Wiring member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11888299-B2
Application number	US-202217810865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2022
Priority date	Jul 12, 2021
Publication date	Jan 30, 2024
Grant date	Jan 30, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a wiring member that can be held in a bent state more reliably even if a reaction force is large. A wiring member includes a cable including a bent portion that is routed along a bent path, and a bracket including a holding portion for holding the cable and a vehicle fixing portion that protrudes outward of the holding portion, and the holding portion includes a bend holding portion for holding the bent portion of the cable, and the bend holding portion includes an inner wall portion located on an inner circumferential side of the cable, and an outer wall portion located on an outer circumferential side of the cable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiring member comprising:
a wire including a bent portion that is routed along a bent path; and
a bracket including a holding portion for holding the wire and a vehicle fixing portion that protrudes outward of the holding portion,
wherein the holding portion includes a bend holding portion for holding the bent portion of the wire; and
the bend holding portion includes an inner wall portion located on an inner circumferential side of the wire, and an outer wall portion located on an outer circumferential side of the wire, on the bent path; and
a resin molded portion formed through insert molding using at least the bent portion and the bend holding portion as an insert, wherein the vehicle fixing portion is located outside of the resin molded portion; and
wherein the bend holding portion further includes a joining wall portion that joins the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion to each other, and resin of the resin molded portion is interposed between the bent portion and the joining wall portion.

2. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is a multi-core cable including a plurality of core wires and a sheath for covering the plurality of core wires,
the bent portion is provided at a portion where the sheath is provided, and
the plurality of core wires extend out from an end portion of the sheath, and are connected to a plurality of devices located on an underbody of a vehicle.

3. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein the wire further includes a straight portion that is routed along a straight path that is adjacent to the bent portion of the wire in a direction in which the wire extends,
the holding portion further includes a straight portion holding portion for holding the straight portion, and
the vehicle fixing portion is provided at the straight portion holding portion.

4. The wiring member according to claim 3 , wherein the straight portion holding portion includes a first wall portion, a second wall portion, and a third wall portion,
the first wall portion covers the wire from the same side as the inner wall portion or the outer wall portion,
the second wall portion and the third wall portion respectively protrude from two end portions of the first wall portion and face each other with the wire interposed therebetween, and
the vehicle fixing portion extends out from the second wall portion.

5. The wiring member according to claim 4 , wherein the vehicle fixing portion includes a first extended portion that extends from the second wall portion so as to oppose the first wall portion, and
a distance between the first extended portion and the first wall portion is greater than a distance between the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion.

6. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion is continuously provided along the bent path.

7. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion is intermittently provided along the bent path.

8. The wiring member according to claim 1 , wherein one of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion is continuously provided along the bent path, and the other of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion is intermittently provided along the bent path.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Yamamoto Hironobu
• Kim Kyungwoo
• Kobayashi Toshinari
• Terasaka Yukitoshi
• Shimizu Moriyuki

Classifications

• H02G3/0456 Primary

  Ladders or other supports · CPC title

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H02G3/30

  Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings · CPC title