IP Library Granted Patent US 9,711,258
Granted Patent B2
US 9,711,258 · App. 15/232,667 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Wire harness and method for manufacturing wire harness

Inventors: Kenta Yanazawa (Shizuoka, JP); Hideomi Adachi (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01B7/0045B60R16/0215H01B7/17H01B13/012H01B13/22H02G3/0481
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Patent No.
US 9,711,258
App. No.
15/232,667
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness includes: a tubular outer member; a conductive path which is inserted in and protected by the outer member; and a vibration suppressing member which reduces a movable range of the conductive path to suppress shakes of the conductive path. The vibration suppressing member includes an inward projection portion which projects inward from a tube inner surface of the outer member in a state in which the vibration suppressing member is attached to the outer member from a side of a tube outer surface after insertion of the conductive path.

Claims (27)

1. A wire harness comprising:

a tubular outer member;

a conductive path which is inserted in and protected by the outer member; and

a vibration suppressing member which reduces a movable range of the conductive path to suppress shakes of the conductive path,

wherein the vibration suppressing member comprises an inward projection portion which projects inward from a tube inner surface of the outer member in a state in which the vibration suppressing member is attached to the outer member from a side of a tube outer surface after insertion of the conductive path.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein a position where the vibration suppressing member is attached to the outer member includes a position of at least a portion of the outer member to be routed straightly.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 ,

wherein the portion of the outer member to be routed straightly has a circular shape in cross section.

4. The wire harness according to claim 2 ,

wherein the portion of the outer member to be routed straightly is to be routed under a floor of an automobile.

5. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wire harness comprises a plurality of vibration suppressing members which are attached to the outer member so as to be arranged in a tube axial direction of the outer member straightly at a predetermined interval, in a staggered manner, or at a constant pitch around a tube axis of the outer member.

6. The wire harness according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined interval is equal to about 200 mm.

7. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vibration suppressing member is made of an elastically deformable material.

8. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vibration suppressing member further comprises:

an outer member penetration portion which penetrates through a through-hole formed in the outer member; and

an outward projection portion which projects from the tube outer surface of the outer member and covers the through-hole.

9. The wire harness according to claim 8 ,

wherein the through-hole is formed so as to serve as a water drainage hole.

10. The wire harness according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a link portion which is integrated with the outward projection portions of the vibration suppressing members to connect the vibration suppressing members to each other.

11. A method for manufacturing a wire harness, comprising:

inserting a conductive path into a tubular outer member; and

attaching a vibration suppressing member comprising an inward projection portion to the outer member from a side of a tube outer surface after insertion of the conductive path to cause the inward projection portion to project inward from a tube inner surface of the outer 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 Aug 9, 2016
From: YANAZAWA, KENTA; ADACHI, HIDEOMI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039388/0209 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-180285 · Sep 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170076837A1 · Mar 16, 2017