JP2003023722A - Clamp for wire harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clamp for a wire harness, which enables quick and easy removal of the clamp body and a wire harness from a body to be attached. SOLUTION: This clamp 10 is for a wire harness, provided with a clamp body 11 for fixing a wire harness 7, and a pair of flexible locking arms 16, 16 which is in inverted-V shape and is formed projecting from this clamp body 11 via a shaft portion 13, so that its locking portions 18 which are at positions near its tip parts 17 can be freely locked in and detached from a fitting hole 9a of a panel 9 for a vehicle. Along with forming guide portions 19, which are pressed into the fitting hole 9a of the panel 9 and elastically deform individual locking arms 16 to the shaft portion side, between individual locking portions 18 and tip parts 17 of the locking arms 16, and hook portions 15 for locking the tip parts 17 of individual elastically deformed locking arms 16 are formed in the shaft portion 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness clamp which allows a wire harness to be easily attached to and detached from an object to be attached such as a vehicle panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wire harness clamp of this type is disclosed in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the wire harness clamp 1 includes a clamp body 2 for fixing the wire harness 7 via a tape 8,
The clamp body 2 is provided so as to project through the shaft portion 3, and the locking portion 5 at the tip thereof is locked in the mounting hole 9a of the vehicle panel 9.
It is composed of a pair of flexible locking arms 4 and 4 which are detachable in an inverted V shape.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, from the attached state of the wire harness clamp 1 in which the respective locking portions 5 of the pair of flexible locking arms 4 and 4 are locked in the mounting holes 9a of the panel 9. When removing the wire harness 7, as shown in FIG. 6, the wire harness 7 is peeled off from the panel 9 in the direction of the arrow R to cut the clamp body 2 and the tape 8 wound around the wire harness 7, As shown in, the wire harness 7 was peeled from the clamp body 2.

[0004]

However, in the conventional wire harness clamp 1 described above, when the wire harness 7 and the clamp body 2 attached to the wire harness 7 are all collected in the case of recycling when the vehicle is scrapped, etc., as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, just by cutting the tape 8 wound around the clamp body 2 and the wire harness 7, the clamp body 2 remains on the panel 9 side, and the remaining clamp body 2
It took time to remove the panel from the panel 9, and the removal operation was complicated.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a clamp for a wire harness capable of easily removing a clamp body and a wire harness from an attached body in a short time. With the goal.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clamp main body for fixing a wire harness, and a locking portion projecting from the clamp main body through a shaft portion and located at a position near a tip end portion thereof. A clamp for wire harness comprising a pair of flexible V-shaped flexible locking arms that can be locked / disengaged in a mounting portion of a mounted body, wherein each of the pair of flexible locking arms is locked. A guide portion that is pressed by the attachment portion of the attached body to elastically deform the flexible locking arms toward the shaft portion side is provided between the portion and each tip portion, and elastically deforms to the shaft portion. It is characterized in that a hook portion for locking the tip end portion of each of the flexible locking arms is provided.

In this wire harness clamp, when the clamp body is pressed toward the body to be attached when the clamp is removed from the attachment portion of the body to be attached, each of the pair of flexible locking arms is attached to the attachment portion of the body to be attached. The guide portion is pressed to elastically deform the pair of flexible locking arms toward the shaft portion. Due to the elastic deformation of the pair of flexible locking arms, the distal end portions of the pair of flexible locking arms are locked to the hook portions of the shaft portion, and The locking part separates from the mounting part of the mounted body. As a result, the clamp and the wire harness can be easily removed from the mounted body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the wire harness clamp according to the first aspect, wherein the guide portion is formed in a taper shape which is inclined downward toward the tip end side, and the shaft portion is provided with the taper portion. It is characterized in that a storage recess is formed at a position facing the tip portion, and the hook portion is projectingly provided on the peripheral surface side of the shaft portion of the storage recess along the peripheral surface.

In this wire harness clamp, when the clamp is removed from the mounting portion of the body to be mounted, the pair of flexible locking arms are caused to move by the tapered guide portions of the pair of flexible locking arms. While being elastically deformed to the side smoothly, the tip ends of the pair of flexible locking arms are easily and reliably locked to the hook portions of the housing recesses of the shaft portion.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing, in a partial cross section, a mounting state of a wire harness clamp according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a side view showing a partial cross section of a state immediately before removing the clamp, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a partial cross section of the clamp with the clamp removed, and FIG. 4 is a lever side view of the clamp. It is a side view which shows the state just before detaching in a partial cross section.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a wire harness clamp 10 is a clamp body 1 made of synthetic resin for fixing the wire harness 7 by winding a tape 8.
1 and an engaging portion 18 formed integrally with the clamp main body 11 approximately at the center through a shaft portion 13 and located near a tip portion 17 of the clamp body 11 for attaching a panel (attached body) 9 for a vehicle. The (mounting portion) 9a is provided with a pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 that can be locked and released.

