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US 11,763,960 B2Granted
Wire harness
AssigneesSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakuji Iwama, Kotaro Tagami, Hiroaki Ota, Masataka Ohashi
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Abstract
A wire harness includes a first electric wire member including a first flexible wire and a hard wire electrically connected to the first flexible wire, a second electric wire member including a second flexible wire, and a tubular member through which the first and second electric wire members extend. The wire harness also includes a tubular holder that is attached to a longitudinal end portion of the tubular member and holds the first and second electric wire members therein. The holder has a first housing recess that is located in an inner surface of the holder and houses the second electric wire member.
Claims14
A wire harness comprising:
- a first electric wire member including a first flexible wire and a hard wire electrically connected to the first flexible wire;
- a second electric wire member including a second flexible wire;
- a tubular member through which the first and second electric wire members extend, the tubular member including a circumferential wall that is formed continuously over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction;
- and
- a tubular holder that is attached to a longitudinal end portion of the tubular member and holds the first and second electric wire members therein, wherein
- the holder has a first housing recess that is located in an inner surface of the holder and houses the second electric wire member,
- the holder has a slit extending in an axial direction of the holder,
- when the holder is not attached to the tubular member, the slit is arranged to allow each of the first and second electric wire members to be inserted into the holder through the slit, and
- when the holder is attached to the tubular member, the holder is arranged to hold the first electric wire member in the slit by using the slit to sandwich the first electric wire member, and when the holder is attached to the tubular member, the slit is covered by the tubular member.
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A wire harness comprising:
- a bundle of electric wire members;
- a tubular member surrounding a certain length of the bundle of electric wire members, the tubular member including a circumferential wall that is formed continuously over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction, and the tubular member further including an axis, a first axial open end, a second axial open end, and a radially inward surface,
- wherein the bundle of electric wire members includes two ends drawn out from the first and second axial open ends, respectively;
- and
- an electronic wire reception plug fitted in the first axial open end of the tubular member, wherein
- one of the first axial open end of the tubular member and the electronic wire reception plug includes a key groove and the other includes a key protrusion corresponding to the key groove, the key groove and the key protrusion are configured to prevent the electronic wire reception plug from rotating relative to the first axial open end of the tubular member and to define a plugging depth of the electronic wire reception plug relative to the tubular member in an axial direction of the tubular member,
- the electronic wire reception plug includes a radially outward surface corresponding to or being in direct surface contact with the radially inward surface of the tubular member, and a radially inward surface including or forming electronic wire reception grooves configured to receive the electric wire members, respectively,
- one of the electronic wire reception grooves is a radially extending slit that opens in the radially outward surface of the electronic wire reception plug,
- when the electronic wire reception plug is not attached to the first axial open end of the tubular member, the radially extending slit is arranged to allow each of the electric wire members to be inserted into the electronic wire reception plug through the radially extending slit from the radially outward surface of the electronic wire reception plug, and
- when the electronic wire reception plug is attached to the first axial open end of the tubular member, the electronic wire reception plug is arranged to hold one of the electric wire members in the slit by using the radially extending slit to sandwich the electric wire member, and when the electronic wire reception plug is attached to the first axial open end of the tubular member, the radially extending slit is covered by the tubular member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.