IP Library Granted Patent US 6,948,241
Granted Patent B2
US 6,948,241 · App. 10/172,952 · Granted Sep 27, 2005

Corrugated tube-mounting structure

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Patent No.
US 6,948,241
App. No.
10/172,952
Granted
Sep 27, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A corrugated tube includes a tubular body, formed with a slit extending in an axial direction of the tubular body; a plurality of ridge portions, formed on an outer periphery of the tubular body and arranged side by side in the axial direction; and a lap portion, protruded from one of opposed end portions of the tubular body which are separated by the slit and extended toward an inner face of the other opposed end portion of the tubular body. A plurality of fixation members are provided on the outer periphery of the tubular body to fix the corrugated tube onto the panel body in a state that the tubular body is so twisted that the slit is spirally extended.

Claims (14)

1. A method of mounting a corrugated tube onto a panel body, comprising the steps of:

providing a corrugated tube, including:

a tubular body, formed with a slit extending in an axial direction of the tubular body;

a plurality of ridge portions, formed on an outer periphery of the tubular body and arranged side by side in the axial direction; and

a lap portion, protruded from one of opposed end portions of the tubular body which are separated by the slit and extended toward an inner face of the other opposed end portion of the tubular body;

providing fixation members on the outer periphery of the tubular body;

twisting the tubular body such that the slit is spirally extended;

bending the twisted tubular body; and

attaching the fixation members onto the panel body while the corrugated tube is bent.

2. The mounting method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a step of fixing the twisted tubular body with electric wires inserted into the tubular body, before the bending step.

3. The mounting method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

each fixation member includes a clip member fixed on the panel body;

the respective clip members are oriented to different circumferential directions with respect to the tubular body, when the fixation members are provided; and

the tubular body is so twisted that the respective clip members are oriented to an identical circumferential direction.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2002
From: YANG, TSIH
To: NAVY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE, THE
Reel/Frame 013107/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2002
From: TADOKORO, SHINICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013017/0954 →