IP Library Granted Patent US 9,173,311
Granted Patent B2
US 9,173,311 · App. 14/309,062 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Power supply apparatus for sliding structure

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Patent No.
US 9,173,311
App. No.
14/309,062
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply apparatus for sliding structure includes a wiring harness having an exterior member wired from a fixed structure-side power supply device to the sliding structure side, the fixed structure-side power supply device including an outer member fixed to the fixed structure, an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in a horizontal direction and configured to support one end portion of the exterior member, and a harness trajectory regulation wall configured to rotate integrally with the inner member. When the sliding structure is fully-opened, the harness trajectory regulation wall projects outward from the outer member in a thickness direction of the sliding structure, such that the exterior member arranged along the harness trajectory regulation wall is moved away from the fixed structure toward the sliding structure side, preventing interference between the exterior member and the fixed structure.

Claims (44)

1. A power supply apparatus for sliding structure comprising:

a fixed structure-side power supply device; and

a wiring harness having an exterior member and wired from the fixed structure-side power supply device to a sliding structure side,

wherein the fixed structure-side power supply device includes:

an outer member fixed to the fixed structure;

an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in a horizontal direction and configured to support one end portion of the exterior member; and

a harness trajectory regulation wall configured to rotate integrally with the inner member,

wherein, when the sliding structure is fully-opened, the harness trajectory regulation wall projects outward from the outer member in a thickness direction of the sliding structure, such that the exterior member arranged along the harness trajectory regulation wall is moved away from the fixed structure toward the sliding structure side, thereby preventing interference between the exterior member and the fixed structure.

2. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sliding structure is fully-closed, the harness trajectory regulation wall is rotated and escaped with the inner member in a closing direction of the sliding structure, thereby preventing the interference between the harness trajectory regulation wall and the sliding structure.

3. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 2 , wherein the fixed structure-side power supply device includes a spring member configured to bias the inner member so as to rotate the harness trajectory regulation wall in the closing direction of the sliding structure.

4. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 3 , wherein a sliding structure-side power supply device provided to the sliding structure includes:

an outer member fixed to the sliding structure;

an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in a horizontal direction and configured to support another end portion of the exterior member; and

a spring member configured to bias the inner member so that the inner member is rotated inward from the sliding structure when the sliding structure is fully-opened.

5. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 4 , wherein the outer member of the sliding structure-side power supply device includes a stopper projection configured to make the inner member of the sliding structure-side power supply device to abut on the stopper projection at an inwardly-rotated position with respect to the sliding structure.

6. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure, wherein spring force of the spring member of the fixed structure-side power supply device is set to be equal to or stronger than spring force of the spring member of the sliding structure-side power supply device according to claim 4 .

7. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 6 , wherein the outer member of the sliding structure-side power supply device includes a stopper projection configured to make the inner member of the sliding structure-side power supply device to abut on the stopper projection at an inwardly-rotated position with respect to the sliding structure.

8. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 2 , wherein a sliding structure-side power supply device provided to the sliding structure includes:

an outer member fixed to the sliding structure;

an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in a horizontal direction and configured to support another end portion of the exterior member; and

a spring member configured to bias the inner member so that the inner member is rotated inward from the sliding structure when the sliding structure is fully-opened.

9. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 8 , wherein the outer member of the sliding structure-side power supply device includes a stopper projection configured to make the inner member of the sliding structure-side power supply device to abut on the stopper projection at an inwardly-rotated position with respect to the sliding structure.

10. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure, wherein spring force of the spring member of the fixed structure-side power supply device is set to be equal to or stronger than spring force of the spring member of the sliding structure-side power supply device according to claim 8 .

11. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 10 , wherein the outer member of the sliding structure-side power supply device includes a stopper projection configured to make the inner member of the sliding structure-side power supply device to abut on the stopper projection at an inwardly-rotated position with respect to the sliding structure.

12. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according claim 1 , wherein a sliding structure-side power supply device provided to the sliding structure includes:

an outer member fixed to the sliding structure;

an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in a horizontal direction and configured to support another end portion of the exterior member; and

a spring member configured to bias the inner member so that the inner member is rotated inward from the sliding structure when the sliding structure is fully-opened.

13. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure, wherein spring force of the spring member of the fixed structure-side power supply device is set to be equal to or stronger than spring force of the spring member of the sliding structure-side power supply device according to claim 12 .

14. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 13 , wherein the outer member of the sliding structure-side power supply device includes a stopper projection configured to make the inner member of the sliding structure-side power supply device to abut on the stopper projection at an inwardly-rotated position with respect to the sliding structure.

15. The power supply apparatus for sliding structure according to claim 12 , wherein the outer member of the sliding structure-side power supply device includes a stopper projection configured to make the inner member of the sliding structure-side power supply device to abut on the stopper projection at an inwardly-rotated position with respect to the sliding structure.

16. A power supply apparatus for sliding structure comprising:

a fixed structure-side power supply device;

a sliding structure-side power supply device; and

a wiring harness having an exterior member and wired from the fixed structure-side power supply device to the sliding structure-side power supply device,

wherein the fixed structure-side power supply device includes:

an outer member fixed to the fixed structure;

an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in a horizontal direction and configured to support one end portion of the exterior member; and

a first spring member configured to bias the inner member so as to rotate in a closing direction of the sliding structure,

wherein the sliding structure-side power supply device includes:

an outer member fixed to the sliding structure;

an inner member supported to the outer member so as to rotate in the horizontal direction and configured to support another end portion of the exterior member; and

a second spring member configured to bias the inner member so as to rotate in an opening direction of the sliding structure, and

wherein spring force of the first spring member is set to be equal to or stronger than spring force of the second spring member.

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 Jun 19, 2014
From: IKEDA, KEI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033139/0574 →