US 10,832,831 B2Granted

Distribution member and method of manufacturing the same

AssigneeHitachi Metals, Ltd.

InventorKenichi Egami

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Abstract

A distribution member includes plural electric wire pairs each including a pair of electric wires, a first fixing member integrally fixing the electric wire pairs, and a second fixing member that is separated from the first fixing member and integrally fixes electric wires of at least one of the electric wire pairs. The first fixing member and the second fixing member each include a holder holding the electric wires and a resin mold part that includes a molding resin and is molded so as to cover a part of the electric wire pairs held by the holder. The holder includes at least one interposed part that is interposed between the held electric wires. The distribution member further includes a combining part that is integrally formed with the holders of the first and second fixing members and combines the holders of the first and second fixing members.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A distribution member, comprising:

a plurality of electric wires;
a first fixing member integrally fixing the plurality of electric wires, and the first fixing member comprising a first holder holding the electric wires and a first resin mold part that comprises a molding resin and is molded so as to cover a part of the electric wires held by the first holder,
the first holder comprising a first interposed part that is interposed between the two held electric wires and a first plate arranged at an end of the first interposed part,
the first plate being located at an outside of the first resin mold part;
a second fixing member integrally fixing at least two electric wires of the plurality of electric wires, and being separated from the first fixing member, the second fixing member comprising a second holder holding the at least two electric wires and a second resin mold part that comprises a molding resin and is molded so as to cover a part of the at least two electric wires held by the second holder, the second holder comprising a second interposed part that is interposed between the at least two held electric wires and a second plate arranged at an end of the second interposed part, the second plate being located at an outside of the second resin mold part;
and
a combining part connecting between the first plate and the second plate.

4 more elements

A method of manufacturing a distribution member that comprises a plurality of electric wires, a first fixing member integrally fixing the plurality of electric wires, and a second fixing member integrally fixing at least two electric wires from the plurality of electric wires and being separated from the first fixing member, the method comprising:

providing a holder unit comprising a first holder of the first fixing member that holds the two electric wires, the first holder comprising a first interposed part that is interposed between the two held electric wires and a first plate arranged at an end of the first interposed part;
arranging the holder unit in a mold such that the first interposed part is interposed between the two held electric wires;
forming the first fixing member such that the first plate is located at an outside of a first resin mold part, and the first resin mold part is molded so as to cover a part of the electric wires held by the first holder by injecting a melted molding resin into the mold,
providing the holder unit with a second holder of the second fixing member that holds the at least two electric wires and comprises a second interposed part that is interposed between the at least two held electric wires and a second plate arranged at an end of the second interposed part, and a combining part connecting between the first plate and the second plate;
arranging the holder unit in a mold such that the second interposed part is interposed between the at least two held electric wires;
forming the second fixing member such that the second plate is located at an outside of a second resin mold part and the second resin mold part is molded so as to cover a part of the electric wires held by the second holder by injecting a melted molding resin into the mold;
defining a through hole in an arrangement direction of the electric wires in the first and second holders between the plurality of first and second interposed parts of the first and second holders, and
filling the molding resin in the through hole in forming of the first and second fixing members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/742,155Filed 14 Jan 2020 · continuation
Priority: JP 2017-10850431 May 2017
Published: US 2020/0152353 A114 May 2020
Granted: 10 Nov 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H01B 7/0045
Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form: cable-harnesses
H01B 7/40
Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form: with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing
H01B 13/01209
For manufacturing wire harnesses: details
H01B 17/60
Insulating bodies: composite insulating bodies

Family

Application15/979,696Parent of this continuation · filed 15 May 2018
US 2020/0152353 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 May 2020
US 10,580,550 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0350486 A1Published application
US 10,832,831 B2This patent

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