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Granted Patent B2
US 12,617,355 · App. 18/740,998 · Granted May 5, 2026

Wire harness

Inventors: Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, JP); Hikaru Sano (Shizuoka, JP); Takeshi Onoda (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60R16/0215B60R16/027
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Patent No.
US 12,617,355
App. No.
18/740,998
Granted
May 5, 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, a second routed portion routed on the first coupling target side with respect to the first routed portion, and a third routed portion guided toward a fixed portion on a second coupling target side by a harness guide tool at the other end portion of the first arm member and having a fixing portion fixed to the fixed portion, a link mechanism includes a first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft, and a third rotation shaft, and the second routed portion is wound around the harness guide tool and the third routed portion with slack.

Claims (13)

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 second routed portion is wound around the harness guide tool and the third routed portion with slack.

2 . 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.

3 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein

the second routed portion is wound around the harness guide tool and the third routed portion with slack and drawn to the first coupling target side, and is directly or indirectly fixed to the first coupling target.

4 . The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein

the second routed portion is wound around the harness guide tool and the third routed portion with slack and drawn to the first coupling target side, and is directly or indirectly fixed to the first coupling target.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2024
From: KOGURE, NAOTO; SANO, HIKARU; ONODA, TAKESHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067705/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-028847 · Feb 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2023005657 · Feb 17, 2023
Related Publication 20240326723A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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