The clamp body 11 is formed in the shape of a long rectangular plate having a width substantially the same as that of the wire harness 7.
Convex tape stoppers 12 are integrally formed on both sides of the upper surface 11a. And the clamp body 11
The wire harness 7 is fixed by winding the tape 8 on the lower surface 11b.

The shaft portion 13 is in the shape of a square column, and storage recesses 14 are formed at the positions facing the respective tip portions 17 of the pair of flexible locking arms 16, 16. A hook portion 15 is integrally formed on the peripheral surface 13a side of the shaft portion 13 of each of the storage recesses 14 so as to extend upward along the peripheral surface 13a. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hook portions 15 have flexible locking arms 16 elastically deformed toward the shaft portion 13 side.
The tip portion 17 of the is locked.

The pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 includes a shaft portion 13.
It is integrally formed in an inverted V shape so as to extend from the upper end to the clamp body 11 side. In addition, a pair of flexible locking arms 1
A guide portion 19 between each locking portion 18 of each of 6, 6 and each tip portion 17 is pressed by the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9 to elastically deform each flexible locking arm 16 toward the shaft portion 13 side. Are formed integrally with each other. Furthermore, the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 are arranged so as to face the respective tape stop portions 12 on both sides of the clamp body 11.

The distal end portions 17 of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 are formed in a tapered trapezoidal shape, and when the flexible locking arms 16 are bent toward the shaft portion 13, the storage recess 14 is formed. It is housed in and hooked to the hook portion 15. In addition, each locking portion 1 of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16
7 is formed in a concave shape with each guide portion 19, and a stepped portion formed by the bottom wall surface and the side wall surface of the guide portion 19 can be engaged with and disengaged from the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9. Further, each guide portion 19 of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 is formed in a tapered shape that inclines downward toward the distal end portion 17 side, and each guide portion 19 has each locking portion 18. Projecting outside than the projecting part of.

The mounting hole 9a of the vehicle panel 9 has a rectangular shape and is sized so that the upper surface 16a side of the pair of flexible locking arms 16, 16 which is substantially rectangular in plan view can be inserted.

According to the wire harness clamp 10 of the above embodiment, when the wire harness clamp 10 in which the wire harness 7 is wound and fixed with the tape 8 is attached to the attachment hole 9a of the panel 9, first, the panel 9 of the panel 9 is attached. The upper surface 16a of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 is attached to the mounting hole 9a.
Insert the side. Next, the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 1
When 6 is further pressed into the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9, as shown in FIG.
By bending to the side, the locking portion 18 of each flexible locking arm 16 can be easily locked to the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9 and the state can be maintained.

Then, the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9 shown in FIG.
2 when removing the wire harness clamp 10 from the state in which the respective locking portions 18 of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 of the wire harness clamp 10 are locked to the periphery of the wire harness clamp 10 shown in FIG.
When the wire harness 7 and the clamp body 2 are pushed against the panel 9 in the direction of the arrow M, the guide portions of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 are provided at the periphery of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9, as shown in FIG. 19 is pressed downward so that the pair of flexible locking arms 1
6 and 16 bend to the shaft portion 13 side. These flexible locking arms 16
Due to the elastic deformation, the distal end portion 17 of each flexible locking arm 16 rides over each hook portion 15 of the shaft portion 13 and is housed in each housing recess 14, and is also locked by each hook portion 15. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3, the pair of flexible locking arms 1
The engaging portions 18 of 6 and 16 are separated from the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9, and the wire harness clamp 10 and the wire harness 7 are easily removed from the panel 9.

When the wire harness clamp 10 is removed from the panel 9, the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 are tapered by a simple operation of pushing the clamp 10 and the wire harness 7 toward the panel 9. Each guide part 19
The pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 can be smoothly elastically deformed toward the shaft portion 13 side, and the distal end portions 17 of the pair of flexible locking arms 16 and 16 are coupled to the shaft portion. It is possible to easily and surely engage with the hook portion 15 of the housing recess 14 of 13. As a result, the wire harness clamp 10 and the wire harness 7 can be removed from the panel 9 by a very simple operation in a short time.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c),
By pulling a portion of the wire harness 7 fixed on the wire harness clamp 10 by winding the tape 8 on one side (on the right side in the drawing) on the side of the flexible locking arm 16 in a direction indicated by an arrow P away from the panel 9, Clamp for wire harness 1
0 and the wire harness 7 can be removed from the panel 9 by a very simple operation in a short time.

