# US 11,993,213 B2 · Fixing structure of wiring member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,213 B2 - Document ID: US11993213B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/254,536 - Filed: 2018-11-01 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-27 - Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura; Ryuta Takakura; Syo Shiratori; Satoshi Ujita; Housei Mizuno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993213B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor} - F16B 5/12: Fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates, e.g. rubber strips, decorative strips for motor vehicles, by means of clips (friction- grip releasable fastenings in general F16B2/00; fastening rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle F16B9/00) - F16B 19/10: fastened by expanding mechanically - F16B 19/1081: {fastened by a drive-pin (F16B19/109 takes precedence)} - H02G 3/30: Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES ## Abstract A fixing structure of a wiring member includes a plate-like member provided in a vehicle, a wiring member disposed on a main surface of the plate-like member, and a fixing member fixing the wiring member to the plate-like member. The fixing member includes a housing part inserted into the plate-like member, a locking protrusion provided to extend outward from the housing part, and a protrusion extension part housed in the housing part and spreading the locking protrusion outside to lock the locking protrusion inside the plate-like member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fixing structure of a wiring member, comprising: a plate member provided in a vehicle, the plate member including a concave part provided in a main surface of the plate member; a wiring member disposed on the main surface of the plate member; and a fixing member including: a first member including a housing part inserted into the concave part of the plate member, and a locking protrusion provided to extend outward from the housing part, and a second member including a protrusion extension part inserted and housed in the housing part, the protrusion extension part spreading the locking protrusion outside and sticking the locking protrusion into an inner peripheral surface of the concave part of the plate member to fix the wiring member to the plate member, wherein the wiring member includes a sheet material in which a through hole is provided, the housing part is inserted into the through hole, a distal end of the housing part is inside the concave part, and a distal end of the protrusion extension part is inside the housing part and inside the concave part in an insertion direction, in which the protrusion extension part is inserted into the housing part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the locking protrusion is provided to extend outward from the distal end of the housing part, the first member further includes a locked part that extends inward from the housing part at a position farther from the distal end of the housing part than the locking protrusion; and the second member further includes a locking part locked to the locked part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 2, wherein the locked part is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the housing part, and the locking part is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the protrusion extension part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the housing part is housed in the concave part provided in the main surface of the plate member in advance, and the locking protrusion is configured to be housed in the concave part in a state before the locking protrusion is spread by the protrusion extension part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the plate member is softer than the locking protrusion, and the locking protrusion has a tapered shape so as to be able to stick into the plate member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the housing part includes a plurality of division pieces arranged in a circumferential direction to have a cylindrical shape in whole and a connection cylindrical part connecting the plurality of division pieces in a circumferential direction on a side opposite to the locking protrusion, and the locking protrusion includes a division locking protrusion provided on a tip end of each of the plurality of division pieces. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the first member of the fixing member further includes a housing part retaining piece configured to extend outward from the housing part and caught on the main surface of the plate member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the second member of the fixing member further includes a protrusion extension part retaining piece configured to extend outward from the protrusion extension part and caught on an edge portion of the housing part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein a tip end portion of the fixing member is housed inside the plate member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 1, wherein the wiring member includes a plurality of wire-like transmission members flattened by the sheet material, and the through hole is formed in a part of the sheet material different from a part where the plurality of wire-like transmission members are disposed. ### Claim 11 A fixing structure of a wiring member, comprising: a plate member provided in a vehicle, the plate member including a concave part provided in a main surface of the plate member; a wiring member disposed on the main surface of the plate member; and a fixing member including: a first member including a housing part inserted into the concave part of the plate member, and a locking protrusion provided to extend outward from the housing part, and a second member including a protrusion extension part inserted and housed in the housing part, the protrusion extension part spreading the locking protrusion outside and sticking the locking protrusion into an inner peripheral surface of the concave part of the plate member to fix the wiring member to the plate member, wherein the fixing member includes a fixing part fixed to the wiring member in a state before the protrusion extension part is housed in the housing part, a distal end of the housing part is inside the concave part, and a distal end of the protrusion extension part is inside the housing part and inside the concave part in an insertion direction, in which the protrusion extension part is inserted into the housing part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 11, wherein the wiring member includes a sheet material, and the fixing part is attached to a main surface of the sheet material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 11, wherein the wiring member includes a sheet material, and the fixing part sandwiches the sheet material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The fixing structure of the wiring member according to claim 2, wherein the locked part of the first member includes a first step such that the housing part above the first step extends inward than the housing part below the first step, and the locking part of the second member includes a second step such that the protrusion extension part below the second step extends outward than the protrusion extension part above the second step.