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Granted Patent B2
US 12,021,359 · App. 17/911,565 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Electric wire protection member and wire harness

Inventor: Yoshio Mizutani (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H02G3/0406H01F7/02H02G3/0481
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Patent No.
US 12,021,359
App. No.
17/911,565
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric wire protection member to be provided at an end in a longitudinal direction of a tube that covers an outer circumference of an electric wire, the electric wire protection member including: a case; and a magnetic core provided to surround the outer circumference of the electric wire, wherein: the case includes: a core housing that houses the magnetic core; and a cover that covers an inner circumferential edge at the end of the tube, the core housing and the cover are formed in one piece with the case.

Claims (42)

1. An electric wire protection member to be provided at an end in a longitudinal direction of a tube that covers an outer circumference of an electric wire, the electric wire protection member comprising:

a case; and

a magnetic core provided to surround the outer circumference of the electric wire, wherein:

the case includes:

a core housing that houses the magnetic core; and

a cover that covers an inner circumferential edge at the end of the tube,

the core housing and the cover are formed in one piece with the case.

2. The electric wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the case includes a lock to be locked to a locking-target of the tube,

one of the lock and the locking-target is a protrusion, and

the other of the lock and the locking-target is a recess to which the protrusion is to be fitted.

3. The electric wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the case includes an insertion to be inserted into an inner circumferential side or an outer circumferential side of the tube, and

the insertion and the core housing are provided at positions that do not overlap each other in a radial direction.

4. The electric wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the magnetic core is provided with a core-side through hole through which the electric wire is to be inserted,

a diameter of the core-side through hole is smaller than an inner diameter of the end of the tube, and

the magnetic core includes a core-side chamfer formed by chamfering a corner that defines an opening of the core-side through hole into a curved surface.

5. The electric wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the case is provided with a case-side through hole through which the electric wire is to be inserted,

a diameter of the case-side through hole is smaller than an inner diameter of the end of the tube, and

the case includes a case-side chamfer formed by chamfering a corner that defines an opening of the case-side through hole into a curved surface.

6. The electric wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the cover is a fitting that includes:

an inner wall configured to come into contact with an inner circumferential surface that includes the end of the tube;

an outer wall configured to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface that includes the end of the tube; and

a bottom wall that connects the inner wall and the outer wall, and

the end of the tube is to be fitted between the outer wall and the inner wall of the fitting.

7. A wire harness comprising:

an electric wire;

a tube that covers an outer circumference of the electric wire; and

an electric wire protection member provided at an end in a longitudinal direction of the tube, wherein:

the electric wire protection member includes:

a case; and

a magnetic core provided to surround the outer circumference of the electric wire, and

the case includes:

a core housing that houses the magnetic core; and

a cover that covers an inner circumferential edge portion at the end of the tube,

the core housing and the cover are formed in one piece with the case.

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 , comprising

a connector provided at an end in a longitudinal direction of the electric wire,

wherein the electric wire protection member and the connector are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the electric wire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2022
From: MIZUTANI, YOSHIO
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061093/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-046575 · Mar 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230106031A1 · Apr 6, 2023