Power supply structure for movable body and extra part draw-in mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10686310-B2
Application number	US-201816201271-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

An extra part draw-in mechanism includes a central axis having a winding face for the flat cable on its outer circumferential face, a rotary body arranged around the central axis and rotatably supported with the central axis at a center of the rotary body, an urging member that urges the rotary body in a winding direction of the flat cable, and a slit that is formed in the central axis and has an opening in the winding face of the central axis to accept and hold the flat cable. The opening of the slit in the winding face of the central axis is curved along a winding direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply structure for a movable body that supplies electricity from a fixed part to a movable body or the movable body to the fixed part, comprising:
a rail member fixed to the fixed part;
a slider that moves along the rail member; and
the movable body supported by the slider,
the power supply structure for a movable body, further comprising:
a flat cable having one end coupled to the fixed part and the other end coupled to the movable body; and
an extra part draw-in mechanism that winds an extra part of the flat cable,
the extra part draw-in mechanism, including
a central axis having a winding face for the flat cable on its outer circumferential face,
a rotary body arranged around the outer circumferential face of the central axis and rotatably supported with the central axis at its center,
an urging member that urges the rotary body in a winding direction of the flat cable, and
a slit that is formed in the central axis and has an opening in the winding face of the central axis to accept and hold the flat cable, the opening of the slit in the winding face of the central axis being curved along a winding direction.

2. The power supply structure for a movable body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotary body includes an outer circumferential winding part having a winding face for the flat cable,
an area around the outer circumferential winding part is an extra flat cable storing section and an area around the central axis is an anti-twist flat cable storing section, and
a first part of the flat cable coupled to one of the movable body and the fixed part is fixed to the outer circumferential winding part, and a second part of the flat cable coupled to the other of the movable body and the fixed part is fixed in the slit in the central axis with a winding direction opposite to a winding direction in the outer circumferential winding part.

3. The power supply structure for a movable body according to claim 2 ,
wherein the central axis rotates together with the rotary body, and
an outer end of the second part of the flat cable stored in the anti-twist flat cable storing section is led to an outside space.

4. The power supply structure for a movable body according to claim 2 ,
wherein the central axis is separate from the rotary body and does not rotate together with the rotary body, and
an inner end of the second part of the flat cable stored in the anti-twist flat cable storing section is led to an outside space.

5. The power supply structure for a movable body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotary body includes a plurality of rollers arranged around the central axis and spaced from each other in a circumferential direction,
a part of the flat cable led to one of the movable body and the fixed part is fixed in the slit in the central axis, and a part of the flat cable led to the other of the movable body and the fixed part is led through a path between adjacent rollers of the rollers to an outside space, and
the flat cable is wound in an inner circumferential area between the central axis and the rollers and in an outer circumferential area around the rollers.

6. The power supply structure for a movable body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movable body is a sunroof.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Katsuramaki Takahiko
• Sano Hikaru

Classifications

• H01R35/025 Primary

  having a flexible conductor wound around a rotation axis · CPC title

• B60J7/05

  pivoting upwardly to vent mode and moving downward before sliding to fully open mode · CPC title

• B60J7/0573

  power driven arrangements, e.g. electrical · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• B60J7/043

  Sunroofs (B60J7/047 - B60J7/053 take precedence){e.g. sliding above the roof} · CPC title