POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR SLIDING DOOR

• US 20120146407A1
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Furukawa Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Furukawa Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: USHIYAMA, Masatoshi, ENOMOTO, Noritsugu, MUKAI, Yasuhiko, MIYAJIMA, Kazuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,508,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses

Abstract

The power supply apparatus for sliding door 100 includes the vehicle body side fixing member 110 provided in the guide rail receiving portion 143, the bracket side fixing member 120 provided in the bracket 151, the wiring body 130 for supplying power from the vehicle body 140 side to the sliding door 150 side and the running member for bracket 160 for running and holding the wiring body 130 on the back surface of the bracket 151. The wiring body 130 is held with the vehicle body side fixing member 110 and the bracket side fixing member 120, and is arranged to run on the back surface of the bracket 151 with the running member for bracket 160.

Claims

1. The power supply apparatus for sliding door for supplying power all the time from said vehicle body to said sliding door which is arranged to open and close with the bracket moved along the guide rail received in the guide rail receiving portion, comprising;

a wiring body for supplying power from said vehicle body side to said sliding door side;

a bracket side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said bracket for holding said wiring body;

a running member for bracket for running and fixing said wiring body on a back surface of said bracket.

2. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said running member for bracket comprises a running tube into which said wiring body is inserted, and a fixing member for fixing said running tube on said back surface of said bracket.

3. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wiring body comprises said flat cable, and said running member for bracket comprises a flat surface adjustment member for adjusting said flat cable extracted from said bracket side fixing member non-parallel to said back surface of said bracket such as parallel to said back surface of said bracket.

4. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 3, wherein said running member for bracket further includes a running direction control member for folding said flat cable and controlling a running direction of said flat cable.

5. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 3 or 4, said running member for bracket further includes a running base fixed on said back surface of said bracket, in which said flat cable, said flat surface adjustment member and said running direction control member are provided.

6. The power supply apparatus for sliding door for supplying power all the time from said vehicle body to said sliding door which is arranged to open and close with said bracket moved along said guide rail received in said guide rail receiving portion, comprising;

a wiring body for supplying power from said vehicle body side to said sliding door side;

a vehicle body side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said guide rail receiving portion for holding said wiring body;

a bracket side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said bracket for holding said wiring body;

an exterior tube arranged to run at least between said vehicle body side fixing member and said bracket side fixing member for receiving said wiring body;

wherein said exterior tube is arranged to run in such a manner that an upper surface and lower surface of said exterior tube which substantially have plate-shape are horizontally maintained, and has configuration to bend for moving inside said guide rail receiving portion accompanied with the opening and closing of said sliding door.

7. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 6, wherein said upper surface has high thickness for having high rigidity and said lower surface has low thickness for having low rigidity such that a bent portion is formed in said exterior tube with said upper surface outside and with said lower surface inside.

8. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 6 or 7, wherein said upper surface has high flexibility such that said bent portion is formed with said upper surface outside.

9. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 6, wherein grooves are provided on said lower surface of said exterior tube in a perpendicular direction to said running direction with prescribed gaps, and said bent portion is formed with said lower surface inside.

10. The power supply apparatus for sliding door for supplying power all the time from said vehicle body to said sliding door which is arranged to open and close with said bracket moved along said guide rail received in said guide rail receiving portion, comprising;

a wiring body for supplying power from said vehicle body side to said sliding door side;

a bracket side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said bracket for holding said wiring body;

a wiring support member for running said wiring body extracted from said bracket side fixing member to said sliding door along said edge portion of said bracket.

11. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 10, wherein said wiring support member comprises not less than two pairs of two fixing hooks having the length more than the width of said wiring body and facing each other, and said wiring body is inserted between said two fixing hooks.

12. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 11, wherein said wiring support member includes not less than two pairs of a mounting hook for mounting said wiring body and a metal fixture facing said mounting hook for fixing said wiring body, and said mounting hook is integrally formed with said bracket.

13. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 10, wherein said wiring support member comprises said running tube into which said wiring body is inserted and a metal fittings for fixing said running tube on said bracket.

14. The power supply apparatus for sliding door for supplying power all the time from said vehicle body to said sliding door which is arranged to open and close with said bracket moved along said guide rail received in said guide rail receiving portion, comprising;

a wiring body for supplying power from said vehicle body side to said sliding door side;

a vehicle body side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said guide rail receiving portion for holding said wiring body;

a bracket side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said bracket for holding said wiring body;

a sliding door side fixing member provided in a prescribed position of said sliding door for holding said wiring body;

a exterior tube into which said wiring body is inserted for protecting the wiring body;

wherein said exterior tube is provided at least from said bracket side fixing member to an end of said bracket on said sliding door side.

15. The power supply apparatus for sliding door as claimed in claim 14, wherein a second exterior tube different from said exterior tube provided on said bracket, is provided from said vehicle body side fixing member to said bracket side fixing member, and said second exterior tube has lower rigidity than said exterior tube.