JP2001037040A - Wire harness storing part - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide good efficiency in assembling by reducing adverse effects from outer force to its storing part and enable fitting of a kicking plate thereto. SOLUTION: A wire harness storing part includes a storing part 1 along a side sill 2 for storing the wire harness, and a system part 1C formed in a body with the storing part 1 and mounted in a room of a vehicle. The storing part 1 has a semicircular stationary half part 1E and a movable half part 1F, having its end part joined to an end part of the stationary half part 1E with a hinge part 1B in a pivotally movable state in near and far directions from the stationary half part 1E. A fitting means 6 for fitting the top parts of the stationary half part 1E and the movable half part 1F is provided, so that the storing part 1 is used for holding the wire harness. A kicking plate fitting part 1E2 for fitting a kicking plate 3 is provided at the stationary half part 1E.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wiring harness housing component for improving a wiring harness housing component for protecting a wire harness disposed in an automobile cabin from an external force. Thus, the kick plate can be fixed so as to reduce the number of components.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, an automobile is equipped with many electric components, and for that purpose, a wiring harness to be wired is often used. Among these wire harnesses, there is also a wire harness arranged along a side sill provided on a lower surface of a door opening of a vehicle body. If the wire harness is left bare in the wire harness provided along the side sill, the occupant may be damaged by being stepped on when getting on or off the vehicle. For this reason, it is necessary to provide some protection means.

The side sill is provided with a kick plate for covering the upper surface thereof. In the conventional structure, the kicking plate is used to protect the wire harness disposed along the side sill. That is, by covering the upper portion of the wire harness with the kick plate, the kick plate serves as a protective member of the wire harness. When the wire harness is covered by the kick plate as described above, a metal clip is attached to a joint between the inner panel and the outer panel constituting the side sill, and the kick plate is hung on the clip. The upper part of the wire harness is covered between the hooked end of the kick plate and the other end.

[0004] However, in the above-described wire harness protection structure, the metal clip or the like is used.
Since a special part is required, the number of parts is increased, and the trouble of parts management and the work of assembling work increase, which is not preferable.

In order to solve the above-mentioned inconveniences, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 8-175286 and 10-16
No. 662 proposes a configuration in which a side sill side portion of the kick plate is used as a member for accommodating the wire harness. That is, the kick plate is formed of a flexible resin material, and a locking portion is provided for engaging with a step formed on the side sill. In addition, a space is provided inside the carpet for arranging the wire harness in a state in which an end of the carpet laid on the floor constituting the car interior is taken in. Then, in a state where the wire harness is accommodated in the space portion, the locking portion is fixed to the side sill by engaging the locking portion with an engagement hole formed in a step portion of the side sill.

[0006] In the above-described wire harness protection structure, the wire harness provided along the side sill can be protected without requiring special parts such as the above-mentioned metal clip.

[0007]

However, the technology described in the above-mentioned publication still has the following problems to be improved. First, since the accommodation space of the wire harness is configured using the space covered by the kick plate located above the step of the side sill, the difference between the occupied space and the accommodation space of the wire harness is large. In such a case, the kicking plate is deformed when an external force caused by the occupant stepping on the kicking plate acts on the kicking plate. In other words, if the kick plate has a sufficient space volume, the amount of deformation due to the external force increases accordingly. For this reason,
Depending on the magnitude of the external force applied to the kicking plate, the kicking plate may be deformed and deformed, and a satisfactory result may not be obtained in appearance.

Further, in the invention described in JP-A-8-175286, the kicking plate is fixed to the step of the side sill when the carpet is laid because the end of the carpet is pressed and held by the kicking plate. In the meantime, it is necessary to maintain the stretch of the carpet. As a result, the number of steps required for assembling the automobile increases, which is not preferable. Further, in the invention described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-16662, the operation of locking the engaging hole formed in the carpet with the locking piece provided on the kicking plate is visible to the operator. However, the locking operation must be performed on the lower surface of the kicking plate, which makes the locking operation difficult.

