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Granted Patent B2
US 11,015,740 · App. 16/619,730 · Granted May 25, 2021

Support member-attached wire harness and wire harness support structure

Inventors: Haruka Nakano (Mie, JP); Shigeki Ikeda (Mie, JP); Daisuke Fukai (Mie, JP); Tetsuya Nishimura (Mie, JP); Motohiro Yokoi (Mie, JP); Housei Mizuno (Mie, JP); Takashi Ide (Mie, JP); Daiki Nagayasu (Mie, JP); Daisuke Ebata (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F16L3/12B60R16/0207H01B7/40
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Patent No.
US 11,015,740
App. No.
16/619,730
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support member-attached wire harness includes a wire harness including an electrical wire and a support member that includes a fitting portion formed in a partially cylindrical shape that is opened partially in a circumferential direction so as to be capable of being fitted to an outer peripheral portion of a bar-shaped member. On at least one of the wire harness and the support member, a support portion for supporting the wire harness disposed along an outer periphery of the fitting portion at a fixed position with respect to the fitting portion is formed.

Claims (47)

1. A support member-attached wire harness comprising:

a wire harness including an electrical wire and a sheet material that holds the electrical wire; and

a support member including a fitting portion formed in a partially cylindrical shape that is opened partially in a circumferential direction so as to be capable of being fitted to an outer peripheral portion of a bar-shaped member, wherein

a support portion for supporting the wire harness disposed along outer periphery of the fitting portion at a fixed position with respect to the fitting portion is formed on at least one of the wire harness and the support member, and

the support portion having a free end that protrudes to an exterior of the sheet material.

2. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the support portion includes a locking projection portion which protrudes toward an outer peripheral side from the fitting portion and is locked in a state of penetrating the sheet material.

3. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the support portion further includes a first insertion portion and a second insertion portion that are provided at both end sides in a circumferential direction of the support member and where a band component is capable of being inserted,

the support member-attached wire harness further comprising a band component that is inserted into and locked at the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion in a state where the wire harness is sandwiched between the band component and an outer peripheral surface of the support member.

4. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein

the band component includes a band portion on which an uneven portion is formed, and a regulation portion that is provided at a base end of the band portion and has a cross section formed to be larger than a cross section of the band portion,

the first insertion portion is formed such that the band portion is capable of being inserted into the first insertion portion and the regulation portion is incapable of being inserted into the first insertion portion, and

a band lock portion that is capable of being locked at the uneven portion such that the band portion is capable of being inserted into the second insertion portion in one direction and is incapable of being inserted into the second insertion portion in the other direction is formed in the second insertion portion.

5. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the support member further includes a positioning projection portion that protrudes from the fitting portion toward an inner peripheral side and is capable of being stored in a hole formed on the bar-shaped member.

6. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 5 , wherein

the positioning projection portion includes a pair of fitting positioning projection portions that are provided on inner peripheral surfaces of portions positioned on opposite sides across the bar-shaped member on the fitting portion, and allow the fitting portion to be fitted to the bar-shaped member by being stored in the hole formed on the bar-shaped member.

7. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrical wire is fixed to the sheet material by sewing or welding.

8. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrical wire is formed to be flat as a whole by being sandwiched between two of the sheet materials.

9. A wire harness support structure comprising:

the support member-attached wire harness according to claim 1 ; and

the bar-shaped member to which the fitting portion of the support member-attached wire harness is fitted.

10. The wire harness support structure according to claim 9 , wherein

an end portion of the sheet material is sandwiched between the bar-shaped member and the fitting portion.

11. The wire harness support structure according to claim 9 , wherein

the bar-shaped member is a reinforcement disposed on a back side of an instrument panel in a vehicle.

12. A support member-attached wire harness comprising:

a wire harness including an electrical wire; and

a support member including a fitting portion formed in a partially cylindrical shape that is opened partially in a circumferential direction so as to be capable of being fitted to an outer peripheral portion of a bar-shaped member, wherein

a support portion for supporting the wire harness disposed along outer periphery of the fitting portion at a fixed position with respect to the fitting portion is formed on at least one of the wire harness and the support member,

wherein

the wire harness includes a sheet material that holds the electrical wire, and

the support portion includes a recess formed on an inner peripheral side of the sheet material, the recess into which an end portion of the fitting portion is inserted.

13. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 12 , wherein

the recess is formed in a bag shape.

14. A support member-attached wire harness comprising:

a wire harness including an electrical wire; and

a support member including a fitting portion formed in a partially cylindrical shape that is opened partially in a circumferential direction so as to be capable of being fitted to an outer peripheral portion of a bar-shaped member, wherein

a support portion for supporting the wire harness disposed along outer periphery of the fitting portion at a fixed position with respect to the fitting portion is formed on at least one of the wire harness and the support member,

wherein

the wire harness further includes a sheet material that holds the electrical wire and a connector that is connected to an end portion of the electrical wire and positioned in an end portion of the sheet material, and

the support portion includes a connector locking portion which protrudes toward the outer peripheral side from the fitting portion, the connector locking portion at which the connector is locked.

15. The support member-attached wire harness according to claim 14 , wherein

the end portion of the sheet material is sandwiched between the connector and the fitting portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2019
From: NAKANO, HARUKA; IKEDA, SHIGEKI; FUKAI, DAISUKE; NISHIMURA, TETSUYA; YOKOI, MOTOHIRO; MIZUNO, HOUSEI; IDE, TAKASHI; NAGAYASU, DAIKI; EBATA, DAISUKE
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051192/0736 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-116706 · Jun 14, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-179110 · Sep 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200141518A1 · May 7, 2020
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