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Granted Patent B2
US 9,972,417 · App. 15/346,238 · Granted May 15, 2018

Electrically conducting path

Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto (Mie, JP); Toshinari Kobayashi (Mie, JP); Masaharu Nakamura (Mie, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
H01B7/285H01B7/2825B60R16/0215Y02A30/14
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Patent No.
US 9,972,417
App. No.
15/346,238
Granted
May 15, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrically conducting path including: an electrical wire; an exterior member made of rubber and enclosing a portion of the electrical wire; a waterproof member filling a gap between an opening part of an end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire; and a molded resin member that is in intimate contact with and covers, in a liquid-tight state, an outer circumferential surface of the end portion of the exterior member, the waterproof member, and a section of the electrical wire that is exposed to an outside of the exterior member. Since the gap between the opening part of the end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire is sealed in a liquid-tight state by the waterproof member and the molded resin member, it is possible to prevent water from entering the inside of the exterior member.

Claims (28)

1. An electrically conducting path comprising:

an electrical wire;

an exterior member made of rubber and enclosing a portion of the electrical wire;

a waterproof member filling a gap between an opening part of an end portion of the exterior member and the electrical wire; and

a molded resin member that is in intimate contact with and covers, in a liquid-tight state, an outer circumferential surface of an end portion of the exterior member and a section of the electrical wire that is exposed to an outside of the exterior member, and wherein the molded resin member is also in intimate contact with the waterproof member in a liquid-tight state.

2. The electrically conducting path according to claim 1 , further comprising

a reinforcing part that is formed on the waterproof member and is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the exterior member.

3. The electrically conducting path according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of the electrical wires are provided, and the plurality of electrical wires are bundled together and included in a main path,

the plurality of electrical wires are divided into a plurality of branch paths,

a plurality of the exterior members are provided, each of the plurality of exterior members enclosing one of the plurality of branch paths, and

the molded resin member is a single member that covers and thereby integrates the plurality of branch paths and the plurality of exterior members into one piece.

4. The electrically conducting path according to claim 3 ,

the plurality of electrical wires included in the main path are embedded in a sheath,

the branch paths respectively include sections of the electrical wires that are exposed to an outside of the sheath, and

the molded resin member covers, in a liquid-tight state, sections of the branch paths and an outer circumferential surface of the sheath, the sections of the branch paths being exposed to an outside of the exterior members.

5. The electrically conducting path according to claim 3 ,

wherein connectors are respectively attached to an end portion of the main path and end portions of the plurality of branch paths.

6. The electrically conducting path according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an attachment part that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the molded resin member and is configured to allow another member to be attached to the attachment part.

7. The electrically conducting path according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the electrical wires are provided, and the plurality of electrical wires are bundled together and included in a main path, the plurality of electrical wires are divided into a plurality of branch paths, a plurality of the exterior members are provided, each of the plurality of exterior members enclosing one of the plurality of branch paths, and the molded resin member is a single member that covers and thereby integrates the plurality of branch paths and the plurality of exterior members into one piece.

8. The electrically conducting path according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of the electrical wires are provided, and the plurality of electrical wires are bundled together and included in a main path, the plurality of electrical wires are divided into a plurality of branch paths, a plurality of the exterior members are provided, each of the plurality of exterior members enclosing one of the plurality of branch paths, and the molded resin member is a single member that covers and thereby integrates the plurality of branch paths and the plurality of exterior members into one piece.

9. The electrically conducting path according to claim 4 , wherein connectors are respectively attached to an end portion of the main path and end portions of the plurality of branch paths.

10. The electrically conducting path according to claim 1 , further comprising an attachment part that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the molded resin member and is configured to allow another member to be attached to the attachment part.

11. The electrically conducting path according to claim 2 , further comprising an attachment part that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the molded resin member and is configured to allow another member to be attached to the attachment part.

12. The electrically conducting path according to claim 3 , further comprising an attachment part that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the molded resin member and is configured to allow another member to be attached to the attachment part.

13. The electrically conducting path according to claim 4 , further comprising an attachment part that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the molded resin member and is configured to allow another member to be attached to the attachment part.

14. The electrically conducting path according to claim 5 , further comprising an attachment part that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the molded resin member and is configured to allow another member to be attached to the attachment part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2016
From: YAMAMOTO, HIRONOBU; KOBAYASHI, TOSHINARI; NAKAMURA, MASAHARU
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-230726 · Nov 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170154706A1 · Jun 1, 2017