JP2011210174A - Method for setting wire harness path for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce weight, costs of wire harness to be connected to many electronic control units.SOLUTION: A cabling path of the wire harness to be connected to the electronic control units to be loaded on a vehicle is set by a computer, the weight and the costs of components to be attached to the wire harness are input in the computer, and the cabling path where the weight and the costs are reduced is determined as the cabling path of the wire harness.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for setting a wire harness path for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a wiring path of a wire harness connected to an electronic control unit mounted on an automobile so that the total weight and the total cost of the wire harness are reduced. This is what you set.

Recently, electronic control of each member of an automobile has progressed rapidly, and the number of electrical parts mounted on the automobile has increased. These electrical parts are also electronically controlled. Accordingly, an electronic control unit (ECU) mounted on the automobile The number is increasing.
In particular, luxury vehicles are equipped with a safety operation system, entertainment system, parking assist system, security system including a peripheral monitoring camera, and a system for improving operational convenience, and a large number of electronic control units for automatically controlling these systems. Is done. These many electronic control units are mounted at many positions from the front side to the rear side of the automobile, and a wire harness that is a converging body of electric wires for signal circuits, power supply circuits, and earth circuits connected to each electronic control unit There are a number of cars in the car. In addition, since there is a wasteful handling of the wire harness and an exterior material such as a protector is attached to the wire harness, the total weight of the wire harness is increased and the cost is increased.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-296871 proposes an integrated electronic control device that integrates a plurality of electronic control units.
However, even if the integrated electronic control device is provided, all the electronic control devices cannot be integrated, and the integrated electronic control device itself is increased in size and there is a problem that it is difficult to secure a setting space.
In addition, the wire harness that connects the integrated electronic control unit to the electronically controlled components and electrical components on the output side, and the detection signal generators such as the input side switches and sensors tends to be long. As a result, the weight of the electric wire increases, causing an increase in the weight of the automobile, resulting in a problem that it is difficult to improve fuel consumption.

JP 2008-296871 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems described above, and it is possible to set a wiring route of a wire harness connected to an on-vehicle electronic control unit by a computer so that weight or / and cost do not increase. It is an issue.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides:
A method of setting a mounting position of an ECU mounted on a vehicle and a wiring path of a wire harness connected to the ECU with a computer,
First, the following data (A) to (D) are input to the computer,
(A) Weight and cost of multiple types of constituent materials including electric wires, parts, and exterior materials constituting the wire harness;
(B) Mountable position data corresponding to each ECU mounted on the vehicle;
(C) A plurality of wire harness paths of a wire harness wired between the ECU and an input signal generation source including a junction box, a sensor or a switch, and an actuated member operated by the ECU for each mountable position of the ECU data;
(D) Electric wire length, number of connectors and connector types required for each wire harness path of (C), data on the type of exterior material;
Next, input the type of ECU installed in the vehicle,
Next, for each input ECU, select a mounting position from the mounting position data of (B),
Next, a wire harness route is selected from the wire harness route data of (C) based on the selected mounting position,
Next, the required wire length, the number of connectors, the type of connector, and the exterior material are determined from the data of (D) based on the selected wire harness path.
Next, the required weight and cost of the wire harness material are calculated from the data for the wire harness material of (A),
The total weight and total cost of the wire harness are compared with a preset threshold value based on the calculation result. When at least one of the total weight and the total cost is equal to or less than the threshold value, the mounting position of the ECU and the wire harness path connected to the ECU are determined. A method of setting a wire harness path for a vehicle to be determined is provided.

  The wire data of the wire harness constituent material (A) that is first input as described above includes at least the size, price, and weight for each type of wire. The component data includes at least the price and weight of each connector, terminal, and retainer for each type. The data of the exterior material includes the weight and price of each PVC tube, corrugated tube, thermal expansion / contraction tube, tape, and protector. In addition, it includes the weight and price of grommets, clips, relay boxes, and fuse boxes attached to the wire harness.

  It is preferable that the mountable position data corresponding to each ECU mounted on the vehicle of (B) is sequentially provided with a first rank mount position, a second rank mount position, and a plurality of mount candidate positions.

