Conductive path

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10319495-B2
Application number	US-201715712930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Priority date	Oct 11, 2016
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A conductive path includes: a first conductor in which a terminal end portion serves as a first connection portion; a second conductor in which a second connection portion at a terminal end portion is coaxially fixed to the first connection portion; a support member that is more rigid than the first and second conductors, and is disposed so as to extend along a fixed portion between the first and second connection portions; and a heat-shrinkable tube (holding member) that integrates the support member with the first and second conductors while enveloping the support member. Even when an external force acts on the first and second conductors so as to skew the axes of the two conductors, the support member and the heat-shrinkable tube keep the two conductors in the coaxial state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conductive path comprising:
a first conductor in which a terminal end portion serves as a first connection portion;
a second conductor in which a terminal end portion serves as a second connection portion, the first connection portion and the second connection portion are coaxially fixed to one another at a fixed portion so that the first conductor and the second conductor are mechanically and electrically connected;
a support member that is made of synthetic resin, is more rigid than the first conductor and the second conductor, and is disposed so as to extend along the fixed portion between the first connection portion and the second connection portion, wherein the support member has a substantially tubular shape, and envelopes the first conductor and the second conductor;
an axial slit that is formed in the support member, and allows the support member to be elastically deformed so as to change a radial dimension thereof;
a cut-out portion that is formed in a region of the support member that corresponds to the fixed portion, is in communication with the slit, and has a circumferential opening width larger than that of the slit; and
a holding member that integrates the support member with the first conductor and the second conductor while enveloping the support member.

2. The conductive path according to claim 1 , wherein
a first wire is formed by enveloping the first conductor with a first insulating covering,
a second wire is formed by enveloping the second conductor with a second insulating covering, and
the holding member comes into intimate contact with and envelopes an outer circumferential surface of the support member, an outer circumferential surface of the first wire, and an outer circumferential surface of the second wire in a liquid-tight manner.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Kuroishi Ryo

Classifications

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01R4/027

  comprising means for positioning or holding the parts to be soldered or welded · CPC title

• H01R4/021 Primary

  between two or more cables or wires · CPC title

• H01R12/63

  connecting to another shape cable · CPC title

• H01R4/72 Primary

  using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve · CPC title