Patent ID: 7641260
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A power supply apparatus for a vehicular sliding door, the apparatus comprising: a power supply line which is electrically coupled to a power supply to supply electrical power to electrical appliances inside the vehicular sliding door; a power supply line protector which includes a case and is disposed in the vehicular sliding door and in which the power supply line is housed in a bent state; a power supply line path which is provided in the case and which controls the bent state of the power supply line; a slider which is received in, and slidable along, a length of, the case; a spring by which the slider is urged toward one end side of the case; and a slit-shaped opening which is formed in an underside of the case and which covers a sliding range of the slider, wherein: a power supply side portion of the power supply line is drawn out through the slit-shaped opening and secured to a vehicle body side; a power supply line portion, which has been drawn out from another end side of the case, is connected to electrical appliances inside the sliding door; the slider redirects the power supply line with increasing bending angle thereof as the door moves from closed to open.