US 5,315,062 AGranted

Wire harness connector cover

AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

InventorKazuhiro Hoshino

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Abstract

A connector cover for a wire harness includes a main cover composed of a hinged pair of half case bodies and a secondary cover composed of a hinged pair of semicylindrical bodies. The main cover is formed with an opening for affixing to the back of the connector and a circular opening with a circular ridge elongating inside surface for passing the wire extending from the connector when the half case bodies are closed. The secondary cover has both ends opened for receiving the wire harness and is formed with a cylindrical opening with a channel grove extending therearound for passing the wire when the semicylindrical bodies are closed, and is connected to the main cover such that the circular ridge of the main cover fits in the channel groove around the cylindrical opening. Accordingly, the secondary cover can rotate with respect to the main cover.

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Dependent claims

A connector cover which is used to protectively cover a wire connecting a wire harness to a connector means at a connection portion of said connector means which serves to connect said wire to electric components, said connector cover comprising;

a first cover means for holding said connector and covering said wire at portions thereof which are near said connector, said first cover means comprising a pair of integrally molded half bodies connected to each other by a hinge portion each of said half bodies being provided with an arched portion at one side edge thereof and a semicircular portion at another side edge thereof, said arched portions defining an opening which is shaped so as to receive a portion of said connector and said semicircular portions defining a circular opening for allowing said wire to pass through said cover when said half bodies are closed around said hinge portion;
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a second cover means for covering said wire at portions thereof which are near said wire harness, said second cover means comprising a pair of integrally molded cylindrical half bodies connected to each other by a hinge portion, each of said half bodies being provided with a first semicylindrical portion at one side thereof and a second semicylindrical portion another side thereof so as to form an opening for allowing said wire to pass therethrough from said wire harness to said first cover means.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.