Slide wiring device

• US 10,214,168 B1
• Filed: 09/13/2016
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Satoshi, Tomoyuki, Sakata, Higashikozono, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Mayo, III, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robinson, Krystal
• Application Number:
  US15/759,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20190054868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0264 characterised by the type of electrical connection, e.g. wiring, plugs or USB
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/90 Details or parts not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/027 between relatively movable parts of the vehicle, e.g. between steering wheel and column devices for measuring, signalling or controlling tyre pressure or temperature specially adapted for mounting on vehicles B60C23/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/26 secured to the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/34 Belt retractors, e.g. reels anchoring devices , e.g. guide loops , with means to tension the belt in an emergency B60R22/195
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/006 using extensible carrier for the cable, e.g. self-coiling spring extensible conductors or cables H01B7/06
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0468 Corrugated
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0475 formed by a succession of articulated units

Abstract

A slide wiring device includes: a metal rail; a slider slidably arranged on the metal rail; a wire harness in which a plurality of electric wires are armored by an armoring member made of a resin, the wire harness being coupled to the slider and configured to move in the metal rail along with movement of the slider; and a resin rail that is arranged inside the metal rail, and is configured to confine movement of the armoring member. The armoring member is configured to move on the resin rail along with the movement of the slider.

Claims

1. A slide wiring device comprising:

a metal rail;

a slider slidably arranged on the metal rail;

a wire harness in which a plurality of electric wires are armored by an armoring member made of a resin, the wire harness being coupled to the slider and configured to move in the metal rail along with movement of the slider; and

a resin rail that is arranged inside the metal rail, and is configured to confine movement of the armoring member,

wherein the armoring member is configured to move on the resin rail along with the movement of the slider.

2. The slide wiring device according to claim 1,

wherein the armoring member includes an engaging portion that protrudes to the resin rail side,

the resin rail includes an engaged portion that engages with the engaging portion,

the engaged portion is a groove portion into which the engaging portion is inserted, and

the groove portion includes, at its end portion, an entry-facilitating portion that widens toward the end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the groove portion, and that is configured to facilitate entry of the engaging portion into the groove portion.

3. The slide wiring device according to claim 2,

wherein the groove portion has a bottom wall, and side walls that rise up from side edges of the bottom wall,

each side wall has a through hole penetrating the side wall at a position close to the bottom wall, and

the through hole has a bottom surface inclined downward toward the outside of the side wall.

4. The slide wiring device according to claim 1,

wherein the metal rail has, on its inner bottom surface, a fixing member for fixing the metal rail to a vehicle body, and

the resin rail includes a pedestal that is arranged on the inner bottom surface and has a height greater than the height of the fixing member, the resin rail confining the movement of the armoring member above the pedestal.