JP2015204736A - protector and wire harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector capable of avoiding clearance lack or interference to a peripheral component, and a wire harness.SOLUTION: A protector 30 includes: a trough-shaped main body 31 including a bottom face 31a and a pair of side faces 31b and 31c protruding continuously to both edges of the bottom face 31a; and a cover body 33 which is integrally formed via a hinge 32 on one side face 31b of the protector body 31 and covers an opening between the pair of side faces 31b and 31c of the protector body 31. A wire group 20 formed from a plurality of wires 21 is accommodated within the protector body 31. The bottom face 31a and the cover body 33 are made flat by repulsive forces of the plurality of wires 21 in the case where an opening of the protector body 31 is covered by the cover body 33 while accommodating the wire group 20 within the protector body 31.

Description

  The present invention relates to a protector and a wire harness.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a protector that accommodates an electric wire group routed in an automobile is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). FIG. 5 shows a protector described in Patent Document 1. In FIG. 5, a protector 100 is integrally formed with a trough-shaped protector main body 101 that accommodates an electric wire group composed of a plurality of electric wires, and a protector main body 101 via a hinge portion 102, and is folded on the protector main body 101. Accordingly, a plate-like lid 103 that covers the opening of the protector main body 101, and a locking portion 104a and a hook 104b as locking means for holding the lid 103 in a state of covering the opening of the protector main body 101, It is configured. In the protector 100, a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is a horizontally long rectangle.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-80968

  However, the protector 100 described above accommodates a plurality of electric wires inside the protector main body 101 and covers the opening of the protector main body 101 with the lid body 103, so that the bottom surface and the lid of the protector main body 101 are repelled by the electric wires. The body 103 swells in a convex shape toward the outside. For this reason, the protector 100 has a problem in that the dimension from the bottom surface to the top surface becomes thick at the center in the width direction, resulting in insufficient clearance and interference with peripheral components.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a protector and a wire harness that can avoid insufficient clearance and interference with peripheral components.

  In order to achieve the above object, a protector according to the present invention has a trough-shaped protector body having a bottom surface portion and a pair of side surface portions projecting from both edges of the bottom surface portion, and one side surface of the protector body. A lid that is integrally formed with the hinge via a hinge portion and is folded over the protector main body to cover an opening between the pair of side surfaces of the protector main body, and the lid is the opening of the protector main body A protector for holding a wire group consisting of a plurality of wires inside the protector body, wherein the bottom surface portion has an inward vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction. It is the structure shape | molded by the curved shape.

  With this configuration, the protector according to the present invention accommodates an electric wire group consisting of a plurality of electric wires inside the protector main body, and covers the opening of the protector main body with the lid so that the bottom portion and the lid of the protector main body are When a plurality of wires are pressed and pushed in, the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the protector body is a molded shape curved inward, so that the plurality of wires are displaced to the side portions on both sides. The wiring density helps to equalize, and the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom part of the protector main body is inflated and flattened by the repulsive force of the wire from the molded shape curved inward, and the wire group is equalized. Can be accommodated. In the protector according to the present invention, the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the protector body is a molded shape curved inward. The bottom part of the main body is kept flat. Therefore, the protector according to the present invention does not increase the dimension from the bottom surface to the top surface at the center in the width direction, and can avoid insufficient clearance and interference with peripheral components.

  In the protector having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the lid body has a configuration in which a vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction is curved inward.

  With this configuration, the protector according to the present invention accommodates an electric wire group consisting of a plurality of electric wires inside the protector main body, and covers the opening of the protector main body with the lid so that the bottom portion and the lid of the protector main body are When a plurality of electric wires are pressed and pushed in, the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lid body is a molded shape curved inward, so that the electric wire group is accommodated inside the protector body by the lid body. If the opening part of a protector main body is covered, a cover body will receive the repulsive force from a some electric wire with the bottom face part of a protector main body, it will become flat, and an electric wire group can be equalized and accommodated. Therefore, the protector according to the present invention does not increase the dimension from the bottom surface to the top surface at the center in the width direction, and can avoid insufficient clearance and interference with peripheral components.

  In order to achieve the above object, a wire harness according to the present invention has a configuration in which an electric wire group composed of a plurality of electric wires is accommodated inside a protector body of the protector described above and a lid is closed.

  With this configuration, when the wire harness according to the present invention accommodates a group of wires inside the protector body and covers the opening of the protector body with the lid, the bottom surface of the protector body and the lid press the plurality of wires. Since the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface portion of the protector main body and the lid body is a molded shape curved inward, the bottom surface portion of the protector main body and the lid body are flat. The electric wire group can be equalized and accommodated. Therefore, the wire harness according to the present invention does not have a large dimension from the bottom surface to the top surface at the widthwise central portion of the protector, and can avoid insufficient clearance and interference with peripheral components.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the protector and wire harness which can avoid lack of clearance and interference with respect to a peripheral component can be provided.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the completion state of the wire harness which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the middle of manufacture of the wire harness which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the protector single-piece | unit of the wire harness which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the edge part shape of the protector of the wire harness which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the conventional protector.

