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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Takanori Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Kawazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kusano, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Yanagimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Kawazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kusano, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Yanagimoto, Tokyo, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power supply device for a sliding door includes an extra-length absorbing unit, a door side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, a flexible tube extending from the extra-length absorbing unit to the door side fixing unit, and a wire harness wired from a vehicle body through the extra-length absorbing unit, the flexible tube and the door side fixing unit to the sliding door. The extra-length absorbing unit includes a case having a gate for the flexible tube, a rotating drum for winding the flexible tube in the case, and a torsion spring for providing a turning force with the rotating drum in a winding direction of the flexible tube. An end portion at the vehicle body of the flexible tube is fixed on the rotating drum, a portion at the vehicle side of the wire harness being fixed to the rotating drum in a vicinity of the end portion of the flexible tube, the flexible tube is wound in a spiral within the rotating drum, a spiral inner peripheral portion thereof being fixed to a center portion of the case, and the flexible tube being pulled out of the case through the gate.