Patent ID: 7381898

Claim:
An electrical connection structure which electrically connects a stationary member to a member slidably movable in relation to the stationary member, the structure comprising: a wire harness having one end fixed to the stationary member and another end fixed to the movable member, and a middle portion between the ends arranged to be bendable; a slider configured to guide the wire harness, the slider comprising: a harness contact portion arranged to contact the middle portion of the wire harness and move in synchronization with slide movement of the movable member relative to the stationary member in a direction parallel to the direction of slide movement, the harness contact portion having a bent portion, wherein the bent portion is bent at a radius of curvature larger than a smallest radius of curvature at which the wire harness is bendable, the bent portion formed protruding toward either one of opposite sides in the parallel direction, a support arranged to support the harness contact portion movable in the parallel direction, and a coupler arranged to couple the harness contact portion and the support; and a protector arranged on the movable member and shaped in the form of a box extending along the parallel direction, the protector comprising: a separator arranged to separate a first housing chamber from a second housing chamber, the first housing chamber formed to house the harness contact portion of the slider together with the middle portion of the wire harness, the second housing chamber formed to house the support of the slider slidable along the parallel direction, an opening formed on a side of the separator opposite the side on which the second housing chamber is formed, so as to lead the wire harness out of the first housing chamber, and an actuator arranged to actuate the slider by a restorative force thereof to pull the slider toward the side to which the bent portion protrudes.