Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9412491-B2
Application number	US-201514635063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2015
Priority date	Sep 3, 2012
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

A wire harness includes at least one conducting path, and a tubular exterior member that covers the conducting path. The exterior member has a shape changed portion in at least one position. The shape changed portion includes at least one small tube portion which includes an accommodation space necessary for accommodating the conducting path, a tube continuous portion one end of which is continuous with an end of the small tube portion, and a large tube portion which is continuous with another end of the tube continuous portion and includes a tubular shape that is larger in outer shape than the small tube portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wire harness comprising: at least one conducting path; and an exterior member that covers the conducting path, said exterior member is a tubular portion, wherein the the tubular portion has a shape changed portion in at least one position; wherein the shape changed portion includes: at least one small tube portion which includes an accommodation space necessary for accommodating the at least one conducting path; a tube continuous portion one end of which is continuous with an end of the at least one small tube portion; and a large tube portion which is continuous with another end of the tube continuous portion and includes a tubular shape that is larger in outer shape than the small tube portion; wherein the at least one small tube portion is formed at a range sufficient for absorbing and dissipating heat generated at the at least one conducting path; wherein a peripheral wall of the small tube portion is partially concave in a circumferential direction of the small tube portion so that a first distance from a center line of the large tube portion to a first part of the peripheral wall of the small tube portion is different from a second distance from the center line to a second part of the peripheral wall of the small tube portion, the first part being opposed to the second part.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein in the shape changed portion, an outer periphery length of the small tube portion is shorter than an outer periphery length of the large tube portion.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior member is made of a resin.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior member is made of a metal.

5. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one small tube portion is formed at a position in a neighborhood of a heat generation source when the wire harness is cabled.

6. The wire harness according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one small tube portion of a plurality of small tube portions is formed at the range which is set in accordance with a size of the heat generation source.

7. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the center line extends collinear with a longitudinal axis of the large tube portion, and
wherein, in a cross-sectional view of the small tube portion such that the centerline extends in a horizontal direction, a top part of the peripheral wall of the small tube portion concaves toward the centerline, whereas a bottom part of the peripheral wall of the small tube portion is not concaved toward the centerline.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Inao Shinichi
• Adachi Hideomi
• Ogue Takeshi
• Oga Tatsuya
• Suguro Masaaki
• Ozaki Yoshiaki
• Yoshida Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H01B7/0045 Primary

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title

• H01B7/17

  Protection against damage caused by external factors, e.g. sheaths or armouring · CPC title

• H02G3/0481 Primary

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

• H02G3/0487

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

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title