A wire harness housing component according to the present invention is to provide an automobile wire harness housing component which can solve the various inconveniences described above.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wire harness accommodating component for accommodating and supporting a wire harness disposed in an automobile cabin. A housing portion for housing the wire harness, and a stem portion provided integrally with the housing portion and attached to the interior of the vehicle, wherein the housing portion has a half-shaped fixed side half, A half movable movable half which is connected to the proximal end of the side half via a hinge to be rotatable in the near and far directions with respect to the fixed half, and which is movable with the fixed half. Engaging means, which is a receiving portion capable of holding the wire harness by engaging the tip portions with the side halves, and a kick plate provided on the fixed half portion for locking the kick plate Locking part, It is provided.

Using the wire harness housing component according to claim 1 configured as described above, the operation of housing and protecting the wire harness disposed along the side sill is as follows.
It is as follows. First, a wire harness housing component is attached to a portion fixed in the vehicle interior via the stem portion. Next, the wire harness is housed inside the fixed side half with the movable side half opened. If the above wire harness is housed inside the fixed half,
The movable half is rotated toward the fixed half, and the leading ends of the fixed and movable halves are engaged with each other by engaging means provided at the leading ends of the two halves. As a result, the wire harness is housed in the housing section formed by the fixed and movable halves, and the wire harness can be protected. Furthermore, the kick plate is attached by locking the kick plate to the kick plate locking portion provided on the fixed half.

[0012] By using the wire harness accommodating part according to the first aspect, it is possible to accommodate the wire harness and attach the kick plate as described above. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a component such as a clip for attaching the kicking plate, and it is possible to eliminate the trouble of managing such a component and the trouble associated with an increase in the number of steps, and improve workability. Further, when the wire harness housing component described in claim 1 is used, even when an occupant or the like steps on the kick plate, the kick plate is not easily crushed based on the presence of the wire harness housed at the lower surface position of the kick plate. Become.
In other words, since the lower surface of the kick plate is filled with the wire harness, the anti-crushing property of the kick plate is improved. As a result, it is possible to prevent the kick plate from being deformed and distorted, so that satisfactory results in appearance cannot be obtained.

Further, among the wire harness housing parts according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned wire harness housing part, the fixed side half is on the side sill side, and the movable side half is on the vehicle interior side. It is characterized by being provided. By adopting such a configuration, when removing the wire harness at the time of maintenance / inspection of an automobile or the like, the removal work becomes easy. That is, by pulling this wire harness toward the distal ends of the fixed and movable halves, the distal ends of the fixed and movable halves are disengaged from each other by the engaging means, and the wire harness is removed. Can be taken out. At this time, since the movable side half is provided inside the vehicle, the removing operation can be performed without being disturbed by the side sill.

In the wire harness accommodating part according to the present invention, a carpet laid on a floor constituting an automobile cabin is provided at a front end of the movable half. And a carpet locking portion for locking the carpet. By adopting such a configuration, when the worker lays the carpet from outside the vehicle, the engaging portion can be visually observed without taking an unreasonable posture toward the inside of the vehicle, so that the working efficiency is improved.
In addition, in addition to the above-described configuration, a position opposite to a locking portion for locking the carpet across the mutually contacting tips of the fixed-side and movable-side two halves, or the fixed-side half. A holding portion for holding a wire member other than the wire harness accommodated in the accommodation portion may be formed in the portion. By adopting such a configuration, the wire member can be disposed in a dead space generated between the wire harness housing component according to the present invention and the side sill to which the housing component is attached, so that the dead space can be effectively used. it can. Further, in the case of each of the above-mentioned configurations, when the tips of the fixed and movable halves that are in contact with each other are engaged with each other via the engagement means, the sill flange forming the side sill and the movable half Put your finger on the tip of
By pulling this tip toward the sill flange, the tips can be easily engaged with each other.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wire harness receiving part according to the present invention. 1 to 5 show a wire harness housing component according to the present embodiment. The wire harness housing component according to the present embodiment accommodates and supports the wire harness W disposed along the side sill 2 in the vehicle interior, and is provided in a state of being continuous with the upper surface of the base piece 1A as illustrated. A housing portion 1 for housing the wire harness W, and a stem portion 1C provided to be continuous with the lower surface of the base piece 1A and attached to the step portion 2A of the side sill 2 fixed in the vehicle interior. ing.
The wiring harness housing component including the housing portion 1 and the stem portion 1C is manufactured by integrally molding a synthetic resin material such as polypropylene.