The mounting position of the ECU and the path of the wire harness connected to the ECU are set such that the total weight of the wire harness is reduced and the total cost is reduced from the following viewpoints, for example.
(1) The length of the wire connected to the electronic control unit is shortened;
(2) The number of connectors connected to the wire harness is reduced;
(3) Existing products can be used as parts to be connected to the wire harness and exterior parts, and the number of new parts can be reduced to zero or a small number;
(4) Reduce the waterproof parts of the wire harness and reduce the use of waterproof connectors:

Specifically, the design in which the wire harness connected to the electronic control unit is the cheapest is an expensive electric wire (for example, shielded electric wire) so that the price of the electric wire connected to the electronic control unit is the lowest cost. In addition to taking a routing route that has the shortest length, a routing route that does not pass through a section protected by an expensive exterior material (heat-resistant tube, heat-resistant tape, protector).
In addition, if an inexpensive electric wire can be used even if the electric wire length becomes long, the total electric wire cost can be reduced. Further, if the section that needs to be protected by the expensive exterior material is bypassed, the total exterior cost can be reduced.
In addition, a design in which the wire harness connected to the electronic control unit is the lightest is a wiring route that has the shortest heavy electric wire and a wiring route that does not pass through a section protected by a heavy exterior material. In addition, when a lightweight electric wire is used instead of a heavy electric wire, the weight can be reduced even if the lightweight electric wire is expensive.

As described above, there are cases where the weight reduction and the cost reduction can be performed in conjunction with each other, and vice versa. If the weight is reduced, the cost may increase.
Therefore, the minimum threshold for the total weight of the wire harness connected to each electronic control unit and the minimum threshold for the total cost are set in advance. If at least one of the thresholds reaches the threshold, the ECU is mounted at the selected mounting position and the mounting position. The wiring route of the wire harness connected to the ECU is determined. If both do not reach the threshold value, the threshold value itself may be corrected in stages.

  It is preferable to set in advance a first rank mounting position that is set according to the Max specification in which all the electronic control units are mounted on a vehicle and input them to a computer. In this case, since the mountable space in the vehicle is limited, the relationship between the size of each electronic control unit and the mountable space is set as a reference. Furthermore, the total length of all wires connected to all electronic control units is short, and the number of terminals connected to the wires, the number of connectors, and the route routed in a state where the wires are converged into a wire harness In consideration of all the exterior materials such as protectors and corrugated tubes, the number of clips to be fixed to the vehicle body, and the absence of any members that interfere with the set electronic control unit. Yes. That is, the total length of the electric wire is shortened, and the number of terminals, connectors, protectors and other exterior materials and the number of clips are reduced in total, and there is no interference member. . Therefore, when an electronic control unit is mounted with a max specification in a luxury vehicle or the like, the optimal mounting position is obtained by mounting each electronic control unit at the position set in the first rank mounting position.

  On the other hand, as described above, the mounting positions of all electronic control units are not set in advance in the Max specification, but a plurality of mounting positions are set for each ECU to be mounted from the first rank, and a plurality of mounting positions are mounted on a specific vehicle. After the ECU is determined, the mounting position of each electronic control unit may be set so as to reduce the total weight and the total cost of the wire harness connected to the ECU based on the mutual relationship between the ECUs.

The present invention creates a wiring route diagram of a wire harness based on the route of the wire harness set by the setting method described above. A wire harness manufacturing method for assembling a wire harness based on this routing diagram is provided.
It is preferable that an ECU is connected in advance to the assembled wire harness. It is preferable that the wire harness assembled in this way is routed to the automobile on the automobile assembly line.
The present invention is particularly effective when a large number of electronic control units are mounted on a vehicle. Therefore, the present invention is preferably used for an automobile (four-wheeled vehicle), but it goes without saying that the present invention may be applied to a two-wheeled vehicle.

  As described above, in the wiring route setting method for a vehicle wire harness according to the present invention, by setting the wiring route of the wire harness connected to the electronic control unit mounted on one vehicle by a computer, It is possible to prevent useless handling of electric wires connected to the electronic control unit. As a result, it is possible to reduce the number of connectors attached to the electric wires, the exterior material, and the like, and to reduce the cost and the vehicle weight.

It is drawing which shows the 1st priority mounting position of each electronic control unit set by the Max specification. It is the schematic which shows the wire harness connected with each electronic control unit. (A) is the schematic which shows an example of a structure of a wire harness, (B) is a partially expanded explanatory view of (A). It is a flowchart which shows the determination procedure of the routing route of the wire harness connected with an electronic control unit. It is drawing which shows the state which changed the wiring route of the wire harness while moving the mounting position of an electronic control unit. It is drawing explaining the setting reference | standard of the wiring route of a wire harness.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows all electronic control units 2 (hereinafter referred to as ECUs 2A, 2B,... 2W) that may be mounted on the automobile 1. Note that an ECU not shown in FIG. 1 may be included.

