# US 2013/0153291 A1 · Conductive path structure and wire harness

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- Number: US 2013/0153291 A1
- Document ID: US20130153291A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/819,029
- Filed: 2011-09-06
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-09-06
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Hideomi Adachi; Hidehiko Kuboshima
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153291A1

## CPC

- H01B 7/009: {Cables with built-in connecting points or with predetermined areas for making deviations}
- H01R 13/504: different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together
- H01R 13/53: Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases {for high voltage} with means for preventing corona or arcing
- H01R 31/06: Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94)
- 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})
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion, and a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion. The second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through the first covering member. The second covering member slidably covers the first covering member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conductive path structure comprising:
a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion;
a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion; and
a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion,
wherein the second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through the first covering member; and
wherein the second covering member slidably covers the first covering member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein the second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through a gap; and
wherein the first covering member is arranged so as to be inserted into the gap.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein the first covering member directly covers the cut-off facilitating portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein a material of the first covering member is different from a material of the second covering member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor on which a groove is formed.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor on which a notch is formed.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor in which a through hole is formed.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The conductive path structure according to claim 1, wherein the cut-off facilitating portion is a conductive portion of the conductor having a thin portion thinner than the first and second conductive portions.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A wire harness including a plurality of conductive paths each having the conductive path structure according to claim 1.