IP Library Granted Patent US 8,196,351
Granted Patent B2
US 8,196,351 · App. 11/938,863 · Granted Jun 12, 2012

Power feeding apparatus for slidable structural body

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Patent No.
US 8,196,351
App. No.
11/938,863
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body includes a link arm which is provided on one of the slidable structural body and a fixed structural body so as to be pivotally moved in a harness surplus length-absorbing direction of a wire harness, a harness holding member which is provided on a distal end side of the link arm so as to be pivotally moved in a harness pulling direction of the wire harness, and a harness fixing portion provided on the other of the slidable structural body and the fixed structural body, and wire harness is installed to extend from the harness holding member to the harness fixing portion.

Claims (16)

1. A power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body, comprising:

a link arm which is provided on one of the slidable structural body and a fixed structural body and is pivotally extending therefrom in a cantilevered manner so as to be pivotally moved to absorb an excess length of a wire harness;

a harness holding member which is provided on a distal end of the link arm so as to be pivotally moved in a harness pulling direction of the wire harness; and

a harness fixing portion provided on the other of the slidable structural body and the fixed structural body,

wherein the wire harness is installed to extend from the harness holding member to the harness fixing portion; and

wherein the link arm does not slidably move with respect to the one of the slidable structural body and fixed structural body on which the link arm is provided.

2. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , wherein the harness holding member is supported on the distal end of the link arm by a shaft portion.

3. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , wherein the harness holding member is swingably supported on the distal end of the link arm by a spherical portion.

4. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , wherein the harness holding member is fixed to a sub-arm, and the sub-arm is pivotally connected to the link arm.

5. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 4 , wherein the harness holding member is displaced outwardly from an axis of the sub-arm.

6. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 4 , wherein the sub-arm can be expanded and contracted relative to the link arm.

7. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , further comprising a resilient member for urging the link arm a pivoting direction of the link arm.

8. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structure according to claim 1 , wherein the pivoting plane includes both of an extending direction of the slidable structural body and an opening and closing direction of the slidable structural body with respect to the fixed structural body.

9. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , wherein the link arm pivotally moves in a pivoting plane which is perpendicular to a facing direction in which the slidable structural body faces the fixed structural body.

10. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , wherein the harness holding member pivotally moves in a pivoting plane which is perpendicular to a facing direction in which the slidable structural body faces the fixed structural body.

11. The power feeding apparatus for a slidable structural body according to claim 1 , wherein a first end of the link arm is pivotally connected to the one of the slidable structural body and the fixed structural body, and a second end of the link arm is free to move in a cantilever manner.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2010
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 023754/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2010
From: NISHIMURA, TOMOAKI; INAGAKI, MOTONARI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 023754/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2008
From: AOKI, TOHRU; YAMASHITA, HIROSHI; TSUCHIDA, KAZUHIRO; TSUNODA, MITSUNORI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020433/0513 →