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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Satoru Murofushi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichi Doshita, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electricity supplying structure on motor vehicle sliding door, is provided, which includes: a sliding door; a guide rail provided on the sliding door; a slider to slidably engage the guide rail; and a wiring harness secured to the slider and extending to a vehicle body side; wherein a bent portion is formed on the wiring harness between the slider and the vehicle body side. The structure further includes a wiring harness supporting guide provided over the guide rail for hanging the wiring harness therefrom toward the slider and also a reel to pull the slider in a single direction. The guide rail is a plate having a slit for the slider. The structure further includes a coil member to be fitted on the whole bent portion of the wiring harness or the coil member may be arranged on each of both end portions of the bent portion. In the structure, the wiring harness is of a tough-rubber sheath cable, and one end of the bent portion of the wiring harness may be connected to a connector to be coupled with a mating connector secured to the vehicle body. Substituting for the wiring harness supporting guide the reel, the structure may include a pair of linking arms arranged on an upper side of the guide rail and linked to each other, one of the linking arms being connected to the slider and the other of the linking arms being connected to an end side of the guide rail, wherein the wiring harness is arranged on the linking arms. Thus, a structure, wherein a connecting position between the door side wiring harness and the body side wiring harness remains still when the sliding door is opened or closed, is realized.