IP Library Granted Patent US 9,776,582
Granted Patent B2
US 9,776,582 · App. 15/383,630 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Wiring structure of door harness

Inventors: Masayoshi Kamenoue (Hiroshima, JP); Hiroomi Nakata (Hiroshima, JP); Akihiko Kaneko (Hiroshima, JP); Norimasa Yabase (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/0222H01B7/0045H02G3/38
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Patent No.
US 9,776,582
App. No.
15/383,630
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wiring structure of a door harness is wired so that the door harness is extended over a vehicle body and a door of a vehicle. A part of the door harness is passed through a first through hole in a door inner panel of the door and a second through hole in the door at a vicinity of the hinge. The door harness includes a door harness body and a grommet. The grommet includes a grommet body disposed in an opening/closing space of the door and a contained portion continuously provided to the grommet body and contained in an internal space of the door inner panel. A first engagement portion and a second engagement portion are provided at both ends of the contained portion. Both of a bending allowing portion and a restoring force generating portion are provided between the first and second engagement portions of the contained portion.

Claims (15)

1. A wiring structure of a door harness to be wired so that the door harness is extend over a vehicle body of a vehicle and a door attached to the vehicle body through a hinge openably/closably in a rotation direction and a part of the door harness is passed through a first through hole in a door inner panel of the door and a second through hole in the door at a vicinity of the hinge, wherein:

the door harness comprises:

a door harness body including a plurality of electric wires; and

a grommet into which the door harness body is inserted;

the grommet comprises:

a grommet body disposed in an opening/closing space of the door where the door is enabled to be opened and closed by the hinge; and

a contained portion continuously provided to the grommet body and contained in an internal space of the door inner panel;

a first engagement portion configured to be engaged with the first through hole is provided at one end of the contained portion, a second engagement portion configured to be engaged with the second through hole is provided at the other end of the contained portion, and both of a bending allowing portion and a restoring force generating portion are provided between the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion of the contained portion;

the bending allowing portion allows the door harness to bend in the internal space and the restoring force generating portion generates a restoring force against a twisting force occurring in the door harness; and

the restoring force generating portion has an inner diameter that is less than an outer diameter of the door harness body such that the restoring force generating portions is in tight contact with the door harness body.

2. The wiring structure of the door harness according to claim 1 , wherein the contained portion is configured by a contained portion body and a replaceable body as two divided parts, the contained portion is provided with the second engagement portion and the replaceable body is provided with the first engagement portion.

3. The wiring structure of the door harness according to claim 2 , wherein a connection portion where one end of the contained portion body is superposed to one end of the replaceable body is integrated by a tape winding around the connection portion.

4. The wiring structure of the door harness according to claim 1 , wherein the grommet is made of rubber or elastomer and is soft and restorable.

5. The wiring structure of the door harness according to claim 1 , wherein the grommet body is disposed between the vehicle body and the door.

6. The wiring structure of the door harness according to claim 1 , wherein the contained portion of the grommet covers whole circumference of the door harness body passed through both of the first through hole and the second through hole and disposed in the internal space of the door inner panel.

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 Dec 19, 2016
From: KAMENOUE, MASAYOSHI; NAKATA, HIROOMI; KANEKO, AKIHIKO; YABASE, NORIMASA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040672/0719 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-249231 · Dec 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170174154A1 · Jun 22, 2017