# US 9,751,473 B2 · Carpet with wire harness and manufacturing method of carpet with wire harness > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,473 B2 - Document ID: US9751473B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/897,900 - Filed: 2014-06-02 - Published: 2016-05-05 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-21 - Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Mitsuhiro Akasaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751473B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/0207: {Wire harnesses} - B60N 3/042: {of carpets (B60N3/046, B60N3/048 take precedence)} - B60N 3/046: {characterised by the fixing means} - B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A technology attaching a wire harness and a carpet to a vehicle body panel at a low cost is provided. A carpet with wire harness includes: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body and, together with the carpet main body, wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness. The carpet main body is attached to a vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body, the attachment portion including an inserter inserted through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness, wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by the inserter inserted through the vehicle body panel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The carpet with wire harness according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the retaining tab near the base end is integral with the carpet main body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The carpet with wire harness according to claim 1, wherein a through-hole is formed in the carpet main body, a narrow slot extending at least from near the base end of the retaining tab toward the forefront end is formed in the retaining tab, and the inserter is inserted through the through-hole and the narrow slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The carpet with wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portion further comprises: a plate-shaped head provided to a base end side of the inserter; and a clip portion attached to the inserter and holding the carpet main body and the retaining tab between the clip portion and the head. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The carpet with wire harness according to claim 4, wherein a pointed projection is provided to a surface of the clip portion facing the head. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The carpet with wire harness according to claim 4, wherein the head is arranged on an obverse side of the carpet main body. ### Claim 7 A manufacturing method of a carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the method comprising: wrapping up a wire harness arranged on a carpet main body using the carpet main body and a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body; and attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by inserting an inserter through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to a forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness, wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by inserting the inserter through a hole formed in the vehicle body panel. ### Claim 8 A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion of the attachment portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness, wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel, wherein a portion of the retaining tab near the base end is integral with the carpet main body. ### Claim 9 A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion of the attachment portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness, wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel, wherein a through-hole is formed in the carpet main body, a narrow slot extending at least from near the base end of the retaining tab toward the forefront end is formed in the retaining tab, and the insertion portion is inserted through the through-hole and the narrow slot.