  Wire harnesses 10 (indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 1) are connected to all ECUs 2 (2A, 2B,... 2W) mounted on the vehicle 1 and connected to signal circuit, power supply circuit, and ground circuit wires. It is routed in the car. Wire harnesses routed inside automobiles include instrument panel harnesses (instrument harnesses), floor harnesses, door harnesses, roof harnesses, engine room harnesses, and rear harnesses that are routed inside instrument panels. A wire harness connected to the ECU is included in any of the wire groups of the harness.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each wire harness 10 connected to each ECU includes a wire harness 10A connected to the power supply circuit and signal circuit of the junction box 4 (4A, 4B) connected to the battery side, a sensor, a switch, and the like. A signal harness and a power circuit wire connected to a controlled member 12 that is driven and controlled by an ECU such as a door harness, a door window, and a power seat. It consists of a wire harness 10C.

As shown in FIG. 3, the configuration of each wire harness 10 includes a main line 20 composed of a plurality of electric wire groups, a branch line 21 branched from the main line 20, and the main wire 20 and the terminal of each electric wire W of the branch line 21. As shown in FIG. 3B, the terminal 22 is connected and the terminal 22 is inserted and locked to the connector 23. Further, according to the wiring route of the wire harness, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the wire harness 10 is passed through the protector 24, through the corrugated tube 25, and routed to the flooded area. A water stop treatment part (not shown) is provided, and a grommet (shown) is attached to a through hole insertion portion provided in the vehicle body panel. Furthermore, a clip 27 is attached for fixing to a vehicle body panel or the like.
Further, depending on the wiring route of the wire harness, a fuse box and / or a relay box may be provided.

As described above, each wire harness 10 has a large number of components on the main wires 20 and branch wires 21 that are converged, that is, the terminal 22, the connector 23, the protector 24, the corrugated tube 25, the clip 27, and the connector 23 to which the retainer is attached. In some cases, an electric wire may be passed through a PVC tube as an exterior material, or an adhesive tape may be wound around the electric wire to bind it, and is composed of various types of parts.
Each of these many parts further includes a plurality of types having different sizes, shapes, and forming materials. For example, the electric wires themselves constituting the wire harness also have various types of electric wires such as ordinary round electric wires, shielded electric wires, coaxial electric wires, and flat electric wires. Furthermore, there are a plurality of types with different sizes and different coating materials for each of the plurality of types of electric wires.
Furthermore, depending on the wiring route of the wire harness, the length of the electric wire, the type of the electric wire, the type of the required part, the number of the parts are also different, and the total weight and the total cost of the wire harness are accordingly different. Come on.

  Further, the wiring route of the wire harness 10 naturally changes depending on the mounting position of the ECUs 2A to 2W connected to the wire harness 10, and even if the mounting position of the ECU is determined, the ECU having the specific position as the mounting position is used. A plurality of types of wiring harness wiring paths to be connected can be assumed. The total weight and the total cost of the wire harness change according to the wiring route of the wire harness. That is, when the total weight decreases but the cost increases, the total weight increases but the cost decreases, or both decrease. In order to reduce both the total weight and the total cost of the wire harness as much as possible, the wiring route of the wire harness can be set by a computer. In particular, protectors, etc. will not be new parts created by newly crafting molds, so that general-purpose products can be used, and a routing route that can use non-waterproof connectors instead of waterproof connectors will be set. I have to.

As described above, when the ECU 2 mounted on the specific vehicle has the maximum specification of all ECUs, the mounting position of all the ECUs is determined as the first rank mounting position and connected to the ECU 2 at the first rank mounting position. The routing route of the wire harness 10 is also set to a preset routing route.
However, if a new external interference material is disposed in the wiring route of the wire harness 10 or an obstacle that makes the wiring impossible is disposed in the specific vehicle, the wiring harness is routed. The route needs to be changed. Further, when the mounted ECU 2 is not of the Max specification and there is a vacancy in the first rank mounting position, the mounting position of the ECU 2 becomes the second rank mounting position, and is connected to the ECU of the second rank mounting position. It is necessary to set the wiring route of the wire harness.

  Hereinafter, the procedure for setting the wiring route of the wire harness by the computer will be described with reference to FIG. Since the computer has an arithmetic processing unit between the input unit and the output unit, a storage unit is connected to the arithmetic processing unit, and the storage unit is a general-purpose type configuration in which necessary data is input in advance. Illustration of the configuration of the computer is omitted.

