Wire harness

US9466957B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9466957-B2
Application numberUS-201214233578-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 20, 2012
Priority dateJul 21, 2011
Publication dateOct 11, 2016
Grant dateOct 11, 2016

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Abstract

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A wire harness includes a tubular sheathing member that covers at least one conduction path, and at least one path-maintaining member that is formed in flat plate shape corresponding to a bent part formed by bending the sheathing member. A tape is wrapped around the path-maintaining member while the path-maintaining member is placed along the bent part.

First claim

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The invention claimed is: 1. A wire harness comprising: a tubular sheathing member that covers at least one conduction path; and at least one path-maintaining member that is formed in a plate shape corresponding to a bent part formed by bending the sheathing member, wherein a tape is wrapped around the whole of the bent part while the path-maintaining member is placed along the bent part. 2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the path-maintaining member has less flexibility than the sheathing member. 3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the path-maintaining member in a diametric direction of the sheathing member is smaller than a width of the sheathing member in the diametric direction. 4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the path-maintaining member includes an inner path-maintaining member which contacts an inner bent part of the tubular sheathing member and an outer path-maintaining member which contacts an outer bent part of the tubular sheathing member.

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Classifications

  • Corrugated · CPC title

  • H02G3/04Primary

    Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs · CPC title

  • Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

  • Wire harnesses · CPC title

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What does patent US9466957B2 cover?
A wire harness includes a tubular sheathing member that covers at least one conduction path, and at least one path-maintaining member that is formed in flat plate shape corresponding to a bent part formed by bending the sheathing member. A tape is wrapped around the path-maintaining member while the path-maintaining member is placed along the bent part.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ichikawa Hidehiro, Takamatsu Masahiro, Hashizawa Shigemi, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H02G3/04. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Oct 11 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).