The accommodation section 1 has a half-shaped fixed side half 1E.
And the base end of this fixed side half 1E (the lower end in FIGS. 1 to 5)
And a base half (lower end in FIGS. 1 to 5) connected to the fixed half 1E via a hinge portion 1B. It is constituted by. In the case of the present embodiment, the fixed side half 1E is on the side sill 2 side (the right side in FIGS. 1 to 4 and the upper right side in FIG. 5), and the movable side half 1F is on the vehicle interior side (FIGS. 1 to 4). 5 and the upper left side of FIG. 5). Further, the front ends (upper ends in FIGS. 1 to 5) of the fixed half 1E and the movable half 1F are engaged with each other, so that the housing portion 1 capable of holding the wire harness W is formed.
Is provided. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the engagement means 6 engages a hook 1F1 formed in the movable half 1F and an engagement groove 1E1 formed in the fixed half 1E. It is configured to be removable. By the engagement and disengagement of the engagement means 6, the storage section 1 can be selected between a closed state (the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 4) and an open state (the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 5).

The fixed side half 1E is provided with a kick plate locking portion 1E2 for locking the kick plate 3. The locking portion 1E2 includes a pair of pieces 1E2A, 1E2 extending from the tip of the fixed half 1E.
B is provided. One piece 1E2A is provided with a locking piece 1G that is folded back toward the housing 1 and the other piece 1E2B.
Has a hook 3A of the kicking plate 3 (see FIG. 4).
The engaging hook receiving portions 1H each having a shape capable of engaging with the engaging hook 3A and capable of preventing the engaging hook 3A from coming off are integrally formed by molding. Further, a carpet locking portion 1F2 for locking a carpet C laid on a floor constituting an automobile cabin is provided on the tip side of the movable side half portion 1F. The locking portion 1F2 has a substantially mushroom shape, and as shown in FIG.
The locking holes C1 and C1 formed in the carpet C are locked. The locking portions 1F2 allow the locking holes C1, C1 to be formed.
, The carpet C is laid on the floor.

In the present embodiment, in addition to the above-described structure, the carpet locking portion 1F2 is sandwiched between the fixed and movable halves 1E and 1F, which are in contact with each other.
A holding portion 5 for holding a wire member w other than the wire harness W housed in the housing portion 1 is formed at a position opposite to the above. By holding the wire member w such as a pipe for supplying the window washer liquid to the holding portion 5, the wire member w can be attached while being separated from the wire harness W. That is, the wire member w that causes a leakage current or the like for the wire harness W can be provided at an isolated position. This makes it possible to effectively utilize the dead space in the vehicle and to perform various wirings at one place without providing a new mounting member, thereby further improving the assemblability.

On the other hand, the stem 1C is connected to the base piece 1
A is provided on the lower surface of A and can be mounted in a mounting hole 7 formed in the step portion 2A of the side sill 2. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the stem portion 1 </ b> C has a locking portion 1 </ b> C formed of a single piece that has a distal end projecting outward and expanding.
1, and a sealing flange portion 1 </ b> D that is in close contact with the peripheral portion of the mounting hole 7.

The operation of accommodating and protecting the wire harness W arranged along the side sill 2 using the wire harness accommodation component according to the present embodiment configured as described above is as follows. First, the step portion 2 of the side sill 2 which is a portion fixed in the vehicle interior via the stem portion 1C.
Attach to A. That is, the stem 1C is connected to the step 2
A into the mounting hole 7. The stem portion 1C inserted into the mounting hole 7 is prevented from coming off by the locking portion 1C1, and the peripheral portion of the mounting hole 7 is clamped in cooperation with the sealing flange 1D. For this reason, the sealing flange 1D closely contacts the surface of the stepped portion 2A to prevent entry of rainwater or the like. As a result, the durability of the side sill 2 due to rainwater or the like is not adversely affected. Since the sealing flange 1D has an outer diameter capable of closely adhering to the periphery of the mounting hole 7, even if the stem portion 1C is broken by some influence, the stem portion 1C is mounted on the mounting hole 6D. Does not fall below the step 2A.

