Patent · US Expired

Cable type electric connector

US5593310A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1994
Grant dateJan 14, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R35/025
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

As a part of a cable type electric connector, an annular housing structure is used which has a first cable leading portion. An annular guide body is rotatably and coaxially received in the annular housing structure. The annular guide body has a cable passing slot. An annular rotor is coaxially disposed on the annular housing structure. The annular rotor has a second cable leading portion. A flat cable is passed through the cable passing slot of the annular guide body so that the flat cable is divided into an inner flat cable part movably received in a circular space surrounded by the annular guide body and an outer flat cable part movably received in an annular space formed around the annular guide body. The inner flat cable part has an inner end exposed to the outside through the second cable leading portion and the outer flat cable part has an outer end exposed to the outside through the first cable leading portion. A lock mechanism is employed for locking at least one the annular rotor and the annular guide body relative to the annular housing structure.

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