Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12472887-B2
Application number	US-202218261839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2022
Priority date	Jan 20, 2021
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A wire harness according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes terminals arranged next to each other; electric wires respectively connected to the terminals; a resin housing including a hood and a holder; and a plate projecting out of the housing from the outer surface of the hood. The plate is partially embedded in the housing. The plate includes a pass-through portion extending through the plate in a thickness direction of the plate, and the pass-through portion is a hole or a slot. The holder includes a first part located on one side of the plate and incorporating the electric wires, a second part located on a side of the plate opposite to the one side of the plate, and a connecting portion that extends through the pass-through portion and connects the first part and the second part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A wire harness, comprising:
terminals arranged next to each other; electric wires respectively connected to the terminals; a resin housing including a hood and a holder, the hood including an opening that exposes the terminals therein, and the holder projecting out of the hood from an outer surface of the hood and holding the terminals and the electric wires; and a plate projecting out of the housing from the outer surface of the hood, wherein the plate is partially embedded in the housing, the plate includes pass-through portions extending through the plate in a thickness direction of the plate, the pass-through portions are holes or slots, the holder includes a first part located on one side of the plate and incorporating the electric wires, a second part located on a side of the plate opposite to the one side of the plate, and connecting portions that extend through the pass-through portions and connect the first part and the second part, the first part includes tubular electric wire holders extending in parallel from the hood in a projecting direction of the holder, and plate-like extending portions projecting from the hood in the projecting direction and extending between the tubular electric wire holders to interconnect the tubular electric wire holders, wherein the plate-like extending portion is thinner than the tubular electric wire holder, the electric wires each include a portion extending out of the holder that is bent in a direction from the first part toward the second part, and the pass-through portions are provided only at positions corresponding to respective ones of the plate-like extending portions.

2 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein:
when a direction in which the terminals are arranged next to each other is referred to as an arrangement direction; the pass-through portion is one of a plurality of pass-through portions of the plate that are spaced apart from each other in the arrangement direction; and the connecting portion is one of a plurality of connecting portions of the holder that are spaced apart from each other in the arrangement direction.

3 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein
the connecting portion is located closer to a distal end of the second part in the projecting direction than an intermediate portion between a basal end of the second part in the projecting direction and the distal end of the second part.

4 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of each of the electric wires extending outward from the holder has a length of 30 mm or greater and 100 mm or less.

5 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the pass-through portions are provided only at positions, in each of the plate-like extending portions, corresponding to outer end portions in the projecting direction.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Iida Tetsuya
• Miyamoto Takeru

Classifications

• H01R13/50

  formed as an integral body (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01B7/00

  Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form · CPC title

• B60R16/0207 Primary

  Wire harnesses · CPC title