Motor vehicle latching system with cable duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10525908-B2
Application number	US-201815982088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2018
Priority date	May 17, 2018
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle system, in particular a motor vehicle latching system encompassing a locking mechanism with a catch and a pawl, where the motor vehicle system encompasses a cable duct 1 for the conducting of a cable 4, 5 through a sheet metal aperture, whereby the cable duct 1 is formed of a single component and has a first exit aperture 2 for a first cable 4 and a second exit aperture 3 for a second cable 5, which are designed in such a way that the first cable 4 and the second cable 5 cannot come into contact with one another when exiting the cable duct 1. Undesired noise formation can thus be counteracted in an improved manner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle system comprising a cable duct for conducting cables through a sheet metal aperture, wherein the cable duct is formed of a single component and has a first exit aperture and a first entry aperture for a first cable and a second exit aperture and a second exit aperture for a separate second cable, the first and second exit apertures being configured to prevent the first cable and the second cable from coming into contact with one another when exiting the cable duct, wherein the cable duct includes a first cover having a first set of bellows for coverage of the first cable from the first entry aperture to the first exit aperture and a second cover having a second set of bellows for coverage of the second cable from the second entry aperture to the second exit aperture.

2. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the cable duct is an injection molded part.

3. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the cable duct encompasses rubber or elastomer.

4. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the cable duct has exactly two exit apertures.

5. The motor vehicle system of claim 4 , wherein the first exit aperture and the second exit aperture are oriented in parallel and/or the first cable and the second cable are conducted in parallel in the area of the first exit aperture and the second exit aperture.

6. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cover is lengthwise.

7. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , further comprising a connection device of the cable duct for the closed connection of the cable duct with the sheet metal aperture.

8. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , further comprising a basic component of the cable duct, in a peripheral area of which the connection device is arranged and/or which has the entry aperture.

9. The motor vehicle system of claim 8 , wherein the first exit aperture and the second exit aperture together have a surface transverse to a lengthwise direction which is at least three times and at most ten times smaller than the surface of the entry aperture or entry apertures or the external surface of the basic component.

10. The motor vehicle system of claim 8 , wherein the first cover and the second cover run parallel to one another and are oriented under an angle of at least 30° and/or at most 60° to the external surface of the basic component.

11. The motor vehicle system of claim 10 , wherein an integrally connected, wing-shaped bridge is arranged between the covers on the basic component.

12. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the first cover and the second cover are identical in shape and size.

13. The motor vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the first exit aperture and the second exit aperture have a same diameter.

14. The motor vehicle system of claim 13 , wherein the first entry aperture and the second entry aperture have a same diameter.

15. A motor vehicle system comprising a cable duct for conducting cables through a sheet metal aperture, wherein the cable duct is formed of a single component and has a first exit aperture for a first cable and a second exit aperture for a second cable, the first and second exit apertures being configured to prevent the first cable and the second cable from coming into contact with one another when exiting the cable duct, wherein the cable duct has a common entry aperture that is configured to receive both the first cable and the second cable, wherein the cable duct includes a single common cover that is configured to cover both cables from the common entry aperture to the first exit aperture and the second exit aperture, and wherein the common cover has a single set of bellows that surrounds both the first cable and the second cable from the common entry aperture to the first exit aperture and the second exit aperture when the first cable and the second cable are inserted in the cable duct.

16. The motor vehicle system of claim 15 , wherein the common cover forms a cavity that defines the common entry aperture.

17. The motor vehicle system of claim 15 , wherein the cable duct is formed to be mirror-symmetrical along a longitudinal axis of the cable duct.

18. The motor vehicle system of claim 15 further comprising a connection device of the cable duct for the closed connection of the cable duct with the sheet metal aperture.

19. The motor vehicle system of claim 15 further comprising a basic component of the cable duct, in a peripheral area of which the connection device is arranged and/or which has the common entry aperture.

20. The motor vehicle system of claim 19 , wherein the single common cover is oriented under an angle of at least 30° and/or at most 60° to the external surface of the basic component.

Assignees

• Kiekert Ag

Inventors

• Cimpean Octavian
• Uhrin Michael
• Kachnowski John
• Edgar Brad

Classifications

• B60R16/0222 Primary

  Grommets · CPC title

• H02G3/0418

  Covers or lids; Their fastenings · CPC title

• H02G3/22 Primary

  Installations of cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings, e.g. into buildings · CPC title