Device for guiding a conductor path for slide door
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsYuji Kida, Shigeru Suzuki, Yoshinao Kobayashi
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Abstract
Elongate bases (10) for guiding a movable end (37) of a conductor path (30). Cross sections taken through the bases substantially normal to the elongation directions of the bases are substantially identical to one another and substantially constant along the elongation direction of the bases. Thus, the bases (10) can be obtained by cutting an elongated raw material to a specified length in conformity with a vehicle type, thereby enabling a cost reduction. Further, since the bases (10) are symmetrical with a moving path of the movable end (37) located therebetween, it is sufficient to prepare only one kind of elongated raw material. In this respect as well, costs can be reduced.
Claims11
A guiding device for a slide door, comprising:
- first and second substantially parallel guides spaced apart from one another at all locations on the guides so that no part of the first guide is in direct contact with the second guide, the guides being mountable on the slide door, the guides having guide rails extending substantially parallel to one another, the guides having slides extending substantially parallel to the guide rails;
- spacers holding the guides in said paced parallel relationship, each said spacer having opposite first and second end surfaces detachably mounted on respective opposing facing surfaces of the guides by a fastener extending through said spacer;
- a guidable member disposed between the guides and slidably engaged with the guide rails;
- a flexible conductor path being folded and disposed between the guides, the conductor path having a fixed end configured for being fixed to the slide door, the conductor path further having a movable end coupled to the guidable member, a clearance defined between the movable end of the conductor path and the guide rails;
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- the conductor path including sliding-contacts in sliding contact with the slides, the sliding-contacts being held substantially parallel to the guide rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.