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US 12,673,625 · App. 18/734,673 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Complex harness

Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa (Hitachi, JP); Hirotaka Eshima (Hitachi, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
B60R16/0215H01B3/30H01B3/50H01B3/54H01B7/0045H01B9/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,673,625
App. No.
18/734,673
Filed
Jun 5, 2024
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
174/115
Abstract

A complex harness for vehicle including power wires, each of the power wires having a first conductor and a first insulation that covers the first conductor, an ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) sensor cable having signal wires, each of the signal wires having a second conductor and a second insulation that covers the second conductor and having a cross section smaller than a cross section of each of the power wires, and an outer sheath covering the power wires and the ABS sensor cable collectively, where the power wires and the ABS sensor cable are extended from an end of the outer sheath for a length shorter than a length of the outer sheath and where a first connector is provided at ends of the power wires to be separated from the end of the outer sheath.

Claims (16)

1 . A complex harness for vehicle, comprising:

power wires, each of the power wires comprising a first conductor and a first insulation that covers the first conductor;

an ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) sensor cable comprising signal wires, each of the signal wires comprising a second conductor and a second insulation that covers the second conductor and having a cross section smaller than a cross section of each of the power wires;

an outer sheath covering the power wires and the ABS sensor cable collectively,

wherein the power wires and the ABS sensor cable are extended from an end of the outer sheath for a length shorter than a length of the outer sheath,

wherein a first connector is provided at ends of the power wires to be separated from the end of the outer sheath,

wherein a second connector is provided as a separate body from the first connector at an end of the ABS sensor cable to be separated from the end of the outer sheath,

wherein the ABS sensor cable comprises an inner sheath covering the signal wires, entering in a space between the signal wires, and comprising a thermoplastic resin,

wherein the inner sheath is extended from the end of the outer sheath in a state where the inner sheath covers the signal wires,

wherein the signal wires are exposed from an end of the inner sheath at a second connector side, and the second connector is provided at exposed ends of the signal wires that are exposed from the end of the inner sheath, and

wherein, at an extended part of the ABS sensor cable that is extended from the end of the outer sheath, a length of a covering portion of the inner sheath that covers the signal wires is longer than a length of exposed portion of the signal wires that are exposed from the end of the inner sheath between the end of the inner sheath and the second connector; and

a paper, a non-woven fabric, or a resin tape covering the power wires and the ABS sensor cable collectively and being provided inside the outer sheath, wherein the power wires contact the paper, the non-woven fabric, or the resin tape.

2 . The complex harness for vehicle, according to claim 1 , wherein the outer sheath is formed by extrusion molding and enters a space between the power wires, the space between the signal wires, and a space between the power wires and the ABS sensor cable.

3 . The complex harness for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein extended parts of the power wires that are extended from the end of the outer sheath are provided with a first protective member comprising a tube or a hose shorter and narrower than the outer sheath, and wherein an extended part of the ABS sensor cable that is extended from the end of the outer sheath is provided with a second protective member comprising a tube or a hose shorter and narrower than the outer sheath.

4 . The complex harness for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the outer sheath comprises a thermoplastic resin or an ethylene propylene diene rubber.

5 . The complex harness for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the outer sheath comprises an ethylene propylene diene rubber, and wherein a clamp is directly fixed to the outer sheath.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-096729 · Apr 20, 2012 · national
JP 2012-215636 · Sep 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 18620166 · Mar 28, 2024
Continuation 17342291 · Jun 8, 2021
Continuation 16356177 · Mar 18, 2019
Continuation 15869898 · Jan 12, 2018
Continuation 15229667 · Aug 5, 2016
Continuation 14630346 · Feb 24, 2015
Continuation 13865881 · Apr 18, 2013
Related Publication 20240317155A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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