Harness component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12065085-B2
Application number	US-202117794354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2021
Priority date	Jan 28, 2020
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

A harness component according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an electrical connection box, and a harness fixing piece included in a housing of the electrical connection box includes a first wall portion that extends in a length direction of a wire harness, the wire harness being arranged on an inner surface of the first wall portion; a second wall portion that is arranged outside of a lower end, which is an end portion of the first wall portion in a length direction of the wire harness, and is continuous along a lower end; and a bottom portion that extends outward from the lower end of the first wall portion and supports the second wall portion away from the outer surface of the first wall portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A harness component comprising:
a first wall portion that extends in a length direction of a wire harness arranged on an inner side of the first wall portion, wherein the wire harness is to be fixed to the harness component by a cable tie including a long band-shaped portion and a head portion that is formed in one piece with the band-shaped portion at a base end portion in a length direction of the band-shaped portion;
a second wall portion that is arranged outside of an end portion of the first wall portion in the length direction of the wire harness, and is continuous along the end portion; and
a bottom portion that extends outward from the end portion of the first wall portion and supports the second wall portion away from an outer surface of the first wall portion,
wherein a guide groove through which the band-shaped portion of the cable tie is to be passed is formed between the first wall portion and the second wall portion,
the first wall portion includes an inner surface and the outer surface, which face mutually opposite directions in a radial direction of the wire harness, and the inner surface and the outer surface are formed in a curved manner so as to bulge outward in the radial direction of the wire harness in a cross-sectional view intersecting the length direction of the wire harness,
the second wall portion includes a linear portion that extends in a tangential direction with respect to the outer surface of the first wall portion, and a curved portion that is continuous with the linear portion and is curved along the outer surface of the first wall portion,
a guide groove forming portion that has a side surface opposing the linear portion is included between the outer surface of the first wall portion and the linear portion of the second wall portion, and
the guide groove includes a linear first guide groove that is sandwiched between the side surface of the guide groove forming portion and the linear portion of the second wall portion, and a second guide groove that is sandwiched between the curved portion of the second wall portion and the first wall portion and is curved.

2. The harness component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the head portion of the cable tie abuts on a first end portion in a length direction of the second wall portion.

3. The harness component according to claim 2 ,
wherein the head portion of the cable tie is movable in a direction opposite to the second wall portion from the first end portion of the second wall portion.

4. The harness component according to claim 1 , further comprising
a support portion that extends from the bottom portion to a side opposite to the guide groove forming portion.

5. The harness component according to claim 4 ,
wherein the support portion includes a first support portion that extends from the bottom portion and a second support portion that extends upward from a leading end of the first support portion,
the head portion of the cable tie includes an insertion hole through which the band-shaped portion is to be inserted, and
the second support portion is arranged so as not to overlap with the insertion hole of the head portion abutting on the second wall portion.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Nonaka Ippei

Classifications

• H02G3/30

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

• H02G3/16

  structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box · CPC title

• F16B2/08

  using bands · CPC title

• B65D63/14

  Joints produced by application of separate securing members · CPC title

• B60R16/0207 Primary

  Wire harnesses · CPC title