Composite harness, method of manufacturing the same, and composite cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10679771-B2
Application number	US-201916289055-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2019
Priority date	Jan 21, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A composite harness includes a composite cable that includes a plurality of first electric wires, a multicore wire formed by covering a plurality of second electric wires having a smaller diameter than the plurality of first electric wires with one urethane-based resin inner sheath to be in contact with the first electric wires, and a jacket covering an outer periphery of the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire, and a molded resin provided at an end portion of the composite cable so as to cover an outer surface of the inner sheath at an end portion of the multicore wire. The outer surface of the inner sheath is irregularity-formed at least at a portion in contact with the plurality of first electric wires and a portion covered with the molded resin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A composite cable, comprising;
a plurality of first electric wires;
a multicore wire formed by covering a plurality of second electric wires with one urethane-based resin inner sheath to be in contact with the plurality of first electric wires; and
a jacket covering an outer periphery of the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire,
wherein the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire are twisted together, and
wherein an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of an entire outer surface of the inner sheath throughout a cable longitudinal direction is not less than 1 μm and not more than 30 μm.

2. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of the outer surface of the inner sheath is not less than 1 μm and not more than 15 μm.

3. The composite cable according to claim 2 , wherein the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of the outer surface of the inner sheath is not less than 4 μm and not more than 15 μm.

4. The composite cable according to claim 1 , further comprising,
a tape member wound around the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire,
wherein the jacket is covered around the tape member.

5. The composite cable according to claim 4 , wherein the tape member is formed of any one of a non-woven fabric, a paper, or a resin.

6. The composite cable according to claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the non-woven fabric used as the tape member is not less than 0.03 mm and not more than 0.10 mm.

7. The composite cable according to claim 4 , wherein the tape member and the jacket comprise inwardly-protruding portions spirally formed along the cable longitudinal direction so as to protrude inward beyond a common tangent line for two outermost circumferentially-adjacent first electric wires or a common tangent line for the first electric wire and the multicore wire, and so as to get into a triangle boundary area formed between the two adjacent first electric wires or between the first electric wire and the multicore wire.

8. The composite cable according to claim 7 , wherein an inwardly-protruding length of the inwardly-protruding portion is not less than 3% and not more than 40% of an outer diameter of the first electric wire.

9. A composite cable according to claim 7 , wherein a twist direction of the two outermost circumferentially-adjacent first electric wires, or the first electric wire and the multicore wire is the same direction as a winding direction of the tape member.

10. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a resin used for resin molding is nylon.

11. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a connector is attached to the other end of the multicore wire extended out of one end portion of the jacket.

12. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a first conductor of the first electric wire comprises strands each having a diameter of not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 0.30 mm.

13. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a first conductor of the first electric wire has an outer diameter of not less than 1.5 mm and not more than 3.0 mm, and
wherein the first electric wire has an outer diameter of not less than 2.0 mm and not more than 4.0 mm.

14. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a second conductor of the second electric wire forming the multicore wire comprises strands having a diameter of not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 0.30 mm.

15. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a second conductor of the second electric wire has an outer diameter of not less than 0.4 mm and not more than 1.0 mm, and
wherein the second electric wire has an outer diameter of not less than 1.0 mm and not more than 1.8 mm.

16. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein the jacket is formed of one urethane-based resin.

17. A composite harness, comprising:
a composite cable that comprises a plurality of first electric wires;
a multicore wire formed by covering a plurality of second electric wires with one urethane-based resin inner sheath to be in contact with the plurality of first electric wires; and
a jacket covering an outer periphery of the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire,
wherein the plurality of first electric wires are extended out of an end portion of the jacket,
wherein the multicore wire is extended out of the end portion of the jacket and an end portion of the multicore wire that is extended out of the end portion of the jacket is resin molded,
wherein the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire are twisted together, and
wherein an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of an entire outer surface of the inner sheath, at least at a portion in contact with the plurality of first electric wires and the end portion of the multicore wire which is to be covered with the resin mold, is not less than 1 μm and not more than 30 μm.

18. The composite cable according to claim 17 , wherein the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of the outer surface of the inner sheath is not less than 1 μm and not more than 15 μm.

19. The composite cable according to claim 18 , wherein the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of the outer surface of the inner sheath is not less than 4 μm and not more than 15 μm.

Assignees

• Hitachi Metals Ltd

Inventors

• Hayakawa Yoshikazu
• Murayama Tomoyuki
• Eshima Hirotaka

Classifications

• H01B7/0045

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title

• B60R16/0207

  Wire harnesses · CPC title

• H01B7/0225 Primary

  Three or more layers · CPC title

• H01B13/06

  Insulating conductors or cables (H01B13/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01B7/36

  with distinguishing or length marks · CPC title