IP Library Granted Patent US 10,532,708
Granted Patent B2
US 10,532,708 · App. 16/183,643 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Circuit body routing structure and vehicle circuit body

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Patent No.
US 10,532,708
App. No.
16/183,643
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit body routing structure includes a circuit body routed, with respect to a vehicle body having a rocker on which a center pillar is erected, along the rocker. The circuit body is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape. The circuit body includes a linear portion disposed overlapping an upper surface of the rocker, and a detour portion disposed overlapping a side surface of the rocker on a vehicle interior side or a side surface of the center pillar on the vehicle interior side at a junction between the rocker and the center pillar.

Claims (19)

1. A circuit body routing structure comprising:

a circuit body routed, with respect to a vehicle body having a rocker on which a pillar is erected, along the rocker,

wherein the circuit body is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape, and includes:

a linear portion disposed overlapping an upper surface of the rocker, and

a detour portion disposed overlapping a surface on a vehicle interior side of the rocker or the pillar at a junction between the rocker and the pillar.

2. The circuit body routing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the detour portion includes:

a first planar bent portion that is continuous with the linear portion and that is bent toward a vehicle interior direction from an extending direction of the rocker in a plane within the upper surface of the rocker,

a folded portion that is continuous with the first planar bent portion and that is folded from the upper surface of the rocker to an extending direction of the pillar along a side surface of the rocker,

a second planar bent portion that is continuous with the folded portion and that is bent from the extending direction of the pillar to the extending direction of the rocker in a plane within the side surface of the rocker, and

a coupling portion that is continuous with the second planar bent portion and that extends in the extending direction of the rocker.

3. The circuit body routing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the detour portion includes:

a direction changing portion that is continuous with the linear portion and that is twisted in a direction from the linear portion side along the side surface of the pillar with reference to an edge portion on the vehicle interior side, and

a coupling portion that is continuous with the direction changing portion and that is routed in an extending direction of the rocker overlapping a side surface on the vehicle interior side of the pillar.

4. A vehicle circuit body routed, with respect to a vehicle body having a rocker on which a pillar is erected, along the rocker, wherein

the vehicle circuit body is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape, and includes:

a linear portion disposed overlapping an upper surface of the rocker, and

a detour portion disposed overlapping a surface on a vehicle interior side of the rocker or the pillar at a junction between the rocker and the pillar.

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 Nov 7, 2018
From: YAMASHITA, TOSHIAKI; SASAKI, NORIAKI; OSHITA, SHINJI; KAWAKAMI, HIROKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047441/0963 →