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US 11,572,657 B2Granted
Wire, wire manufacturing method, and vehicle door
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshikazu Kitamura, Yoshihisa Tani, Shigemasa Takahashi, Akihiko Kitazawa
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Abstract
A wire including a wire body that is made of metal, and a protector that is made of resin, that covers an outer periphery of the wire body, and that is integrally molded with the wire body.
Claims8
A wire assembly comprising:
- a wire body that is made of metal;
- and
- a protector that is made of resin, that covers an outer periphery of the wire body, and that is integrally molded with the wire body,
- wherein a length direction intermediate portion of the wire body is exposed from the protector, and an intermediate bracket is retained on the length direction intermediate portion of the wire body that is exposed, and
- the intermediate bracket includes:
- a bracket body;
- a pair of wire-retained sections that are provided at one end of the bracket body, retained so as to be capable of rotating about the wire body, and retained so as to be capable of moving relatively in a length direction of the wire body;
- and
- a stopper that is crimped to the wire body, and that restricts relative movement of the wire body in a length direction of the bracket body.
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A wire assembly comprising:
- a wire body that is made of metal;
- and
- a protector that is made of resin, that covers an outer periphery of the wire body, and that is closely adhered to the wire body,
- wherein a length direction intermediate portion of the wire body is exposed from the protector, and an intermediate bracket is retained on the length direction intermediate portion of the wire body that is exposed, and
- the intermediate bracket includes:
- a bracket body;
- a pair of wire-retained sections that are provided at one end of the bracket body, retained so as to be capable of rotating about the wire body, and retained so as to be capable of moving relatively in a length direction of the wire body;
- and
- a stopper that is crimped to the wire body, and that restricts relative movement of the wire body in a length direction of the bracket body.
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A wire assembly manufacturing method comprising:
- feeding a resin material in a heated state onto an outer periphery of a metal wire body by extrusion molding along a length direction of the wire body;
- and
- cooling the resin material so as to form a resin protector at the outer periphery of the wire body,
- wherein a length direction intermediate portion of the wire body is exposed from the protector, and an intermediate bracket is retained on the length direction intermediate portion of the wire body that is exposed, and
- the intermediate bracket includes:
- a bracket body;
- a pair of wire-retained sections that are provided at one end of the bracket body, retained so as to be capable of rotating about the wire body, and retained so as to be capable of moving relatively in a length direction of the wire body;
- and
- a stopper that is crimped to the wire body, and that restricts relative movement of the wire body in a length direction of the bracket body.
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A vehicle door comprising:
- a door outer panel that is at least partially made of resin;
- a first mounted component that is mounted to the door outer panel;
- a second mounted component that is mounted to the door outer panel at a different location from the first mounted component;
- and
- a wire assembly including a wire body, the wire assembly is attached and fixed to the first mounted component by an attachment fixing section provided at least one of one end portion or another end portion of the wire body in a length direction, and that is attached and fixed to the second mounted component by an intermediate bracket provided at a length direction intermediate portion of the wire body;
- the wire assembly including:
- the wire body that is made of metal;
- and
- a protector that is made of resin, that covers an outer periphery of the wire body, and that is integrally molded with the wire body,
- wherein the length direction intermediate portion of the wire body is exposed from the protector, and the intermediate bracket is retained on the length direction intermediate portion of the wire body that is exposed, and
- the intermediate bracket includes:
- a bracket body;
- a pair of wire-retained sections that are provided at one end of the bracket body, retained so as to be capable of rotating about the wire body, and retained so as to be capable of moving relatively in a length direction of the wire body;
- and
- a stopper that is crimped to the wire body, and that restricts relative movement of the wire body in a length direction of the bracket body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.