Protective case for electric wires

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315593-B2
Application number	US-201815992041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A protective case includes a case body allowing a corrugated tube with an inserted electric wire to be housed in its inside, and a slider configured to move together with one end portion of the corrugated tube and to allow its movement along the case body. The slider retains the electric wire withdrawn from the one end portion to extend from inside to outside through one opening portion of the case body. The case body has a cavity portion allowing the corrugated tube to change its form inside the case body in accordance with the movement of the slider, a guide passage guiding the electric wire withdrawn from the other end portion of the corrugated tube toward another opening portion of the case body, and a corrugated tube retention portion including a pair of wall surfaces to retain the other end portion of the corrugated tube.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A protective case for electric wires, the protective case comprising:
a case body allowing a corrugated tube with an inserted electric wire to be housed in its inside; and
a slider configured to move together with one end portion of the corrugated tube and to allow its movement along the case body, the slider retaining the electric wire withdrawn from the one end portion to extend from inside to outside through one opening portion of the case body,
the case body having:
a cavity portion allowing the corrugated tube to change a form of the corrugated tube inside the case body in accordance with the movement of the slider;
a guide passage guiding the electric wire withdrawn from the other end portion of the corrugated tube toward another opening portion of the case body to allow the electric wire to be extended to outside the case body through the another opening portion, the other end portion of the corrugated tube being located inside the case body; and
a corrugated tube retention portion including a pair of wall surfaces, the corrugated tube retention portion is configured to retain the other end portion of the corrugated tube between the cavity portion and the guide passage.

2. The protective case according to claim 1 , wherein
the case body has an opening area of the guide passage, at a place where the guide passage and the corrugated tube retention portion are connected, to eliminate the other end portion of the corrugated tube to pass through the place.

3. A protective case for electric wires, the protective case comprising:
a case body allowing a corrugated tube with an inserted electric wire to be housed in its inside; and
a slider configured to move together with one end portion of the corrugated tube and to allow its movement along the case body, the slider retaining the electric wire withdrawn from the one end portion to extend from inside to outside through one opening portion of the case body,
the case body having:
a cavity portion allowing the corrugated tube to change a form of the corrugated tube inside the case body in accordance with the movement of the slider;
a guide passage guiding the electric wire withdrawn from the other end portion of the corrugated tube toward another opening portion of the case body; and
a corrugated tube retention portion including a pair of wall surfaces to retain the other end portion of the corrugated tube between the cavity portion and the guide passage, wherein

the case body has an opening area of the guide passage, at a place where the guide passage and the corrugated tube retention portion are connected, to eliminate the other end portion of the corrugated tube to pass through the place, and
the case body is configured to locate an opening position of the guide passage, at the place where the guide passage and the corrugated tube retention portion are connected, to offset from an opening position of the other end portion of the corrugated tube retained by the corrugated tube retention portion.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishi Hiroyuki
• OHKAWA Daisuke

Classifications

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H02G3/0468 Primary

  Corrugated · 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

• H02G11/00 Primary

  Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts · CPC title