WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE FITTING

• US 20130180777A1
• Filed: 01/14/2013
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• 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: SHIBATA, Hideaki, SHIMADA, Tatsuya, WADA, Iwao, YAMANO, Yoshiaki, KASAMATSU, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,481,327 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/72.A
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/083 Inlets

Abstract

A wire harness including a wire fitting is provided that maintains the length of the portion of the wire bundle that extends to the outside of the wire fitting reliably at a tolerance range without impeding the freedom of bending the wire bundle. A wire harness includes a wire fitting having a base and a cover covering a portion of a wire bundle together with the base. The base is provided with a protrusion that pierces the insulated wires at a portion further to an outer edge of the base than a portion of the wire bundle that is tied together by a first tie member, the wire bundle extending from the base to an outside of the base.

Claims

1. A wire harness comprising:

a wire bundle including a plurality of wires;

a wire fitting including a base that supports a portion of the wire bundle from one side and a cover that is assembled to the base and that covers the portion of the wire bundle together with the base;

a first tie member that ties a portion of the wire bundle together; and

a protrusion that is formed protruding from a surface of the base of the wire fitting, the surface facing the cover, the protrusion piercing the wires at a portion located further to an outer edge of the base than the portion of the wire bundle that is tied together by the first tie member, the wire bundle extending from the base to an outside of the base.

2. The wire harness according to claim 1, further comprising:

a hole portion that is formed in the cover of the wire fitting at a position opposing the protrusion of the base, and into which a tip of the protrusion piercing the wire bundle is inserted.

3. The wire harness according to claim 2,

wherein the hole portion of the cover of the wire fitting is a portion in which a through hole is formed into which the tip of the protrusion is inserted.

4. The wire harness according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second tie member that ties the wire bundle pierced by the protrusion together at a location further outside than the protrusion of the base.

5. The wire harness according to claim 1,

wherein the base and the cover of the wire fitting are members obtained by vacuum-molding flat plate-shaped resin members.

6. A wire fitting comprising:

a base, which is a member that supports a portion of a tied wire bundle from one side and which is provided with a protrusion that pierces the wires of the wire bundle; and

a cover that is assembled to the base and that covers the portion of the wire bundle together with the base.