IP Library Granted Patent US 9,776,581
Granted Patent B2
US 9,776,581 · App. 15/007,647 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Attachment structure between exterior member and posterior attaching component

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Patent No.
US 9,776,581
App. No.
15/007,647
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An attachment structure between an exterior member and a posterior attaching component to be attached to the exterior member includes: the exterior member that has a tube body shape and is included in a wire harness that has one or a plurality of conductive paths, the exterior member covering the conductive path. The exterior member includes a straight tube section that has a straight shape and is an attachment target section of the posterior attaching component. Multiple protrusions are formed on an outer surface of the straight tube section and include a plurality of protrusion groups arranged in rows, each of the plurality of protrusion groups includes the protrusions arranged at predetermined pitches in a tube axial direction, and the multiple protrusions are configured to be inserted into an annular wall of the posterior attaching component.

Claims (14)

1. An attachment structure between an exterior member and a posterior attaching component to be attached to the exterior member, the attachment structure comprising:

the exterior member that has a tube body shape and is included in a wire harness that has at least one conductive path, the exterior member covering the conductive path, wherein

the exterior member comprises:

a straight tube section that has a straight shape and is an attachment target section of the posterior attaching component, and

multiple protrusions, which protrude with a predetermined height, formed on an outer surface of the straight tube section, wherein

the multiple protrusions include a plurality of protrusion groups arranged in rows, each of the plurality of protrusion groups includes the protrusions arranged at predetermined pitches in a tube axial direction,

the multiple protrusions are configured to be inserted into an annular wall of the posterior attaching component, and

the posterior attaching component is a clamp that has a tube body attaching section which is attached to the straight tube section and a fixing section which is fixed to a fixing target in wiring of the wire harness.

2. The attachment structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the protrusions are arranged in a state in which positions thereof are shifted by half of a length of the predetermined pitch in the tube axial direction, in one protrusion group and an adjacent protrusion group adjacent to the one protrusion group of the plurality of protrusion groups.

3. The attachment structure according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the protrusions has substantially a rectangular shape in a plan view in which a width in a circumferential direction of the outer surface is longer than a width in the tube axial direction.

4. The attachment structure according to claim 1 , wherein the annular wall is disposed at an intermediate position of the tube body attaching section in the tube axial direction on an inner surface thereof.

5. The attachment structure according to claim 1 , wherein the annular wall is disposed at a near-end position of the tube body attaching section in the tube axial direction on an inner surface thereof.

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 May 12, 2016
From: OGA, TATSUYA; ADACHI, HIDEOMI; YAMAZAKI, RYUTARO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038567/0202 →