IP Library Granted Patent US 7,097,481
Granted Patent B2
US 7,097,481 · App. 10/975,403 · Granted Aug 29, 2006

Slack absorbing device of electric wires

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Patent No.
US 7,097,481
App. No.
10/975,403
Granted
Aug 29, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The slack absorbing device of electric wires includes: electric wires for constituting a wiring harness; a casing that receives the electric wires and has an opening through which the electric wires are guided into and guided out from the casing; a biasing member that biases the electric wires in a direction in which the electric wires are drawn into the casing; and a device body having a harness winding member that is capable of reciprocating motion receiving bias force from the biasing member, wherein the electric wires guided into and guided out from the casing are covered with a protection tube for preventing the electric wires from being damaged, an end of the electric wires is provided with a connector to be connected to a mating wiring harness, an end of the protection tube is fixed to a connector case that is capable of receiving the connector.

Claims (12)

1. A slack absorbing device of electric wires comprising: electric wires for constituting a wiring harness; a casing that receives the electric wires and has an opening through which the electric wires are guided into and guided out from the casing; a biasing member that biases the electric wires in a direction in which the electric wires are drawn into the casing; and a device body having a harness winding member that is capable of reciprocating motion receiving bias force from the biasing member, wherein the electric wires guided into and guided out from the casing are covered with a protection tube for preventing the electric wires from being damaged, an end of the electric wires is provided with a connector to be connected to a mating wiring harness, an end of the protection tube is fixed to a connector case that is capable of receiving the connector, and the connector is movably received in the connector case.

2. A slack absorbing device of electric wires comprising:

electric wires for constituting a wiring harness;

a casing that receives the electric wires and has an opening through which the electric wires are guided into and guided out from the casing;

a biasing member that biases the electric wires in a direction in which the electric wires are drawn into the casing; and

a device body having a harness winding member that is capable of reciprocating motion receiving bias force from the biasing member,

wherein the electric wires guided into and guided out from the casing are covered with a protection tube for preventing the electric wires from being damaged, an end of he electric wires is provided with a connector to be connected to a mating wiring harness, an end of the protection tube is fixed to a connector case that is capable of receiving the connector, and the connector is movably received in the connector case; and

wherein the protection tube is formed as a woven shield that is formed in one piece with the connector case.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the connector is insertable into the connector case from the front of the connector case, and the connector case is provided with a stopper for preventing the connector from coming out from the connector case when the connector is received in the connector case.

4. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the connector is insertable into the connector case from the front of the connector case, and the connector case is provided with a stopper for preventing the connector from coming out from the connector case when the connector is received in the connector case.

5. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the stopper includes a flexible stopper arm that engages with a mating connector of a wiring harness of an opposite side.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the stopper includes a flexible stopper arm that engages with a mating connector of a wiring harness of an opposite side.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →