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US 10,985,542 · App. 16/495,577 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Wire protecting protector and protector-equipped wire

Inventors: Takashi Ide (Mie, JP); Junya Yonekawa (Mie, JP); Tsutomu Sakata (Mie, JP); Daiki Nagayasu (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
H02G3/0487
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Patent No.
US 10,985,542
App. No.
16/495,577
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to reduce the constraints on the mounting of a wire protecting protector to a wire, while achieving a reduction in the weight of the wire protecting protector. A wire protecting protector is made of a foamed resin and is formed in a shape having a wire housing recess capable of housing a wire, and a surface of the wire protecting protector that includes an inner circumferential surface on the wire housing recess side is a surface formed through molding. Preferably, a reinforcing film is formed on at least a part of the surface of the wire protecting protector.

Claims (21)

1. A wire protecting protector that is made of a foamed resin and that is formed in a shape having a wire housing recess capable of housing a wire,

wherein a surface of the wire protector that includes an inner circumferential surface on the wire housing recess side is a surface formed through molding,

wherein a reinforcing film is formed on at least a part of the surface of the wire protector,

wherein the wire protector includes a thinned portion having a smaller thickness than other portions, and wherein the reinforcing film is formed on the thinned portion, and wherein the thinned portion is recessed relative to the other portions.

2. The wire protector according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a main body portion that includes a bottom portion and a pair of side wall portions provided on opposite sides of the bottom portion, the wire housing recess being formed between the bottom portion and the pair of side wall portions; and

a cover portion configured to close an opening of the main body portion that is located on a side opposite to the bottom portion.

3. The wire protector according to claim 2 ,

wherein a fitting recess is formed on one of the main body portion and the cover portion, and a fitting protrusion that can be press-fitted to the fitting recess is formed on the other.

4. The wire protector according to claim 1 , further comprising

a force receiving portion configured to receive a force from the outside,

wherein the reinforcing film is formed on a surface of the force receiving portion.

5. The wire protector according to claim 4 ,

wherein the force receiving portion includes a vehicle fixing component attachment portion to which a vehicle fixing component that can be fixed to a vehicle is to be attached.

6. The wire protector according to claim 4 ,

wherein the force receiving portion includes a wire fixation portion to which the wire is to be fixed.

7. The wire protector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wire housing recess is formed in a shape to house the wire along a three-dimensional path.

8. A protector-equipped wire comprising:

the wire protector according to claim 1 ; and

at least one wire housed in the wire housing recess.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: IDE, TAKASHI; YONEKAWA, JUNYA; SAKATA, TSUTOMU; NAGAYASU, DAIKI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050441/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-055404 · Mar 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200112152A1 · Apr 9, 2020
Cited By (1)
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