Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10501029-B2
Application number	US-201716475198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2017
Priority date	Jan 12, 2017
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness comprising:
a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and
a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor, wherein
the first end of the cylindrical conductor is collapsed to form a flat plate shape, an outer face of the flat plate shape has a flat joining face, and the first end of the cylindrical conductor is joined at the flat joining face to a core wire of the first flexible conductor, and
the tubular conductor and the cylindrical conductor are configured such that a length of the wire harness is adjustable by changing an insertion depth of the cylindrical conductor into the tubular conductor.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible conductor is connected to the first end of the cylindrical conductor, and a second flexible conductor that is flexible and is different from the first flexible conductor, is connected to a second end of the tubular conductor.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein a connector having a flat joining face to which the second flexible conductor is to be joined is formed at the second end of the tubular conductor.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein an opening at a second end of the tubular conductor is electrically connected to another cylindrical conductor, which is different from the cylindrical conductor, in a state in which a first end of the another cylindrical conductor is fitted into the opening.

5. The wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein a second flexible conductor, which is different from the first flexible conductor, is connected to a second end of the another cylindrical conductor.

6. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical conductor is a solid member.

7. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical conductor is a hollow member.

8. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein another tubular conductor, which is different from the tubular conductor, is arranged between the cylindrical conductor and the first flexible conductor, and the cylindrical conductor and the first flexible conductor are electrically connected to each other in a state in which the first flexible conductor is connected to a first end of the another tubular conductor and the first end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a second end of the another tubular conductor.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Nakai Hirokazu

Classifications

• H01R11/28

  End pieces consisting of a ferrule or sleeve · CPC title

• H01R4/60

  Connections between or with tubular conductors (H01R4/56 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01B7/06

  Extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords · CPC title

• H01R4/02

  Soldered or welded connections {(H01R4/625, H01R4/723, H01R12/59 take precedence)} · CPC title