Patent ID: 8508068

Claim:
A power supply apparatus for a sliding door that supplies power from a vehicle body to said sliding door which is arranged to open and close being moved along a guide rail received in a guide rail receiving portion, the power supply apparatus comprising: a bracket extending between the sliding door and the vehicle, the bracket including a plate disposed such that a plane through a width of the plate extends horizontally; a wiring body that supplies power from a vehicle body side of the bracket to a sliding door side of the bracket, said wiring body including a flat cable, and a width of said wiring body being greater than a thickness of said wiring body; a wiring body fixing member disposed on the vehicle body side of the bracket, said wiring body fixing member holding said wiring body; and a running member for the bracket via which said wiring body is affixed onto a back surface of said bracket such that a plane through the width of the flat cable of the wiring body extends in a substantially parallel position with the plane through the width of the plate along said back surface of said bracket, said running member for the bracket including a running tube into which said wiring body is inserted, a tube fixing member that affixes said running tube onto said back surface of said bracket, and a flat surface adjustment member that adjusts an orientation of said wiring body with respect to the bracket by turning the wiring body extracted from said wiring body fixing member to align the width of the flat cable of the wiring body to the substantially parallel position, the wiring body being positioned within the wiring body fixing member such that the width of the flat cable of the wiring body is substantially perpendicular to said back surface of said bracket.