Next, with the movable half 1F open, the wire harness W is housed inside the fixed half 1E. At this time, since the upper part of the housing part 1 is open, the wire harness W is picked up and housed from above. The wire harness W is provided inside the fixed half 1E.
Is accommodated, the movable half 1F is fixed to the fixed half 1
E, and the tips are further engaged by engaging means 6 provided on the tips of the fixed and movable halves 1E, 1F. That is, the movable half 1F
Is engaged with the engagement groove 1E1 formed in the fixed side half 1E. When the wire harness W is accommodated in the accommodation section 1, the movable half 1F is pinched from above and rotated toward the fixed half 1E, and the accommodation section 1 is closed by the engagement means 6, so that the accommodation section 1 is closed. Thus, the work of housing the wire harness W can be performed in a state where it can be easily confirmed. In addition, variations in the accommodated wire harness W are prevented. When the movable half 1F is closed, the operator must use the sill flange 2 that constitutes the side sill 2.
A finger is put on A1 and the tip of the movable half 1F, and the tip is pulled toward the sill flange 2A1, thereby engaging the tips of the movable and fixed half 1F, 1E. Can be done. Therefore, this engagement operation can be easily performed. Also, when the above-mentioned respective tips are engaged with each other,
When the hooks 1F1 enter the engagement grooves 1E1, the hooks 1F1 are firmly engaged with each other, and maintain the housing 1 in the closed state (the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 4). In this state, the wire harness W is housed in the housing portion 1, and the wire harness W can be protected.

Further, a carpet C is laid on the floor in the car interior. The laying work of the carpet C is performed by locking the locking holes C1 and C1 provided at the ends of the carpet C with the locking portion 1F2 for locking the carpet. The movable side half 1
By inserting the locking holes C1 and C1 of the carpet C into the locking portions 1F2 provided on the F, the carpet C can be held as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. In this manner, by providing the carpet locking portion 1F2 for locking the carpet C on the tip end side of the movable half portion 1F, when the worker lays the carpet C from outside the vehicle, the inside of the carpet C is prevented. The locking portion 1F2 can be visually observed without taking an unreasonable posture toward. Therefore, work efficiency is improved.

Further, the kicking plate 3 is mounted by locking the kicking plate 3 to the kicking plate locking portion 1E2 provided on the fixed half portion 1E. That is, the locking portion 1 for the kicking plate
The kicking plate 3 is attached by inserting the hook 3A into E2. In the case of the present embodiment, since the surface of the kick plate 3 facing the outer surface of the vertical wall 2A1 of the side sill 2 is formed so as to wrap around the outer surface of the weather strip S, the kick hook 3A and the kick plate 3 The weather strip S can be sandwiched, and it is possible to prevent the weather strip S from accidentally falling off.

In this embodiment, the carpet C is attached before the kicking plate 3 is attached.
At this time, the worker can see from above. Further, since the carpet locking portion 1F2 is configured to protrude from the surface of the carpet C, the locking portion 1F
Unlike the case where the kick plate 3 is covered, the latched state can be visually recognized until the kick plate 3 is finally engaged. Also, the carpet C is provided with a locking hole C in the locking portion 1F1.
1, because it is configured to insert C1, unlike the case where the locking portion is covered over the carpet C,
The positional relationship between the locking portion 1F2 and the locking holes C1 and C1 of the carpet C can be easily adjusted, and the problem that the position cannot be confirmed can be eliminated.

If the wire harness housing component according to the present embodiment is used, the wire harness W can be housed as described above, and the kick plate 3 and the carpet C can be attached using the wire harness housing component. it can. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a component such as a clip for attaching the kicking plate 3, and it is possible to eliminate the trouble of managing such components and the trouble associated with an increase in the number of steps. Further, if this wire harness housing component is used, even when the kick plate 3 is stepped on by an occupant or the like, the kick plate 3 is less likely to be crushed due to the presence of the wire harness W stored at the lower surface position of the kick plate 3. In other words, since the lower surface of the kick plate 3 is filled with the wire harness W, the anti-crushing property of the kick plate 3 is improved. As a result, the kicking plate 3 is effectively prevented from being crushed or deviated from a proper position, and the durability of the kicking plate 3 is improved.

