IP Library Granted Patent US 9,550,460
Granted Patent B2
US 9,550,460 · App. 14/074,735 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Flat cable wiring structure

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Patent No.
US 9,550,460
App. No.
14/074,735
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a flat cable wiring structure allowed to be mounted to all automobiles and corresponding to various circuits. The flat cable wiring structure is provided with a flat cable winder including a case arranged at an end of the rail, and a rotating body accommodated in the case rotatably about a virtual central axis vertical to the car body floor and configured to wind the flat cable; and a flat cable housing extending in a longitudinal direction of the rail and including a pair of walls arranged along an outside surface of the rail and parallel to a side wall vertical to the rail, and a bottom wall connecting the pair of walls.

Claims (14)

1. A flat cable wiring structure, comprising:

a rail horizontally arranged on a car body floor, wherein a flat cable is wired from the car body floor to a movable member slidably attached to the rail;

a flat cable winder including

a case arranged at an end of the rail, and

a rotating body accommodated in the case rotatably about a virtual central axis vertical to the car body floor and configured to wind the flat cable thereabout;

a flat cable housing extending in a longitudinal direction of the rail and including

a pair of walls arranged along an outside surface of the rail and parallel to a vertical side wall of the rail, and

a bottom wall connecting the pair of walls; and

a protector covering a part wired from the flat cable housing to the movable member of the flat cable traversing the rail.

2. The flat cable wiring structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the case is provided with a horizontal base wall configured to be arranged on the car body floor, a peripheral wall upstanding from the base wall, and a shaft upstanding from the base wall and inserted into a through hole including the virtual central axis.

3. The flat cable wiring structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flat cable housing is provided with a flange extending inwardly from each upper end of the pair of walls in a direction approaching each other.

4. The flat cable wiring structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall disposed between the pair of walls and parallel to each of the pair of walls, and a ceiling wall opposed to the bottom wall and connecting one of the pair of walls and the partition wall.

5. The flat cable wiring structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the flat cable housing is provided with a flange extending inwardly from each upper end of the pair of walls in a direction approaching each other.

6. The flat cable wiring structure as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a partition wall disposed between the pair of walls and parallel to each of the pair of walls, and a ceiling wall opposed to the bottom wall and connecting one of the pair of walls and the partition wall.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2013
From: TSUBAKI, AKIRA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031571/0363 →