Flat cable wiring structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550460-B2
Application number	US-201314074735-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2013
Priority date	May 12, 2011
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Tsubaki Akira

Classifications

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H02G11/02

  using take-up reel or drum · CPC title

• H02G3/0437

  Channels · CPC title

• B60R16/027 Primary

  between relatively movable parts of the vehicle, e.g. between steering wheel and column {(devices for measuring, signalling or controlling tyre pressure or temperature specially adapted for mounting on vehicles B60C23/00)} · CPC title

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title