Wire protection member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11407368-B2
Application number	US-201816476994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Jan 19, 2017
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

A wire protection member includes a pipe and a protector that define a routing pathway of a wire. The protector has a body part and a cover part that are connected to each other in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the pipe and cover an end part of the pipe. A protector-side locking part is provided at at least one of the body part or the cover part. At the pipe, a pipe-side locking part is provided that (i) when the body part and the cover part are connected, fits together with the protector-side locking part from the direction intersecting the axial direction and (ii) restricts positional deviation of the protector in a circumferential direction of the pipe and in the axial direction of the pipe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wire protection member comprising:
a pipe and a protector that define a routing pathway of a wire, wherein:
the protector has a body part and a cover part that are connected to each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the pipe and cover an end part of the pipe,
a protector-side locking part is provided at least one of the body part or the cover part,
at the pipe, a pipe-side locking part is provided that (i) when the body part and the cover part are connected, fits together with the protector-side locking part from the direction intersecting the axial direction and (ii) restricts positional deviation of the protector in a circumferential direction of the pipe and in the axial direction of the pipe,
the pipe-side locking part comprises a hole that penetrates through a peripheral wall of the pipe, and
the protector-side locking part comprises a protrusion that fits into the hole, the protrusion inserting into the hole from the vertical direction, and the end part of the pipe being held between the body part and the cover part.

2. The wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pipe is an extrusion molded body made of resin.

3. The wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:
the protector-side locking part is provided at both the body part and the cover part.

4. The wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:
the protector includes a wrapping part that covers the end part of the pipe, and at each end, in the axial direction, of the wrapping part, the protector has a locking part that holds the body part and the cover part in a connected state.

5. The wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:
the hole comprises a plurality of holes, each provided at a respective end part of the pipe in the axial direction, and one of the holes is formed as an elongated hole elongated in the axial direction and allows the protrusion to be loosely fit in the axial direction.

6. The wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein:
the protector is arranged at a surface under a floor of a vehicle, and the cover part is flat and is arranged along the surface under the floor.

7. A wire protection member comprising:
a pipe and protectors that define a routing pathway of the wire, wherein:
each protector has a body part and a cover part that are connected to each other from a direction intersecting an axial direction of the pipe and cover an end part of the pipe, and
protector-side locking parts are provided at at least one of each body part or each cover part,
at the pipe, pipe-side locking parts are provided that (i) when each body part and the respective cover part are connected, fit together with the protector-side locking parts from a direction intersecting the axial direction and (ii) restrict positional deviation of the protectors in a circumferential direction of the pipe and in the axial direction of the pipe,
each pipe-side locking part comprises a hole that passes through a peripheral wall of the pipe, and each protector-side locking part comprises a protrusion that is fit to the hole, and
the holes are arranged at respective end parts of the pipe in the axial direction, and one of the holes is formed in an elongated hole shape elongated in the axial direction, allowing the respective protrusion to be loosely fit in the axial direction.

8. The wire protection member according to claim 7 , wherein each body part and each cover part includes one of the protector-side locking parts; and
each end part of the pipe includes two of the holes, opposed to each other in a diameter direction of the pipe.

9. The wire protection member according to claim 1 , wherein the protector-side locking part comprises two protector-side locking parts, one at the body part and one at the cover part; and
the hole comprises two holes, opposed to each other in a diameter direction of the pipe.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Matsuyama Hiroki
• Tanaka Yuji

Classifications

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H02G3/34

  using separate protective tubing · CPC title

• H02G3/0418

  Covers or lids; Their fastenings · CPC title

• H02G3/0481

  with a circular cross-section (H02G3/0468, H02G3/0475 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02G3/0487

  with a non-circular cross-section (H02G3/0468, H02G3/0475 take precedence) · CPC title