IP Library Granted Patent US 12,472,889
Granted Patent B2
US 12,472,889 · App. 18/611,140 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Electric wire holder

Inventors: Kouki Iwakura (Makinohara, JP); Toshikazu Yoshioka (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/0215
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Patent No.
US 12,472,889
App. No.
18/611,140
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric wire holder is configured to be attached to the end portion of a tubular-shaped connector housing through which a plurality of electric wires are inserted to support the plurality of electric wires and includes a first insertion portion in a C shape including two member including a plurality of tubular-shaped electric wire insertion portions through which the plurality of electric wires is inserted and capable of sandwiching the plurality of electric wires, each of the plurality of electric wire insertion portions being provided only on a member of the two members, a second insertion portion in a C shape provided on the other member of the two members, and a lock portion configured to combine the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion, wherein the lock portion includes a lock piece protruding from one of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion to another thereof and a lock receiving-portion provided on the other of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion to lock the lock piece immovably in a direction in which the electric wires extend.

Claims (14)

1 . An electric wire holder configured to be attached to an end portion of a tubular-shaped connector housing through which a plurality of electric wires is inserted to support the electric wires,

wherein the electric wire holder includes two members including a tubular-shaped electric wire insertion portion through which an electric wire, of the electric wires, is inserted, the two members being capable of sandwiching the electric wire,

the electric wire insertion portion includes:

a first insertion portion in a C shape and provided on one of the two members;

a second insertion portion in a C shape provided on the other of the two members; and

a lock portion configured to attach the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion to each other,

the lock portion includes:

a lock piece protruding from one of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion to the other of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion; and

a lock receiving-portion provided on the other of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion to lock the lock piece immovably in a direction in which the electric wire extends,

wherein the electric wire insertion portion includes a pair of lock portions,

one of the pair of lock portions is configured such that the lock piece is provided on the one of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion, and the lock receiving-portion is provided on the other of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion,

the other of the pair of lock portions is configured such that the lock piece is provided on the other of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion, and the lock receiving-portion is provided on the one of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion,

wherein a plurality of electric wire insertion portions is provided,

the lock pieces and the lock receiving-portions of a pair of adjacent electric wire insertion portions among the plurality of electric wire insertion portions are provided in a reversed manner with respect to an axis that is a direction in which the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion attach to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: IWAKURA, KOUKI; YOSHIOKA, TOSHIKAZU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066851/0331 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-068555 · Apr 19, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240351533A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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