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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Takatatsu Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reel device is assembled with a wire harness routed between a fixed member and a movable member. A casing has a first port to which a fixed first portion of the wire harness is fixed and lead out therefrom, and a second port from a movable second portion of the wire harness is lead out. A roller is rotatably provided in the casing. The roller includes a partition plate for partitioning inside of the casing a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space. A shaft member is formed on the partition plate so as to be located in the first accommodating space, on which the first portion of the wire harness is wound. A reel drum is formed on the partition plate so as to be located in the second accommodating space and having a belt member a first end of which is fixed thereon. The reel drum winds a predetermined length of the second portion of the wire harness thereon together with the belt member the second end of which is attached to the second portion of the wire harness. A notch is formed on an outer periphery of the partition plate, to which a third portion defining a boundary between the first and second portions of the wire harness is engaged. A reel spring is provided in the reel drum for urging the roller toward a direction for taking up the second portion of the wire harness into the casing.