape of opening portion is also not limited to the shape shown in Fig. 5.It is provided with for example, working as In the case of roof, opening portion can also be empty along the direction orthogonal with rotation direction of principal axis towards ring-type Between S side openings.
In addition, the maintaining body of the present invention is also not limited to this.For example can also be in fixed side body Lead block housing on formed maintaining body come fix keep lead block position.In addition, the machine of holding Structure is also not limited to snap fastener, can also be realized by mechanisms such as insertions.
In addition, the lead block in the present invention is to be inclined by insertion, the guiding along inclined guide surface The angle and length in face etc. are also suitably to change.
Alternatively, it is also possible to be not provided with rake and inclined guide surface, make lead block along in Fig. 6 Horizontal direction is inserted into lead block assembled portion from annular space side.

Claims (11)

1. a kind of rotary connector, possesses:
Fixed side body;
Movable side body, links with the fixed side body, and can be relative to the affixed side shell Body rotates;
Flat cable, wound on the ring-type between the fixed side body and the movable side body In space;And
Lead block, is connected with the end of the length direction of the flat cable, is held in the fixation The lead block assembled portion of at least one party of side body and the movable side body,
The rotary connector is characterised by,
The lead block assembled portion is formd for storing the accommodation space of the lead block, and is had Opening portion for inserting the lead block from the annulus side.
2. rotary connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that
The lead block assembled portion has the storage wall for forming the accommodation space, and the opening portion is located at In the storage wall, the storage wall being connected with the opening portion has guide portion, the guide portion Rolled relative to the lead block for being held in the lead block assembled portion towards the annulus oblique.
3. rotary connector as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that
The length from the extended part to the lead block of the annulus of the flat cable and institute State annulus identical with the distance between the guide portion.
4. rotary connector as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that
The guide portion has the guide surface along the direction of insertion of the lead block.
5. rotary connector as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that
The end of a side of the lead block of the lead block assembled portion is maintained at by the storage wall Bottom keep, and also have the end of the opposing party of the lead block is maintained at assigned position Maintaining body.
6. rotary connector as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that
In the case where the lead block is maintained at the assigned position, what the lead block had The orientation of multiple connection terminals is parallel with the rotation direction of principal axis of the movable side body.
7. rotary connector as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that
In the case where the main body of the lead block is cuboid, the institute of the assigned position is maintained at A face for stating main body is parallel with the rotation direction of principal axis of the movable side body.
8. rotary connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that
Also have other components, other described components be arranged on the lead block assembled portion along it is described can Certain side of the rotation direction of principal axis of dynamic side body.
9. rotary connector as claimed in claim 8, it is characterised in that
Other described components are other lead block beyond the lead block.
10. a kind of assemble method of rotary connector, the rotary connector is claim 1~9 institute The rotary connector stated, it is characterised in that
Via the opening portion lead is assembled from the lateral lead block assembled portion of the annulus Block.
11. the assemble method of rotary connector as claimed in claim 10, it is characterised in that
Including:
Insert the lead block to the opening portion, until the lead block a side end with it is described The step of untill the bottom contact of lead block assembled portion,
The state contacted in the end of a side of the lead block with the bottom of the lead block assembled portion Under, the step of end of the opposing party of the lead block is rotated to assigned position.
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