Wire harness mounting structure for motor vehicle door

A structure mountable on the frame of a motor vehicle door for conveniently interconnecting at least one piece of electrical equipment mounted on the door frame with a respective control device therefore, said structure comprising:

• a rigid substantially planar internal side board secured to said door frame at the internal side of the motor vehicle, said side board having at least one working window therethrough located near said at least one piece of electrical equipment, a portion of said side board being detachably secured in an opening formed in said side board,
• a rigid covering board having internal and external surfaces for covering the side of the door frame that is internal of the motor vehicle, said covering board having mounted on the external surface thereof a respective control device for each said at least one piece of electrical equipment;
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• a wire harness including a main section and a plurality of branch conductors branched from said main section;
• said main section of said wire harness being flatly and rigidly supported on the detachable portion of said internal side board, said branch conductors having end portions separated from said detachable portion of the internal side board and being divided into first and second groups, a selected conductor of said first group having a connector at an end thereof which is connected, through the working window in the internal side board, to said at least one piece of electrical equipment, and a first conductor of said second group of branch conductors being adapted to be connected, when said covering board has been assembled with said door frame, to the control device mounted on said covering board that controls said at least one piece of electrical equipment.

A structure mountable on the frame of a motor vehicle door for conveniently interconnecting at least one piece of electrical equipment mounted on the door frame with a control device therefore, said structure comprising:

• a rigid covering board having internal and external surfaces for covering the side of said door frame that is internal of the motor vehicle, said covering board having mounted thereon a respective control device for each said at least one piece of electrical equipment;
• a mounting board having a first side and a second side, said mounting board being disposed between said covering board and said door frame and detachably attached to a selected one of said door frame and said covering board;
• wire harness means having a main section attached to said mounting board and a plurality of branch conductors branched from said main section and divided into first and second groups;
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• a plurality of connectors fixedly mounted on each side of said mounting board, the plurality of connectors mounted on the first side being connected to said first group of branch conductors and the plurality of connectors mounted on the second side being connected to said second group of branch conductors, one of the connectors mounted on the first side of said mounting board being adapted to be connected, on assembly of said mounting board with the door frame, to said at least one piece of electrical equipment, and one of the connectors mounted on the second side of said mounting board being adapted to be connected, on assembly of said mounting board with said covering board, to a control device on said covering board for said at least one piece of electrical equipment.

A structure mountable on the frame of a hinge-mounted motor vehicle door for conveniently interconnecting at least one piece of electrical equipment mounted on the door frame with a control device therefore, said structure comprising:

• a rigid covering board having internal and external surfaces detachably attached to said door frame for covering the side of said door frame that is internal of the vehicle, said covering board having mounted thereon a respective control device for each said at least one piece of electrical equipment;
• wire harness means including a main section flatly and rigidly attached to said covering board and a plurality of branch wires branched from said main section, said branch wires having end portions separated from said covering board and divided into first and second groups, one branch wire of said first group being connected to the control device for said at least one piece of electrical equipment, and one branch wire of said second group having a connector at an end thereof which is adapted to be connected, when said covering board has been attached to said door frame, to said at least one piece of electrical equipment, one end of the main section of said wire harness means being terminated in a bundled leading-out portion which is attached to a main connector having a water-proof cover which extends through and engages a mounting groove formed in said door frame at the hinge-mounted end of said door, said mounting groove having a grommet therein for engaging the cover of said main connector.