Protector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsNobuyoshi Tanaka, Masato Ibaraki, Tsutomu Sakata, Toshitsugu Morii
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Abstract
A protector (10) has two half members (20, 40) forming a tubular shape upon being assembled. One half member (20) includes a pair of temporary fixing ribs (26A, 26B) projecting more than a contact edge (23) with the other half member (40) and standing up at the opposite sides of each of corrugated tubes (80A, 80B), each pair of temporary fixing ribs (26A, 26B) are shaped to be insertable into grooves (81A, 81B) of the corresponding corrugated tube (80A, 80B), and stand-up ends (27A, 27B) of the pair of temporary fixing ribs (26A, 26B) are bent to approach each other along the groove (81A, 81B) of the corrugated tube (80A, 80B).
Claims39
A protector, comprising first and second split members configured for assembly with one another and having a substantially tubular shape upon assembly for holding at least one corrugated wire protection tube between the split members, the first split member having a contact edge engageable with the second split member, ribs projecting beyond the contact edge of the first split member and standing up adjacent to the corrugated tube, and the ribs being shaped for insertion into a groove of the corrugated tube, the ribs having stand-up ends bent towards each other along the groove of the corrugated tube, windows being formed at positions on the second split member corresponding to the ribs for permitting penetration of the ribs.
A protector, comprising first and second split members configured for assembly with one another and having a substantially tubular shape upon assembly for holding at least one corrugated wire protection tube between the split members, the first split member having a contact edge engageable with the second split member, ribs projecting beyond the contact edge of the first split member and standing up adjacent to the corrugated tube, the ribs being shaped for insertion into a groove of the corrugated tube, the ribs having stand-up ends bent towards each other along the groove of the corrugated tubes, wherein at least one of the split members includes deformation restricting portions radially outward of the ribs for limiting radially outward displacements of the ribs.
A protector, comprising first and second split members configured for assembly with one another and having a substantially tubular shape upon assembly for holding at least one corrugated wire protection tube between the split members, the first split member having a contact edge engageable with the second split member, ribs projecting beyond the contact edge of the first split member and standing up adjacent to the corrugated tube, the ribs being shaped for insertion into a groove of the corrugated tube, the ribs having stand-up ends bent towards each other along the groove of the corrugated tubes, wherein the first split member has at least one wire protrusion preventing portion projecting beyond the contact edge in an assembling direction with the second split member for preventing protrusion of the wires exposed from the corrugated tube to outside the first split member.
A protector, comprising first and second split members configured for assembly with one another and having a substantially tubular shape upon assembly for holding at least one corrugated wire protection tube between the split members, the first split member including first ribs shaped to be arranged adjacent to the corrugated tube and configured for insertion into at least one groove of the corrugated tube, the first ribs being resiliently displaceable towards and away from the corrugated tube, the second split member including at least one second rib shaped to be at least partly insertable into at least one groove of the corrugated tube, the second rib being provided on a resilient portion of the second split member that is resiliently displaceable in inward and outward directions so that the second rib is resiliently displaceable in inward and outward directions of the split members.
A protector for fixing a bundle of wires to an object, comprising:
- first and second split members engageable with at least one corrugated tube mounted on the bundle of wires;
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- an engaging part mountable on a mounting portion of the split members and engageable with a fixing hole in the object, the engaging part including a leg shaped for insertion into the fixing hole, at least one resilient engaging piece engageable with the fixing hole to retain the leg when the leg is inserted to a specified position, and at least one bulging plate near a rear end of the leg in an inserting direction into the fixing hole and bulging out at an angle to the inserting direction;
- the mounting portion includes a guide plate formed with a mount groove for receiving the leg, and at least one resilient plate spaced from the guide plate to define a space for holding the bulging plate a surface of the resilient plate facing the guide plate and a surface of the bulging plate opposite a side with the leg have engaging portions that are engageable with each other,
- the leg being insertable into the mount groove in mounting postures of the engaging part angularly displaced about the axial line of the leg, and
- the engaging portions being shaped to prevent withdrawal of the bulging plate from the space by engaging each other upon insertion of the bulging plate into the space, regardless of a mounting posture of the engaging part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.