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Granted Patent B2
US 10,946,817 · App. 16/641,854 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Wire harness fixing structure

Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura (Mie, JP); Housei Mizuno (Mie, JP); Satoshi Ujita (Mie, JP); Motohiro Yokoi (Mie, JP); Shigeki Ikeda (Mie, JP); Daisuke Ebata (Mie, JP); Haruka Nakano (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B60R16/0215H01B7/0045H02G3/32
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Patent No.
US 10,946,817
App. No.
16/641,854
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness fixing structure includes; a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle; a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer; and a fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer. A bottomed hole having a bottom is formed in the silencer to be concaved from the main surface in a thickness direction. The fixing member is locked to the bottomed hole, thereby fixing the wire harness to the silencer.

Claims (31)

1. A wire harness fixing structure, comprising:

a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle;

a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer;

a fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer, wherein

a bottomed hole having a bottom is formed in the silencer to be concaved from the main surface in a thickness direction, and

the fixing member is locked to the bottomed hole, thereby fixing the wire harness to the silencer; wherein

the silencer includes a silencer body part and a locking member which is formed of a material having higher rigidity than the silencer body part,

the locking member being integral with the silencer body part, and

the locking member having the bottomed hole, wherein a bottom wall of the locking member provides the bottom of the bottomed hole, and wherein

a surface of the bottom wall is covered with the silencer body part.

2. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein a locking protrusion part

is formed in both the fixing member and the locking member so as to be locked to each other.

3. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixing member includes a clip with a supporting column part and a locking piece formed on a tip of the supporting column part so as to be able to be inserted into and locked to a hole, and

the locking piece in the clip is locked to the bottomed hole formed in the silencer body part.

4. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the wire harness includes an electrical wire and a sheet material which the electrical wire is fixed to and which is sandwiched between the fixing member and the silencer.

5. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the wire harness includes a plurality of electrical wires bundled into a circular shape in cross section and is fixed to the fixing member by a banding member.

6. A wire harness fixing structure, comprising:

a silencer disposed between a floor mat and a body in a vehicle;

a wire harness disposed along a main surface of the silencer;

a fixing member fixing the wire harness to the silencer, wherein

a bottomed hole having a bottom is formed in the silencer to be concaved from the main surface in a thickness direction, and

the fixing member is locked to the bottomed hole, thereby fixing the wire harness to the silencer; and

the silencer includes a silencer body part and a locking member which is formed of a material having higher rigidity than the silencer body part,

the locking member being integral with the silencer body part, and the locking member having the bottomed hole, wherein

the locking member includes a shaft extending from one end portion exposed to a side of the main surface of the silencer body part toward an inner side of the silencer body part, the shaft having the bottomed hole formed therein and a retaining part linking to another end portion of the shaft to prevent the shaft from getting out of the silencer body part, and

the fixing member has an insertion part formed into a rod-like shape to be inserted into and locked to the bottomed hole formed in the shaft and an insertion regulating part formed on a base end of the insertion part to regulate a further insertion of the insertion part into the bottomed hole.

7. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 6 , wherein

the fixing member further has a harness fixing part which is provided to extend from the insertion regulating part and to which the wire harness is fixed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: NISHIMURA, TETSUYA; MIZUNO, HOUSEI; UJITA, SATOSHI; YOKOI, MOTOHIRO; IKEDA, SHIGEKI; EBATA, DAISUKE; NAKANO, HARUKA
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-169187 · Sep 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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