Vehicle circuit body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11225207-B2
Application number	US-202017033648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2020
Priority date	Sep 27, 2019
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle circuit body is provided. The vehicle circuit body includes a bent portion which is formed by bending a plurality of conductor plates with a convex shape toward one side of a lamination direction in which the plurality of conductor plates are laminated, the plurality of conductor plates being laminated such that adjacent conductor plates are spaced apart from each other; and a rigid portion where the plurality of conductor plates extending from the bent portion are joined together to form a single layer. The bent portion is arranged at a position which faces an inner corner or outer corner of a concave-convex shape formed on a body panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle circuit body comprising:
a plurality of conductor plates laminated in a lamination direction such that each of the conductor plates is adjacent to at least another one of the conductor plates,
a bent portion which is formed by bending the plurality of conductor plates with a convex shape toward one side of the conductor plates in the lamination direction; and
a rigid portion where the plurality of conductor plates extending from the bent portion are joined together to form a single layer,
wherein the bent portion is configured to be arranged at a position which faces an inner corner or an outer corner of a shape formed on a body panel, the inner corner is a concave shape and the outer corner is a convex shape,
in the bent portion, each of the conductor plates are spaced away from an adjacent one of the conductor plates in the laminated direction by a respective one of a plurality of different distances, and the different distances increase relative to each other toward the one side in the laminated direction,
wherein in the bent portion, each of the conductor plates includes a pair of slopes that are spaced apart from each other by a respective one of a plurality of interval widths and face each other to form the convex shape, and the interval widths increase relative to each other toward the one side.

2. The vehicle circuit body according to claim 1 , further comprising:
another bent portion configured to be arranged at a position which faces a flat portion formed on the body panel.

3. A vehicle circuit body comprising:
a plurality of conductor plates laminated in a lamination direction such that each of the conductor plates is adjacent to at least another one of the conductor plates,
a first bent portion and a second bent portion are formed by each of the conductor plates; and
a first rigid portion where the plurality of conductor plates extending from the first bent portion are joined together to form a single layer,
wherein the first rigid portion is located between the first bent portion and the second bent portion, and
each conductor plate of the first bent portion has a convex shape toward another side of the conductor plates in the lamination direction and each conductor plate of the second bent portion has a convex shape toward one side of the conductor plates in the lamination direction, and the first bent portion and the second bent portion are configured to be arranged at positions which face respective outer corners formed on the body panel, and each of the outer corners is a convex shape, and
in at least one of the first bent portion and the second bent portion, each of the conductor plates are spaced away from an adjacent one of the conductor plates in the laminated direction by a respective one of a plurality of different distances, and the different distances increase relative to each other toward the one side in the laminated direction,
wherein in the first bent portion, each of the conductor plates includes a pair of slopes that are spaced apart from each other by a respective one of a plurality of interval widths and face each other to form the convex shape, and the interval widths increase relative to each other toward the one side.

4. The vehicle circuit body according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a second rigid portion and a third rigid portion; and
a third bent portion and a fourth bent portion respectively located at positions spaced apart from the first bent portion and the second bent portion by the second rigid portion and the third rigid portion, respectively,
wherein each conductor plate of the third bent portion has a convex shape toward the another side and each conductor plate of the fourth bent portion has a convex shape toward the another side, and the third bent portion and the fourth bent portion are configured to be arranged at positions which face respective inner corners formed on the body panel, and each of the inner corners is a concave shape.

5. The vehicle circuit body according to claim 4 , futher comprising:
a fifth bent portion provided continuously with at least one of the first bent portion, the second bent portion, the third bent portion, and the fourth bent portion, and each conductor plate of the fifth bent portion has a convex shape protruding in a direction opposite to the at least one of the first bent portion, the second bent portion, the third bent portion, and the fourth bent portion which is continuous with the fifth bent portion.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Hayato
• Tsubaki Akira
• Okuda Sadaharu
• Takamatsu Masahiro

Classifications

• H01B7/0823

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