Patent ID: 9573536
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60R,H02G

Claim:
1. A wire harness routing device for a sliding seat wherein a branch wire branching from a trunk wire of a floor harness routed in an automobile is used as a wire harness supplying power to the sliding seat, the wire harness is inserted into an extra length accommodation case, the extra length accommodation case being fixated facing downward to a seat rail to which the sliding seat is slidably mounted and being accommodated in a space between front and back cross members of the automobile immediately below the seat rail and the extra length accommodation case is not arranged below a seat of the sliding seat, the extra length accommodation case is formed in a laterally oriented “J” shape and is provided with a straight line displacement portion on a top portion, and the extra length accommodation case is curved at a front end below the straight line displacement portion and has a shape that includes a bypass extending to a center point in a backfold shape, and the wire harness is inserted from the floor side to an opening provided at a lower rear end of the bypass, and the wire harness is U-turned within the extra length accommodation case and passes through a slider and is drawn out toward the sliding seat side and is connected to a seat harness within the sliding seat, a lower portion of the slider is slidably mounted to a straight line direction slider sliding groove provided on a top end of the extra length accommodation case, and in addition, a top portion of the slider is fixated to the sliding seat, and a wire harness passing through the extra length accommodation case and the slider is sheathed by a sheathing member of a caterpillar-type.