Wiring member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11569004-B2
Application number	US-201917276691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2019
Priority date	Sep 19, 2018
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

The wiring member includes a wiring body and a shape maintaining member. The wiring body includes a sheet-like member and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet-like member. The shape maintaining member is formed into a sheet-like shape having higher stiffness than the sheet-like member and covers at least one side of the wiring body along a front-back direction of the wiring body to maintain a shape of the wiring body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wiring member, comprising:
a wiring body including a sheet-like member and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet-like member; and
a shape maintaining member formed into a sheet-like shape having higher stiffness than the sheet-like member of the wiring body and covering at least one of a front side or a back side of the wiring body to maintain a shape of the wiring body, wherein
the wiring member includes a both-side covering part where the shape maintaining member includes a front portion and a back portion respectively covering the front side and the back side of the wiring body, such that the sheet-like member and the wire-like transmission member of the wiring body are sandwiched between the front portion and the back portion of the shape maintaining member,
the shape maintaining member includes a first sheet and a second sheet, and
the first sheet is spaced from the second sheet in a longitudinal direction of the wire-like transmission member so that the wiring member is foldable between the first sheet and the second sheet.

2. The wiring member according to claim 1 , further comprising
a one-side covering part where the shape maintaining member covers the wire-like transmission member only from a side opposite to the sheet-like member of the wiring body.

3. The wiring member according to claim 2 , wherein
the shape maintaining member and the sheet-like member are fixed by a contact area direct fixation on a lateral side of the wire-like transmission member in the one-side covering part.

4. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the shape maintaining member is provided continuously along a longitudinal direction of the wiring body to be able to maintain a whole shape of the wiring body.

5. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the shape maintaining member is provided so that the wiring member can be folded at an intermediate portion.

6. The wiring member according to claim 5 , wherein
the wiring member is provided so that a suction pad is able to be applied to a position where the shape maintaining member is exposed when the wiring member is folded at the intermediate portion.

7. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the sheet-like member and the shape maintaining member are fixed to each other via an adhesive agent or resin.

8. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the sheet-like member and the shape maintaining member are fixed to each other by a contact area direct fixation.

9. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the shape maintaining member includes a wavelike processed part including alternating peaks and troughs arranged at a cross-section in the longitudinal direction of the wire-like transmission member so that the wiring member is foldable at the wavelike processed part.

10. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the sheet-like member includes a plurality of sheets of base materials connected along the longitudinal direction of the wire-like transmission member.

11. A wiring member, comprising:
a wiring body including a sheet-like member and a wire-like transmission member fixed on the sheet-like member; and
a shape maintaining member formed into a sheet-like shape having higher stiffness than the sheet-like member of the wiring body and covering at least a part of at least one of a front surface and a back surface of the wiring body to maintain a shape of the wiring body, wherein
the wiring member includes a both-side covering part where the shape maintaining member includes a front portion and a back portion respectively covering the front surface and the back surface of the wiring body, such that the sheet-like member and the wire-like transmission member of the wiring body are sandwiched between the front portion and the back portion of the shape maintaining member,
the shape maintaining member includes a first sheet and a second sheet, and
the first sheet is spaced from the second sheet in a longitudinal direction of the wire-like transmission member so that the wiring member is foldable between the first sheet and the second sheet.

12. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein
the sheet-like member is made up of a plurality of base materials connected along the longitudinal direction of the wire-like transmission member.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Nakano Haruka
• Yokoi Motohiro
• Ito Kenta
• Ikeda Shigeki
• Yasuda Suguru
• Nishimura Tetsuya
• Hirai Hiroki
• Mizuno Housei
• Goto Koichiro
• Shirakawa Junichi
• Kami Yoshitaka
• Nomura Yasushi
• BARILLARO Sofia

Classifications

• B60R16/0207

  Wire harnesses · CPC title

• H01B7/0838 Primary

  Parallel wires, sandwiched between two insulating layers · CPC title

• H01B7/04

  Flexible cables, conductors, or cords, e.g. trailing cables · CPC title

• H02G3/0487 Primary

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

• H01B7/08

  Flat or ribbon cables · CPC title