IP Library Granted Patent US 9,742,166
Granted Patent B2
US 9,742,166 · App. 15/047,308 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Wire harness

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Patent No.
US 9,742,166
App. No.
15/047,308
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness is provided with an electrically conductive path, and a tubular sheath member into which the electrically conductive path is inserted. The sheath member includes a straight portion having strength to limit bending. A bellows-shaped portion which is wavy in shape in a tube circumferential direction, is formed in a portion of the straight portion in a sectional view. The bellows-shaped portion is more flexible than a portion of the straight portion other than the bellows-shaped portion.

Claims (17)

1. A wire harness comprising:

an electrically conductive path; and

a tubular sheath member into which the electrically conductive path is inserted,

wherein the sheath member includes a straight portion and a corrugated portion, the straight portion has strength to limit bending, the corrugated portion is connected to the straight portion, and the corrugated portion includes a plurality of recess portions and a plurality of protruding portions alternatingly arranged with the recessed portions in an axial direction of the sheath member,

wherein the straight portion includes a bellows-shaped portion which is wavy in shape in a tube circumferential direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction, and the straight portion includes another portion that is connected with the bellows-shaped portion, and

wherein the bellows-shaped portion is more flexible than the another portion of the straight portion.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the straight portion includes a substantially rectangular section, and

wherein the bellows-shaped portion is formed on at least a lower wall positioned on a lower side when the wire harness is routed.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 ,

wherein the straight portion includes the lower wall, an upper wall facing the lower wall, and side walls that are connected to the lower wall and the upper wall via corner portions.

4. The wire harness according to claim 3 ,

wherein the bellows-shaped portion is formed in only the lower wall of the straight portion.

5. The wire harness according to claim 2 ,

wherein the bellows-shaped portion is formed in only the lower wall of the straight portion.

6. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sheath member has a shape which does not include a seam passing through the sheath member from an outer circumferential surface to an inner circumferential surface of the sheath member.

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 Feb 21, 2016
From: INAO, SHINICHI; ADACHI, HIDEOMI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037782/0026 →