IP Library Granted Patent US 12,384,309
Granted Patent B2
US 12,384,309 · App. 17/772,989 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Wire harness and wire harness fixing structure

Inventors: Masami Ono (Mie, JP); Satoshi Yamamoto (Mie, JP); Kaho Hayashi (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B60R16/0215B60N2/06H02G3/30H02G11/00
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Patent No.
US 12,384,309
App. No.
17/772,989
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness 10 that is configured to be attached to a frame 18 disposed under a vehicle seat 12 includes a sheet member 40 attached to the frame 18 and a wire 14 fixed to the sheet member 40.

Claims (14)

1. A wire harness fixing structure comprising:

a pair of sliding portions on which a vehicle seat may be mounted and which enable the vehicle seat to slide;

a skeletal frame including a flat surface portion having a planar shape, the flat surface portion connecting the pair of sliding portions to each other;

a sheet member attached to the flat surface portion of the skeletal frame; and

a wire connected to the sheet member, wherein;

the sheet member is disposed so as to fit within an outer peripheral edge of the skeletal frame in a plan view;

a first fixing hole is formed in the sheet member;

a second fixing hole is formed at a position in the flat surface portion of the skeletal frame, the position corresponding to the first fixing hole; and

a clip member for fixing the sheet member to the skeletal frame is inserted into the first fixing hole and the second fixing hole.

2. The wire harness fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the wire includes

a fixed portion that is fixed to the sheet member and

a separated portion that is spaced apart from the sheet member and a distal end of which is connected to a connector, and

an exterior member for protecting the separated portion is attached to the separated portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: ONO, MASAMI; YAMAMOTO, SATOSHI; HAYASHI, KAHO
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-201351 · Nov 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240149803A1 · May 9, 2024
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