Harness protector and wire harness routing structural part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9315163-B2
Application number	US-201214117196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2012
Priority date	Aug 29, 2011
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

An edge protector includes a tubular main body capable of being inserted into a through-hole in an insertion direction and including an installation hole enabling the wire harness to be installed, and an engagement structural part flaring from an outer circumference of the main body and capable of engaging in a through direction with an opening edge of the through-hole. The installation hole includes a small space formed in a shape following the outer circumference of the wire harness and capable of positioning the wire harness within a specific range with respect to the through-hole in a radial direction relative to a center axis, and a large space provided to a portion including a rear end in the insertion direction, the large space including an interior space expanding further than the small space toward an outer periphery on at least one side of the small space in a circumferential direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A harness protector attached to an opening edge of a through-hole in a panel having a wire harness comprising bundled wires passed therethrough, the harness protector comprising:
a tubular main body configured to be inserted into the through-hole in an insertion direction and including an installation hole enabling the wire harness to be installed; and
an engagement structural part formed in a shape that flares from an outer circumference of the main body and configured to engage in a through direction of the through-hole with the opening edge of the through-hole, wherein
the installation hole includes a small space formed in a shape following the outer circumference of the wire harness and configured to position the wire harness with respect to the through-hole in a radial direction relative to a center axis, and a large space provided to a portion including at least one of a forward end and a rear end in the insertion direction, the large space including an interior space expanding further than the small space toward an outer periphery on at least one side of the small space in a circumferential direction,
the harness protector being configured by a pair of separate members brought adjacent in an assembly direction and assembled in a tubular shape,
each of the separate members integrally comprising:
a divided main body forming a portion of the main body;
a divided engagement structural part forming a portion of the engagement structural part; and

a pressure portion on the divided main body at a location on a forward side of the divided engagement structural part in the insertion direction, the pressure portion including a pressure surface facing rearward in the assembly direction, and the pressure portion, as seen in a front view, is formed in a shape having the pressure surface on a portion overlapping with both ends of the divided main body on a rear side in the assembly direction, and wherein
the pressure surface is oriented in a plane that extends parallel to the insertion direction,
wherein the divided engagement structural part includes a forward engagement part and a rear engagement part, and wherein the forward engagement part and the pressure surface defines a step portion at a circumference of the divided main body.

2. The harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the large space is formed in a shape gradually expanding in an outer peripheral direction toward one of the forward end and the rear end in the insertion direction.

3. The harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the small space is formed in a shape long in one direction as seen in a front view, and the large space is formed in a shape expanding toward the outer periphery on at least one side of the small space in a direction orthogonal to a major axis direction of the small space, as seen in a front view.

4. The harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the large space is formed in a shape expanding further than the small space toward the outer periphery in the entire circumferential direction.

5. The harness protector according to claim 1 , wherein the harness protector further includes a positioning rib projecting from the small space of the installation hole toward the inner periphery and extending along the circumferential direction.

6. A wire harness routing structural part for routing a wire harness comprising bundled wires between a body of a vehicle and a door through a through-hole formed on the body, the wire harness routing structural part comprising:
the wire harness;
a harness protector including a tubular main body inserted into the through-hole in an insertion direction and having an installation hole in which the wire harness is installed, and an engagement structural part formed in a shape that flares from an outer circumference of the main body and configured to engage in a through direction of the through-hole with an opening edge of the through-hole, the installation hole including a small space having a shape following the outer circumference of the wire harness and a large space provided to a portion including a door- side end in the insertion direction, the large space including an interior space expanding further than the small space toward an outer periphery on at least one side of the small space in a circumferential direction, the harness protector being configured by a pair of separate members
brought adjacent in an assembly direction and assembled in a tubular shape, each of the separate members being integrally comprising:
a divided main body forming a portion of the main body;
a divided engagement structural part forming a portion of the engagement structural part; and
a pressure portion on the divided main body at a location on a forward side of the divided engagement structural part in the insertion direction, the pressure portion including a pressure surface facing rearward in the assembly direction, wherein
the pressure portion, as seen in a front view, is formed in a shape having the pressure surface on a portion overlapping with both ends of the divided main body on a rear side in the assembly direction, and wherein
the pressure surface is oriented in a plane that extends parallel to the insertion direction; and
an extra length absorption part accommodating a portion of the wire harness routed within the door with a space enabling the wire harness to be redirected,
wherein the divided engagement structural part includes a forward engagement part and a rear engagement part, and wherein the forward engagement part and the pressure surface defines a step portion at a circumference of the divided main body.

7. The wire harness routing structural part according to claim 6 , wherein the extra length absorption part includes, further toward a vehicle interior than the installation hole of the harness protector, an insertion opening into which the wire harness is inserted, and
the large space of the harness protector is formed in a shape expanding further than the small space toward the outer periphery on both sides of a vehicle interior/exterior direction of the small space.

8. The wire harness routing structural part according to claim 6 , wherein the large space of the harness protector is formed in a shape expanding further than the small space toward the outer periphery in the entire circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Nagayasu Daiki
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Nagayasu Daiki

Classifications

• H02G3/22

  Installations of cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings, e.g. into buildings · CPC title

• H02G3/0487

  with a non-circular cross-section (H02G3/0468, H02G3/0475 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02G3/0691

  Fixing tubing to casing by auxiliary means co-operating with indentations of the tubing, e.g. with tubing-convolutions · CPC title

• B60R16/0222 Primary

  Grommets · CPC title

• H01B17/26

  Lead-in insulators; Lead-through insulators · CPC title