Wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616827-B2
Application number	US-201514812407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2015
Priority date	Jul 30, 2014
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A wire harness includes a plurality of electrical pathways or a plurality of circuits of electrical pathways, and an exterior member into which the electrical pathways are inserted and which protects the electrical pathways. The exterior member is formed by being resin molded into a single pipe-like shape, and has at least one of irregular portions in a pipe axial direction. The irregular portion has a first irregular pipe pan, a second irregular pipe part which is different in shape from the first irregular pipe part and a shape converting part which links the first irregular pipe part and the second irregular pipe part. The shape converting part is formed as a part which extends a predetermined length in the pipe axial direction to straightly wire the wire harness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wire harness comprising:
a plurality of electrical pathways or a plurality of circuits of electrical pathways; and
an exterior member into which the electrical pathways are inserted and which protects the electrical pathways,
wherein the exterior member is made of resin and has a single pipe-like shape, and has at least one of irregular portions in a pipe axial direction, the irregular portion has:
a first irregular pipe part;
a second irregular pipe part which is different in shape from the first irregular pipe part; and
a shape converting part which links the first irregular pipe part and the second irregular pipe part, and
the shape converting part is formed as a part which extends a predetermined length in the pipe axial direction to straightly wire the wire harness.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the difference in shape is at least one of a difference in cross section, a difference in size and a difference in twisting direction.

3. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the shape converting part has a body part as a part to convert shape, and directly links the first irregular pipe part at one end of the body part, or links the first irregular pipe part through a first linking pipe part which is formed at one end of the body part.

4. The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein the shape converting part directly links the second irregular pipe part at the other end of the body part, or links the second irregular pipe part through a second linking pipe part which is formed at the other end of the body part.

5. The wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the irregular portions are formed in ranges where the wire harness has flexibility and is bendably wired.

6. A wire harness comprising:
an electrical path-way; and
an exterior member into which the electrical pathway is inserted, which protects the electrical pathway, which is made of resin and has a pipe-like shape, and which has a bellows pipe shape at harness terminal corresponding parts,
wherein a terminal in the harness terminal corresponding parts is formed into a straight pipe part of a round cross section whose shape is converted from the bellows pipe shape.

7. The wire harness according to claim 6 , wherein a waterproofing member is attached to adhere to the outer surface of the straight pipe part, and is fixed with a fastening member.

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein a retaining part of the waterproofing member is formed on the outer surface of the straight pipe part.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Oga Tatsuya
• Adachi Hideomi

Classifications

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title