Wiring member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023051435-A1
Application number	US-202117759228-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 8, 2021
Priority date	Jan 24, 2020
Publication date	Feb 16, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Technology capable of reducing the number of tubular protective members in a wiring member is provided. The wiring member includes: multiple electric wires that branch into multiple branch lines from a main line at a branch position; a connection component provided at an end portion of a target branch line among the branch lines; and a resin molded body that includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The main body portion covers all of the electric wires at the branch position, and the extending portion extends from the main body portion and covers a portion of the target branch line that is between the main body portion and the connection component.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . (canceled)

3 . A wiring member comprising:
a plurality of electric wires that branch from a main line into a plurality of branch lines at a branch position; a connection component provided at an end portion of a target branch line among the plurality of branch lines; and a resin molded body that includes a main body portion and an extending portion, wherein the main body portion covers the plurality of electric wires at the branch position, the extending portion extends from the main body portion and covers a portion of the target branch line that is between the main body portion and the connection component, the connection component includes a connector housing in which an end portion of the target branch line is accommodated, the extending portion extends to a position not reaching the connector housing, the wiring member further comprises a connector cover that covers a section from a leading end portion of the extending portion to a rear end portion of the connector housing, the resin molded body is an insert-molded body having the plurality of electric wires as insert parts, and the connector cover is formed using an elastic material.

4 . (canceled)

5 . The wiring member according to claim 3 , wherein a wall thickness of the extending portion is smaller than a wall thickness of the main body portion.

6 . The wiring member according to claim 3 , wherein the target branch line includes a bent portion, and
the extending portion maintains the bent portion in a bent shape.

7 . The wiring member according to claim 5 , wherein the target branch line includes a bent portion, and
the extending portion maintains the bent portion in a bent shape.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01R24/20

  Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable · CPC title

• H01R13/56

  Means for preventing chafing or fracture of flexible leads at outlet from coupling part · CPC title

• H02G1/14 Primary

  for joining or terminating cables · CPC title

• H02G15/04

  Cable-end sealings · CPC title