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Granted Patent B2
US 12,609,519 · App. 18/736,875 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Wire harness

Inventors: Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, JP); Hikaru Sano (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H02G11/00B60R16/0215H01B7/0045
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Patent No.
US 12,609,519
App. No.
18/736,875
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A harness body includes a first routed portion routed to an other end portion of a first arm member on a first coupling target side and a third routed portion guided toward a fixed portion on a second coupling target side by a harness guide tool and having a fixing portion fixed to the fixed portion, a link mechanism includes a second arm member including an other end portion relatively rotatably coupled to the other end portion of the first arm member via a second rotation shaft, and the third routed portion is bent and deformed between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of a first rotation shaft or when the second arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of a third rotation shaft with respect to the second coupling target.

Claims (42)

1 . A wire harness comprising:

a harness body that includes a first routed portion routed in a link mechanism that couples a first coupling target and a second coupling target, a second routed portion routed on the first coupling target side with respect to the first routed portion, and a third routed portion routed on the second coupling target side with respect to the first routed portion;

a harness fixing tool that fixes a fixing portion of the third routed portion to a fixed portion on the second coupling target side provided so as not to cause relative displacement with respect to the second coupling target; and

a harness guide tool that restricts a routing path of the third routed portion, wherein

the link mechanism includes a first arm member having one end portion coupled to the first coupling target side and an other end portion at which the first routed portion is routed, a second arm member having one end portion coupled to the second coupling target side, a first rotation shaft that enables relative rotation between the first coupling target and the one end portion of the first arm member, a second rotation shaft that is parallel to the first rotation shaft and enables relative rotation between the other end portion of the first arm member to which the harness guide tool is fixed and an other end portion of the second arm member, and a third rotation shaft that is parallel to the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft and enables relative rotation between the second coupling target and the one end portion of the second arm member, and enables relative displacement between the first coupling target and the second coupling target along an orthogonal plane with respect to the first rotation shaft, the second rotation shaft, and the third rotation shaft,

the harness guide tool guides the third routed portion toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side located in a direction intersecting the orthogonal plane with respect to the harness guide tool, and

the third routed portion is bent and deformed between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of the first rotation shaft with respect to the first coupling target.

2 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the third routed portion is bent and deformed between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of the first rotation shaft with respect to the first coupling target and the second arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of the third rotation shaft with respect to the second coupling target.

3 . The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein

the third routed portion is twisted and deformed about an axis of the third routed portion between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member and the second arm member are relatively rotated with respect to each other about an axis of the second rotation shaft.

4 . The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

5 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the third routed portion is twisted and deformed about an axis of the third routed portion between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member and the second arm member are relatively rotated with respect to each other about an axis of the second rotation shaft.

6 . The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

7 . The wire harness according to claim 5 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

8 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

9 . A wire harness comprising:

a harness body that includes a first routed portion routed in a link mechanism that couples a first coupling target and a second coupling target, a second routed portion routed on the first coupling target side with respect to the first routed portion, and a third routed portion routed on the second coupling target side with respect to the first routed portion;

a harness fixing tool that fixes a fixing portion of the third routed portion to a fixed portion on the second coupling target side provided so as not to cause relative displacement with respect to the second coupling target; and

a harness guide tool that restricts a routing path of the third routed portion, wherein

the link mechanism includes a first arm member having one end portion coupled to the first coupling target side and an other end portion at which the first routed portion is routed, a second arm member having one end portion coupled to the second coupling target side, a first rotation shaft that enables relative rotation between the first coupling target and the one end portion of the first arm member, a second rotation shaft that is parallel to the first rotation shaft and enables relative rotation between the other end portion of the first arm member to which the harness guide tool is fixed and an other end portion of the second arm member, and a third rotation shaft that is parallel to the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft and enables relative rotation between the second coupling target and the one end portion of the second arm member, and enables relative displacement between the first coupling target and the second coupling target along an orthogonal plane with respect to the first rotation shaft, the second rotation shaft, and the third rotation shaft,

the harness guide tool guides the third routed portion toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side located in a direction intersecting the orthogonal plane with respect to the harness guide tool, and

the third routed portion is bent and deformed between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the second arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of the third rotation shaft with respect to the second coupling target.

10 . The wire harness according to claim 9 , wherein

the third routed portion is bent and deformed between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of the first rotation shaft with respect to the first coupling target and the second arm member is relatively rotated about an axis of the third rotation shaft with respect to the second coupling target.

11 . The wire harness according to claim 10 , wherein

the third routed portion is twisted and deformed about an axis of the third routed portion between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member and the second arm member are relatively rotated with respect to each other about an axis of the second rotation shaft.

12 . The wire harness according to claim 11 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

13 . The wire harness according to claim 10 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

14 . The wire harness according to claim 9 , wherein

the third routed portion is twisted and deformed about an axis of the third routed portion between the harness guide tool and the fixing portion when the first arm member and the second arm member are relatively rotated with respect to each other about an axis of the second rotation shaft.

15 . The wire harness according to claim 14 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

16 . The wire harness according to claim 9 , wherein

the harness guide tool includes a lead-in port through which the first routed portion routed to the other end portion of the first arm member along the first arm member is led in, a lead-out port through which the third routed portion is led out and directed toward the fixed portion on the second coupling target side, and a guide space that guides the first routed portion led in from the lead-in port and guides the third routed portion to the lead-out port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2024
From: KOGURE, NAOTO; SANO, HIKARU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067654/0076 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-028845 · Feb 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2023005658 · Feb 17, 2023
Related Publication 20240332940A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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