IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,097,810
Granted Patent B2
US 12,097,810 · App. 17/434,871 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Wiring harness unit and wiring harness mounting structure

Inventors: Hirotaka Kato (Mie, JP); Satoshi Yamamoto (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B60R16/0215H02G3/30
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,097,810
App. No.
17/434,871
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique disclosed by this specification relates to a wiring harness unit 10 to be attached to an case 60 and including a wiring harness 30 having a plurality of coated wires 11 fixed to sheet-like base members 20 and a protector 40 including a pair of sandwiching portions for sandwiching and holding a margin portion 34 different from a part fixed to the plurality of coated wires 11 in the base members 20 and a fitting portion to be fit to a fit portion provided on the case 60 in a lateral direction and locked to the fit portion in a front-back direction.

Claims (17)

1. A wiring harness mounting structure comprising:

a wiring harness unit; and

an attached member configured to be attached to the wiring harness unit,

wherein the wiring harness unit includes a wiring harness having at least one wire fixed to a sheet-like base member, a margin portion formed by sides of the base member, and a protector including a pair of wall bodies arranged along the wiring harness, a pair of sandwiching portions formed on edge parts of inner side surfaces of the wall bodies for sandwiching and holding the margin portion, and fitting portions formed on outer surfaces of the pair of wall bodies, the fitting portions projecting outward from the outer surfaces and configured to be fit to fit portions provided on the attached member in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the wire and locked to the fit portions in the extending direction of the wire,

the attached member includes an accommodating portion for accommodating the protector with the margin portion sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions,

the fit portions are shaped in correspondence with a projection dimension of the fitting portions and are formed as recesses in an inner wall of the accommodating portion, and

the protector further includes a retaining portion to be locked to a retained portion in a separating direction of the protector from the accommodating portion by being fit to the retained portion provided on the accommodating portion in a concave-convex manner in a direction intersecting the extending direction of the wire.

2. The wiring harness mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the pair of sandwiching portions include a plurality of protrusions projecting toward the margin portion,

the plurality of protrusions in one of the pair of sandwiching portions and the plurality of protrusions in the other of the pair of sandwiching portions are alternately arranged, and

the margin portion is arranged to meander between the plurality of protrusions alternately arranged.

3. The wiring harness mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein:

a hinge for linking the pair of wall bodies to each other is provided on one-end sides of the pair of wall bodies, and

a lock for holding the margin portion in a state sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions is provided over the pair of wall bodies on other-end sides of the pair of wall bodies.

4. The wiring harness mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the retaining portions are formed to project further outward from projecting end parts of the fitting portions, and

the retained portions are formed by further recessing inner surfaces of the fit portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2021
From: KATO, HIROTAKA; YAMAMOTO, SATOSHI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057327/0325 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-039789 · Mar 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220169190A1 · Jun 2, 2022