IP Library Granted Patent US 10,262,769
Granted Patent B2
US 10,262,769 · App. 15/718,185 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Wire harness

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Patent No.
US 10,262,769
App. No.
15/718,185
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness includes a flat shielded cable, a first device connected to one end of the flat shielded cable, and a second device connected to the other end of the flat shielded cable. The flat shielded cable includes a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel, an insulating jacket section that covers the plurality of conductors and has an exposed conductor section which exposes a part of at least one of the conductors, and a shielding member that covers an outer periphery of the jacket section. A signal is transmitted from the first device to the second device through a conductor other than the conductor provided with the exposed conductor section. The at least one of the conductors is connected to a ground at a position between the exposed conductor section and the second device.

Claims (22)

1. A wire harness comprising:

a flat shielded cable comprising:

a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel to each other;

an insulating jacket section that covers the plurality of conductors and that has a plurality of annular first portions, each of the plurality of annular first portions covering a conductor of the plurality of conductors, and at least one second portion connecting adjacent ones of said plurality of annular first portions, the insulating jacket section having an exposed conductor section which exposes a part of at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors by removing a part of an annular first portion of the plurality of annular first portions; and

a shielding member that covers an outer periphery of the insulating jacket section, the part of the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors being electrically connected to the shielding member via the exposed conductor section;

a first device configured to be connected to one end of the flat shielded cable by at least one other conductor of the plurality of conductors other than the at least one conductor provided with the exposed conductor section; and

a second device configured to be connected to the other end of the flat shielded cable by the at least one other conductor of the plurality of conductors other than the at least one conductor provided with the exposed conductor section,

wherein a signal is transmitted from the first device to the second device through the at least one other conductor of the plurality of conductors other than the at least one conductor provided with the exposed conductor section;

wherein the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors provided with the exposed conductor section is connected to a ground at a position between the exposed conductor section and the second device; and

wherein the exposed conductor section exposes a whole circumference of the part of the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the exposed conductor section is provided so that a distance between the exposed conductor section and the second device is smaller than a distance between the exposed conductor section and the first device.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein the exposed conductor section is provided at a position away from an end section of the shielding member connected to the second device by a distance of 150 mm or less.

4. A wire harness comprising:

a flat shielded cable comprising:

a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel to each other;

an insulating jacket section that covers the plurality of conductors and that has a plurality of annular first portions, each of the plurality of annual first portions covering a conductor of the plurality of conductors, and at least one second portion connecting adjacent ones of said plurality of annular first portions, the insulating jacket section having an exposed conductor section which exposes a part of at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors by removing a part of an annular first portion of the plurality of annular first portions; and

a shielding member that covers an outer periphery of the insulating jacket section, the part of the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors being electrically connected to the shielding member via the exposed conductor section,

wherein the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors provided with the exposed conductor section is connected to a ground at a first end;

wherein, in the flat shielded cable, the exposed conductor section is provided at a position closer to the first end than to a second end of the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors, opposite the first end;

wherein at least one other conductor of the plurality of conductors other than the at least one conductor provided with the exposed conductor section is configured to connect to a first device and a second device; and

wherein the exposed conductor section exposes a whole circumference of the part of the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors.

5. The wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors is connected to the ground at a position between the exposed conductor section and the first end of the at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors.

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 28, 2017
From: SHIRAI, MIZUKI; KONDO, HIROKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043724/0100 →