IP Library Granted Patent US 9,330,813
Granted Patent B2
US 9,330,813 · App. 13/819,029 · Granted May 3, 2016

Conductive path structure and wire harness

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Patent No.
US 9,330,813
App. No.
13/819,029
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion, and a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion. The second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through the first covering member. The second covering member slidably covers the first covering member.

Claims (26)

1. A conductive path structure comprising: a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, and the cut-off facilitating portion forming a single conductive member, wherein a cross-sectional area of the cut-off facilitating member is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion; a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion; and a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion, wherein the second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through the first covering member; wherein the second covering member slidably covers the first covering member; and wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is configured to separate the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion when a sufficient force is applied to the conductive path structure.

2. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through a gap;

and wherein the first covering member is arranged so as to be inserted into the gap.

3. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering member directly covers the cut-off facilitating portion.

4. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the first covering member is different from a material of the second covering member.

5. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor on which a groove is formed.

6. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor on which a notch is formed.

7. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor in which a through hole is formed.

8. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor having a thin portion thinner than the first and second conductive portions.

9. A wire harness including a plurality of conductive paths each having the conductive path structure according to claim 1 .

10. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor is formed such that the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion are connected as a single conductor.

11. The conductive path structure according to claim 1 , wherein the single conductive member is a flat metal plate.

12. A conductive path structure comprising:

a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating means for separating the first conductive portion from the second conductive portion when a sufficient force is applied to the conductive path structure;

a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating means; and

a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating means,

wherein the second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating means through the first covering member;

wherein the second covering member slidably covers the first covering member.

13. A conductive path structure comprising:

a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion;

a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion;

a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion; and

a tolerance absorption portion formed on the first conductive portion having a slit extending in a direction approximately intersecting the conductor width direction,

wherein the second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through the first covering member;

wherein the second covering member slidably covers the first covering member; and

wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is configured to separate the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion when a sufficient force is applied to the conductive path structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2013
From: ADACHI, HIDEOMI; KUBOSHIMA, HIDEHIKO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029874/0913 →