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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuhisa Yamada, Toyota, JP;
Masao Ohhashi, Kariya, JP;
Shintaro Suzuki, Kasugai, JP;
Seiichi Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kenji Kobashi, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Shoudou, Sanda, JP;
Kenichi Shibata, Itami, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An electricity feeding device for a vehicle slide door includes a flexible conductive portion for electrically coupling components in the slide door and the vehicle body. The flexible conductive portion has a curved portion which is fitted in a groove so that at least one portion of the flexible conductive portion is spaced a distance from a wall of the groove. The curved portion moves in the groove in association with movement of the slide door for opening or closing an opening area formed in the side wall of the vehicle body.