IP Library Granted Patent US 11,005,242
Granted Patent B2
US 11,005,242 · App. 16/818,393 · Granted May 11, 2021

Wiring member and composite harness

Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto (Mie, JP); Moriyuki Shimizu (Mie, JP); Toshinari Kobayashi (Mie, JP); Kyungwoo Kim (Mie, JP); Yukitoshi Terasaka (Mie, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
H02G3/0406B60R16/0215H01B7/0045H01B7/18
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Patent No.
US 11,005,242
App. No.
16/818,393
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wiring member includes wires and a resin molded portion. The wires include a curved portion to be arranged along a curved path. The resin molded portion includes a main body portion and a curve reinforcing portion. The main body portion covers the curved portion of the wires. The curve reinforcing portion protrudes from an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion and extends along an extending direction of the curved portion so as to keep the wiring member in a curved state.

Claims (31)

1. A wiring member comprising:

a plurality of wires that includes a curved portion to be arranged along a curved path;

a sheath that covers the plurality of wires;

wherein the plurality of wires extend from an end portion of the sheath and branch therefrom into a plurality of branches; and

a resin molded portion that covers the end portion of the sheath and a base end portions of the plurality of wires branching from the end portion of the sheath, the resin mold portion includes a main body portion and a curve reinforcing portion, the main body portion covers the curved portion of the plurality of wires, and the curve reinforcing portion protrudes from an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion and extends along an extending direction of the curved portion.

2. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein the curve reinforcing portion is provided on an inner circumferential side of a curved shape of the main body portion.

3. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein the resin molded portion is provided with a fixing member configured to be fixed to a fixing target.

4. The wiring member according to claim 3 , wherein the main body portion includes a curve covering portion that extends in a curved state and covers the curved portion, and

the curve covering portion is provided with the fixing member.

5. The wiring member according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing member includes a first fixing portion configured to be fixed to a fixing target and a second fixing portion configured to be fixed to the resin molded portion, and

the second fixing portion is embedded in the resin molded portion.

6. The wiring member according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing member includes a first fixing portion configured to be fixed to a fixing target and a second fixing portion configured to be fixed to the resin molded portion, and

the second fixing portion is embedded in the resin molded portion.

7. The wiring member according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second fixing portion includes:

a second fixing portion main body that is embedded in the resin molded portion so as to extend in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the wire and includes one end portion that is continuous to the first fixing portion that extends outward from the resin molded portion; and

a stopper portion that protrudes from another end portion of the second fixing portion main body in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the second fixing portion main body and the extending direction of the wire and faces the wire inside the resin molded portion, and

resin is interposed in at least a portion between the stopper portion and the wire.

8. The wiring member according to claim 7 , wherein the second fixing portion includes a plurality of restriction surfaces that restrict a position of the wire from a plurality of directions in a state before the resin molded portion is formed.

9. The wiring member according to claim 6 , wherein the second fixing portion includes a plurality of restriction surfaces that restrict a position of the wire from a plurality of directions in a state before the resin molded portion is formed.

10. The composite harness according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing member includes a first fixing portion configured to be fixed to a fixing target and a second fixing portion configured to be fixed to the resin molded portion, and

the second fixing portion is embedded in the resin molded portion.

11. A composite harness comprising:

a plurality of wires that includes a curved portion to be arranged along a curved path, the plurality of wires being a plurality of types of wires;

a sheath that covers the plurality of wires;

wherein the plurality of wires extend from an end portion of the sheath and branch therefrom into a plurality of branches; and

a resin molded portion that covers the end portion of the sheath and a base end portions of the plurality of wires branching from the end portion of the sheath, the resin mold portion includes a main body portion and a curve reinforcing portion, the main body portion covers the curved portion of the plurality of wires, and the curve reinforcing portion protrudes from an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion and extends along an extending direction of the curved portion.

12. The composite harness according to claim 11 , wherein the curve reinforcing portion is provided on an inner circumferential side of a curved shape of the main body portion.

13. The composite harness according to claim 11 , wherein the resin molded portion is provided with a fixing member configured to be fixed to a fixing target.

14. The composite harness according to claim 13 , wherein the main body portion includes a curve covering portion that extends in a curved state and covers the curved portion, and

the curve covering portion is provided with the fixing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, HIRONOBU; SHIMIZU, MORIYUKI; KOBAYASHI, TOSHINARI; KIM, KYUNGWOO; TERASAKA, YUKITOSHI
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052110/0451 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-046058 · Mar 13, 2019 · national
JP JP2019-207776 · Nov 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200295546A1 · Sep 17, 2020
Cited By (1)
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