WIRING HARNESS EVALUATION APPARATUS

• US 20140352142A1
• Filed: 06/02/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: TOKUNAGA, Tomoya, MORITA, Hidetoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,522,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 29/748
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/28 for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53213 Assembled to wire-type conductor

Abstract

A wiring harness evaluation apparatus includes a functional allocation means which allocates functions realized by a plurality of ECUs installed in a vehicle to the ECUs, a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means, a component selection means which selects components for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means, and an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means.

Claims

1. A wiring harness evaluation apparatus, comprising:

a functional allocation means which allocates functions realized by a plurality of ECUs installed in a vehicle to the ECUs;

a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means;

a component selection means which selects components for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means; and

an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means.

2. The wiring harness evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the functional allocation means reallocates functions if the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation value calculation means does not meet a predetermined requirement.

3. The wiring harness evaluation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the functional allocation means sets a plurality of types of functional allocations, and

the evaluation value calculation means calculates the evaluation value in respect of each of the set functional allocations.