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Granted Patent B2
US 11,981,272 · App. 17/436,899 · Granted May 14, 2024

Exterior member and wire harness

Inventor: Yasuyuki Saito (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B60R16/0215H01B7/18H01B7/42H02G3/04
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Patent No.
US 11,981,272
App. No.
17/436,899
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exterior member that includes a housing in which a cable is to be housed; a first projection that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the housing and that is formed so as to protrude toward an inside of the housing from the inner peripheral surface of the housing; and a first radiation film that covers a surface of the first projection and that has a higher emissivity than the surface of the first projection.

Claims (26)

1. An exterior member comprising:

a housing in which a cable is to be housed;

a first projection that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the housing and that is formed so as to protrude toward an inside of the housing from the inner peripheral surface of the housing; and

a first radiation film that covers a surface of the first projection and that has a higher emissivity than the surface of the first projection.

2. The exterior member according to claim 1 further comprising

a second projection that is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the housing and that is formed so as to protrude toward an outside from the outer peripheral surface of the housing,

wherein the second projection is formed only on a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the housing that is located on an opposite side from a heat source with the housing therebetween.

3. The exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the exterior member further includes:

a case that has a groove in which the cable is to be housed; and

a cover that is attached to the case and that covers the groove,

the housing is formed by the groove and the cover, and

the first projection is formed only on an inner side surface in the inner peripheral surface of the housing, the inner side surface being disposed between a bottom wall of the case and an opposing wall of the cover that opposes the bottom wall.

4. The exterior member according to claim 3 ,

wherein one of the bottom wall of the case and the opposing wall of the cover is provided with a pressing portion that presses the cable toward the other one of the bottom wall of the case and the opposing wall of the cover.

5. The exterior member according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first radiation film is formed so as to cover an entire inner peripheral surface of the groove.

6. The exterior member according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first radiation film is formed so as to cover only the inner side surface of the inner peripheral surface of the housing.

7. A wire harness comprising:

the cable; and

the exterior member according to claim 1 .

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein:

the cable includes a core wire and an insulating cover that covers an outer periphery of the core wire, and

a second radiation film having a higher emissivity than an outer peripheral surface of the insulating cover is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the insulating cover.

9. The exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the emissivity of the first radiation film is 0.7 or higher.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2021
From: SAITO, YASUYUKI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057742/0101 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-041801 · Mar 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220161742A1 · May 26, 2022