Wiring harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9327660-B2
Application number	US-201214389784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2012
Priority date	Apr 4, 2012
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A wiring harness ( 1 ) includes a housing ( 2 ) for holding protected parts each including a connected part of an insulated wire ( 90 ) and a terminal fitting ( 91 ) in a plurality of terminal-provided wires ( 9 ) at intervals inside. The housing ( 2 ) has a double structure including an inner wire protecting member ( 30 ) and an outer wire protecting member ( 10 ). The inner wire protecting member ( 30 ) holds the protected parts of the plurality of terminal-provided wires ( 9 ), each in a pivotable state, at intervals. The outer wire protecting member ( 10 ) is formed by insert molding a thermoplastic material with the inner wire protecting member ( 30 ) holding the plurality of terminal-provided wires ( 9 ) as an insert part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wiring harness, comprising:
a terminal-provided wire including an insulated wire and a terminal fitting connected to an end of the insulated wire; and
a wire protecting member for covering a protected part including a connected part of the insulated wire and the terminal fitting in the terminal-provided wire, wherein the wire protecting member has a double structure including:
a non-conductive inner member for holding the protected part of the terminal-provided wire in a pivotable state inside,

the inner member is a hard member and includes:
a fixing portion for fixing and holding a part of the insulated wire spaced from the terminal fitting, and an accommodating portion accommodating with a play at least part of the terminal fitting and the insulated wire between the terminal fitting and the part of the insulated wire held by the fixing portion; and

an outer member formed by insert molding a thermoplastic resin material with the inner member holding the terminal-provided wire as an insert part so that the outer member surrounds the fixing part and part of the insulated wire extending from the inner member without impeding movement of the terminal fitting and the part of the insulated wire in the accommodating portion.

2. The wiring harness of claim 1 , wherein:
the fixing portion of the inner member is formed with a through hole through which a part of the insulation coating of the terminal-provided wire is passed, and an edge part of the through hole bites into the outer peripheral surface of the insulation coating over the entire circumference.

3. The wiring harness of claim 2 , wherein:
the inner member has a different color from the outer member; and
a part of the inner member is exposed from the outer member.

4. The wiring harness of claim 1 , wherein:
the inner member has a different color from the outer member; and
a part of the inner member is exposed from the outer member.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Suetani Masaharu
• Fukumoto Kouji
• Hashimoto Daisuke
• Tate Takuya
• Tsujii Yoshitomo

Classifications

• H01B13/01263 Primary

  Tying, wrapping, binding, lacing, strapping or sheathing harnesses · CPC title

• B60R16/0207 Primary

  Wire harnesses · CPC title

• H01R13/504 Primary

  different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together · CPC title

• H02G15/046

  with bores or protruding portions allowing passage of cable conductors · CPC title

• H02G15/076

  for multi-conductor cables · CPC title