Corrugated tube and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10239474-B1
Application number	US-201816043734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 24, 2018
Priority date	Sep 4, 2017
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A corrugated tube of the present invention has a rigid portion, a bellows portion, and a gradually varying portion. The rigid portion is formed in an end portion of the tube, and has a first half-circumference portion having a recess/projection-repetitive structure in which grooves and projection strips are arranged alternately in the tube longitudinal direction and a second half-circumference portion having a straight structure with no grooves or projection strips. The bellows portion is formed in a center portion of the tube and has the first and the second half-circumference portions both of which have a recess/projection-repetitive structure. The gradually varying portion is formed between the rigid portion and the bellows portion, and has the first half-circumference portion having the recess/projection-repetitive structure and the second half-circumference portion having the gradually varying structure in which the height of the projection strip decreases gradually from the bellows portion to the rigid portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tubular corrugated tube inside of which a conductor line is to be arranged, the corrugated tube comprising:
a rigid portion which is formed in an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the tube, and has a first half-circumference portion having a recess/projection-repetitive structure in which grooves and projection strips extending in a circumferential direction of the tube are arranged alternately in the longitudinal direction of the tube and a second half-circumference portion that is the remaining part other than the first half-circumference portion and has a straight structure having no grooves or projection strips;
a bellows portion which is formed in a center portion in the longitudinal direction of the tube, and has the first half-circumference portion and the second half-circumference portion both of which have the recess/projection-repetitive structure; and
a gradually varying portion which is formed between the rigid portion and the bellows portion in the longitudinal direction of the tube and has:
the first half-circumference portion having the recess/projection-repetitive structure, and
the second half-circumference portion having a gradually varying structure in which at least two depths of the grooves and heights of the projection strips decrease gradually from the bellows portion to the rigid portion.

2. The corrugated tube according to claim 1 , wherein
the second half-circumference portion of each of the rigid portion and the gradually varying portion has a slant portion decreasing gradually the height of the projection strip in the first half-circumference portion.

3. A wire harness arranged between a vehicle main body and a slide door comprising:
the corrugated tube according to claim 1 ; and
a conductor line arranged inside the corrugated tube, wherein the first half-circumference portion of the corrugated tube is directed upward on a side of an opening of the slide door when the slide door is fully open.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Oda Kyohei
• Sugimoto Masahisa

Classifications

• H01B7/0045

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• B60R16/027

  between relatively movable parts of the vehicle, e.g. between steering wheel and column {(devices for measuring, signalling or controlling tyre pressure or temperature specially adapted for mounting on vehicles B60C23/00)} · CPC title

• H02G3/0468

  Corrugated · CPC title

• H02G3/0475 Primary

  formed by a succession of articulated units · CPC title