Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10897096-B2
Application number	US-201716469383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2017
Priority date	Dec 22, 2016
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

A wire harness that includes a connector in which a connection end of a single-core wire electrical cable and a connection end of a twisted wire electrical cable are welded to each other and are covered by a heat shrinkable tube, wherein the connector includes a separator between the connection end of the twisted wire electrical cable and the heat shrinkable tube, the separator being made of metal and being configured to separate the connection end of the twisted wire electrical cable from the heat shrinkable tube.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wire harness comprising:
a single-core wire electrical cable that includes a single-core wire and
a first insulation covering that covers the single-core wire; and
a twisted wire electrical cable that includes twisted wires and a second insulation covering that covers the twisted wires, wherein:
a leading end portion of the single-core wire exposed from the first insulation covering of the single-core wire electrical cable is overlaid on, and is electrically connected to, leading end portions of the twisted wires exposed from the second insulation covering of the twisted wire electrical cable,
a water-blocking tube covers at least an overlap of the leading end portion of the single-core wire and the leading end portions of the twisted wires,
in a cross-sectional view, the leading end portion of the single-core wire has a contact surface that is in contact with the leading end portions of the twisted wires, a base surface that is on the opposite side of the contact surface, and a side surface that extends between the contact surface and the base surface,
in a cross-sectional view, the leading end portions of the twisted wires include edges that protrude sideways beyond the side surface of the single-core wire,
the wire harness further comprises a separation member that is provided in contact with, or adjacent to, the edges of the twisted wires in a cross-sectional view such that the edges of the twisted wires and the water-blocking tube are not in contact with each other, and
in a cross-sectional view, the separation member is not in contact with a non-edge portion of the outermost surface of the twisted wires other than the edges of the twisted wires.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein, in a cross-sectional view, an empty space is formed between a non-edge portion of the outermost surface of the twisted wires other than the edges and the separation member.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the separation member is a tubular member that divides a hollow space that houses an overlap of the leading end portion of the single-core wire and the leading end portions of the twisted wires.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein
the separation member is a metal plate that is overlaid on an overlap of the leading end portion of the single-core wire and the leading end portions of the twisted wires, and
the metal plate has a footprint that is larger than a footprint of the overlap.

5. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the water-blocking tube is a heat shrinkable tube that is in contact with the outermost surface of the first insulation covering of the single-core wire electrical cable, the outermost surface of the second insulation covering of the twisted wires, and the outermost surface of the separation member.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Izawa Katsutoshi
• Tsukimori Naoto

Classifications

• H02G3/04

  Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs · CPC title

• H01R4/72

  using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve · CPC title

• H01R4/021 Primary

  between two or more cables or wires · CPC title

• H01R4/02

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

• H02G15/18

  protected by sleeves, e.g. for communication cable (two-part covers H02G15/10 {; preforms having internal stresses B29C61/00}) · CPC title