IP Library Granted Patent US 11,791,614
Granted Patent B2
US 11,791,614 · App. 17/549,205 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Harness member

Inventors: Yoshinori Kubo (Tokyo, JP); Akitoshi Fujimori (Tokyo, JP); Yiming Jin (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD
H02G15/1806H02G3/266H02G15/013
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Patent No.
US 11,791,614
App. No.
17/549,205
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A harness member includes a cable, a housing with an insertion hole through which the cable is inserted, a heat-shrink tubing covering the housing and the cable exposed on one side from the insertion hole, and a hot melt adhesive to seal between the heat-shrink tubing and the cable and between the heat-shrink tubing and the housing. A recess is formed on the housing so as to be recessed from an outer circumferential surface covered with the heat-shrink tubing. At least a portion of the hot melt adhesive melted between the outer circumferential surface of the housing and an inner circumferential surface of the heat-shrink tubing has flowed into the recess.

Claims (18)

1. A harness member, comprising:

a cable;

a housing with an insertion hole through which the cable is inserted;

a heat-shrink tubing covering the housing and the cable exposed on one side from the insertion hole; and

a hot melt adhesive to seal between the heat-shrink tubing and the cable and between the heat-shrink tubing and the housing,

wherein a recess is formed in a substantially annular shape along a circumferential direction on the housing so as to be recessed from an outer circumferential surface of the housing covered with the heat-shrink tubing, and

wherein at least a portion of the hot melt adhesive melted between the outer circumferential surface of the housing and an inner circumferential surface of the heat-shrink tubing has flowed into the recess,

wherein the heat-shrunk tubing entirely covers all the recess along an axial direction of the cable,

wherein the housing integrally includes a distal end-side portion inside which a sensor is arranged, and a proximal end-side portion around which the heat-shrink tubing is arranged,

wherein the proximal end-side portion includes a first portion, and a second portion protruding outward relative to the first portion,

wherein the distal end-side portion protrudes outward relative to the first portion, and

wherein the recess is formed at the first portion and a width of the recess is smaller than a distance between the distal end-side portion and the second portion along the axial direction of the cable.

2. The harness member according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-shrink tubing entirely covers the recess.

3. The harness member according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the recess comprises a curved surface.

4. The harness member according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the recess is a rectangle when viewed in cross section parallel to both a width direction and a depth direction of the recess.

5. The harness member according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is formed in a groove shape extending in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the cable.

6. The harness member according to claim 5 , wherein the recess is formed along a circumferential direction and around the outer circumferential surface of the housing entirely.

7. The harness member according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of recesses are formed along a circumferential direction and entirely around the outer circumferential surface of the housing at a plurality of positions in the axial direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062819/0890 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: KUBO, YOSHINORI; FUJIMORI, AKITOSHI; JIN, YIMING
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058374/0069 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-207247 · Dec 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220190580A1 · Jun 16, 2022