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Granted Patent B2
US 10,773,663 · App. 16/671,180 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Routing structure

Inventors: Hikaru Sano (Shizuoka, JP); Goro Nakamura (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/0215B60N2/0715H02G3/0437
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Patent No.
US 10,773,663
App. No.
16/671,180
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A routing structure includes a flexible conductive body, a flexible regulating member, a flexible exterior member, and a case. The conductive body has one end fixed to a vehicle body and has the other end fixed to a seat sliding along a rail arranged on the vehicle body. The regulating member extends along the conductive body and regulates a route of the conductive body. The exterior member has the conductive body and the regulating member each inserted therein, and is inserted into the rail. The case is arranged adjacent to the rail, houses parts of the conductive body, the regulating member, and the exterior member on the side of the vehicle body, and absorbs extra lengths of the conductive body, the regulating member, and the exterior member depending on the sliding of the seat.

Claims (14)

1. A routing structure comprising:

a flexible conductive body that has one end fixed to a vehicle body and has the other end fixed to a seat sliding along a rail arranged on the vehicle body;

a flexible regulating member that extends along the flexible conductive body and regulates a route of the flexible conductive body;

a flexible exterior member into which the flexible conductive body and the flexible regulating member are inserted, the flexible exterior member being inserted into the rail; and

a case that is arranged adjacent to the rail, houses parts of the flexible conductive body, the flexible regulating member, and the flexible exterior member on a side of the vehicle body, and absorbs extra lengths of the flexible conductive body, the flexible regulating member, and the flexible exterior member depending on the sliding of the seat,

the flexible regulating member includes a plate-like member that has a curved cross-sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction,

the flexible regulating member has a plurality of the plate-like members laminated therein, and

the plate-like members are laminated so that a projecting curve surface of the one plate-like member and a recessed curve surface of the other plate-like member face each other.

2. The routing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

an end part of the flexible regulating member on the side of the vehicle body is held inside the case.

3. The routing structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the flexible conductive body is a flexible flat cable.

4. The routing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the flexible conductive body is a flexible flat cable.

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 1, 2019
From: SANO, HIKARU; NAKAMURA, GORO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050904/0446 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-209858 · Nov 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200139907A1 · May 7, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,300,983