Wire harness and wire harness with base member
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTomoka Shida, Satoshi Yamamoto, Masami Ono, Yuuta Inoue
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Abstract
The wire harness includes a base harness having a plurality of electric wires and a protective member. The plurality of electric wires branch into three or more branch lines inside the protective member, and are kept flat by the protective member. The three or more branch lines include a first branch line provided with a first connector for receiving power supply from an upstream side, a second branch line provided with a second connector for supplying power received by the first connector to a device provided in the seat, and a third branch line provided with a third connector for supplying the power received by the first connector to an optional device provided in the seat.
Claims12
A wire harness to be attached to a seat of a vehicle, the wire harness comprising:
- a base harness including a plurality of electric wires and a protective member covering intermediate portions of the plurality of electric wires,
- wherein the plurality of electric wires branch into three or more branch lines inside the protective member, and are kept flat by the protective member,
- the three or more branch lines include a first branch line provided with a first connector for receiving power supply from an upstream side, a second branch line provided with a second connector for supplying power received by the first connector to a device provided in the seat, and a third branch line provided with a third connector for supplying power received by the first connector to an optional device provided in the seat,
- wherein the wire harness further comprises an optional harness for the optional device, and
- wherein an intermediate portion of the optional harness overlaps the protective member and a connector at an end of the optional harness is connected to the third connector.
A wire harness to be attached to a seat of a vehicle, comprising
- a base harness including a plurality of electric wires and a protective member covering intermediate portions of the plurality of electric wires;
- and
- an optional harness for an optional device,
- wherein the plurality of electric wires branch into three or more branch lines inside the protective member, and are kept flat by the protective member,
- the three or more branch lines include a first branch line provided with a first connector for receiving power supply from an upstream side, a second branch line provided with a second connector for supplying power received by the first connector to a device provided in the seat, and a third branch line provided with a third connector for supplying power received by the first connector to the optional device provided in the seat,
- a plurality of through holes for fixing to a base member are formed in the protective member,
- a plurality of optional through holes for fixing to the base member are formed in an optional protective member, and
- positions of the plurality of through holes and positions of the plurality of optional through holes are aligned with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.