Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11217362-B2
Application number	US-201916981889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A wire harness, including: a plurality of wire groups that each include a plurality of wires; a plurality of tubular first flexible shields that each encase a different one wire group of the plurality of wire groups; a tube that is made of a metal and into which drawn-out portions of the wires, which are drawn out from the first flexible shields, are inserted; and a tubular second flexible shield that bunches together and encases the drawn-out portions of the wires at positions thereof that are outside of the tube, and is electrically connected to the first flexible shields and the tube.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wire harness, comprising:
a plurality of wire groups that each include a plurality of wires;
a plurality of tubular first flexible shields that each encase a different one wire group of the plurality of wire groups;
a tube that is made of a metal and into which drawn-out portions of the wires, which are drawn out from the first flexible shields in an exposed state, are inserted,
wherein in the exposed state, the wires are exposed from the first flexible shields, and the drawn-out portions that are not inside the tube are not shielded by the first flexible shields; and
a tubular second flexible shield that bunches together and encases the drawn-out portions of the wires at positions thereof that are outside of the tube, and is electrically connected to the first flexible shields and the tube, wherein
a first end of the second flexible shield in an axial direction of the second flexible shield is coupled to the tube in a mode of encasing an entire circumference of the tube,
a second end, which is on a side of the second flexible shield that is opposite to the first end, is coupled to the first flexible shields, in a mode of bunching together and encasing the first flexible shields,
the first flexible shields include first extensions that extend from ends of the first flexible shields, from which the drawn-out portions are drawn out, and are drawn out to an outside of the second flexible shield through a lead-out hole that is formed in the second flexible shield,
the second flexible shield includes a second extension that extends from the second end, and
the first extensions and the second extension are coupled to each other outside of the second flexible shield.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , comprising an adhesive tape that has flexibility and is wound around an area straddling the second end of the second flexible shield and the first flexible shields.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein:
a fastener that fastens the second end of the second flexible shield, which bunches together and encases the first flexible shields, from an outer peripheral side of the first flexible shields, and
the fastener is mounted to an outer peripheral side of the adhesive tape.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , comprising a fastener that fastens the second end of the second flexible shield, which bunches together and encases the first flexible shields, from an outer peripheral side of the first flexible shields.

5. The wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein the first flexible shields and the second flexible shield are sandwiched by the wires and the fastener.

6. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein ends of the first flexible shields, from which the drawn-out portions are drawn out, are positioned in the second flexible shield in a state of not being directly coupled to the tube.

7. A wire harness, comprising:
a plurality of wire groups that each include a plurality of wires;
a plurality of tubular first flexible shields that each encase a different one wire group of the plurality of wire groups;
a tube that is made of a metal and into which drawn-out portions of the wires, which are drawn out from the first flexible shields, are inserted; and
a tubular second flexible shield that bunches together and encases the drawn-out portions of the wires at positions thereof that are outside of the tube, and is electrically connected to the first flexible shields and the tube, wherein
a first end of the second flexible shield in an axial direction of the second flexible shield is coupled to the tube in a mode of encasing an entire circumference of the tube,
a second end, which is on a side of the second flexible shield that is opposite to the first end, is coupled to the first flexible shields, in a mode of bunching together and encasing the first flexible shields,
the first flexible shields include first extensions that extend from ends of the first flexible shields, from which the drawn-out portions are drawn out, and are drawn out to an outside of the second flexible shield through a lead-out hole that is formed in the second flexible shield,
the second flexible shield includes a second extension that extends from the second end, and
the first extensions and the second extension are coupled to each other outside of the second flexible shield.

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 , comprising an adhesive tape that has flexibility and is wound around an area straddling the second end of the second flexible shield and the first flexible shields.

9. The wire harness according to claim 8 , wherein:
a fastener that fastens the second end of the second flexible shield, which bunches together and encases the first flexible shields, from an outer peripheral side of the first flexible shields, and
the fastener is mounted to an outer peripheral side of the adhesive tape.

10. The wire harness according to claim 7 , comprising a fastener that fastens the second end of the second flexible shield, which bunches together and encases the first flexible shields, from an outer peripheral side of the first flexible shields.

11. The wire harness according to claim 10 , wherein the first flexible shields and the second flexible shield are sandwiched by the wires and the fastener.

12. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein ends of the first flexible shields, from which the drawn-out portions are drawn out, are positioned in the second flexible shield in a state of not being directly coupled to the tube.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Hiromori Yuya
• Nakai Hirokazu

Classifications

• H01B7/188

  Inter-layer adherence promoting means · CPC title

• H01B7/228

  Metal braid · CPC title

• H05K9/0098 Primary

  for shielding electrical cables · CPC title

• H01B7/0045 Primary

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title

• H01R13/6596

  the conductive member being a metal grounding panel · CPC title