# US 9,520,702 B2 · Clamp-integrated wiring harness protector for assembling and method for producing the same

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- Number: US 9,520,702 B2
- Document ID: US9520702B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/493,524
- Filed: 2014-09-23
- Published: 2015-01-15
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-23
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Masahisa Sugimoto; Makoto Katsumata; Kyohei Oda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520702B2

## CPC

- H02G 3/0468: {Corrugated}
- B29C 51/265: {Auxiliary operations during the thermoforming operation (B29C51/42, B29C51/46 take precedence)}
- F16L 3/08: substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
- F16L 3/1222: {the member having the form of a closed ring, e.g. used for the function of two adjacent pipe sections}
- H02G 1/06: for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
- H02G 3/34: using separate protective tubing
- B29K 2101/00: Use of unspecified macromolecular compounds as moulding material {(use of unspecified rubbers B29K2021/00)}
- H02G 1/145: {Moulds}
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS

## Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a clamp-integrated wiring harness protector for assembling, in which a man-hour for assembling the protector is unnecessary, and workability upon assembling with a wiring harness is satisfactory, and the wiring harness is protected after assembling, and the protector can be produced at low cost. The clamp-integrated wiring harness protector for assembling including: a sheet-shaped portion; and a clamp portion integrally formed with the sheet-shaped portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A clamp-integrated wiring harness protector for assembling, comprising:
a sheet-shaped portion formed using a thermoplastic resin sheet so as to surround a wiring harness; and
a clamp portion provided in the sheet-shaped portion for inserting into and locking with a locking hole provided on a vehicle body,
wherein the clamp portion and the sheet-shaped portion are integrally formed with each other under thermoforming process using the thermoplastic resin sheet, thereby preventing a displacement of the wiring harness upon assembling to a vehicle,
wherein the sheet-shaped portion includes a first semi-cylindrical member with the clamp portion integrally formed thereon, and a second semi-cylindrical member, and
wherein both circumferential ends of the first semi-cylindrical member are adhered to or heat sealed to both circumferential ends of the second semi-cylindrical member, respectively.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method for producing the clamp-integrated wiring harness protector for assembling as claimed in claim 1, comprising the step of:
thermoforming using the thermoplastic resin sheet with a molding die to obtain the protector,
wherein the molding die is divided to a plurality of partial molding dies in a longitudinal direction of a wiring harness to be held by the protector, and the partial molding dies are combined to compose the molding die, and
wherein at least one of the partial molding dies has a clamp forming portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one of the partial molding dies is used for forming a corrugate-shaped portion.