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Granted Patent B2
US 10,618,478 · App. 16/480,131 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Wire harness and connection structure for wire harness

Inventors: Hirokazu Nakai (Yokkaichi, JP); Tomohiro Yabashi (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
B60R16/0215H01B7/0045H01B7/20H02G3/0406H02G3/0462
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Patent No.
US 10,618,478
App. No.
16/480,131
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness that includes a braid composed of conductive strands; a cylindrical conductor that is electrically connected to the braid and can be attached to an attachment target; and an electrical wire inserted into the braid and the cylindrical conductor, wherein the cylindrical conductor includes a rotation restriction that restricts rotation of the cylindrical conductor with respect to the attachment target by engaging with the attachment target in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical conductor, and the rotation restriction also restricts the cylindrical conductor from moving in an axial direction of the cylindrical conductor by engaging with the attachment target in the axial direction.

Claims (22)

1. A wire harness comprising:

a braid composed of conductive strands;

a cylindrical conductor having a first end and a second end in an axial direction of the cylindrical conductor, the first end being electrically connected to the braid, and the second end being attached to an attachment target; and

an electrical wire inserted into the braid and the cylindrical conductor, wherein

the second end of the cylindrical conductor includes a rotation restriction that restricts rotation of the cylindrical conductor with respect to the attachment target by engaging with the attachment target in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical conductor, and the rotation restriction also restricts the cylindrical conductor from moving in the axial direction by engaging with the attachment target in the axial direction.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotation restriction is a radial direction extension that extends outward in a radial direction of the cylindrical conductor from an outer circumference of the cylindrical conductor.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein

the radial direction extension is one of a plurality of radial extensions provided in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical conductor.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotation restriction has an insertion hole into which a fastener that fastens the cylindrical conductor to the attachment target can be inserted.

5. A connection structure comprising:

the attachment target; and

the wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the cylindrical conductor is connected to the attachment target, which includes:

an opening into which the cylindrical conductor can be inserted;

a first engagement that engages with the rotation restriction in an insertion direction when the cylindrical conductor is inserted into the opening; and

a second engagement that engages with the rotation restriction in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical conductor.

6. A connection structure comprising:

the attachment target; and

the wire harness according to claim 4 ,

the cylindrical conductor is connected to the attachment target using the fastener that is inserted into the insertion hole of the cylindrical conductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2019
From: NAKAI, HIROKAZU; YABASHI, TOMOHIRO
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049834/0427 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-012155 · Jan 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190337473A1 · Nov 7, 2019