Wiring structure

• US 10,457,227 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2016
• 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)
• Inventors: Sone, Kosuke, Ohara, Kazuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mayo, III, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robinson, Krystal
• Application Number:
  US16/075,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20190047489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 172 72 A
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/56 Means for preventing chafing or fracture of flexible leads at outlet from coupling part
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5808 formed by a metallic element crimped around the cable H01R4/185 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/04 Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0437 Channels
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/30 Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings

Abstract

Provided is a wiring structure that can manage a protruding length of a led-out portion of an electrical wire so as to be constant. The wiring structure includes: a wiring member that is made of resin and has a wiring surface; and an electrical wire that includes a portion routed along the wiring surface and a portion led out from the wiring surface, the portion led out having an end portion to which a connector is to be attached. A positioning/fixing portion is provided integrally with the wiring member at a position in the vicinity of a lead-out position on the wiring surface of the wiring member, the electrical wire being led out from the lead-out position.

Claims

1. A wiring structure comprising:

a wiring member that is made of resin and has a wiring surface; and

an electrical wire that includes a portion routed along the wiring surface and a portion led out from the wiring member, the portion led out having an end portion to which a connector is to be attached,

wherein a positioning/fixing portion is provided integrally with the wiring member at a position in the vicinity of a lead-out position on the wiring surface of the wiring member, the electrical wire being led out from the lead-out position,

the wiring structure further comprises a band member that includes a band body portion that is wound around an outer circumferential surface of the electrical wire, and a base portion that has a lock hole through which the band body portion is inserted and that locks the band body portion, and

the positioning/fixing portion has an insertion space that is located inside walls that stand upright on the wiring surface and into which the base portion is fitted, and has a coupling member holding piece that stands upright and extends in a top-bottom direction from the wiring surface side and a slit is disposed between the coupling member holding piece and a side wall so as to make the coupling member holding piece bendable so as to pivot about the wiring surface side, and a standing end of the coupling member holding piece is provided with an anti-separation protrusion that is claw-shaped and protrudes toward the insertion space.

2. A wiring structure comprising:

a wiring member that is made of resin and has a wiring surface; and

an electrical wire that includes a portion routed along the wiring surface and a portion led out from the wiring member, the portion led out having an end portion to which a connector is to be attached,

wherein a positioning/fixing portion is provided integrally with the wiring member at a position in the vicinity of a lead-out position on the wiring surface of the wiring member, the electrical wire being led out from the lead-out position, and

the positioning/fixing portion has an electrical wire winding portion that stands upright on the wiring surface, an insertion port through which the electrical wire is inserted toward the electrical wire winding portion, and an electrical wire holding piece that is bendable and from which a flange protrudes toward the insertion port.