JP2003284225A - Wire holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wire holder which relaxes the complicatedness of wire holder attachment work by relaxing the restrictions on the internal wiring of an electric apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The wire holder 1 is of such a type that a plurality of wire holding parts 2 and a base 3 are integrated, and it has a wire holder fixing means. The wire holder fixing means effects its purpose by such a way as to insert a general locking head 4 provided in the rear of the wire holding part into a hole 5 on fixing side. In this embodiment, the retention of the wire is performed so that it may be a wiring path shown by the wire 6 between an electrical board A (7) and an electrical board B (8). For the wire holder of the above constitution, the reduction of wire holder attachment work time, the reduction of the processing cost of the wire holder fixing means, and the reduction of the number of pieces of wire holders become possible and it becomes possible to reduce the manufacture cost, by reducing the number of the wire holder fixing means less than the number of wire holders, for the retention of wire at plural places in the internal wiring of the electric apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire rod holder, and more particularly to a wire rod holder for holding and fixing electric wires in wiring of electric wires used in electric equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a wire rod holder is generally applied to and used for fixing wire rods such as electric wires in the inside and outside of electric equipment, electric equipment, and other industries.

8 and 9 show an example of the structure of a conventional wire rod holder fixing means. The conventional wire rod holder fixing means shown in these drawings is applied to a system in which a hole is provided in the base portion and a fastening member and a fastening hole are provided on the fixed side. Alternatively, it may be applied to a system in which a protrusion provided on the back side of the wire rod holding portion is press-fitted into a press-fitting hole provided on the fixed side. Furthermore, a method of press-fitting the fixed side shaft into the hole of the base portion may be used, or a method of welding and fixing may be adopted when the fixed side material is a resin material.

As examples of prior inventions similar in technical field to the present invention, "Wire harness body mounting structure" in JP-A No. 11-248039 and "Harness clamp and a harness clamp in JP-A No. 11-097862" are used. "Image forming apparatus", "Clip for wire harness" in JP-A-10-041646, "Internal wiring device for electric equipment" in JP-A-9-237984, and JP-A-07-2036.
"Clamp for wire harness" in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 19 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
No. 000-036673, "Fixing device", Actual Kaihei 0
"Electrical Wire Jig", Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 05-032893
There is a "clamp for fixing a wire harness" in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 197970, a "holding jig for a wiring harness" in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 05-008163, and a "clip connecting structure" in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 05-045372.

[0005]

However, in any of the above-mentioned prior arts, as in the present invention, the wire holder for the internal wiring of the electric device is fixed to the holder at a plurality of positions in the wire wiring direction. The means is an integral type, and there is an unsolved problem with regard to performing with a fixed number of holding tools below the holding place.

FIG. 8 shows a structural example of a conventional wire rod holder. Further, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining problems in the structure of the conventional wire rod holder. For example, in the system shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, coating damage is likely to occur due to contact between the corners of the wire rod and the fixed member. In the prior art shown in FIG. 8, even if there is an area 20 where interference between the wire rod and the mounted component is prohibited due to the wire rod entering in the middle of the electric equipment internal wiring path, means for holding and regulating the wire rod is provided. Absent.
Further, because the wire rod cannot be held or regulated, the wire rod is damaged by the contact with the corner portion 21 of the wire rod holder fixed side member.

Conventionally, a wire harness clip (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 10-041646) has been used as a typical wire rod holder in order to perform internal wiring of electric equipment. However, when the wire rods are held at a plurality of places, the same number of fixing means as mounting holes as the wire rod holders used are required. Therefore, the position and the number of fixing means are determined due to the internal restrictions of the electric device.

For example, in order to perform internal wiring of electric equipment,
A wire harness clip (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-04646) is used as a typical wire rod holder. However, when the wire rods are held at a plurality of places, the same number of fixing means as mounting holes as the wire rod holders used are required.
Therefore, the position and the number of fixing means are determined due to the internal restrictions of the electric device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wire rod holder with improved reliability. More detailed purposes are listed below.

According to the present invention, when the wire rod is held at a plurality of positions for the internal wiring of the electric equipment, the number of fixing means is reduced with respect to the number of wire rod holders, thereby relaxing the constraint of the internal wire and holding the wire rod. The burden of tool mounting work will be alleviated, and the number of man-hours for fixing the wire rod holder will be reduced. This aims to reduce the manufacturing cost of the electric device.

According to the present invention, when the wire rod is held at a plurality of positions for the internal wiring of the electric equipment, the number of fixing means is reduced with respect to the number of wire rod holders, thereby alleviating the restriction of the internal wire and holding the wire rod. The burden of tool mounting work will be alleviated, and the number of man-hours for fixing the wire rod holder will be reduced. This aims to reduce the manufacturing cost of the electric device.

Further, the structure of the wire rod holder fixing means is reduced, the direction and direction of the wire rod holder are regulated by an easy means, and the structure for regulating the direction and direction of the wire rod holder is further reduced. That is, when the electric equipment internal wiring route is in space, it is an object to hold and regulate the wire material so as to prevent the wire material from entering the inaccessible area.

[0013]

In order to achieve such an object, the wire rod holder of the present invention, in holding a wire rod for internal wiring of an electric device, uses at least one wire rod holder fixing means to fix the internal wire of the electric device. In order to hold the wire rod, the wire rod can be held at a plurality of positions in the wire rod wiring direction.

Further, the wire rod holder and the wire rod holder fixing means are integrated, and the wire rod holder has one or more direction regulating means.

