Wire holding structure of an electric wire protector

• US 6,383,014 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2000
• Issued: 05/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Ikeda, Tomohiro, Saito, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, TULSIDAS C
• Application Number:
  US09/695,943
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 439/456, 174/68.1, 174/68.3, 174/72.A, 174/97, 527/12, 361/826
• US Class Current: 439/456
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor

Abstract

A wire holding structure of an electric wire protector is provided, which includes: a protector body having two or more wire putting-through portions, at least one of the wire putting-through portions crossing the other thereof and forming at least one cross portion; a cover to cover the protector body; and a wire to be arranged inside the protector body, wherein a nail for preventing protrusion of the wire projects inward from the cross portion. The nail may be replaced with a pin projecting upward from a top of the cross portion. A wire separating rib may be provided on a bottom wall of each of the wire putting-through portions with a space between an end of the wire separating rib and the cross portion. And, the electric wire protector in a state of accommodating the wire is insert-molded in resin and forms a part of a battery connection plate.

Claims

1. A wire holding structure of an electric wire protector, comprising:

a protector body having first and second wire conducting portions, each being formed by a bottom wall having oppositely-spaced sidewalls upstanding from the bottom wall, the second wire conducting portion being narrower than the first wire conducting portion, crossing the first wire conducting portion and forming a cross portion;

a cover to close the first and second wire conducting portions of the protector body; and

at least one pair of wire-engaging arms disposed at the cross portion for preventing release of a wire disposed in said cross portion, said pair of wire-engaging arms facing each other, being substantially parallel to said second wire conducting portion, and each forming a substantially coplanar longitudinal extension from a top of a sidewall of said second wire conducting portion.

3. The wire holding structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein

a wire separating rib stands from a bottom wall of each of the wire conducting portions with a space between an end of the wire separating rib and the cross portions.

5. The wire holding structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electric wire protector in a state of accommodating the wire is insert-molded in resin, the electric wire protector being capable of forming a part of a battery connection plate.

7. The wire holding structure as set forth in claim 3, wherein the electric wire protector in a state of accommodating the wire is insert-molded in resin, the electric wire protector being capable of forming a part of a battery connection plate.

2. A wire holding structure of an electric wire protector, comprising:

a protector body having first and second wire conducting portions, each being formed by a bottom wall having oppositely-spaced sidewalls upstanding from the bottom wall, the second wire conducting portion being narrower than the first wire conducting portion, crossing the first wire conducting portion and forming a cross portion;

a cover to close the first and second wire conducting portions of the protector body; and

at least one pair of pins disposed across the first wire conducting portion for preventing release of a wire from the cross portion, each pin projecting vertically upward from a top of an intersection of said sidewalls at the cross portion.

4. The wire holding structure as set forth in claim 2, wherein a wire separating rib stands from a bottom wall of each of the wire conducting portions with a space between an end of the wire separating rib and the cross portion.

6. The wire holding structure as set forth in claim 2, wherein

the electric wire protector in a state of accommodating the wire is insert-molded in resin, the electric wire protector being capable of forming a part of a battery connection plate.

8. The wire holding structure as set forth in claim 4, wherein

the electric wire protector in a state of accommodating the wire is insert-molded in resin, the electric wire protector being capable of forming a part of a battery connection plate.