# US 10,501,029 B2 · Wire harness

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- Number: US 10,501,029 B2
- Document ID: US10501029B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/475,198
- Filed: 2017-12-27
- Published: 2019-11-07
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-12
- Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Inventors: Hirokazu Nakai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501029B2

## CPC

- B60R 16/0207: {Wire harnesses}
- H01R 4/023: {between cables or wires and terminals}
- H01B 7/06: Extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords
- H01R 4/02: Soldered or welded connections {(H01R4/625, H01R4/723, H01R12/59 take precedence)}
- H01R 4/60: Connections between or with tubular conductors (H01R4/56 takes precedence)
- H01R 11/28: End pieces consisting of a ferrule or sleeve
- H01B 5/02: Single bars, rods, wires, or strips
- H01R 2201/26: for vehicles
- 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
- 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})

## Abstract

A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness comprising:
a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and
a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor, wherein
the first end of the cylindrical conductor is collapsed to form a flat plate shape, an outer face of the flat plate shape has a flat joining face, and the first end of the cylindrical conductor is joined at the flat joining face to a core wire of the first flexible conductor, and
the tubular conductor and the cylindrical conductor are configured such that a length of the wire harness is adjustable by changing an insertion depth of the cylindrical conductor into the tubular conductor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the first flexible conductor is connected to the first end of the cylindrical conductor, and a second flexible conductor that is flexible and is different from the first flexible conductor, is connected to a second end of the tubular conductor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The wire harness according to claim 2, wherein a connector having a flat joining face to which the second flexible conductor is to be joined is formed at the second end of the tubular conductor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein an opening at a second end of the tubular conductor is electrically connected to another cylindrical conductor, which is different from the cylindrical conductor, in a state in which a first end of the another cylindrical conductor is fitted into the opening.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The wire harness according to claim 4, wherein a second flexible conductor, which is different from the first flexible conductor, is connected to a second end of the another cylindrical conductor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical conductor is a solid member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical conductor is a hollow member.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein another tubular conductor, which is different from the tubular conductor, is arranged between the cylindrical conductor and the first flexible conductor, and the cylindrical conductor and the first flexible conductor are electrically connected to each other in a state in which the first flexible conductor is connected to a first end of the another tubular conductor and the first end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a second end of the another tubular conductor.