# US 12,767,069 B2 · Routing structure

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- Number: US 12,767,069 B2
- Document ID: US12767069B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/942,329
- Filed: 2024-11-08
- Published: 2025-05-15
- Granted: 2026-10-20
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-13
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Kosuke Tomosada; Eri Ueda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12767069B2

## CPC

- B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor}
- H02G 11/00: Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES

## Abstract

A routing structure includes: a first fixing part fixed to a vehicle body; a second fixing part fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening portion provided in a roof; an exterior member having a first end portion and a second end portion; an electric wire inserted through the exterior member; and a plate-like biasing member inserted through the exterior member and forming a curved portion curved in the vehicle front-rear direction in the exterior member, in which the biasing member has a wavy portion provided in a portion where the curved portion is formed, the wavy portion includes a plurality of first crest portions and a plurality of second crest portions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A routing structure comprising:
a first fixing part fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle;
a second fixing part fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening portion provided in a roof of the vehicle body;
an exterior member having a first end portion held by the first fixing part and a second end portion held by the second fixing part;
an electric wire inserted through the exterior member; and
a plate-like biasing member inserted through the exterior member and forming a curved portion curved in the vehicle front-rear direction between the first end portion and the second end portion of the exterior member, wherein
the biasing member has a wavy portion provided in a portion where the curved portion is formed,
the wavy portion includes a plurality of first crest portions and a plurality of second crest portions, and the first crest portions and the second crest portions are alternately arranged along an extending direction of the electric wire,
when viewed from a width direction of the biasing member, the first crest portions have a convex shape toward a first side orthogonal to the extending direction, and
when viewed from the width direction of the biasing member, the second crest portions have a convex shape toward a second side opposite to the first side.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The routing structure according to claim 1, wherein
when viewed from the width direction of the biasing member, the first crest portions have a tapered shape in which a width thereof decreases toward a tip on the first side, and
when viewed from the width direction of the biasing member, the second crest portions have a tapered shape in which a width thereof decreases toward a tip on the second side.