First, the following data (A) to (D) are stored in the storage unit of the computer.
(A) A plurality of types of electric wires constituting the wire harness, a plurality of types of terminals connected to the wires, a plurality of types of connectors for inserting and locking the terminals, a protector attached to the wire harness, a corrugated tube, a PVC tube, an adhesive tape, Weight and cost data for wire harness materials for multiple types of exterior materials including heat stretchable tubes, clips, grommets;
(B) Mountable position data corresponding to each ECU mounted on the vehicle;
(C) a plurality of wire harness route data connecting the ECU and the connected device for each mountable position of the ECU;
(D) Electric wire length, number of connectors and connector types required for each of the wire harness paths, and data on the type of exterior material:

The wire harness material data of (A) will be described in detail. The plurality of types of electric wires are round electric wires, flat cables, shielded electric wires, coaxial wires, etc., and each type of electric wires has a size, a core wire material, and a covering material. It is data of.
The plural types of terminals include a crimp terminal, a pressure contact terminal, and a ground terminal.
The plurality of types of connectors include waterproof / simple waterproof / non-waterproof, number of poles, size, etc., and also includes the presence / absence of a retainer.
The corrugated tube, PVC tube, heat stretchable tube, and adhesive tape have a plurality of sizes.
The plurality of types of the protectors are types of existing products having different shapes.
The plurality of types of the clips are band-type clips and substrate-type clips wound with adhesive tape, such as bands and substrate thicknesses.
The weight and cost of each of these parts are stored in the storage unit.

In the (B) mountable position data corresponding to each ECU mounted on the vehicle, the following data (1) and (2) of all ECUs that may be mounted on the vehicle are input to the computer.
(1) The first order mounting position of the mounting positions set in accordance with the maximum specification standard where all the ECUs 2 are mounted on the automobile 1;
(2) Second order mounting position that can be mounted based on the size of the ECU 2 except for the first order mounting position:

The first order mounting position data set in the Max specification is set based on the relationship between the size of each ECU 2 and the mountable space because the mountable space in the vehicle is limited. In addition, as described above, the wiring path of all the wire harnesses connected to all the ECUs 2 has a short total length of the electric wires, and the number of terminals connected to the electric wires, the number of connectors, and the electric wire group are converged to form the wire harness. Protectors, corrugated tubes, and other exterior materials according to the route routed in the above state, the number of clips to be attached to the vehicle body, and the absence of members that interfere with the set ECU, etc. Is set in consideration of all. In the Max specification, the mounting positions of all the ECUs 2A to 2n and the wiring paths of the wire harnesses 10A to 10n connected to the ECUs 2A to 2n at the mounting positions are set in advance.
That is, the total length of the electric wires is shortened and necessary between the mounting positions of all the ECUs 2A to 2n and the wiring paths of the wire harnesses 10A to 10n connected to the ECUs 2A to 2n at the mounting positions in the Max specification. The number of terminals, the number of connectors, the number of exterior materials such as protectors, and the number of clips are reduced in total, and further, there are no interference members.

The position shown in FIG. 1 is the first rank mounting position of each ECU.
Specifically, the left and right sides of the engine room R1 are set as mounting positions for the VSA (vehicle stability assist) ECU 2A and the SubR / B (sub relay box) ECU 2B.
In the instrument panel 3 of the passenger compartment R2, junction boxes 4A and 4B are mounted on both the left and right sides. The driver seat front position in the instrument panel 3 is set as a mounting position of IHCC (navigation) • ECU 2C, AFS (active front lighting system) • ECU 2D, smart key • ECU 2E, ETC (automatic fee payment) • ECU 2F.
The inside of the driver's seat is the mounting position of the power seat / ECU 2G.
The inside of the center console is set as a mounting position of the engine ECU 2H and the air bag ECU 2I. The yaw rate sensor 6 is arranged in the center console, and the lower part of the passenger seat is set as a mounting position of an EBDS (Electronic Control Power Distribution System) / ECU 2J.
The position in front of the passenger seat in the instrument panel 3 is the mounting position of EPS (Electronic Control Steering System) / ECU 2K, LKAS (Lane Maintenance Support) / ECU 2L, DBW Driver / ECU 2M.
The door ECUs 2N and 2P are mounted in the left and right doors, respectively.

