# US 10,319,495 B2 · Conductive path

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- Number: US 10,319,495 B2
- Document ID: US10319495B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/712,930
- Filed: 2017-09-22
- Published: 2018-04-12
- Granted: 2019-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-11
- Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Inventors: Ryo Kuroishi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319495B2

## CPC

- H01B 7/0009: {Details relating to the conductive cores}
- B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor}
- H01R 4/021: {between two or more cables or wires}
- H01R 12/63: connecting to another shape cable
- H02G 15/1806: {Heat shrinkable sleeves (insulation of electrical connections using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve H01R4/72)}
- H01R 4/72: using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve
- H01R 43/02: for soldered or welded connections
- H01R 43/0207: {Ultrasonic-, H.F.-, cold- or impact welding}
- H01R 43/28: for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
- H01R 2201/26: for vehicles
- H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K})
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES

## Abstract

A conductive path includes: a first conductor in which a terminal end portion serves as a first connection portion; a second conductor in which a second connection portion at a terminal end portion is coaxially fixed to the first connection portion; a support member that is more rigid than the first and second conductors, and is disposed so as to extend along a fixed portion between the first and second connection portions; and a heat-shrinkable tube (holding member) that integrates the support member with the first and second conductors while enveloping the support member. Even when an external force acts on the first and second conductors so as to skew the axes of the two conductors, the support member and the heat-shrinkable tube keep the two conductors in the coaxial state.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conductive path comprising:
a first conductor in which a terminal end portion serves as a first connection portion;
a second conductor in which a terminal end portion serves as a second connection portion, the first connection portion and the second connection portion are coaxially fixed to one another at a fixed portion so that the first conductor and the second conductor are mechanically and electrically connected;
a support member that is made of synthetic resin, is more rigid than the first conductor and the second conductor, and is disposed so as to extend along the fixed portion between the first connection portion and the second connection portion, wherein the support member has a substantially tubular shape, and envelopes the first conductor and the second conductor;
an axial slit that is formed in the support member, and allows the support member to be elastically deformed so as to change a radial dimension thereof;
a cut-out portion that is formed in a region of the support member that corresponds to the fixed portion, is in communication with the slit, and has a circumferential opening width larger than that of the slit; and
a holding member that integrates the support member with the first conductor and the second conductor while enveloping the support member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conductive path according to claim 1, wherein
a first wire is formed by enveloping the first conductor with a first insulating covering,
a second wire is formed by enveloping the second conductor with a second insulating covering, and
the holding member comes into intimate contact with and envelopes an outer circumferential surface of the support member, an outer circumferential surface of the first wire, and an outer circumferential surface of the second wire in a liquid-tight manner.