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US 2023/0406239 A1Published application
Electrical wire with path restricting member attached and wire harness
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsRyuta SAITO, Katsutoshi IZAWA, Kosuke TANAKA, Masashi FUJIKI
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Abstract
An electrical wire structure including: an electrical wire; an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the electrical wire; and a path restrictor covering a range spanning more than half of an outer periphery of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube, extending along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube, and restricting a path along which the electrical wire is routed.
Claims12
An electrical wire structure comprising:
- an electrical wire;
- an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the electrical wire;
- and
- a path restrictor covering a range spanning more than half of an outer periphery of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube, extending along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube, and restricting a path along which the electrical wire is routed,
- wherein the path restrictor has:
- a main body covering a range spanning more than half of the outer periphery of the exterior tube in the circumferential direction of the exterior tube;
- an insertion opening formed by both circumferential sends of the main body, extending along a lengthwise direction of the path restrictor over an entirety thereof in the lengthwise direction, and configured for the exterior tube to be insertable therein;
- and
- a rib protruding from an outer periphery of the main body and extending along the lengthwise direction of the path restrictor.
6 more elements
A wire harness comprising:
- an electrical wire with a path restrictor attached;
- and
- a fixing member holding the electrical wire with the path restrictor attached,
- wherein the electrical wire with the path restrictor attached has:
- the electrical wire;
- an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the electrical wire;
- and
- the path restrictor covering a range spanning more than half of an outer periphery of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube, extending along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube, and restricting a path along which the electrical wire is routed,
- the path restrictor has:
- a main body covering a range spanning more than half of the outer periphery of the exterior tube in the circumferential direction of the exterior tube;
- an insertion opening formed by both circumferential sends of the main body, extending along a lengthwise direction of the path restrictor over an entirety thereof in the lengthwise direction, and configured for the exterior tube to be insertable therein;
- and
- a rib protruding from an outer periphery of the main body and extending along the lengthwise direction of the path restrictor,
- the main body has:
- a first constituent part forming one side of the main body with respect to a circumferential center of the main body;
- and
- a second constituent part forming the other side of the main body with respect to the circumferential center of the main body,
- the rib includes support ribs provided on both the first constituent part and the second constituent part, and
- the fixing member has a pair of supporting parts supporting the support ribs.
16 more elements
An electrical wire structure configured to be held in a fixing member having a pair of supporting parts, comprising:
- an electrical wire;
- an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the electrical wire;
- and
- a path restrictor covering a range spanning more than half of an outer periphery of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube, extending along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube, and restricting a path along which the electrical wire is routed,
- wherein the path restrictor has:
- a main body covering a range spanning more than half of the outer periphery of the exterior tube in the circumferential direction of the exterior tube;
- an insertion opening formed by both circumferential sends of the main body, extending along a lengthwise direction of the path restrictor over an entirety thereof in the lengthwise direction, and configured for the exterior tube to be insertable therein;
- and
- a rib protruding from an outer periphery of the main body and extending along the lengthwise direction of the path restrictor,
- the main body has:
- a first constituent part forming one side of the main body with respect to a circumferential center of the main body;
- and
- a second constituent part forming the other side of the main body with respect to the circumferential center of the main body;
- and
- the rib includes support ribs provided on both the first constituent part and the second constituent part, and configured to be supported by the pair of supporting parts.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.