Wire harness fixing structure
View Patent ↗A wire harness fixing structure includes a cooling medium tank provided with a cooling medium relief valve; a sensor that is installed in the cooling medium tank; a connection terminal that is located beyond the cooling medium relief valve as viewed from a position where the sensor is installed; a wire harness that electrically connects the sensor to the connection terminal; and a bracket that is fastened to the cooling medium tank and that fixes the wire harness. The bracket includes a fastened portion that is fastened to the cooling medium tank, and a retention portion that has a substantially U-shaped form closed at a side facing the cooling medium relief valve and that retains the wire harness in the U-shaped form.
1. A wire harness fixing structure comprising:
a cooling medium tank provided with a cooling medium relief valve;
a sensor that is installed in the cooling medium tank;
a connection terminal that is located beyond the cooling medium relief valve as viewed from a position where the sensor is installed;
a wire harness that electrically connects the sensor to the connection terminal; and
a bracket that is fastened to the cooling medium tank and that fixes the wire harness, the bracket including a fastened portion that is fastened to the cooling medium tank, and a retention portion that has a substantially U-shaped form closed at a side facing the cooling medium relief valve and that retains the wire harness in the U-shaped form.
2. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the retention portion has the substantially U-shaped form that is open at a side opposite to the side facing the cooling medium relief valve.
3. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the retention portion retains the wire harness at a location in a wiring route for the wire harness, the location being in vicinity of the cooling medium relief valve.
4. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fastened portion of the bracket has an engagement portion that engages with a portion of the sensor.
5. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 4 , wherein:
the engagement portion is a slit that is formed in the fastened portion, and the portion of the sensor enters the slit; and
the slit is open at a side opposite to an opening of the substantially U-shaped form of the retention portion.
6. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the bracket further includes a connecting portion that extends upward from an edge of the fastened portion to a point, and that extends diagonally upward from the point such that the connecting portion connects the fastened portion to the retention portion; and
the fastened portion, the connecting portion, and the retention portion are formed of a single plate material that is bent.