- Patent Number:
12249,815
- Appl. No:
16/976801
- Application Filed:
December 28, 2018
- Abstract:
A wiring body with assembly assisting component includes a wiring body and an assembly assisting component. The wiring body includes a wiring component (for example, an electrical wiring). The wiring body is a wire harness, for example. The assembly assisting component detachably holds at least a part of the wiring body along a certain route.
- Inventors:
AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Mie, JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (Mie, JP); SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Osaka, JP)
- Assignees:
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. (Mie, JP), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. (Mie, JP), SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Osaka, JP)
- Claim:
1. A wiring body with assembly assisting component, comprising: a wiring body including a wiring component; and at least one assembly assisting component detachably holding at least a part of the wiring body along a certain bent route, wherein the at least one assembly assisting component includes an elongated main plate that is bent in a width direction of the elongated main plate in accordance with the certain bent route, the at least one assembly assisting component further includes a pair of side parts provided on both sides of the main plate in the width direction, and at least one holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from at least one of tip end portions of the pair of side parts, the at least one holding protrusion holding the wiring component within a space surrounded by the main plate and the pair of side parts, the at least one holding protrusion includes a first holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from a first tip end portion of one of the pair of side parts towards a second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts, and a gap is defined between the first holding protrusion and the second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts, and the wiring component housed in the assembly assisting component is exposed through the gap.
- Claim:
2. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 1 , comprising an electrical wiring as the wiring component.
- Claim:
3. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 1 , comprising a band-like cable which can be curved as the wiring component.
- Claim:
4. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring body includes a fixing component attached to the wiring component and can be fixed to an assembled position, and the at least one assembly assisting component includes a fixing component holding part detachably holding the fixing component.
- Claim:
5. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing component holding part holds the fixing component in a posture of being able to be fixed to an assembled position.
- Claim:
6. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 4 , wherein an operation hole into and from which an operation component can be inserted and detached is provided in the elongated main plate such that the operation hole faces and is directed toward the gap, and the fixing component holding part holds the fixing component in a position and a posture where the fixing component is detached from the fixing component holding part and can be fixed to an assembled position by inserting the operation component into the operation hole to press the fixing component.
- Claim:
7. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one assembly assisting component comprises a plurality of assembly assisting components.
- Claim:
8. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 7 , wherein at least two of the plurality of assembly assisting components can be separated from and incorporated with each other.
- Claim:
9. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 7 , wherein at least two of the plurality of assembly assisting components are connected to be able to be mutually bent.
- Claim:
10. An assembly assisting component of a wiring body, wherein the assembly assisting component detachably holds at least a part of a wiring body including a wiring component along a certain bent route, wherein the assembly assisting component includes an elongated main plate that is bent in a width direction of the elongated main plate in accordance with the certain bent route, the at least one assembly assisting component further includes a pair of side parts provided on both sides of the main plate in the width direction, and at least one holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from at least one of tip end portions of the pair of side parts, the at least one holding protrusion holding the wiring component within a space surrounded by the main plate and the pair of side parts, the at least one holding protrusion includes a first holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from a first tip end portion of one of the pair of side parts towards a second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts, and a gap is defined between the first holding protrusion and the second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts, and the wiring component housed in the assembly assisting component is exposed through the gap.
- Claim:
11. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring component can be detached from the pair of side parts from an opposite side of the main plate through the gap.
- Claim:
12. The wiring body with assembly assisting component according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one holding protrusion further includes a second holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from the second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts towards the first tip end portion the one of the pair of side parts, and the gap is defined between the first holding protrusion and the second holding protrusion.
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- Primary Examiner:
Burns, Tremesha W
- Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Accession Number:
edspgr.12249815
Processing Request
No Comments.