Granted Patent B2

US 12,415,468 · App. 17/990,136 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Inventors: Ryuta Saito (Yokkaichi, JP); Katsutoshi Izawa (Yokkaichi, JP); Kosuke Tanaka (Yokkaichi, JP)

Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.

B60R16/0215H01B7/40

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A wire harness comprising:

a wire harness main body including an electric wire and an outer cover covering an outer circumference of the electric wire;

a first route regulator that is attached to an outer circumference of the outer cover and regulates a route of the wire harness main body; and

an attachment that is attached to a portion of an outer circumference of the first route regulator in a lengthwise direction of the first route regulator, wherein:

the first route regulator includes an insertion port that is open in a direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the first route regulator and extends along an entire first route regulator in the lengthwise direction of the first route regulator,

the attachment includes a receiver covering a portion in a circumferential direction of the first route regulator, and a pliable band that covers an entire circumference of the first route regulator together with the receiver and binds the receiver and the first route regulator together,

the receiver includes an engagement including a through-hole through which the band passes, and

a thickness of the first route regulator in a radial direction varies in the circumferential direction, wherein

the outer cover has an accordion structure in which large-diameter portions and small-diameter portions are alternately provided along a lengthwise direction of the outer cover, and the attachment is a second route regulator having a body portion that is attached to the large-diameter portion of the outer cover and regulates the route of the wire harness main body.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein:

the band is a cable tie that includes a pliable belt and a lock that is provided at an end of the belt in a lengthwise direction of the belt and regulates movement of the belt in a removing direction, which is a direction opposite to a direction in which the belt is passed therethrough, in a state in which the belt is passed therethrough, and

the cable tie is attached so as to cover an entire circumferential portion of the receiver and cover the entire circumference of the first route regulator together with the receiver.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 ,

wherein the engagement is configured to engage with the belt in a lengthwise direction of the receiver.

4. The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein

the engagement is a plurality of engagements, each of the engagements being provided at one of two ends of the receiver in a circumferential direction of the receiver, and

each of the engagements respectively includes a through-hole.

5. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the band extends from one end of the receiver in the circumferential direction of the receiver, is fixed to the other end, and binds the receiver and the first route regulator together.

6. The wire harness according to claim 5 ,

wherein the band is a component molded integrally with the receiver.

7. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein:

the receiver is formed at an end of the body portion in a lengthwise direction of the second route regulator and covers a circumferential portion of an end of the first route regulator in the lengthwise direction of the first route regulator.

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

a straight shape portion of the first route regulator regulates a first section of the route of the wire harness main body, which is a section having a linear shape in the route of the wire harness main body, and

a bent section of the body portion of the second route regulator regulates a second section of the route of the wire harness main body, which is a section that is bent in the route of the wire harness main body.

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