# US 11,993,962 B2 · Cable module, vehicle, and method of producing vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,962 B2 - Document ID: US11993962B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/686,302 - Filed: 2022-03-03 - Published: 2022-09-29 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-26 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; Subaru Corporation - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; Subaru Corporation - Inventors: Yoshinori Shinoda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993962B2 ## CPC - E05B 79/02: Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof - E05B 79/20: using flexible connections, e.g. Bowden cables - E05B 81/90: Manual override in case of power failure - E05B 83/34: for fuel inlet covers essentially flush with the vehicle surface - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ## Abstract A cable module includes a retaining member and a cable member. The retaining member includes a base portion, a guide portion, and an attaching portion. The cable member placed on the base portion includes a grip portion and a cable. The guide portion configured to guide the cable is provided on a surface of the base portion. The attaching portion protrudes from the base portion. The retaining member is configured to retain the cable member in a first position and a second position. The length of an intermediate portion of the cable located between the guide portion and the grip portion when the cable member is in the second position is longer than that when the cable member is in the first position. When the cable member is in the second position, the grip portion is attached onto the attaching portion in a condition where the intermediate portion is bent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cable module, comprising: a retaining member including a base portion, a guide portion, and an attaching portion; and a cable member that is placed on the base portion, and includes a grip portion and a cable connected to the grip portion, wherein the guide portion is provided on an upper surface of the base portion, and is configured to guide the cable such that the cable member slides relative to the base portion along a longitudinal direction of the cable, wherein the attaching portion protrudes from the base portion, wherein the retaining member is configured to retain the cable member in a first position and a second position, wherein a length of an intermediate portion of the cable located between the guide portion and the grip portion, when the cable member is in the second position, is longer than that of the intermediate portion located between the guide portion and the grip portion when the cable member is in the first position, and wherein, when the cable member is in the second position, the grip portion is attached onto the attaching portion in a condition where the intermediate portion is bent, and wherein the cable module is connected to a manually releasing part of an electronic lock device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion includes projections provided on the upper surface of the base portion, at positions on opposite sides of the cable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein, when the cable member is in the first position, the grip portion of the cable member is in contact with a side face of the attaching portion of the retaining member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein: a pair of protrusions is provided on the upper surface of the base portion; and when the cable member is in the second position, the intermediate portion that is bent is located between the pair of protrusions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cable module according to claim 4, wherein: each of the protrusions includes an inclined face that is inclined to be closer to the upper surface of the base portion in a direction toward the guide portion; and when the cable member is in the first position, the cable member is retained by the retaining member in a condition where the grip portion is in contact with the inclined face of each of the protrusions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein: the guide portion includes an opposed portion that is opposed to an upper face of the cable; and the upper face of the cable includes a first raised portion configured to pass the guide portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cable module according to claim 6, wherein: the upper face of the cable includes a second raised portion configured not to pass the guide portion; and the second raised portion is located closer to a distal end of the cable than the first raised portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cable module according to claim 7, wherein an amount of protrusion of the second raised portion from the upper face of the cable is larger than an amount of protrusion of the first raised portion from the upper face of the cable. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A vehicle including the cable module according to claim 1, the vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; an inlet; a lid that covers the inlet; and a power supply unit electronic lock device configured to lock the inlet or the lid, wherein the retaining member is fixed to the vehicle body, wherein the cable is connected to the manually releasing part of the power supply unit electronic lock device, and wherein the retaining member retains the cable member in the second position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method of producing the vehicle according to claim 9, comprising: fixing the retaining member to the vehicle body; connecting the cable to the manually releasing part of the power supply unit electronic lock device, in a condition where the retaining member retains the cable member in the first position; and moving the cable member from the first position to the second position by pulling the grip portion, after connecting the cable to the manually releasing part of the power supply unit electronic lock device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion is directly attached to the attaching portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein when the grip portion is attached to the attaching portion, the attaching portion is between the grip portion and the base. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cable module according to claim 1, wherein when the grip portion is attached to the attaching portion, the cable extends above the attaching portion.