JP2000188815A - Tie band - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent clearance from being generated between a band member and a bundle of wire by providing a retention member that can be fitted to a substrate part, can retain a bundle of wire, and has a projecting gear-lock piece that can be gear-locked to a gear-lock groove being provided at the substrate part, and by retaining the bundle of wire with the band member. SOLUTION: A wire harness 21 is fitted to a fitting groove 20 for retaining the wire harness 21 by a retention member 18, and a gear-lock piece 19 is gear-locked to a gear-lock groove. First and second band members 13 and 14 are wound around the wire harness 21 and the retention member 18, the end part of the second band member 14 is inserted into an insertion hole, the first and second band members 13 and 14 are fully wound around the retention member 18 and the wire harness 21 for gear-locking a saw-shaped uneven part to a lock piece. The surplus end part of the second band member 14 projecting from the insertion hole is cut, thus preventing clearance from being generated between the band member and a bundle of wire, and preventing the bundle of wire from deviating sideways from a tie band.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a binding band, and more particularly, to a binding band capable of binding and holding a long bundle of wires such as a wire harness mounted on a panel of a vehicle body or an electric device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional binding band of this kind, there is, for example, one shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, 1
Is a binding band, and the binding band 1 is
A second band member 4 having a first band member 3 extending outwardly from a side of the base portion 2 and a saw-like uneven portion 4a in the extending direction; and an end portion of the first band member 3 And a lock piece 5b which is engaged with the saw-like concave and convex portion 4a when the second band member 4 is inserted into the insertion hole 5a through which the second band member 4 can be inserted from the end thereof and the insertion hole 5a. And a check locking member 7 protruding from the base portion 2 and capable of locking to an opening of a panel of a vehicle body or an electric device.

In such a binding band 1, a first band member 3 and a second band member 4 are attached to a wire harness.
Is wound, and the end of the second band member 4 is inserted into the insertion hole 5a to lock the saw-like uneven portion 4a when the first band member 3 and the second band member 4 substantially match the diameter of the wire harness. By engaging the piece 5b, the wire harness can be firmly held. Thereafter, the end of the extra second band member 4 protruding from the insertion hole 5a is cut by a nipper or the like.

[0004]

Such a conventional binding band is usually designed to hold a wire harness having a diameter of about 10 cm. However, due to the layout of the vehicle body, FIG. When it is necessary to bundle and hold the small-diameter wire harnesses 8 and 9 as shown in FIG.
Since a gap is formed between the band members 3 and 4 and the wire harnesses 8 and 9, the wire harnesses 8 and 9 may be laterally shifted with respect to the binding band 1.

In order to solve such a problem, a vinyl tube is wound around the outer periphery of the wire harnesses 8, 9 or a tape is wound to increase the diameter of the wire harnesses 8, 9, and then the wire harnesses 8, 9 are increased. The first and second band members 3 and 4 are wound around the first and second band members 3 and 4 to prevent a gap from being formed between the first and second band members 3 and 4 and the wire harnesses 8 and 9.

However, such a method of preventing the lateral displacement by increasing the diameter of the wire harnesses 8 and 9 is very troublesome and time-consuming, so that the lateral displacement of the wire harness can be reduced by a simple method. It was necessary to prevent it.

Accordingly, the present invention eliminates the need for an operation of increasing the diameter of the wire bundle, thereby preventing the formation of a gap between the band member and the wire bundle, and easily preventing the thin wire bundle from laterally shifting. It is intended to provide a binding band that can be used.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a base member, a band member provided integrally with the base member and wound around the wire bundle and capable of holding the wire bundle, projecting from the base portion, and engaging with a mating member. A binding member that can be attached to the base portion, wherein the holding member is capable of holding at least one or more wire bundles and is provided on the base portion. The band member is capable of holding a wire bundle together with the holding member.

In this case, after holding the wire bundle by the holding member and attaching the holding member to the base portion, the band member is wound around the holding member and the wire bundle, so that the diameter of the wire bundle is not increased. It is possible to prevent a gap from being generated between the band member and the wire bundle. As a result, it is possible to easily prevent the thin wire bundle from laterally displacing the binding band.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above problem, in the first aspect of the present invention, the holding member is formed of a semicircular member, and the locking piece is formed of the semicircular member. The wire bundle is provided at an arbitrary portion of the curved surface portion of the semicircular member.
It is characterized by being fitted into one or more fitting grooves.

In this case, after the wire bundle is fitted into the fitting groove provided in the flat portion, the band member is wound around the holding member and the wire bundle, and the band member is wound around the holding member along the curved surface portion. It is possible to further prevent the gap from being formed between the band member and the wire bundle.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 are views showing one embodiment of a binding band according to the present invention.

First, the configuration will be described. 1 and 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a binding band.
Has 12 The base portion 12 is integrally provided with a first band member 13 and a second band member 14 having a saw-like uneven portion 14a formed in the extending direction.
The 13 and the second band member 14 extend outward from the side of the base 12.

A lock member 15 is provided at an end of the first band member 13. The lock member 15 has an insertion hole 15a through which the second band member 14 can be inserted from its end and an inside of the insertion hole 15a. The second band member 14 is provided in the insertion hole 15a.
And a lock piece 15b which is engaged with the saw-like uneven portion 14a when the is inserted.

