Wire harness arrangement for automotive vehicle

• US 4,869,670 A
• Filed: 11/30/1987
• Issued: 09/26/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Ueda, Shinichi, Nakayama, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US07/126,489
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 439/34, 439/492, 439/494, 439/495, 439/498, 439/499, 439/55, 439/77, 439/577, 439/894, 49/502, 174/72 A, 296/39 R, 296/146, 296/208
• US Class Current: 439/34
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/59 for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures

Abstract

Wire harnesses for connecting a number of electric devices mounted on an automotive vehicle are arranged on flat resin frame covers fixed to vehicle frames or directly on resin vehicle frames or most preferably on a resin vehicle body, in order to facilitate wiring of electric devices, reduce harness spaces without use of harness fixtures, and automatize wire harness manufacturing processes. The wire harness thus arranged is connected to electric devices by engaging each set of harness end terminals with each electric device connector attached to the vehicle frame.

Claims

1. A wire harness arrangement for an automotive vehicle including electric devices and a vehicle body, which comprises:

(a) at least one vehicle frame made of an insulating material for consisting the vehicle body; and

(b) a wire harness buried in said vehicle frame after said vehicle frame has been molded, in such a way that at least one terminal of said wire harness connectable with at least one device connector is provided at an edge of an access window formed in the surface of said vehicle frame, to connect electric devices mounted on said vehicle frame.

2. The wire harness arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said vehicle frame is the vehicle body itself.

3. The wire harness arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said vehicle frame is a door frame integral with a trim cover.

4. The wire harness arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said wire harness comprises conductors of single wires.

5. The wire harness arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said wire harness comprises conductors of stranded wires.

6. The wire harness arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said wire harness comprises conductors of ribbon or foil strips.

7. A wire harness arrangement for an automotive vehicle including electric devices and a vehicle body, which comprises:

(a) at least one vehicle frame made of an insulating material for constituting the vehicle body; and

(b) a wire harness molded integral with said at least one vehicle frame when said vehicle frame is molded, in such a way that at least one terminal of said wire harness connectable with at least one device connector is provided at an edge of an access window formed in the surface of said vehicle frame, to connect electric devices mounted on said vehicle frame.