Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12081002-B2
Application number	US-201917441545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2019
Priority date	Mar 27, 2019
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A wire harness including: a first electric wire; a first tube in which the first electric wire is housed; a clamp that holds the first tube; and a first tape having a surface that is less likely to slide against the clamp than a surface of the first tube, wherein the clamp is brought into contact with the first tape that is wound onto and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and is attached thereto.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wire harness comprising:
a first electric wire;
a first tube in which the first electric wire is housed;
a clamp that holds the first tube;
a first tape having a surface that is less likely to slide against the clamp than a surface of the first tube, wherein the clamp is brought into contact with the first tape that is wound onto and fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and is attached thereto;
a second electric wire;
a second tube in which the second electric wire is housed; and
a second tape having lower stretchability than the first tape, wherein the second tube is fixed to the clamp by the second tape that surrounds the second tube and the clamp together.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first tape has a surface layer that comes into contact with the clamp, and
the surface layer contains polyvinyl chloride as a main component.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein:
the clamp includes a main body in which the first tube is housed, and a first protrusion that protrudes from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the first tube, and
the wire harness further includes a first fastener with which the first protrusion and the first tube are fastened together to press the first tape against the first protrusion.

4. The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein the first fastener is a binding band.

5. The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein the first protrusion has a first projection on a side opposite to a side opposed to the first tube.

6. The wire harness according to claim 3 ,
wherein:
the clamp includes a second protrusion that protrudes from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the second tube, and
the second tube is fixed to the second protrusion by winding the second tape around the second tube and the second protrusion together.

7. The wire harness according to claim 6 , wherein the second tape includes a fabric layer that contains acetate fibers as a main component.

8. The wire harness according to claim 6 , further comprising a second fastener with which the second tape is fastened.

9. The wire harness according to claim 8 , wherein the second fastener is a binding band.

10. The wire harness according to claim 8 , wherein the second protrusion has a second projection on a side opposite to a side opposed to the second tube.

11. The wire harness according to claim 6 , wherein the first electric wire is a low-voltage electric wire, and the second electric wire is a high-voltage electric wire.

12. The wire harness according to claim 6 , wherein the second tube has a larger outer diameter than the first tube.

13. The wire harness according claim 6 , wherein the first tube is made of a resin, and the second tube is made of a metal.

14. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the first tube is a corrugated tube formed in a bellows shape in which ridges and valleys are alternately repeated.

15. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the second tape includes a fabric layer that contains acetate fibers as a main component.

16. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein a main component of the first tape is different from a main component of the second tape.

17. The wire harness according to claim 16 , wherein the second tube has a larger outer diameter than the first tube.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• FUJIKURA Masaya
• Suga Takao

Classifications

• H02G3/266

  Mounting by adhesive material · CPC title

• H02G3/305

  Mounting by adhesive material · CPC title

• H02G3/32

  using mounting clamps · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01B7/40

  with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing · CPC title