# US 12,112,862 B2 · Method for manufacturing spiral tube

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- Number: US 12,112,862 B2
- Document ID: US12112862B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/178,172
- Filed: 2021-02-17
- Published: 2021-08-19
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-19
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Michio Hayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112862B2

## CPC

- H01B 13/01281: {Harness wrapping apparatus}
- B29C 48/001: {Combinations of extrusion moulding with other shaping operations}
- B29C 48/09: Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels
- H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K})
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)

## Abstract

A method for manufacturing a spiral tube which is made of a resin material and spirally covers a periphery of a wire harness along an extending direction of the wire harness, the method includes extrusion molding a tube material which is made of the resin material, heating and softening the tube material and forming the spiral tube, and spirally wounding the spiral tube around the wire harness and cutting the spiral tube.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for manufacturing a spiral tube which is made of a resin material and spirally covers a periphery of a wire harness along an extending direction of the wire harness, the method comprising:
extrusion molding a tube material which is made of the resin material;
winding the tube material around a reel after extrusion molding the tube material;
unwinding the tube material from the reel;
heating and softening the tube material that is unwound from the reel, and forming the spiral tube; and
spirally winding the spiral tube around the wire harness and cutting the spiral tube.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method for manufacturing the spiral tube according to claim 1,
wherein in the spirally wounding the spiral tube around the wire harness, the tube material is spirally wound around the wire harness in such a manner that a gap is formed between adjacent tube materials on a surface of the wire harness.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method for manufacturing the spiral tube according to claim 1,
wherein in the spirally wounding the spiral tube around the wire harness, the tube material is spirally wound around the wire harness in such a manner that adjacent tube materials partially overlap each other on the surface of the wire harness in a radial direction of the wire harness.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method for manufacturing the spiral tube according to claim 2,
wherein the spirally wounding the spiral tube around the wire harness includes:
winding the tube material around the surface of the wire harness and forming a lower layer spiral tube; and
winding the tube material around the wire harness and forming an upper layer spiral tube in such a manner that the gap is covered, after the forming the lower layer spiral tube.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method for manufacturing the spiral tube according to claim 3,
wherein the tube material includes a first engaging portion on a first side edge part and a second engaging portion on a second side edge part, along the longitudinal direction of the tube material, and
wherein in the spirally wounding the spiral tube around the wire harness, the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion of the adjacent tube materials are configured to be engaged with each other on the surface of the wire harness so as to prevent an increase in a distance between the adjacent tube materials.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method for manufacturing the spiral tube according to claim 5,
wherein the tube material includes a curved surface portion having a curved surface shape between the first side edge part and the second side edge part.