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Granted Patent B2
US 11,462,894 · App. 17/292,960 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Wire harness

Inventors: Takuji Iwama (Yokkaichi, JP); Yuji Tanaka (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
H02G3/0481B60R16/0207H01B7/0045H02G3/32
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Patent No.
US 11,462,894
App. No.
17/292,960
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness, including: a plurality of tubes that each include a tubular shape-retaining conductor having a conductive property and a shape-retaining property, the plurality of tubes being routed in parallel, wherein: a conductive tube, that includes an insulating cover that covers the shape-retaining conductor, is included among the plurality of tubes, and thicknesses of the shape-retaining conductors that are included in at least two tubes among the plurality of tubes are different to each other.

Claims (24)

1. A wire harness, comprising:

a plurality of tubes that each include a tubular shape-retaining conductor having a conductive property and a shape-retaining property, the plurality of tubes being routed in parallel, wherein:

at least two tubes among the plurality of tubes are conductive tubes, each of which includes an insulating cover that covers the shape-retaining conductor,

thicknesses of the shape-retaining conductors that are included in the at least two tubes are different to each other, and

thicknesses of the insulating covers that are included in the at least two tubes are the same.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein one shape-retaining conductor among the shape-retaining conductors that are included in the at least two tubes has an outer diameter that is twice a size or less of an outer diameter of another one of the shape-retaining conductors.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the shape-retaining conductors that are included in the at least two tubes have outer diameters that are equal to each other.

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

a holder that includes a plurality of holding portions that are configured to individually hold the plurality of tubes, wherein

at least two tubes among the plurality of tubes have outer diameters that are equal to each other.

5. The wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of holding portions in the holder are lined up in a row.

6. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tubes includes an insert tube in which a wire is to be inserted inside of the insert tube, which is the shape-retaining conductor.

7. A wire harness, comprising:

a first tube; and

a second tube, wherein:

the first tube includes a first shape-retaining conductor having a conductive property and a shape-retaining property, and a first insulating cover that covers the first shape-retaining conductor,

the second tube includes a second shape-retaining conductor having a conductive property and a shape-retaining property, and a second insulating cover that covers the second shape-retaining conductor,

the first shape-retaining conductor and the second shape-retaining conductor are hollow, circular tube-shaped members having inner diameters, and the inner diameter of the first shape-retaining conductor is different to the inner diameter of the second shape-retaining conductor,

a thickness of the first shape-retaining conductor is different to a thickness of the second shape-retaining conductor, and

a thicknesses of the first insulating cover is the same as a thickness of the second insulating cover.

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 ,

wherein an outer diameter of the first shape-retaining conductor is equal to an outer diameter of the second shape-retaining conductor.

9. The wire harness according to claim 7 ,

wherein an outer diameter of the first tube is equal to an outer diameter of the second tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2021
From: IWAMA, TAKUJI; TANAKA, YUJI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056204/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-215245 · Nov 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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