Sliding power supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9219359-B2
Application number	US-201414180503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2014
Priority date	Feb 19, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

Provided is a sliding power supply device which can reduce entire length of a case extendably housing a wiring harness, for a large slide stroke of a sliding seat and such. The sliding power supply device includes a long case extendably housing a wiring harness, a slider arranged slidable in a longitudinal direction of the case and arranged to lead out the wiring harness to outside of the case, and an extra length absorption portion arranged to support a wiring harness portion lead outside of the case such that the wiring harness portion is lead out at location further away from a movement end of the slider in the longitudinal direction of the case. The extra length absorption portion is a subcase having at least a bottom plate portion. Both ends of the wiring harness portion in a movement direction of the slider are positioned at the same height.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sliding power supply device, comprising:
a long case housing a wiring harness in an extendable and contractable fashion;
a slider arranged slidable in a longitudinal direction of the case and arranged to lead out the wiring harness to outside of the case; and
an extra length absorption portion disposed above the case so as to move forward and backward and arranged to support a wiring harness portion lead outside of the case,
wherein the slider…

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sekino Tsukasa
• Kato Shinji

Classifications

• H01B7/0045

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02G11/006 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02G11/00 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B60R16/027

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic