The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Yasuhiko Mukai

Masatoshi Ushiyama

Noritsugu Enomoto

Masahiro Okumura

Seiichi Ueno

Kazuo Miyajima

Masato Miyahara

The power supply apparatus for sliding doorincludes the vehicle body side fixing memberprovided in the guide rail receiving portion, the bracket side fixing memberprovided in the bracket, the wiring bodyfor supplying power from the vehicle bodyside to the sliding doorside and the running member for bracketfor running and holding the wiring bodyon the back surface of the bracket. The wiring bodyis held with the vehicle body side fixing memberand the bracket side fixing member, and is arranged to run on the back surface of the bracketwith the running member for bracket

Power supply apparatus for sliding door

A power supply apparatus for sliding door includes a flat cable for electrically connecting devices on a side of vehicle body to the devices on a side of a sliding door mounted on the vehicle body so as to be able to be slid, a vehicle body side fixing portion for fixing the flat cable on the vehicle body; and a door side fixing portion for fixing the flat cable on the sliding door, wherein the flat cable is extracted from the vehicle body side fixing portion and the door side fixing portion in the substantially same direction which is substantially parallel to the sliding directions of the sliding door, and the width direction of the flat cable is maintained to be substantially vertical.

A power supply apparatus for sliding door, comprising a body-side fixing unit fixed to a vehicle body, a door-side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, and a flat cable having a connector on both ends thereof respectively, arranged to run from the vehicle body through the body-side fixing unit and the door-side fixing unit to the sliding door, wherein the flat cable is used in such a manner that a longitudinal direction in a cross sectional area in at least a bent portion of the flat cable is in accordance with a height direction of the vehicle body.

A rotary connector having a mutually rotatable inside case and outside case and having a flat cable with one end fixed to the inside case and the other end fixed to the outside case inserted in the space therebetween. A plurality of annular belts are inserted in the circumferential direction to bias the turnabout portion of the flat cable to prevent the flat cable from becoming loose and rattling in the space. Contact prevention members are inserted between the adjoining annular belts to prevent the adjoining annular belts from coming into direct contact with each other and to smooth the rotation of the rotary connector.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiko Mukai