US 12,280,724 B2Granted

Routing structure of wire harness of sensor for door of automobile

AssigneesNishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsHiroshi Shimada, Toshifumi Matsuura, Makoto Seki, Takashi Fukahori, Hiroshi Shingu

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Abstract

To provide an inexpensive routing structure, which is improved in sealing performance with no harm in noise insulation performance, of a wire harness of a sensor for a door of an automobile. The routing structure includes a wire harness of a sensor. The sensor couples to a flange of a rear door of the automobile with a bracket, and detects an electric signal which provides an indication that an object is between the rear door and a front door. The wire harness passes through a through hole, provided on an inner panel of the rear door, and is routed into a space between the inner panel and an outer panel. The through hole is a service hole, provided on a door side surface of the inner panel.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A routing structure of a wire harness of a sensor for a door of an automobile, the routing structure comprising:

the sensor which couples to a flange of a rear door of the automobile, the sensor having a wire harness, and the sensor being configured to detect an electric signal which provides an indication that an object is between the rear door and a front door;
a bracket which fixes the sensor to a flange of the rear door;
the rear door which includes an inner panel and an outer panel;
a through hole which is provided on the inner panel of the rear door;
and
the wire harness which passes through the through hole, and the wire harness being routed into a space between the inner panel and the outer panel, wherein
the through hole is a service hole, and the service hole is provided on a door side surface of the inner panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.