That is, the panel 9 for the vehicle shown in FIG.
4B, when the wire harness 7 is pulled in the direction of arrow P, a force for pushing the clamp body 11 in the direction of arrow Q is generated by the lever principle.
As a result, the guide portion 19 of the other (left side in the figure) flexible locking arm 16 is pressed downward, and the other flexible locking arm 1
6 bends toward the shaft portion 13 side. Due to the elastic deformation of the other flexible locking arm 16, the distal end portion 17 of the other flexible locking arm 16 is
Rides over the hook portion 15 of the shaft portion 13, is housed in the housing concave portion 14, and is locked by the hook portion 15.

The tip portion 17 of the other flexible locking arm 16
4 is locked to the hook portion 15 of the shaft portion 13, as shown in FIG.
As shown in, there is a gap of the distance L between the locking portion 18 of the one flexible locking arm 16 and the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9. Then, as shown in FIG. 4C, when the portion of the wire harness 7 on the side of one flexible locking arm 16 is further pulled in the direction indicated by the arrow P away from the panel 9, the other flexible locking arm 16 is pulled. The locking portion 18 of one flexible locking arm 16 is disengaged from the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9 around the locking portion between the locking portion 18 of the arm 16 and the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9. Rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow R
The engaging portion 18 of is detached from the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9. Thereby, the locking portion 18 of the other flexible locking arm 16
Can be easily removed from the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 9a of the panel 9. Therefore, the wire harness clamp 10 and the wire harness 7 can be easily removed from the panel 9.

According to the above-described embodiment, the case where the wire harness is detachably attached to the vehicle panel via the clamp has been described, but the mounted body is not limited to the vehicle panel, as a matter of course. Is.

[0025]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a pair of flexible locking arms projecting from the clamp body via the shaft portion is provided with the respective locking portions and the respective tip portions. A pair of guide portions that are pressed by the attachment portion of the mounted body to elastically deform the pair of flexible locking arms toward the shaft side are provided, and the pair of flexible locking arms elastically deformed to the shaft portions. Since the hook portion that locks each of the tip ends is provided, the clamp and the wire harness can be easily removed from the mounted body in a short time by a simple work of pressing the clamp main body toward the mounted body side.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, each of the guide portions of the pair of flexible locking arms is formed in a taper shape that is inclined downward toward the tip end side and faces the tip end portion of the shaft portion. Since the storage recess is formed at the position and the hook portion is provided so as to project along the peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the storage recess, each flexible locking arm is pivoted by the tapered guide portion. It is possible to elastically deform to the part side smoothly and to easily and surely lock the tip end portion of each flexible locking arm to the hook portion of the housing recess of the shaft portion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a partially cross-sectional view of an attached state of a wire harness clamp according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing, in a partial cross section, a state immediately before removing the wire harness clamp.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing, in a partial cross-section, a state in which the wire harness clamp is removed.

FIG. 4 (a) is a side view showing a partial cross-section of the attached state of the wire harness clamp, and FIG. 4 (b) is a partial cross-sectional view of the wire harness clamp immediately before removal using the lever principle. FIG. 3C is a side view showing a partial cross-section of a state in which the same wire harness clamp is removed using the lever principle.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a partial cross section of a state in which a conventional wire harness clamp is attached.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a partial cross section of a state in which the above-described conventional wire harness clamp is being removed.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing, in a partial cross-section, a state in which the wire harness fixed to the wire harness clamp of the conventional example is removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

7 wire harness 9 panels (attached body) 9a Mounting hole (mounting part) 10 Wire harness clamp 11 Clamp body 13 Shaft 13a peripheral surface 14 Storage recess 15 Hook part 16,16 A pair of flexible locking arms 17 Tip 18 Locking part 19 Guide section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A clamp main body for fixing a wire harness, and a locking portion projecting from the clamp main body via a shaft portion, and a locking portion at a position near the tip end thereof is locked / disengaged with a mounting portion of a mounted body. In a wire harness clamp including a pair of flexible inverted V-shaped flexible locking arms, the cover member is provided between each locking portion and each tip of the pair of flexible locking arms. A guide portion that is pressed by the attachment portion of the attachment body to elastically deform each of the flexible locking arms toward the shaft portion is provided,
A clamp for a wire harness, wherein a hook portion for locking the tip end portion of each elastically deformed flexible locking arm is provided on the shaft portion. 2. The clamp for a wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is formed in a tapered shape that inclines downward toward the tip portion side, and faces the tip portion of the shaft portion. A clamp for a wire harness, characterized in that a storage recess is formed at a position, and the hook portion is provided so as to project along the peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the storage recess.