Protective member, tube mounting structure, and method for mounting a tube
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsKatsuya Yoshimura, Michihito Suzuki, Naoto Kuzutani, Akihito Futori
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Abstract
A protective member able to prevent a protector from being large-sized, and to prevent a crush of an end section of a corrugated tube, a tube mounting structure using such a protective member, and a method of mounting a tube are provided. An inner member (protective member) includes: a tubular section fitted into an end section of a corrugated tube, and harder than this corrugated tube; and an outer peripheral rib formed so as to extend in a circumferential direction on an outer periphery of the tubular section, and inserted into an inner peripheral annular concave at the end section of the corrugated tube.
Claims11
A protective member comprising:
- a tubular section fitted into an end section of a corrugated tube, and harder than the corrugated tube;
- and
- an outer peripheral rib formed so as to extend in a circumferential direction on an outer periphery of the tubular section, and inserted into an inner peripheral annular concave section at the end section of the corrugated tube,
- wherein the tubular section includes:
- a plurality of tube portions arranged in the circumferential direction;
- and
- a hinge section joining end edges adjacent to each other of the plurality of tube portions other than both ends of the arranged end edges,
- wherein the tubular section is openable and closable such that the both ends of end edges are moved close to and away from each other, and
- wherein the outer peripheral rib is a collectivity of rib portions as a part of a ring extending in the circumferential direction, and the rib portions are provided on respective outer peripheries of the tube portions.
A protective member comprising:
- a tubular section fitted into an end section of a corrugated tube, and harder than the corrugated tube;
- and
- an outer peripheral rib formed so as to extend in a circumferential direction on an outer periphery of the tubular section, and inserted into an inner peripheral annular concave section at the end section of the corrugated tube,
- wherein the outer peripheral rib has an opening side surface oriented to an opening side of the end section of a corrugated tube when inserted into the inner peripheral annular concave section, and an opposite side surface oriented to an opposite side, and
- wherein the opposite side surface is a slope gentler than that of the opening side surface.
A method for mounting a tube by fitting an end section of a corrugated tube, into which a wiring harness is inserted, into a tubular protector,
- wherein at least one row of an inner peripheral rib extending in an inner circumference direction is formed on an inner periphery of the protector,
- said method comprising:
- a first step of inserting the wiring harness into an inside of a protective member having a tubular section harder than the corrugated tube and an outer peripheral rib formed so as to extend in a circumferential direction on an outer periphery of the tubular section;
- a second step of inserting the wiring harness into an inside of the corrugated tube and fitting the protective member into the end section such that the outer peripheral rib is inserted into an inner peripheral annular concave section at the end section of the corrugated tube;
- and
- a third step of mounting the end section of the corrugated tube on the protector such that the inner peripheral rib is inserted into an outer peripheral annular concave section at the end section,
- wherein the tubular section of the protective member includes:
- a plurality of tube portions arranged in the circumferential direction;
- and a hinge section joining end edges adjacent to each other of the plurality of tube portions other than both ends of the arranged end edges, the tubular section is openable and closable such that both end edges are moved close to and away from each other, the outer peripheral rib is a collectivity of rib portions as a part of a ring extending in the circumferential direction, and
- wherein the first step is the step of inserting the wiring harness into an inside of the protective member such that after the wiring harness is arranged inside of the protective member while the protective member is open and both end edges are away from each other, the protective member is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.