Method for shaping a resin coating of a wire harness
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuzo Matsushima
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Abstract
A resin coating of a wire harness is shaped in the following manner. A laminated sheet formed by integrally laminating an outer skin sheet made of semi-hard resin and an unfoamed foamable sheet made of foamable resin material, is placed along a cavity wall surface of a shaping mold with the foamable sheet directed to the inside, a bundle of wires having terminals, connectors or the like attached to their opposite ends are disposed within a space defined by the laminated sheet, and by heating the shaping mold the foamable sheet is heated and foamed. A protective coating layer made of foamed resin and protective coating layer made of an outer skin sheet can be simultaneously shaped by the mold.
Claims6
A method for shaping a resin coating of a wire harness comprising steps of placing a laminated sheet formed by integrally laminating an outer skin sheet made of semi-hard resin and an unfoamed foamable sheet made of foamable resin material along a cavity wall surface of a shaping mold with said foamable sheet directed to the inside, disposing a bundle of wires having terminals, connectors or the like attached to their opposite ends within a space defined by said laminated sheet, heating and foaming said foamable sheet by heating said shaping mold, and thereby coating said bundle of wires with a foamed resin layer and the outer skin sheet made of semi-hard resin.
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