US 10,122,125 B2 · Vehicle harness structure and additional connection member

Abstract

A vehicle harness structure and an additional connection member are provided, according to which part numbers of wire harnesses are reduced and superfluous attachment in the wire harness is avoided. The vehicle harness structure includes a basic harness for interconnecting a plurality of main devices to be mounted in common on target vehicles, an additional connection member having one end connected in a branched manner to a communication line or a signal line of the basic harness and another end connected to at least one auxiliary device to be optionally post-mounted on the target vehicles, and a control function section provided in the additional connection member to control the operation of the auxiliary device.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle harness structure comprising:

a wire harness configured to interconnect a plurality of main devices to be mounted in common on target vehicles;
a connection member having one end connected at a connection point in a branched manner to at least one of a communication line and a signal line of the wire harness and another end configured to be connected to an auxiliary device to be optionally post-mounted on the target vehicles;
and
a control function section provided in the connection member to control the auxiliary device,
wherein the at least one of a communication line and a signal line of the wire harness extends in at least two directions from the connection point.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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