Further, the wire rod holder and the wire rod holder direction restricting means are integrated so that the wire rod can be held in space even if the wire rod holder fixing means is not provided on the way of the internal wiring of the electric device. The feature is that it is possible.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of a wire rod holder according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1
7 to 7, one embodiment of the wire rod holder of the present invention is shown.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a structural example of a wire rod holder according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The wire rod holder 1 of the present invention is
The plurality of wire rod holding portions 2 and the base portion 3 are integrated and have one wire rod holder fixing means. The wire rod holder fixing means is a method of inserting a general locking head 4 provided on the back side of the wire rod holder into a hole 5 on the fixed side. In this embodiment, the electrical equipment substrate A (7) and the electrical equipment substrate B (8) are held so that the wiring path is similar to that of the wire rod 6.

With the configuration of the first embodiment, it is not necessary to individually provide the holes 11 on the fixed side with respect to one locking head 10 of the conventional wire holder 9 as shown in FIG. .
In addition to the wire rod holder fixing means of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
A hole 13 is provided in the base portion as shown in FIG.
2 and fastening holes 14 are available. Further, there is a method in which the protrusion 15 provided on the back side of the wire rod holding portion as shown in FIG. 3 is press-fitted into the press-fitting hole 16 provided on the fixed side. Further, a method of press-fitting the fixed side shaft into the hole of the base portion as shown in FIG. 4 may be used. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the material of the fixed side is a resin material, a method by welding and fixing 19 can be adopted.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment. The second embodiment is an example in which the restricting means for preventing the direction deviation on the electric equipment internal wiring path is formed by the shape of the fixing means provided at the base of the wire rod holder. In the second embodiment, the fixing means has a quadrangular shape 20 and the fixing side hole has a quadrangular shape 21 to prevent the wiring path from being displaced due to rotation. In the second embodiment, a quadrangle is used as the regulation means for regulating the direction deviation, but a polygonal shape,
The cross shape is also possible.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 7 shows an embodiment in which the wire rod holder direction pre-established means is performed by the shape characteristic inside the wire rod device. In FIG. 7, the wiring member holding portion 22 and the corner portion 23 of the wire rod holder fixed side member in the air are shown. In this embodiment, it is possible to hold (22) in space, and there is no contact (23) with the member on the wire rod holder fixing side. For this reason, it is possible to easily prevent damage to the wire coating.

In the wire rod holding state in the prior art shown in FIG. 9, as described above, when the wire rod enters in the middle of the electric equipment internal wiring path, the area 20 where the interference between the wire rod and the mounted parts is prohibited is generated. In some cases, no means can be provided to hold and regulate the wire. Further, since the wire rod cannot be held or regulated, the wire rod is likely to be damaged due to contact with the corner portion (21) of the wire rod holder fixed side member. In that respect, according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, holding in space (22)
And the contact with the wire holder fixed side member 23 is possible.
Since it is eliminated, it is possible to easily prevent the wire rod from being damaged.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, in the wire rod holder of the present invention, the number of wire rod holder fixing means is larger than the number of wire rod holders for holding wire rods at a plurality of positions in the internal wiring of an electric device. By reducing the number, it is possible to reduce the work time for attaching the wire rod holder, the processing cost of the wire rod holder fixing means, the number of wire rod holders, and the product cost.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the wire rod holder fixing means is formed integrally, so that the fastening means becomes unnecessary and the product cost can be further reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the direction deviation of the wire holder due to the rotation or the like on the internal wiring path of the electric device.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the wire rod holder direction restricting means is formed by the shape characteristics of the wire rod holder fixing means.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the wire can be held even if the electric equipment internal wiring path is in space, and it is possible to easily hold the wire, regulate it, and prevent the wire from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example 1 which is an embodiment of a wire rod holder of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the structural example of this wire rod holder.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example 1 of a wire rod holder fixing means.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example 2 of a wire rod holder fixing means.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a method of press-fitting a fixed side shaft into a hole of a base portion.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a method by welding and fixing when the material of the fixed side is a resin material or the like.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a wire rod holder according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a wire rod holder according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional wire rod holder.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining problems in the structure of the conventional wire rod holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Wire Rod Holder 2 Wire Rod Holder 3 Base 4 Locking Head 5 Fixed Side Hole 6 Wire Rod 7 Electrical Board A 8 Electrical Board B 9 Wire Rod Holder 10 Locking Head 11 Fixed Side Hole 15 Provided on the Back Side of the Wire Rod Holder Protrusion 16 Press-fitting hole provided on the fixed side 19 Welding fixing 20 Square shape of fixing means (area where interference between wire rod and mounted component is prohibited) 21 Square shape of hole on fixed side (corner of wire rod holder fixed side member) ) 22 Wiring material holder 23 in the air Corner of wire member holder fixed side member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A structure for holding a wire rod for internal wiring of an electric device, wherein at least one wire rod holder fixing means enables the wire rod for the internal wiring of the electric device to be held at a plurality of positions in a wire rod wiring direction. A wire rod holder characterized by. 2. The wire rod holder according to claim 1, wherein the wire rod holder and the wire rod holder fixing means are integrated. 3. The wire rod holder according to claim 1, wherein the wire rod holder has one or more direction regulating means. 4. The wire rod holder according to claim 3, wherein the wire rod holder and the wire rod holder direction regulating means are integrated. 5. The wire rod can be held in the space even if the wire rod holder fixing means is not provided in the middle of the electric equipment internal wiring.
The wire rod holder according to any one of 1.