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Granted Patent B2
US 11,351,937 · App. 17/070,429 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Protector and routing unit

Inventor: Kota Onodera (Mie, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
B60R16/0215H01B7/0045H02G3/0468
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Patent No.
US 11,351,937
App. No.
17/070,429
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A protector includes a protector main portion configured to accommodate a wire harness 100 , and a second intermediate guiding portion configured to guide, to the outside, at least part of the wire harness 100 accommodated in the protector main portion. In the protector main portion, an outer face 23 a of a side wall portion 23 of the protector main portion includes a fastener base 40 on which the wire harness 100 guided from the second intermediate guiding portion can be fastened with a cable tie B. The fastener base 40 has a placement face 41 on which the wire harness 100 is placed, the placement face being a flat face.

Claims (24)

1. A protector comprising:

a protector main portion configured to accommodate a wire harness; and

a guiding portion configured to guide, to an outside, at least part of the wire harness accommodated in the protector main portion,

wherein, in the protector main portion, an outer face of a wall portion of the protector main portion includes a fastener base on which the wire harness guided from the guiding portion can be fastened by a fastener, and

the fastener base has a placement face on which the wire harness is placed, the placement face being a flat face.

2. The protector according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener base has a protrusion that is adjacent to the placement face and that projects higher than the placement face.

3. The protector according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusion is elongated in a direction that is orthogonal to the projecting direction and that intersects a direction in which the wire harness extends.

4. The protector according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusion is arranged on each of the two sides of the placement face in a direction in which the wire harness extends.

5. The protector according to claim 2 ,

wherein the wire harness includes an electric wire and an outer member that covers an outer side of the electric wire, and

the protrusion is in contact with the outer member.

6. The protector according to claim 5 ,

wherein the outer member is an accordion-like corrugated tube that covers the outer side of the electric wire and that has a groove and a ridge, and

the protrusion is fitted to and is in contact with the groove of the corrugated tube.

7. The protector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protector main portion includes an opening through which the wire harness is accommodated, and further includes a lock portion that fastens a cover portion to the protector main portion, the cover portion being configured to close the opening in a state in which the wire harness is accommodated, and

the fastener base is arranged at a position that is away from the lock portion.

8. A routing unit comprising:

a wire harness configured to be connected to a vibrating portion; and

a protector that accommodates the wire harness,

wherein the protector includes a protector main portion that accommodates the wire harness, and a guiding portion that guides, to an outside, at least part of the wire harness accommodated in the protector main portion,

in the protector main portion, an outer face of a wall portion of the protector main portion includes a fastener base on which the wire harness guided from the guiding portion can be fastened by a fastener, and

the fastener base has a placement face on which the wire harness is placed, the placement face being a flat face.

9. The protector according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener base has a surface opposite to the placement face, and the surface of the fastener faces the outer face of a wall portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2020
From: ONODERA, KOTA
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-196263 · Oct 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210122307A1 · Apr 29, 2021