IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,433,831
Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,831 · App. 17/197,839 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Wire harness

Inventors: Yuji Nishi (Yokkaichi, JP); Yuki Morimoto (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
B60R16/0215B60R16/0207H02G3/0468H02G3/263
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,433,831
App. No.
17/197,839
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness including: a wire member; a protector that houses the wire member; a first corrugated tube that extends externally from an end of the protector and covers an outer circumference of the wire member; a second corrugated tube that is provided at a location that is on an opposite side to the protector with respect to the first corrugated tube and spaced apart from the first corrugated tube, and covers the outer circumference of the wire member; a first fixing member that fixes the wire member to the first corrugated tube and the second corrugated tube; and an exterior cover that covers the outer circumference of the wire member.

Claims (19)

1. A wire harness comprising:

a wire member;

a protector that houses the wire member;

a first corrugated tube that extends externally from an end of the protector and covers an outer circumference of the wire member;

a second corrugated tube that is provided at a location that is on an opposite side to the protector with respect to the first corrugated tube and spaced apart from the first corrugated tube, and covers the outer circumference of the wire member;

a first fixing member that fixes the wire member to the first corrugated tube and the second corrugated tube; and

an exterior cover that covers the outer circumference of the wire member, wherein:

the wire member includes an intermediate portion located between the first corrugated tube and the second corrugated tube in a lengthwise direction of the wire member,

the first fixing member fixes the intermediate portion of the wire member to the first corrugated tube and the second corrugated tube, and

the exterior cover covers an outer circumference of the intermediate portion of the wire member and has a higher flexibility than the first corrugated tube.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second fixing member that fixes the exterior cover to the first corrugated tube and the second corrugated tube.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the exterior cover is formed by rolling a resin sheet material into a tubular shape.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wire member includes:

a wire; and

a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape and covers the outer circumference of the wire, and

the braided wire is provided between the wire and the first fixing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: NISHI, YUJI; MORIMOTO, YUKI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055552/0715 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-050500 · Mar 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210291761A1 · Sep 23, 2021
Cited By (2)
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