Carpet with wire harness and manufacturing method of carpet with wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9751473-B2
Application number	US-201414897900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2014
Priority date	Jun 21, 2013
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

A technology attaching a wire harness and a carpet to a vehicle body panel at a low cost is provided. A carpet with wire harness includes: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body and, together with the carpet main body, wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness. The carpet main body is attached to a vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising:
a carpet main body;
a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body;
a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and
an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body, the attachment portion including an inserter inserted through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness,
wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by the inserter inserted through the vehicle body panel.

2. The carpet with wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the retaining tab near the base end is integral with the carpet main body.

3. The carpet with wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein a through-hole is formed in the carpet main body,
a narrow slot extending at least from near the base end of the retaining tab toward the forefront end is formed in the retaining tab, and
the inserter is inserted through the through-hole and the narrow slot.

4. The carpet with wire harness according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion further comprises:
a plate-shaped head provided to a base end side of the inserter; and
a clip portion attached to the inserter and holding the carpet main body and the retaining tab between the clip portion and the head.

5. The carpet with wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein a pointed projection is provided to a surface of the clip portion facing the head.

6. The carpet with wire harness according to claim 4 , wherein the head is arranged on an obverse side of the carpet main body.

7. A manufacturing method of a carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the method comprising:
wrapping up a wire harness arranged on a carpet main body using the carpet main body and a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body; and
attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by inserting an inserter through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to a forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness,
wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by inserting the inserter through a hole formed in the vehicle body panel.

8. A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising:
a carpet main body;
a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body;
a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and
an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion of the attachment portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness,
wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel,
wherein a portion of the retaining tab near the base end is integral with the carpet main body.

9. A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising:
a carpet main body;
a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body;
a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and
an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion of the attachment portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness,
wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel,
wherein a through-hole is formed in the carpet main body,
a narrow slot extending at least from near the base end of the retaining tab toward the forefront end is formed in the retaining tab, and
the insertion portion is inserted through the through-hole and the narrow slot.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• AKASAKA Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• B60R16/0207 Primary

  Wire harnesses · CPC title

• B60N3/046

  characterised by the fixing means · CPC title

• B60N3/042

  of carpets (B60N3/046, B60N3/048 take precedence) · CPC title