A non-return locking member (locking member) 17 is provided upright on the base portion 12. The non-return locking member 17 is locked to an opening of a panel of a vehicle body or an electric device (not shown). It is possible.

On the other hand, reference numeral 18 denotes a holding member made of rubber or the like. The holding member 18 has a curved portion 18a and a flat portion 18b.
And a semicircular member made of A projection-shaped locking piece 19 is provided upright on the curved surface portion 18a, and the locking piece 19 can be locked in a locking groove 12a provided in the base portion 12. Also, a fitting groove 20 is formed in the flat portion 18b,
A wire harness (wire bundle) 21 is fitted into the fitting groove 20.

In order to hold the small-diameter wire harness 21 with such a binding band 11, first, the wire harness 21
21 is fitted into the fitting groove 20 to hold the wire harness 21
After being held by 18, the locking piece 19 is locked in the locking groove 12a. Next, the first band member 13 and the second band member 14 are wound around the wire harness 21 and the holding member 18, and the ends of the second band member 14 are inserted into the insertion holes 15a, so that the first band member 13 and the second band member When the band member 14 is sufficiently wound around the holding member 18 and the wire harness 21, the saw-shaped uneven portion 14 is formed.
a is engaged with the lock piece 15b. Next, the end of the extra second band member 14 protruding from the insertion hole 15a is cut by a nipper or the like.

Thereafter, the wire harness 21 is attached to the panel via the binding band 11 by locking the non-return locking member 17 to the opening of the panel of the vehicle body or the electric equipment.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the holding member 18 which can hold the wire harness 21 is provided with the protruding locking piece 19 which can be locked in the locking groove 12 a provided in the base portion 12. ,
Since the wire harness 21 is held together with the holding member 18 by the first and second band members 13 and 14, the first and second band members can be held without increasing the diameter of the wire harness 21.
The generation of a gap between the wiring harness 21 and the wiring harness 13 can be prevented. As a result, the fine wire harness 21
Can be easily prevented from laterally displacing with the binding band 11.

Further, the holding member 18 is formed of a semicircular member, the locking piece 19 is provided at an arbitrary portion of the curved surface portion 18a, and the wire harness 21 is provided at the fitting groove provided at the flat portion 18b.
Since the wire harness 21 is fitted into the fitting groove 20 and the first and second band members 13 and 14 are wound around the holding member 18 and the wire harness 21, the first and second band members are fitted.
The band members 13 and 14 can be wound around the holding member 18 along the curved surface portion 18a, and the gap between the first and second band members 13 and 14 and the wire harness 21 can be further prevented. it can.

In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the small-diameter wire harness 21 is attached to the binding band 11, but when attaching the large-diameter wire harness to the binding band 11, the holding member 18 is not used. The wire harness may be attached to the binding band 11 as it is. At this time, since the locking groove 20 is formed in the base 12, that is, since no protruding member is formed in the base 12, there is no problem in mounting the wire harness 21.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which one wire harness 21 is attached to the binding band 11 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIGS.
Two fitting grooves 21a, 21b, or three fitting grooves 22a-
22c, and the fitting grooves 21a and 21b or the fitting grooves 22a
The same effect can be obtained even if a small-diameter wire harness is attached to .about.22c.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a gap from being formed between the band member and the wire rod bundle without increasing the diameter of the wire rod bundle. Can be easily prevented from being laterally displaced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, after the wire bundle is fitted into the fitting groove provided in the flat portion, and the band member is wound around the holding member and the wire bundle, the band member is curved. Can be wound around the holding member, and the generation of a gap between the band member and the bundle of wire rods can be further prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing one embodiment of a binding band according to the present invention, wherein (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view,
(C) is a configuration diagram of the holding member.

2A is a diagram showing a state before the holding member of one embodiment is attached to a base portion, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a state where a binding band is attached to the holding member and the wire harness.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing another embodiment of a holding member.

4A and 4B are configuration diagrams of a conventional binding band, wherein FIG. 4A is a side view thereof, and FIG. 4B is a top view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which two thin wire harnesses are attached to a conventional binding band.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 binding band 12 base portion 12a locking groove 13 first band member 14 second band member 17 non-return locking member (locking member) 18 holding member 18a curved surface portion 18b flat surface portion 19 locking piece 20 fitting groove 21 wire Harness (wire bundle)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A base member, a band member provided integrally with the base member and being wound around a wire bundle and capable of holding the wire bundle.
A binding band protruding from the base portion and having a locking member capable of locking to a counterpart member, wherein a holding member attachable to the base portion is provided, and the holding member includes at least one wire bundle. And a projection-shaped locking piece that can be locked in a locking groove provided in the base portion, and the band member can hold a wire bundle together with the holding member. A unity band to do. 2. The holding member is formed of a semicircular member, the locking piece is provided on an arbitrary portion of a curved surface of the semicircular member, and the wire bundle is formed of the semicircular member. The binding band according to claim 1, wherein the binding band is fitted in at least one or more fitting grooves provided in the flat portion.