CLAMP FOR PLURAL WIRE HARNESSES
First Claim
1. A clamp comprising:
- a wire harness holding portion for holding a plurality of wire harnesses, wherein the wire harness holding portion includes a rigid holding portion main unit having a U-shaped groove with an open upper portion and a space accommodating a plurality of wire harnesses, and a cover portion for closing the open upper portion of the holding portion main unit, wherein a plurality of protruding ribs are formed on the inner wall surface on a bottom surface side of the holding portion main unit and extend lengthwise with respect to the wire harnesses from a mid-height position of the U-shaped groove to align the wire harnesses so as to be stacked from the bottom surface,wherein the open portion above the mid-height position of the U-shaped groove is wide enough to accommodate more wire harnesses above the mid-height position, wherein the cover is formed with elastic wire harness pressing tabs for elastically pressing down on the upper portion of the wire harnesses when the cover portion is closed and the open portion of the U-shaped groove is closed, andwherein the entire outer periphery of the wire harnesses accommodated in the U-shaped groove is surrounded by the inner wall surface of the U-shaped groove and the harness pressing tabs to keep the wire harnesses from sliding in the axial direction and moving in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
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Abstract
A clamp including a panel fixing portion and a wire harness holding portion. The wire harness holding portion includes a holding portion main unit with a U-shaped groove with an open upper portion and a cover portion. A plurality of protruding ribs are formed on the inner wall surface on the bottom surface side of the holding portion main unit and extend lengthwise with respect to the wire harnesses from the mid-height position of the U-shaped groove, the open portion upward from the mid-height position of the U-shaped groove being wide enough to accommodate more wire harnesses above the mid-height position. The cover portion is formed with an elastic harness pressing tab for elastically pressing down on the upper portion of the wire harnesses, so that the entire outer periphery of the wire harnesses are elastically pressed down upon when covered.
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16 Claims
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1. A clamp comprising:
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a wire harness holding portion for holding a plurality of wire harnesses, wherein the wire harness holding portion includes a rigid holding portion main unit having a U-shaped groove with an open upper portion and a space accommodating a plurality of wire harnesses, and a cover portion for closing the open upper portion of the holding portion main unit, wherein a plurality of protruding ribs are formed on the inner wall surface on a bottom surface side of the holding portion main unit and extend lengthwise with respect to the wire harnesses from a mid-height position of the U-shaped groove to align the wire harnesses so as to be stacked from the bottom surface, wherein the open portion above the mid-height position of the U-shaped groove is wide enough to accommodate more wire harnesses above the mid-height position, wherein the cover is formed with elastic wire harness pressing tabs for elastically pressing down on the upper portion of the wire harnesses when the cover portion is closed and the open portion of the U-shaped groove is closed, and wherein the entire outer periphery of the wire harnesses accommodated in the U-shaped groove is surrounded by the inner wall surface of the U-shaped groove and the harness pressing tabs to keep the wire harnesses from sliding in the axial direction and moving in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A clamp comprising:
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a wire harness holding portion, the wire harness holding portion including a main unit and a cover portion; wherein the main unit comprises a generally U-shaped groove comprising a space for retaining wire harnesses with an open upper end and further comprises a plurality of protruding ribs formed on an inner wall surface of the U-shaped groove; wherein the cover portion is configured to move between a closed position of closing the open upper end of the U-shaped groove and an open position, the cover portion comprising a locking portion and a harness pressing tab; and wherein, when the cover portion is in closed position the locking portion engages an engagement portion of the main unit to retain the cover portion in the closed position and the harness pressing tab closes the open upper end of the U-shaped groove. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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Specification