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Granted Patent B2
US 10,723,290 · App. 16/211,158 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Circuit body-routing structure

Inventors: Toshiaki Yamashita (Shizuoka, JP); Noriaki Sasaki (Shizuoka, JP); Shinji Oshita (Aichi-ken, JP); Hiroki Kawakami (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R16/0215H02G3/0406H02G3/0437B62D25/025H01B7/0045
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Patent No.
US 10,723,290
App. No.
16/211,158
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a routing structure of a circuit body in a rocker formed on a vehicle body. The circuit body routing structure has a recessed housing groove formed along an extending direction of the rocker on a side surface of the rocker at a vehicle interior side, a circuit body that is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape and that is housed in the housing groove and routed on the rocker, and an interior material that is mounted on the rocker so as to cover an upper surface and the side surface of the rocker, and that holds the circuit body in the housing groove.

Claims (12)

1. A circuit body routing structure in a rocker formed on a vehicle body comprising:

a recessed housing groove formed along an extending direction of the rocker on a side surface of the rocker at a vehicle interior side;

a circuit body that is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape and that is housed in the housing groove and routed on the rocker; and

an interior material that is mounted on the rocker so as to cover an upper surface and the side surface of the rocker, and that holds the circuit body in the housing groove,

wherein a part of the circuit body protrudes from the housing groove and is in contact with the interior material, and

wherein a pressing member having elasticity is provided between the interior material and the circuit body, and the circuit body is pressed toward a bottom wall of the housing groove by the pressing member.

2. The circuit body routing structure according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive member that adheres the bottom wall of the housing groove and the circuit body.

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

the recessed housing groove is formed integrally with the rocker.

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

the recessed housing groove is formed continuous with the rocker.

5. The circuit body routing structure of claim 1 wherein a depth dimension of the housing groove is smaller than a depth dimension of the circuit body.

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 5, 2018
From: YAMASHITA, TOSHIAKI; SASAKI, NORIAKI; OSHITA, SHINJI; KAWAKAMI, HIROKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047685/0505 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-237019 · Dec 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190176725A1 · Jun 13, 2019