From the right side to the left side of the rear panel of the rear seat of the rear compartment R2 and the trunk room R3, from the right side to the left side, 4WD (4-wheel drive), ECU2Q, intelligent navigation, ECU2R, rear window sunshade, ECU2S, power trunk・ ECU2T, fuel pump / ECU2U mounting position.
The right side in the trunk room R3 is the audio / ECU 2V, and the left side is the mounting position of the navigation / ECU 2W.

The second rank mounting position at which the ECU can be mounted is a mounting position having a space in which the ECU can be mounted, and the length of electric wires to be connected and the number of connectors are smaller for the ECU than the first rank mounting position. Is another mounting position.
For example, intelligent navigation / ECU 2R, navigation / ECU 2W, etc. in which the mounting position is set as the first-order mounting position at the rear of the vehicle, the mounting position with a space that can be mounted is the second-order mounting position. Become.

The plurality of wire harness route data connecting the ECU and the connection device for each mountable position of the ECU (C) is the following route data.
The wire harness path when each ECU is mounted at the first rank mounting position is set as the first rank path, and the second route corresponding to the case where an obstacle is installed on the first rank path under vehicle-side conditions, etc. A second-order route, and a third-order route of a route corresponding to the case where the ECU is mounted at the second-order mounting position.
And about said 1st, 2nd, and 3rd routing route, you may list in advance a plurality of possible routes, respectively.

  The wire length, the number of connectors, the type of connector, and the data of the type of the exterior material required for each wire harness path of (D) are in accordance with the first to third rank paths of (C). This is the data of the parts required for each route.

As described above, in the first step # 1, the data (A) to (D) are previously input and stored in the storage unit of the computer.
In the second step # 2, the type of ECU 2 to be mounted on the corresponding vehicle is input.
In a third step # 3, a mounting position is selected from the mountable position data (B) for each of the input ECUs 2. This selection is the first rank mounting position when the ECU 2 is of the Max specification. If there is an ECU that is not mounted and is not mounted, the mounting position of the ECU is automatically selected as the second rank mounting position.

In the fourth step # 4, a wire harness route is selected from the wire harness route data of (C) based on the ECU mounting position selected in the third step.
As described above, when the position is the first rank mounting position, the first rank path is selected as the wiring path of the wire harness, and when there is an obstacle on the first rank path, the position depends on the position of the obstacle. The second order route is selected, and when the ECU is mounted at the second order mounting position, the third order route is selected.

In the fifth step # 5, the required wire length, number of connectors, connector type, exterior material, and the like are obtained from the data (D) based on the selected wire harness path.
The calculated total weight and total cost of the wire harness material are calculated by the calculation processing unit of the computer from the wire harness material data (A).
In the sixth step # 6, the calculated total weight and total cost are compared with the preset minimum weight threshold and minimum cost threshold by the determination unit.
The minimum weight threshold and the minimum cost threshold are set for each wire harness connected to each ECU, and the minimum weight threshold and the minimum cost threshold are input for each ECU in the second step # 2 for inputting the ECU to be mounted. is doing.

If at least one of the weight and the cost of the wire harness is equal to or less than the set threshold value, in the seventh step # 7, the mounting position and layout in which the mounting position of the ECU and the wiring path of the wire harness connected to the ECU are selected. Determine the search route. If both the weight and the cost of the wire harness exceed the set threshold, the process returns to the fourth step # 4, selects a secondary candidate route as the wiring route of the wire harness, and repeats the step # 5 and subsequent steps.
If the threshold value is not reached in the selection of the wiring route of the wire harness, the mounting position of the ECU may be selected as a different position, or the threshold value itself may be corrected. In either case, the total weight and the total cost of the wire harness are set to be reduced.

  The mounting position of the ECU 2 and the routing route of the wire harness 10 connected to the ECU 2 at the mounting position are determined by the procedure described above. Specifically, for example, the ECU 2 is changed to the mounting position in FIG.

When the IHCC / ECU 2C and the AFS / ECU 2D are not mounted at the set mounting position in the instrument panel 3 and become empty spaces, the intelligent navigation / ECU 2R and the navigation / ECU 2W are set to the mounting positions at the empty space. Moving.
Since the navigation monitor is mounted on the instrument panel 3, the positions of the intelligent navigation • ECU 2R and the navigation • ECU 2W and the navigation monitor are close to each other, so that the output-side signal line connecting them can be shortened.

  Further, when the LKAS / ECU 2L and DBW driver / ECU 2M in which the passenger seat side in the instrument panel 3 is mounted are not mounted, the audio / ECU 2V having the mounting position in the trunk room R3 is moved to the empty mounting position. Mounted. Since the audio switch is provided on the instrument panel 3 near the driver's seat, the length of the electric wire between the audio ECU 2V and the input side signal line can be shortened.

