POWER SUPPLY CABLE ROUTING STRUCTURE TO HEATING WIRE TERMINALS

• US 20160167602A1
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: IWATA, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US14/904,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20160167602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/586 including defroster or demisting means
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/113 co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/26 for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/04 Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/016 Heaters using particular connecting means

Abstract

Heating wire terminals (20a, 20b) connected to a heating wire (16) laid in a window glass (14) of a vehicle are aligned and arranged so that connecting portions (24a, 24b) have the same projection direction and are separated from each other in the projection direction. Power supply cables (26a, 26b) are connected to the respective heating wire terminals (20a, 20b) and are drawn out in the projection direction of the connecting portions (24a, 24b). A. An interference regulating member (34) is mounted on a part of the power supply cable (26a) connected to the connecting portion (24a) of one heating wire terminal (20a) and extends while passing the other heating wire terminal (20b), thereby avoiding contact with an externally exposed part (32) of the other heating wire terminal (20b).

Claims

1. A power supply cable routing structure to heating wire terminals each including a base end part to be connected to a heating wire laid in a window glass of a vehicle and a connecting portion projecting from the base end part, characterized in that:

a plurality of the heating wire terminals are aligned and arranged in a state where the connecting portions thereof have the same projection direction and are separated from each other in the projection direction;

a connection terminal provided on an end of a power supply cable is connected to each of the heating wire terminals and the power supply cable is drawn out in the projection direction of the connecting portion; and

an interference regulating member is mounted on a part of the power supply cable connected to the connecting portion of one of the heating wire terminals and extending while passing the other heating wire terminal, thereby avoiding contact with an externally exposed part of the other heating wire terminal.

2. The power supply cable routing structure to heating wire terminals of claim 1, wherein the interference regulating member is formed of a member having a higher rigidity than the power supply cable.

3. The power supply cable routing structure to heating wire terminals of claim 2, wherein the connection terminal provided on the end of the power supply cable is accommodated in a connector housing and the interference regulating member is fixed to the connector housing of the power supply cable connected to the other heating wire terminal.

4. The power supply cable routing structure to heating wire terminals of claim 1, wherein the connection terminal provided on the end of the power supply cable is accommodated in a connector housing and the interference regulating member is fixed to the connector housing of the power supply cable connected to the other heating wire terminal.