Patent ID: 8182022
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B60R,H02G

Abstract:
1. A power supply apparatus for a sliding door of a vehicle body, the sliding door being capable of moving in a first direction along the vehicle body, when moving from an open position of the sliding door toward a closed position of the sliding door, comprising: a body-side fixing unit fixed to the vehicle body; a door-side fixing unit fixed to the sliding door; and a flat cable having a connector on both ends thereof respectively, the flat cable being fixed to the body-side fixing unit and being arranged to run from the vehicle body through the body-side fixing unit and the door-side fixing unit to the sliding door; wherein the body-side fixing unit is configured to restrict the end of the flat cable that is adjacent the body-side or door-side fixing unit to extend away from the body-side fixing unit and toward the door-side fixing unit in a direction substantially perpendicular to the vehicle body, and wherein the door-side fixing unit is configured to restrict the end of the flat cable that is adjacent the door-side fixing unit to extend away from the door-side fixing unit, and toward the body-side fixing unit, in a direction having a component, in a direction along the vehicle body, that extends in the first direction, and wherein the flat cable is flattened such that the flat cable is elongated in cross section in at least a bent portion of the flat cable between said body-side fixing unit and said door-side fixing unit, wherein the direction of elongation is in accordance with a height direction of the vehicle body.