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US 9,984,790 · App. 15/548,482 · Granted May 29, 2018

Sheathed wire harness

Inventors: Hiroomi Hiramitsu (Mie, JP); Ryouya Okamoto (Mie, JP); Hiroshi Shimizu (Mie, JP); Hiroki Hirai (Mie, JP); Tetsuji Tanaka (Mie, JP); Hitoshi Takeda (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01B3/50B60R16/0215H01B3/308H01B7/0045H01B7/17H01R13/5213H01R13/516H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 9,984,790
App. No.
15/548,482
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sheathed wire harness includes connectors to be fitted to counterpart connectors, electric wires connected to the connectors, and a fibrous resin cloth that is connected to the electric wires and surrounds the electric wires. The resin cloth includes a cover portion that can be moved to a closed position in which portions of the electric wires near the connectors are covered, and moved to an open position in which the portions of the electric wires near the connectors are exposed.

Claims (18)

1. A sheathed wire harness comprising:

a connector to be fitted to a counterpart connector, the connector having a front side connectable to the counterpart connector and a rear side;

an electric wire connected to the connector at the rear side thereof; and

a fibrous resin cloth for surrounding the electric wire,

wherein the resin cloth includes a cover portion that can be moved to a closed position in which a portion of the electric wire on the rear side of the connector is covered, and to an open position in which the portion of the electric wire on the rear side of the connector is exposed, and

the cover portion covers both the portion of the electric wire on the rear side of the connector as well as the rear side of the connector in a state in which the connector is fitted to the counterpart connector.

2. The sheathed wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the resin cloth includes a holding portion with which the cover portion can be held in the closed position and released therefrom.

3. The sheathed wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein the cover portion includes a held portion to be held by the holding portion, and the holding portion and the held portion both have flexibility.

4. The sheathed wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin cloth includes:

a tubular portion for surrounding the electric wire; and

an extending portion that extends from the tubular portion toward the connector and is configured to cover a portion of the electric wire that is not covered with the cover portion, and

the cover portion is continuous with a lateral side of the extending portion relative to a direction in which the extending portion extends.

5. The sheathed wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the cover portion includes an overlap portion that overlaps the resin cloth when the cover portion is in the closed position.

6. The sheathed wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the cover portion extends to a position at which the entirety of the connector is covered.

7. The sheathed wire harness according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin cloth includes a tubular portion for surrounding the electric wire, and

a soft portion and a hard portion that is harder than the soft portion are provided at different positions of the tubular portion in a direction in which the tubular portion extends.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2017
From: HIRAMITSU, HIROOMI; OKAMOTO, RYOUYA; SHIMIZU, HIROSHI; HIRAI, HIROKI; TANAKA, TETSUJI; TAKEDA, HITOSHI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043184/0820 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-025414 · Feb 12, 2015 · national
JP 2015-071163 · Mar 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180005726A1 · Jan 4, 2018