IP Library Granted Patent US 7,939,760
Granted Patent B2
US 7,939,760 · App. 12/232,207 · Granted May 10, 2011

Harness protector structure for link

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Patent No.
US 7,939,760
App. No.
12/232,207
Granted
May 10, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A harness protector structure for a link is provided, by which the durability of a bent part of a wiring harness is improved and interference with the outside is prevented when the wiring harness is rotated and bent by using a link. The harness protector structure includes: a support part; a link rotatably connected to the support part; a protector provided on the link; and a bulging part having a wide opening opened at one end-side of a body part of the protector, wherein a wiring harness is arranged from the support part into the protector, wherein when the link is rotated, a following part of the wiring harness, which follows a bent part of the wiring harness, passes through the bulging part from the opening, and the wiring harness is guided to the outside from the body part while a slack of the wiring harness is absorbed.

Claims (9)

1. A harness protector structure for a link comprising:

a support part;

a link rotatably connected to the support part;

a protector provided on the link; and

a bulging part having a wide opening opened at one end-side of a body part of the protector,

wherein a wiring harness is arranged from the support part into the protector,

wherein when the link is rotated, a following part of the wiring harness, which follows a bent part of the wiring harness, passes through the bulging part from the opening, and the wiring harness is guided to the outside from the body part of the protector while a slack of the wiring harness is absorbed.

2. The harness protector structure for a link according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the opening is set up so that a minimum allowable bending diameter of the bent part of the wiring harness is ensured.

3. The harness protector structure for a link according to claim 1 , wherein when the link is rotated at an acute angle in one direction with respect to the support part, the wiring harness passes through the bulging part, while when the link is rotated at an obtuse angle in another direction with respect to the support part, the wiring harness passes through the body part of the protector.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2008
From: IWAHARA, SEIJI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021589/0198 →