Patent ID: 7980622
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B60R,H02G

Abstract:
1. A power supply apparatus for a sliding door, comprising: a body-side fixture mounted on an automobile body; a door-side fixture mounted on the sliding door and having a first curved portion and a second curved portion; and a flat cable fixed to said body-side fixture and to said door-side fixture and arranged between the first curved portion and the second curved portion, wherein a pull-out direction of the flat cable from said body-side fixture or said door-side fixture conforms with a protrusion direction of a substantially convex flexural portion that is formed in said flat cable during opening or closing of said sliding door, and wherein the flat cable is configured to wrap around the first curved portion while the sliding door is in an opened position and to wrap around the second curved portion while the sliding door is in a closed position.