IP Library Granted Patent US 12703311
Granted Patent B2
US 12703311 · App. 18/882,700 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Power supply device for sliding door

Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita (Makinohara, JP); Tetsuo Yamada (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/0215H02G11/00B60R16/03
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12703311
App. No.
18/882,700
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply device for a sliding door includes: a wire harness that draws a straddling portion into a door trim through a lower side of a vehicle below a lower end; a vehicle-body-side protector that draws out the straddling portion toward the sliding door; and a door-side protector that is a member configured to perform routing of the straddling portion toward an introduction portion positioned in a closing operation direction when the sliding door is fully closed, and that draws, out of a cylindrical portion toward an upper side of the vehicle, a door-side end portion of the straddling portion drawn into the introduction portion.

Claims (19)

1 . A power supply device for a sliding door, comprising:

a wire harness that has a straddling portion that straddles a vehicle body and a sliding door and draws the straddling portion into a door trim through a lower side of a vehicle below a lower end of the door trim;

a vehicle-body-side protector that is fixed to the vehicle body and allows a vehicle-body-side end portion of the straddling portion to be inserted inside and the straddling portion to be drawn out toward the sliding door;

a door-side protector that is a member configured to perform routing of the straddling portion drawn into the door trim toward an introduction portion positioned in a closing operation direction of the sliding door when the sliding door is fully closed, and that draws, out of a cylindrical portion toward an upper side of the vehicle, a door-side end portion of the straddling portion drawn into the introduction portion;

a rotation member that has a bearing in which a cylinder axis of the cylindrical portion is set as an axis line of a first rotation axis and which rotates the door-side protector about the axis of the cylindrical portion by a force received by the door-side protector from the door-side end portion of the straddling portion depending on opening and closing of the sliding door, and a rotation shaft in which a vehicle width direction is set as an axis line of a second rotation axis; and

a fixed member that is fixed to an inner panel of the sliding door and has a bearing which rotates the rotation member about the rotation shaft by a force received by the rotation member from the door-side end portion of the straddling portion via the door-side protector.

2 . The power supply device for a sliding door according to claim 1 , wherein,

when the sliding door is fully closed, the straddling portion is drawn into the door trim through the lower side of the vehicle below a corner positioned in an opening operation direction of the sliding door at the lower end of the door trim.

3 . The power supply device for a sliding door according to claim 1 , wherein,

when the sliding door is fully closed, the straddling portion is drawn into the door trim through the lower side of the vehicle below a corner positioned in an opening operation direction of the sliding door at the lower end of the door trim, and a passing position of the straddling portion on the lower side of the vehicle below the lower end of the door trim is displaced from the corner in the closing operation direction depending on an opening operation of the sliding door at a fully closed position.

4 . The power supply device for a sliding door according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle-body-side protector is installed on the lower side of the vehicle below an upper wall of a side sill of the vehicle body, and

the straddling portion drawn out of the vehicle-body-side protector is drawn toward the sliding door via a side wall of the side sill.

5 . The power supply device for a sliding door according to claim 2 , wherein

the vehicle-body-side protector is installed on the lower side of the vehicle below an upper wall of a side sill of the vehicle body, and

the straddling portion drawn out of the vehicle-body-side protector is drawn toward the sliding door via a side wall of the side sill.

6 . The power supply device for a sliding door according to claim 3 , wherein

the vehicle-body-side protector is installed on the lower side of the vehicle below an upper wall of a side sill of the vehicle body, and

the straddling portion drawn out of the vehicle-body-side protector is drawn toward the sliding door via a side wall of the side sill.