Wire harness fixing structure and wire harness

{
  "publication_number": "US11787353B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Wire harness fixing structure and wire harness",
  "abstract": "A wire harness fixing structure includes a plate-like member including a first layer and a second layer softer than the first layer, an electrical wire disposed along the plate-like member, and a fixing member attached to the electrical wire to fix the electrical wire to the plate-like member. The fixing member includes: a through locking piece formed to be able to pass through the first layer and locked to the first layer while passing through the first layer, a regulation piece provided with a space between the regulation piece and the through locking piece to stop the through locking piece from passing through a surface of the plate-like member, and a column connecting the through locking piece and the regulation piece.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A wire harness, comprising: an electrical wire, a sheet to which the electrical wire is fixed, and a fixing fastener that is configured to fix the sheet to a plate-like structure, wherein the fixing fastener includes: a first part of the fixing fastener that is configured to be disposed on one side of the sheet, and a second part of the fixing fastener that is configured to pass through the one side of the sheet and to pass through another side of the sheet that opposes the one side, and the second part of the fixing fastener is configured to be embedded in the plate-like structure so that the sheet is sandwiched between the first part of the fixing fastener and the second part of the fixing fastener, the sheet includes a first sheet and a second sheet provided with a space therebetween along an extension direction of the electrical wire, the fixing fastener includes a first fixing fastener that is configured to fix the first sheet to the plate-like structure and a second fixing fastener that is configured to fix the second sheet to the plate-like structure, and a bent portion at which the electrical wire is bent is provided between the first sheet and the second sheet.",
    "2. The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein all of the electrical wire fixed to the first sheet is fixed to the second sheet, and all of the electrical wire fixed to the second sheet is fixed to the first sheet, and when the first sheet and the second sheet are disposed to spread onto the plate-like structure, the bent portion is disposed to be bent along the plate-like structure.",
    "3. The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of electrical wires including the electrical wire extends to branch into a plurality of branch-line parts, and the bent portion is provided in a respective one of the branch-line parts.",
    "4. The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the electrical wires are parallelly arranged with a space therebetween.",
    "5. The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the electrical wire is fixed to the sheet by sewing or welding."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present application relates to a technique of fixing a wire harness to a mounting object.\n\nA technique of fixing a wire harness to a mounting object is described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, for example. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique of fixing a wire harness to a mounting object using a clamp (also referred to as a clip, for example). Patent Document 2 discloses a technique of fixing a roof harness to a roof lining (also referred to as a head lining or a roof trim, for example).\n\nHerein, when the wire harness is fixed using the clamp as is the case for Patent Document 1, a hole for fixing the clamp needs to be formed in the mounting object. However, when the mounting object of the wire harness is a member exposed indoors such as the roof lining described in Patent Document 2, there is a possibility that the clamp may be exposed indoors in a case where a hole for fixing the clamp is formed in the member and the clamp is inserted into and locked to the hole. As described above, it may not be appropriate in some cases, depending on the mounting object, to apply the technique of forming the hole for fixing the clamp and fixing the clamp.\n\nThus, in Patent Document 2, the roof harness is fixed to the roof lining by an adhesive agent such as a pressure sensitive adhesive tape or a hot-melt material.\n\nBackground Art Documents\n\nPatent Documents\n\nHowever, there is a possibility that the number of manufacturing processes in assembling a vehicle increases in a fixing method using the adhesive agent such as the pressure sensitive adhesive tape or the hot-melt material.",
  "cpc": [
    "B60R 16/0215",
    "F16B 19/00",
    "H02G 3/30",
    "H02G 3/305"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B60R 16/02",
    "F16B 19/00",
    "H02G 3/30"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd",
    "AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd",
    "Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Housei MIZUNO",
    "Shigeki Ikeda",
    "Haruka Nakano",
    "Tetsuya Nishimura",
    "Masaki Mizushita"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2020-07-28",
  "publication_date": "2023-10-17",
  "grant_date": "2023-10-17",
  "priority_date": "2017-05-10",
  "application_number": "US-202016940961-A",
  "family_id": "64104619",
  "cited_by_count": 1,
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