IP Library Granted Patent US 10,501,029
Granted Patent B2
US 10,501,029 · App. 16/475,198 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Wire harness

Inventor: Hirokazu Nakai (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
B60R16/0207H01B7/06H01R4/02H01R4/60H01B5/02
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Patent No.
US 10,501,029
App. No.
16/475,198
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor.

Claims (12)

1. A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness comprising:

a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and

a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor, wherein

the first end of the cylindrical conductor is collapsed to form a flat plate shape, an outer face of the flat plate shape has a flat joining face, and the first end of the cylindrical conductor is joined at the flat joining face to a core wire of the first flexible conductor, and

the tubular conductor and the cylindrical conductor are configured such that a length of the wire harness is adjustable by changing an insertion depth of the cylindrical conductor into the tubular conductor.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible conductor is connected to the first end of the cylindrical conductor, and a second flexible conductor that is flexible and is different from the first flexible conductor, is connected to a second end of the tubular conductor.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein a connector having a flat joining face to which the second flexible conductor is to be joined is formed at the second end of the tubular conductor.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein an opening at a second end of the tubular conductor is electrically connected to another cylindrical conductor, which is different from the cylindrical conductor, in a state in which a first end of the another cylindrical conductor is fitted into the opening.

5. The wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein a second flexible conductor, which is different from the first flexible conductor, is connected to a second end of the another cylindrical conductor.

6. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical conductor is a solid member.

7. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical conductor is a hollow member.

8. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein another tubular conductor, which is different from the tubular conductor, is arranged between the cylindrical conductor and the first flexible conductor, and the cylindrical conductor and the first flexible conductor are electrically connected to each other in a state in which the first flexible conductor is connected to a first end of the another tubular conductor and the first end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a second end of the another tubular conductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2019
From: NAKAI, HIROKAZU
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049641/0153 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-003619 · Jan 12, 2017 · national
JP 2017-034946 · Feb 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190337472A1 · Nov 7, 2019
Cited By (1)
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