Patent ID: 7369381

Claim:
A wiring harness holding device for holding a wiring harness laid between a stationary structure and a movable structure slidably provided to the stationary structure, comprising; a movable side holding portion that holds one portion of the wiring harness on the movable structure; and a stationary side holding portion that holds another portion of the wiring harness on the stationary structure, wherein the movable side holding portion holds the wiring harness so that the wiring harness derived from the movable side holding portion towards the stationary side holding portion swivels around the movable side holding portion in association with the sliding movement of the movable structure, wherein the movable side holding portion includes: a protector which has a shaft portion and an arm portion extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the shaft portion, and which holds one end portion of the wiring harness; and a support member which is fixed to the movable structure and rotatably supports the shaft portion of the protector; and wherein the protector swivels so as to absorb an excess length of the wiring harness produced by the sliding movement of the movable structure; and further comprising a biasing member that biases the protector in a predetermined rotational direction.