Protector and wiring structure

• US 10,461,515 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2018
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Namiki, Shintaro, Uematsu, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Varghese, Roshn K
• Application Number:
  US16/163,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20190140431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 17/58 Tubes, sleeves, beads, or bobbins through which the conductor passes
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0418 Covers or lids; Their fastenings

Abstract

A protector includes a main body having a support surface that supports a wiring material and a back surface and having a first wall and a second wall erected with respect to the first wall from a first edge, wherein the main body has an insertion hole into which a band portion of a band member is inserted and a locking portion which locks a head portion, the band member having the band portion and the head portion, the locking portion corresponds to a pair of protrusions, each of the pair of protrusions has a width direction wall and a locking wall, the locking wall is formed at a second edge, distal ends of locking walls face each other, and an interval between the distal ends of the locking walls is an interval that allows passage of the band portion and regulates passage of the head portion.

Claims

1. A protector comprising:

a main body having a support surface that supports a wiring material and a back surface on an opposite side from the support surface and having a first wall and a second wall erected with respect to the first wall from a first edge that is one edge of the first wall in a width direction, wherein

the main body has an insertion hole into which a band portion of a band member is inserted and a locking portion that locks a head portion, the band member having the band portion and the head portion into which the band portion is inserted,

the locking portion includes a pair of protrusions protruding from the back surface,

each of the pair of protrusions has a width direction wall extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the first wall and a locking wall protruding from the width direction wall toward the other one of the pair of protrusions,

the locking wall is formed at a second edge that is the other edge of the first wall in the width direction, and distal ends of the locking walls face each other,

an interval between the distal ends of the locking walls is an interval that allows passage of the band portion and regulates passage of the head portion,

the width direction walls store the head portion between the width direction walls, and

a groove extends along the distal ends of the locking walls, allows passage of the band portion, guides the band portion to between the distal ends of the locking walls, and is formed on an end surface of the first wall on a side of the second edge.

2. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

the groove that allows passage of the band portion and guides the band portion to between the distal ends of the locking walls is formed on the end surface of the first wall on the side of the second edge, and

a width of the groove is a width that regulates passage of the head portion.

3. The protector according to claim 2, wherein

the width direction wall extends from the locking wall to the insertion hole.

4. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

the width direction wall extends from the locking wall to the insertion hole.

5. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

the distal ends of the locking walls are spaced away from the insertion hole.

6. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

each of the width direction walls extends across the back surface in the width direction from the insertion hole to a location on the back surface that is spaced away from the insertion hole.

7. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

the head portion abuts the distal ends when the head portion extends between the width direction walls and moves toward the distal ends.

8. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

the first wall includes the support surface and the back surface, and

the second wall includes the insertion hole.

9. The protector according to claim 1, wherein

each of the pair of protrusions has the width direction wall extending across the back surface in the width direction intersecting the extending direction of the first wall.

10. A wiring structure comprising:

a wiring material;

a protector having a support surface that supports the wiring material and a back surface on an opposite side from the support surface, the wiring material being wired along the support surface; and

a band member having a band portion and a head portion into which the band portion is inserted and fixing the wiring material to the protector, wherein

the protector has a first wall and a second wall erected with respect to the first wall from a first edge that is one edge of the first wall in a width direction,

the protector has an insertion hole into which the band portion is inserted and a locking portion that locks the head portion,

the locking portion includes a pair of protrusions protruding from the back surface,

each of the pair of protrusions has a width direction wall extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the first wall and a locking wall protruding from the width direction wall toward the other one of the pair of protrusions,

the locking wall is formed at a second edge that is the other edge of the first wall in the width direction, and distal ends of the locking walls face each other,

an interval between the distal ends of the locking walls is an interval that allows passage of the band portion and regulates passage of the head portion,

the band portion is inserted into the insertion hole, is wound around the wiring material and the protector, passes between the distal ends of the locking wall, and is inserted into the head portion,

the width direction walls store the head portion between the width direction walls, and

a groove extends along the distal ends of the locking walls, allows passage of the band portion, guides the band portion to between the distal ends of the locking walls, and is formed on an end surface of the first wall on a side of the second edge.