Wiring protector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorShouji Hatori
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Abstract
A wiring protector that controls the direction of exiting branch wires, secures a tube over the branch wires, and adjusts the length of the branch wires. Wire protector, which includes main body and a passageway formed therein through which trunk wires pass, is placed over a wire harness and attached to a vehicle body. Exit ports for branch wires are formed within the main body, and disk-shaped guide members or a clamp are attached to the internal region of the main body to control the exit direction of the branch wires and to determine the length of the branch wires.
Claims8
A wiring protector that determines length and exit direction of branch wires that extend from trunk wires of a wiring harness, said wiring protector comprising:
- a main body including a passageway provided for passage of the trunk wires;
- a branch wire exit port provided within and aligned along a front wall of said main body;
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- an adjusting member provided in said main body and connecting to said branch wire exit port;
- wherein the branch wires are wrapped around a perimeter of said adjusting member to an extent that establishes a desired branch wire length;
- said adjusting member further comprising:
- a box structure fixedly attached to said adjusting member, said box structure including open upper and front sides, a branch wire passage port formed within a rear side of said box structure, and a pair of leg parts including lock fingers formed at extremities thereof and extending from a bottom side of said box structure;
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- said main body further comprising apertures provided adjacent to said branch wire exit ports, said apertures configured for insertion of said leg parts therein to lock said leg parts into said apertures through said lock fingers.
A wiring protector that determines length and exit direction of branch wires that extend from trunk wires of a wiring harness, said wiring protector comprising:
- a main body including a passageway provided for passage of the trunk wires;
- at least one branch wire exit port formed within and aligned along a front wall of said main body;
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- at least one disk shaped adjusting member provided within said main body, each said disk shaped adjusting member connecting to a respective branch wire exit port, each said adjusting member including branch wire guide channels arranged in a radial pattern extending outward from the center of said disk shaped adjusting member;
- wherein the length of a branch wire and its exit direction are determined by wrapping the branch wire around the perimeter of said adjusting member or positioning the branch wire within a branch wire guide channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.