公开(公告)号：US5037131A

公开(公告)日：1991-08-06

申请号：US554767

申请日：1990-07-18

申请人： Masanori Kuramoto ,  Hiroyuki Bannai ,  Shunichi Toyomasu ,  Kazuyuki Mori

发明人： Masanori Kuramoto ,  Hiroyuki Bannai ,  Shunichi Toyomasu ,  Kazuyuki Mori

IPC分类号： B60R16/02 ,  B60R16/027 ,  B62D1/18

CPC分类号： B60R16/027 ,  B62D1/18 ,  Y10T74/20256 ,  Y10T74/20462

摘要： A harness protecting device of a steering column having a telescopic function includes a protector, having a cable penetrating section in the front and the rear, equipped so as to contract and expand at will across the fixing and moving sides of the steering column having the telescopic function. A pair of flexible bow-like holders in the protector, for dividing a plurality of single core cables from the penetrating section, into two in the width direction of the protector in order to retain the cables. The cables, which are connected to electrical equipment attached to the moving side of the steering column, and which are wired along the steering column, are wired along the bow-like holders in the protector so as to contract and expand. Further, the harness protecting device includes a connecting part, with bifurcated connecting rods, equipped to the moving side of the steering column, and a box-like fixing housing which is equipped to the fixing side of the steering column, and which is slidably connected to the connecting rods of the connecting part. The cables are housed in a space partitioned by the connecting part and the fixing housing, and are arranged so as to contract and expand in the width direction of the fixing housing in the space.

公开(公告)号：US5529505A

公开(公告)日：1996-06-25

申请号：US250207

申请日：1994-05-27

申请人： Masanori Kuramoto ,  Hironori Kato ,  Hiroyuki Bannai ,  Kunihiko Sasaki

发明人： Masanori Kuramoto ,  Hironori Kato ,  Hiroyuki Bannai ,  Kunihiko Sasaki

IPC分类号： B62D1/04 ,  B60R16/02 ,  B60R16/027 ,  B65H75/36 ,  H01R35/02 ,  H01R35/04 ,  H01R3/00

CPC分类号： B60R16/027 ,  H01R35/02

摘要： A clock spring connector including a fixed member, a movable member rotatably connected to the fixed member, and a rotary plate fixedly connected to the movable member and rotatably mounted on the fixed member. The movable member includes a ceiling plate and a bottom plate connected together by an outer cylindrical portion, both the ceiling member and the movable member defining central openings. The movable member is received in the central openings such that an annular space is defined between an outer surface of the movable member and the outer cylindrical portion. A flexible cable is accommodated in the annular space and includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the flexible cable is connected to the movable member and to a support section of the rotary plate, the support section being located further from the center of rotation of the movable member than the edges of the central openings of the ceiling and bottom walls. The rotary plate includes a projection which is connectable to the steering wheel at a point which is further from the center of rotation of the movable member than the edges of the central openings of the ceiling and bottom walls, thereby applying a large torque to the movable member through the rotary plate when the steering wheel is rotated by a driver.

摘要翻译： 一种时钟弹簧连接器，包括固定构件，可旋转地连接到固定构件的可动构件和与可动构件固定连接并可旋转地安装在固定构件上的旋转板。 可移动部件包括顶板和通过外圆柱部分连接在一起的底板，顶板部件和限定中心开口的活动部件。 可动构件被容纳在中央开口中，使得可动构件的外表面和外圆柱形部分之间形成环形空间。 柔性电缆容纳在环形空间中并且包括第一端和第二端。 柔性电缆的第一端连接到可动构件和连接到旋转板的支撑部分，支撑部分远离可动构件的旋转中心比天花板和底部的中心开口的边缘 墙壁 旋转板包括一个突起，该突起可以在远离可动构件的旋转中心的位置上与方向盘连接，而不是天花板和底壁的中心开口的边缘，从而向可动构件施加大的扭矩 当方向盘由驾驶员旋转时通过旋转板的构件。

公开(公告)号：US5205754A

公开(公告)日：1993-04-27

申请号：US851448

申请日：1992-03-16

申请人： Masanori Kuramoto

发明人： Masanori Kuramoto

IPC分类号： B60R16/02 ,  B60R16/027 ,  B60R21/16 ,  H01R35/02 ,  H01R35/04

CPC分类号： B60R16/027 ,  H01R35/025

摘要： A clock spring connector has a fixed body; a movable body rotatably installed on the fixed body; a flexible cable wound between these fixed body and the movable body; and a lock member provided for restricting mutual rotation between the fixed body and the movable body. The clock spring connector further has an engaging portion provided on one of the fixed body and the movable body; a supporting portion having a key groove on the other of the fixed body and the movable body; and the lock member being provided with an engagement portion capable of engaging with the engaging portion and disengaging therefrom and a key capable of entering into the key groove and engaging with the supporting portion by being turned.

摘要翻译： 时钟弹簧连接器具有固定体; 可旋转地安装在固定体上的可动体; 在这些固定体与移动体之间缠绕的柔性电缆; 以及设置用于限制固定体与可动体之间的相互旋转的锁定构件。 时钟弹簧连接器还具有设置在固定体和移动体之一上的接合部分; 支撑部分，其具有在所述固定体和所述可移动体的另一个上的键槽; 并且锁定构件设置有能够与接合部分接合并与其脱离接合的接合部分，以及能够进入键槽并通过转动而与支撑部分接合的键。

公开(公告)号：US5137463A

公开(公告)日：1992-08-11

申请号：US756942

申请日：1991-09-09

申请人： Kunihiko Sasaki ,  Masanori Kuramoto

发明人： Kunihiko Sasaki ,  Masanori Kuramoto

IPC分类号： B65H75/38 ,  B60R16/02 ,  B60R16/027 ,  B65H75/48 ,  H01R35/02 ,  H02G11/00

CPC分类号： B65H75/486 ,  B60R16/027 ,  H01R35/025 ,  H02G11/00

摘要： The present invention relates to a clock spring used for the steering system of an automobile or the like in which a flexible cable is utilized to make an electrical connection between a fixed member and a movable member. The clock spring includes a stationary housing; a rotor rotatably mounted to the stationary housing; the flexible cable wound in a cable accommodating portion defined between the stationary housing and the rotor; and a cover fixed to the stationary housing so as to cover the opened end of the cable accommodating portion. The improvement of this invention resides in a construction by which ribs are provided in the cable accommodating portion to restrict the flexible cable to a position more in the inner periphery of the rotor than in the outer periphery of the same.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于汽车等的转向系统的时钟弹簧，其中柔性电缆用于在固定构件和可动构件之间形成电连接。 时钟弹簧包括一个固定的外壳; 可旋转地安装到固定壳体的转子; 所述柔性电缆缠绕在限定在所述固定壳体和所述转子之间的电缆容纳部分中; 以及固定到固定壳体以覆盖电缆容纳部分的开口端的盖子。 本发明的改进在于一种结构，通过该结构，在电缆容纳部分中设置肋，以将柔性电缆限制在转子的内周中比在其外周更多的位置。