Further, since the mounting position of the intelligent navigation / ECU 2R moved to the instrument panel 3 is an empty mounting position, the fuel pump / ECU 2U having the left mounting position is mounted.
Further, when the vacant mounting position is reached without mounting the 4WD • ECU 2Q, the power trunk • ECU 2T is moved and mounted.
As described above, when the fuel pump / ECU 2U and the power trunk / ECU 2T are moved to the right side, the length of the power supply line connected to the junction box 4 mounted on the lower right side of the instrument panel 3 can be shortened.

As a matter of course, the wiring route of the wire harness 10 connected to the ECU 2 whose mounting position is changed to the empty position is not the first order wiring route but the third order wiring route.
Specifically, for example, the audio ECU 2V is mounted in the instrument panel 3 on the passenger seat side, and the wiring harness 10V in the instrument panel 3 connected to the audio switch 11A near the driver seat is connected to the audio switch 11A. When there is a routing route 10V (a) (b) (c) shown in FIG. 6 as the routing route, the lightest weight and the lowest cost are achieved from the length of the wire, the number of necessary connectors, the presence or absence of a protector, etc. A 10V (c) routing route is selected.
That is, the protector 24 that needs to be newly created is required in the routing route 10V (a), and the fuse unit 30 is interposed in the routing route 10V (b) and the connection of the connector 23 is required. Cost is increased and weight is increased. In the wiring route 10V (c), the length of the electric wire is long, but a protector is not required, and since there is no fuse unit and connector connecting portion, the wiring route (c) is (a) and (b). In comparison, both weight and cost are reduced, and are below the set threshold.

  Thus, in the present invention, the mounting position of the ECU mounted on the vehicle and the wiring route of the wire harness connected to the ECU are selected by the computer, and the route that minimizes the total weight or / and the total cost of the wire harness is used. Has been decided. As a result, it is possible to prevent useless handling of the electric wires connected to the ECU, reduce the number of connectors connected to the electric wires, exterior materials, and the like, and reduce costs and vehicle weight. be able to.

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2A ~ 2W ECU (Electronic Control Unit)
3 Instrument panel 4 Junction box R1 Engine room R2 Car compartment 10 Wire harness

Claims (4)

A method of setting a mounting position of an ECU mounted on a vehicle and a wiring path of a wire harness connected to the ECU with a computer,
First, the following data (A) to (D) are input to the computer,
(A) Weight and cost of multiple types of constituent materials including electric wires, parts, and exterior materials constituting the wire harness;
(B) Mountable position data corresponding to each ECU mounted on the vehicle;
(C) A plurality of wire harness paths of a wire harness wired between the ECU and an input signal generation source including a junction box, a sensor or a switch, and an actuated member operated by the ECU for each mountable position of the ECU data;
(D) Electric wire length, number of connectors and connector types required for each wire harness path of (C), data on the type of exterior material;
Next, input the type of ECU installed in the vehicle,
Next, for each input ECU, select a mounting position from the mounting position data of (B),
Next, a wire harness route is selected from the wire harness route data of (C) based on the selected mounting position,
Next, the required wire length, the number of connectors, the type of connector, and the exterior material are determined from the data of (D) based on the selected wire harness path.
Next, the required weight and cost of the wire harness material are calculated from the data for the wire harness material of (A),
The total weight and total cost of the wire harness are compared with a preset threshold value based on the calculation result. When at least one of the total weight and the total cost is equal to or less than the threshold value, the mounting position of the ECU and the wire harness path connected to the ECU are determined. A method for setting a wire harness path for a vehicle to be determined.   The data of the wire of the wire harness constituent material of the data (A) includes the size for each type of the wire, the data of the component includes a connector, a terminal, and a retainer for each type, and the data of the exterior material includes The method for setting a wire harness path for a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising data of a grommet, a clip, a relay box, and a fuse box attached to the wire harness, including a PVC tube, a corrugated tube, a heat expansion tube, a tape, and a protector. .   Manufacturing a wiring harness for a vehicle that creates a wiring route diagram of the wire harness based on the wiring route of the wire harness set by the setting method according to claim 1, and assembles the wire harness based on the wiring route diagram. Method.   The method of manufacturing a vehicle wire harness according to claim 3, wherein an ECU is connected in advance to the assembled wire harness.

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