IP Library Granted Patent US 9,295,172
Granted Patent B2
US 9,295,172 · App. 14/394,607 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Wire harness protector

Inventors: Daiki Nagayasu (Mie, JP); Hiroaki Sakamoto (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
H05K5/02B60R16/0215H01B7/0045H02G3/0487H05K5/0247
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Patent No.
US 9,295,172
App. No.
14/394,607
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness protector includes a resin plate. A plurality of excavated portions are recessed into a panel surface of the plate, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction. The excavated portions are arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line shape along the X axis direction and are arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag shape, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction. The excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction are further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction.

Claims (15)

1. A plate-shaped wire harness protector made of resin and protecting a wire harness, the protector comprising:

a plate having a plurality of excavated portions recessed into a panel surface, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction, the excavated portions being arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line along the X axis direction and arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction, the excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction being further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction,

wherein a resin configuring the plate is any of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate, and polypropylene/polyethylene, and

plate thickness is 0.5 to 1.0 millimeter in a portion where the plate has been made thinner by the excavated portions; a height of a rib between neighboring excavated portions is 1.0 to 1.6 millimeter; a minimum width of the rib between neighboring excavated portions is 1.2 to 1.5 millimeter; and a diameter of the excavated portion is 5 to 22 millimeter.

2. The wire harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the excavated portion is 12 to 22 mm.

3. The wire harness protector according to claim 2 , wherein the plate is configured with a principal panel into which the excavated portions are recessed and a side panel rising up from an outer edge of the principal panel, a plurality of aligned channels extending in a direction rising up from the principal panel being provided on the side panel.

4. The wire harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the excavated portion is 5 to 10 millimeter.

5. The wire harness protector according to claim 4 , wherein the plate is configured with a principal panel into which the excavated portions are recessed and a side panel rising up from an outer edge of the principal panel, a plurality of aligned channels extending in a direction rising up from the principal panel being provided on the side panel.

6. The wire harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the plate is configured with a principal panel into which the excavated portions are recessed and a side panel rising up from an outer edge of the principal panel, a plurality of aligned channels extending in a direction rising up from the principal panel being provided on the side panel.

7. A plate-shaped protector made of resin and protecting a wire harness, the protector comprising:

a plate having a plurality of excavated portions recessed into a panel surface, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction, the excavated portions being arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line along the X axis direction and arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction, the excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction being further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction,

wherein a supplemental excavated portion is recessed into a region having substantially a triangular shape in plan view, the region being defined by a portion of a rib between three neighboring excavated portions and the supplemental excavated portion having an opening diameter smaller than that of the excavated portions.

8. The wire harness protector according to claim 7 , wherein a resin configuring the plate is any of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate, and polypropylene/polyethylene.

9. The wire harness protector according to claim 8 , wherein the plate is configured with a principal panel into which the excavated portions are recessed and a side panel rising up from an outer edge of the principal panel, a plurality of aligned channels extending in a direction rising up from the principal panel being provided on the side panel.

10. The wire harness protector according to claim 7 , wherein the plate is configured with a principal panel into which the excavated portions are recessed and a side panel rising up from an outer edge of the principal panel, a plurality of aligned channels extending in a direction rising up from the principal panel being provided on the side panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: NAGAYASU, DAIKI; SAKAMOTO, HIROAKI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150096779A1 · Apr 9, 2015