IP Library Granted Patent US 9,963,091
Granted Patent B2
US 9,963,091 · App. 15/259,548 · Granted May 8, 2018

Routing configuration of wire harness

Inventors: Kenta Yanazawa (Makinohara, JP); Hideomi Adachi (Makinohara, JP); Yoshiyuki Ishihara (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R16/0215H02G3/0481
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Patent No.
US 9,963,091
App. No.
15/259,548
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A routing configuration of a wire harness includes an outer member having a tubular shape, and at least one conductive path configured to be contained in and protected by the outer member. In a generally straight wiring portion, the wire harness is routed in such a manner that the outer member is snaked so that portions of an inner surface of the outer member are brought into contact with the at least one conductor path, the generally straight wiring portion being defined as a portion where the wire harness is routed generally straightly between bent wiring portions which are defined as portions where the wire harness is routed being bent so as to conform to shapes of corresponding portions of a routing target, respectively.

Claims (8)

1. A routing configuration of a wire harness comprising:

an outer member having a tubular shape; and

at least one conductive path configured to be contained in and protected by the outer member,

wherein in a substantially straight wiring portion, the wire harness is routed in such a manner that the outer member is snaked so as to have a plurality of bent portions, each bent portion having a bent angle of substantially 90 degrees, the substantially straight wiring portion being defined as a portion where the wire harness is routed substantially straightly between bent wiring portions which are defined as portions where the wire harness is routed being bent so as to conform to shapes of corresponding portions of a routing target, respectively,

wherein portions of an inner surface of the outer member are brought into contact with corresponding portions of the at least one conductive path in the bent portions, and

wherein in each of the bent portions of the outer member, a bent angle of a corresponding action of the at least one conductive path is greater than 90 degrees.

2. The routing configuration of the wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein a snaking posture of the outer member is maintained by fixing members which fix the wire harness to the routing target.

3. The routing configuration of the wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of a snaked portion of the outer member suppresses shaking of the at least one conductive path.

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 8, 2016
From: YANAZAWA, KENTA; ADACHI, HIDEOMI; ISHIHARA, YOSHIYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039676/0619 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-177225 · Sep 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170066391A1 · Mar 9, 2017