Further, in the wire harness housing component according to the present embodiment, the fixed half 1E is provided on the side sill 2 side, and the movable half 1F is provided on the vehicle interior side. When removing the wire harness W at the time of maintenance / inspection of an automobile or the like, the removal work becomes easy. That is, by pulling the wire harness W toward the distal ends of the fixed and movable halves 1E and 1F, the distal ends of the fixed and movable halves 1E and 1F by the engaging means 6 are connected. The wire harness W can be taken out by releasing the engagement. At this time, the movable half 1
Since the F is provided inside the vehicle, this removing operation can be performed without being obstructed by the side sill 2.

Further, in the wire harness accommodating part according to the present embodiment, the carpet locking portion 1 for locking the carpet C on the tip side of the movable half 1F.
As described above, the locking portion 1F2 is provided without the worker taking an unreasonable posture toward the inside of the vehicle, as described above.
Can be seen. For this reason, the efficiency of the carpet laying operation is improved. In addition, in the present embodiment, in addition to the above-described configuration, the carpet locking portion 1F2 is sandwiched between the fixed-side and movable-side both halves 1E and 1F with the mutually abutting tips.
On the opposite side, such as a pipe for window washer fluid,
A holding portion 5 for holding a wire member w other than the wire harness W is formed. For this reason, the wire member w can be disposed in a dead space generated between the wire harness housing component and the side sill 2 to which the housing component is attached, and the dead space can be effectively used, and the wire harness of the wire member w can be used. An adverse effect on W can be prevented.

The shape of the housing portion 1 is not limited to the shape shown in FIG. 1 since it is determined by the type and number of the wire harnesses W to be housed. For example, when a single wire harness is targeted, the shape may be as shown in FIG. Further, the holding section 5 can be provided at a position different from the illustrated example on the surface of the fixed side half 1E.

[0029]

The wire harness housing component according to the present invention has the following effects because it is constructed and operates as described above. That is, in the wire harness housing component described in claim 1, workability is improved. At the same time, even when an occupant or the like steps on the kick plate, the kick plate is less likely to be crushed due to the presence of the wire harness accommodated in the lower surface position of the kick plate. As a result, it is possible to prevent the kick plate from being deformed and distorted, so that satisfactory results in appearance cannot be obtained.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, when removing the wire harness, the removing operation can be performed without being obstructed by the side sill, and the working efficiency is improved. . According to the third aspect, when the worker lays the carpet from outside the vehicle, the engaging portion can be visually observed without taking an unreasonable posture toward the inside of the vehicle. improves.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the storage unit in an opened state.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a front view similarly showing a state where the side sill is mounted on a step portion.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining a state in which a wire harness, a wire member, a carpet, and a kick plate are mounted.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another example of the storage section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing part 1B Hinge part 1C Stem part 1C1 Locking part 1D Sealing flange 1E Fixed side half 1E2 Locking part for kicking plate 1F Movable side half 1F2 Carpet locking part 2 Side sill 2A Step part 3 Kicking plate 6 Engagement means 1F1 Hook 1E1 Engagement groove W Wire harness w Wire member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A wire harness housing part for housing and supporting a wire harness disposed in a vehicle interior, comprising: a housing portion for housing the wire harness; And a stem portion attached to the fixed half portion. The housing portion is formed by connecting a base portion of the fixed half portion in a half-shape and a base end of the fixed side half portion via a hinge portion to the fixed side half portion. The wire harness can be held by engaging the movable half halves, which are rotatable in the near and far directions with respect to the movable half, and the tips of the fixed half and the movable half. A wire harness housing component, comprising: an engaging means serving as a suitable housing portion; and a locking portion for the kick plate provided on the fixed half portion for locking the kick plate. 2. The wiring harness housing component according to claim 1, wherein the fixed half is provided on a side sill side, and the movable half is provided on a vehicle interior side. 3. A carpet locking portion for locking a carpet laid on a floor surface constituting an automobile cabin is provided on a tip end side of the movable half portion. The wire harness housing component according to claim 2.