Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9524811-B2
Application number	US-201113817066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2011
Priority date	Aug 24, 2010
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A wire harness which can absorb a position shift or a dimensional tolerance related to mounting or the like sufficiently is provided. A wire harness ( 21 ) includes a harness body ( 22 ), a motor side connector ( 23 ) provided at one end of the harness body ( 22 ), and an inverter side connector ( 24 ) provided at the other end of the harness body ( 22 ). The harness body ( 22 ) includes high voltage conduction paths ( 25 ), and an electromagnetic shielding member ( 26 ) which collectively covers the high voltage conduction paths ( 25 ). The high voltage conduction path ( 25 ) includes a conductor body ( 27 ), connecting parts ( 28, 29 ) and a mold part ( 30 ). The conductor body ( 27 ) is provided with a tolerance absorbing part ( 31 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wire harness, comprising:
a conduction path including a conductor body and connecting parts provided at one end and the other end of the conductor body; and
a tolerance absorbing part which is provided in the conductor body, wherein the tolerance absorbing part is plastically deformed to allow a position of one connecting part provided at either of the one end and the other end of the conductor body to be displaced in X, Y and Z directions in a state where the other connecting part is fixed, and to hold a displaced state of the conduction path after a displacement,
wherein the tolerance absorbing part has a lower rigidity than other portions of the conductor body,
wherein a central axis of a first connecting part provided at one end of the conductor body and a central axis of a second connecting part provided at the other end of the conductor body extend in a first direction and are offset from each other with respect to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein a central axis of an interconnecting portion provided at a center portion of the conductor body extends in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction to connect the first and second connecting parts,
wherein the tolerance absorbing part is provided in the interconnecting portion and comprises a 90-degree twist and a 90-degree reverse twist,
and wherein the third direction is an oblique direction with respect to the first direction and the second direction.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein
the tolerance absorbing part is formed into any one of a mountain shape, a wavy shape and a twisted shape, or the tolerance absorbing part is formed by crushing the conductor body.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2 , wherein
a slit which extends in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to a conductor width direction is formed at a center of the tolerance absorbing part in the conductor width direction.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein
a mold part which has insulation property and flexibility is provided outside the conductor body including the tolerance absorbing part.

5. The wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein
a plurality of conduction paths including the conduction path are aligned so that the tolerance absorbing parts of the plurality of conduction paths are arranged substantially in the same position, and mounting parts which include the connecting parts are provided at ends of the plurality of conduction paths.

6. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of conduction paths including the conduction path are aligned so that the tolerance absorbing parts of the plurality of conduction paths are arranged substantially in the same position, and mounting parts which include the connecting parts are provided at ends of the plurality of conduction paths.

7. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the conducting path is formed into a flat strip shape made of a metallic plate which has a predetermined conductor width and a predetermined thickness.

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein the tolerance absorbing part is formed into a mountain shape or a wavy shape, a top of which is protruded in a direction of the thickness of the conducting path.

Assignees

• Adachi Hideomi
• Kuboshima Hidehiko
• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Adachi Hideomi
• Kuboshima Hidehiko

Classifications

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01B7/0045 Primary

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title