Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016152197-A1
Application number	US-201514951880-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 25, 2015
Priority date	Nov 27, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wire harness which is wired in an automobile for electrical connection includes one or a plurality of electrical pathways. The electrical pathway includes a plurality of division electrical pathways and one or a plurality of conductive linking members which link the division electrical pathways, and the linking member includes a body part and connecting ends that are located at the two ends of the body part. Further, the linking member is formed as a member whose rigidity is lower than that of the division electrical pathways and is shrinkable and bendable in predetermined directions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wire harness which is wired in an automobile for electrical connection, comprising one or a plurality of electrical pathways,
wherein the electrical pathway includes a plurality of division electrical pathways and one or a plurality of conductive linking members which link the division electrical pathways, the linking member includes a body part and connecting ends that are located at the two ends of the body part, and the linking member is formed as a member whose rigidity is lower than that of the division electrical pathways and is shrinkable and bendable in predetermined directions.

2 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the linking member is formed to be shorter than the division electrical pathways.

3 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined directions of the linking member are two directions, or 360 degrees directions.

4 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the linking member is arranged at least at one place in a range where the wire harness is wire along the body of the automobile.

5 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the linking member is applied as at least one of a folding means to make the wire harness compact while being packed before being wired to the automobile, a dimensional error absorbing means to absorb dimensional error at the time of wiring, and a resonance avoiding means to avoid resonance at the time of wiring.

6 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the division electrical pathway includes a rod-shaped conductor made of aluminum or aluminum alloy and an insulator which covers the rod-shaped conductor, and the shape of the division electrical pathway at the time of wiring is maintained by the rigidity of the rod-shaped conductor.

7 . The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the body part of the linking member includes a flexible twisted wire conductor made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and an insulative coating which covers the twisted wire conductor.

8 . The wire harness according to claim 1 further comprising an exterior member made of resin to accommodate and protect the linking member.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kugimiya Yasuyuki
• Nishio Yukio
• Saito Takahiro
• Tsukamoto Masashi

Classifications

• B60R16/0207

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