Waterproof cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9302635-B2
Application number	US-201314399080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Priority date	May 22, 2012
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A waterproof cover can prevent substantial deformation thereof and maintain high waterproof performance even when temperature inside the waterproof cover changes. The waterproof cover has a peripheral wall composed of a rubber or elastomer. Two end portions of the peripheral wall are connected to an attachment member. The peripheral wall has an attachment hole passing through the peripheral wall in a thickness direction. A ventilation film is provided inside the attachment hole as an inner pressure adjustment member to adjust inner pressure of the waterproof cover.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A waterproof cover having a peripheral wall covering a circumference of a wire harness, the peripheral wall being composed of one of a rubber and an elastomer, the peripheral wall having two end portions connected to an attachment member, wherein
the peripheral wall has an attachment hole passing through the peripheral wall in a thickness direction and an inner pressure adjustment member adjusting inner pressure of the waterproof cover is provided inside the attachment hole.

2. The waterproof cover according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall has an attachment tubular portion projecting outward in the thickness direction of the peripheral wall and the attachment hole is provided inside the attachment tubular portion.

3. The waterproof cover according to claim 2 , wherein the inner pressure adjustment member is a ventilation film provided inside a resin tube for ventilation and the resin tube for ventilation is attached to the attachment tubular portion.

4. The waterproof cover according to claim 3 , wherein the inner pressure adjustment member is attached to a ventilation member and the ventilation member is attached to the resin tube for ventilation.

5. The waterproof cover according to claim 4 , wherein the resin tube for ventilation has a ventilation member attachment portion allowing the ventilation member to be tightly fitted.

6. The waterproof cover according to claim 5 , wherein the resin tube for ventilation has an insertion portion extending from the ventilation member attachment portion and insertable to the attachment tubular portion, the ventilation member attachment portion has a bottom wall having an opening connected to a hollow portion of the insertion portion, and the bottom wall has a portion projecting outward more than an outer periphery of the insertion portion and is positioned to be contactable with a projecting end surface of the attachment tubular portion.

7. The waterproof cover according to claim 6 , wherein the insertion portion has a concavo-convex portion on an outer peripheral surface, a binding band is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the attachment tubular portion corresponding to the concavo-convex portion, and thus the resin tube for ventilation is fixated to the attachment tubular portion.

8. The waterproof cover according to claim 6 , wherein
the ventilation member comprises:
a plurality of lock portions inserted and locked to the opening of the bottom wall; and
a ventilation film holder extending from the lock portions and fixated to the bottom wall via a rubber ring for sealing, wherein
the ventilation film holder comprises:
an annular support portion supporting a periphery of the circular ventilation film from a lower surface side;
a circular cover portion provided on an upper surface side of the ventilation film with a gap therebetween; and
a plurality of side wall portions linking the support portion and a periphery of the cover portion, and wherein
a gap between adjacent side wall portions is a ventilation hole.

9. The waterproof cover according to claim 1 , wherein
the wire harness is routed in a vehicle underbody and two ends are connected to a motor and an inverter or an inverter and a battery,
a first end portion of the peripheral wall is attached to one of an end portion of a metal pipe externally mounted to the wire harness and an end portion of a corrugated tube connected to the metal pipe, and
a second end portion of the peripheral wall is attached to one of a housing and a shell-shaped member attached to a case of one of the motor, the inverter, and the battery.

10. The waterproof cover according to claim 9 , wherein
the first end portion of the peripheral wall is a small-diameter tubular portion and the second end portion of the peripheral wall is a large-diameter tubular portion having a larger diameter than the small-diameter tubular portion,
the small-diameter tubular portion has an attachment tubular portion projecting outward in a thickness direction of the small-diameter tubular portion and the attachment hole is provided inside the attachment tubular portion, and
the large-diameter tubular portion and the attachment tubular portion have portions overlapping each other in a projecting direction of the attachment tubular portion.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Han Hojea
• Sawada Masashi

Classifications

• H02G3/0418

  Covers or lids; Their fastenings · CPC title

• B60R16/0222 Primary

  Grommets · CPC title

• H02G15/013

  Sealing means for cable inlets (inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32) · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title