  Hereinafter, protectors and wire harnesses according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the wire harness 10 according to the present embodiment includes an electric wire group 20 and a protector 30 that accommodates the electric wire group 20, and is wired in an automobile. . The electric wire group 20 includes a plurality of electric wires 21 that electrically connect electronic devices mounted on an automobile.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the protector 30 has a trough-shaped protector body 31 having a bottom surface portion 31a and a pair of side surface portions 31b and 31c projecting from both edges of the bottom surface portion 31a, and one edge portion of the protector body. 31 is provided with a lid 33 integrally formed on one side surface portion 31b of the base 31 via a hinge portion 32, a locking portion 34a and a hook portion 34b constituting a locking means, and an electric wire group inside the protector body 31. 20 is accommodated. The protector 30 is formed of a resin material, and as shown in FIG. 3, the cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is a horizontally long rectangle.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the lid 33 is folded around the hinge portion 32 so that the other edge portion abuts on the other side surface portion 31 c of the protector body 31, thereby forming a pair of side surface portions 31 b of the protector body 31. , 31c is configured to cover the opening. As shown in FIG. 4, the lid 33 has a tongue-like locking piece 33 a that protrudes in the extending direction of the electric wire group 20 at the end.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the locking portion 34 a is a hollow body that is formed integrally with the other side surface portion 31 c of the protector body 31 and extends in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the hook portion 34 b is a hook-like body formed on the other edge portion of the lid body 33, and engages with the locking portion 34 a so that the lid body 33 covers the opening of the protector body 31. It is supposed to be kept in the state. The protector 30 having the above configuration has a horizontally long rectangular cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom surface portion 31 a of the protector main body 31 is convex toward the inside of the protector main body 31 in a cross section perpendicular to the protector longitudinal direction before the electric wire group 20 is accommodated inside the protector main body 31. As shown in FIG. 1, when the wire group 20 is accommodated in the protector main body 31 and the opening of the protector main body 31 is covered with the lid 33, the repulsive force is generated from the plurality of electric wires 21. It is configured to receive and flatten.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the lid 33 is curved in a convex shape toward the inside of the protector main body 31 in a cross section perpendicular to the protector longitudinal direction before the electric wire group 20 is accommodated in the protector main body 31. As shown in FIG. 1, when the wire group 20 is accommodated inside the protector main body 31 and the opening of the protector main body 31 is covered by the lid 33, the repulsive force is received from the plurality of electric wires 21 to be flat. It is comprised so that it may become. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the locking piece 33 a of the lid 33 and the wire group 20 exposed to the outside of the protector 30 are fixed to each other by an adhesive tape T wound around the locking piece 33 a and the wire group 20. Has been.

  The wire harness 10 according to the present embodiment accommodates the wire group 20 composed of a plurality of electric wires inside the protector main body 31 and covers the opening of the protector main body 31 with the lid 33, thereby providing a bottom surface portion of the protector main body 31. Since the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface portion 31a of the protector body 31 is a shape that is curved inward when the 31a and the lid body 33 are in a state of pressing and pressing the plurality of electric wires 21, a plurality of The wire 21 is shifted to the side surface portions 31b and 31c on both sides to help equalize the wiring density, and the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface portion 31a of the protector body 31 is changed from the molded shape curved inward to the wire. Accordingly, the electric wire group 20 can be equalized and accommodated. In the protector 30 according to the present invention, the vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface portion 31a of the protector main body 31 is a molded shape curved inward, so that it resists the repulsive force of the electric wire even after a long time. And the bottom face part 31a of the protector main body 31 is kept flat. Therefore, the protector according to the present invention does not increase the dimension from the bottom surface to the top surface at the center in the width direction, and can avoid insufficient clearance and interference with peripheral components.

  As described above, the protector and the wire harness according to the present invention have an effect that a lack of clearance and interference with peripheral components can be avoided, and are useful for the protector and the wire harness in general.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wire harness 20 Electric wire group 21 Electric wire 30 Protector 31 Protector main body 31a Bottom surface part 31b, 31c Side surface part 32 Hinge part 33 Cover body 34a Locking part (locking means)
34b Hook part (locking means)

Claims (3)

A trough-like protector body having a bottom surface portion and a pair of side surface portions projecting from both edges of the bottom surface portion;
A lid body that is integrally formed with one of the side surface portions of the protector body via a hinge portion, and covers the opening between the pair of side surface portions of the protector body by being folded on the protector body;
Lock means for holding the lid in a state of covering the opening of the protector body,
A protector that accommodates an electric wire group consisting of a plurality of electric wires inside the protector body,
The bottom surface portion has a configuration in which a vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to a longitudinal direction is formed in a shape curved inward.   The protector according to claim 1, wherein the lid has a configuration in which a vertical cross-sectional shape with respect to a longitudinal direction is formed in a shape curved inward.   The wire harness characterized by accommodating the electric wire group which consists of a some electric wire in the inside of the protector main body of the protector of Claim 1 or 2, and closing a cover body.

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