JP2018085841A - Wire harness housing case and wire harness housing assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wire harness housing case that allows easy storing or removing while a retaining multiple winding packing style in almost circular shape, wherein a grommet is attached on one end of a coaxial cable.SOLUTION: A wire harness housing case consists of a storage case body 12 and a lid 20 that covers the storage case body. The storage case body 12 comprises: a plate part 14 on which a coaxial cable 3 wound multiple times in an almost circular shape is placed; a raised part 16 formed such that it is raised from the inner edge of the plate part and which guides a coaxial cable on the plate part; and a first locking part 18 installed such that it extends downward from the top of the raised part. The lid 20 comprises: a cylindrical side surface part 22 that makes contact with the plate part top face peripheral edge; a top face plate part 24 that closes the top face of the cylindrical side surface; a second locking part 26 installed such that it extends downward from the undersurface of the top face plate part and is engaged with the first locking part; and a cable through-groove 28 provided from the undersurface of the cylindrical side surface part, and used to pass a coaxial cable grommet 6 neighboring part from the inner side to the outer side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a wire harness storage case and a wire harness storage assembly.

  Conventionally, a wire harness for electrically connecting a camera mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle and a monitor device or the like has been used. As this type of wire harness, there is a configuration in which a connection terminal and a grommet for connecting a camera are attached to one end of a coaxial cable, and a connection terminal for connecting a monitor device is attached to the other end. This grommet is attached to a hole opened in a panel such as a hatch door at the rear of the vehicle, and protects the coaxial cable inserted through the hole.

  Normally, a wire harness in which a grommet is attached to one end of the coaxial cable in addition to the connection terminal in this way is manufactured by winding the coaxial cable around a circular shape with a predetermined radius several times after manufacturing the wire harness. They are sent to customers in a bundled package.

  On the other hand, various types of communication cables are packaged in a circular shape having a predetermined radius after manufacture, and are housed in a cardboard box or a housing case and sent to customers (for example, see Patent Document 1). .

  Patent Document 1 discloses a communication cable storage case including a cylindrical, flexible transparent vinyl case main body and a fastener provided on a side surface of the case main body. The fastener is opened to store the communication cable in the storage case.

Utility Model Registration No. 3192128

  However, in the storage case shown in Patent Document 1, the manufactured communication cable is stored in a packaged form, and is used by being unwound from the end of the cable and used. It is not suitable for storing a wire harness having a package shape in which a grommet is attached to one end of the package and wound in a circular shape with a predetermined diameter while maintaining the package shape.

  Further, in the cardboard box and the storage case described in Patent Document 1, it takes time to open and close the outlet, and the communication cable cannot be easily stored and taken out.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and maintains a package shape of a wire harness having a package shape in which a grommet is attached to one end of a coaxial cable and a plurality of coils are wound in a substantially circular shape. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wire harness storage case and a wire harness storage assembly that can be easily stored and taken out as they are.

  In order to achieve the above object, a wire harness storage case according to the present invention includes a storage case body that is a resin molded body and a lid body that is a resin molded body covering the storage case body, and a coaxial cable having a required length. A grommet and a first connection terminal provided at one end of the coaxial cable, and a second connection terminal provided at the other end of the coaxial cable, and the coaxial cable having a required diameter. A wire harness in the form of a load, which is wound in a plurality of substantially circular shapes and bound near the first and second connection terminals at both ends, the grommet and the first connection terminal are projected outside, and the others A wire harness storage case configured to be stored, wherein the storage case main body protrudes from a plate portion on which a plurality of the coaxial cables wound in a substantially circular shape are placed, and an inner edge of the plate portion A raised portion that guides the coaxial cable formed in a plurality of substantially circular shapes onto the plate portion, and a first locking portion that extends downward from the upper surface of the raised portion and is provided in a cylindrical shape. The lid body includes a cylindrical side surface portion that comes into contact with a peripheral edge portion of the upper surface of the plate portion, an upper surface plate portion that closes an upper surface of the cylindrical side surface portion, and an upper surface plate portion. A second locking portion that extends downward from the lower surface and engages with the first locking portion; and a portion near the grommet of the coaxial cable that is provided from the lower surface of the cylindrical side surface portion. And a cable passage groove that is inserted from the side to the outer surface side.

  As described above, in the wire harness storage case according to the present invention, the storage case body has a plate portion on which a plurality of coaxial cables wound in a substantially circular shape are placed, and a coaxial cable formed by protruding from the inner edge of the plate portion. A cylindrical side surface part that has a raised portion that guides on the plate part, and the lid abuts on the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the plate part; and an upper surface plate part that closes the upper surface of the cylindrical side surface part. . As a result, when the cover body is put on the storage case body, an annular space surrounded by the plate portion, the raised portion, the cylindrical side surface portion, and the upper surface plate portion is formed, and a plurality of substantially circular shapes are wound therein. It can store coaxial cables with different packing shapes.

  In addition, the wire harness storage case according to the present invention has a cable passage groove through which a portion near the grommet of the coaxial cable is inserted from the inner surface side to the outer surface side on the lower surface of the cylindrical side surface portion of the lid. Thereby, the grommet and the first connection terminal of the wire harness protrude outside the case, and the others are housed inside the case, so that even if the grommet is attached to one end, the load is not further applied. A wire harness can be stored.

  The wire harness storage case according to the present invention includes a first locking portion that extends downward from the upper surface of the raised portion of the storage case main body and is provided in a cylindrical shape, and a lower surface of the upper surface plate portion of the lid. A lid is attached to the storage case main body by engaging with a second locking portion that extends downward. Thus, since it is the structure which engages a storage case main body and a cover body in one place of a wire harness storage case, a cover body can be easily attached or detached to a storage case main body.

  In addition, since the lid can be completely removed from the storage case body, the wire harness in the form of a package wound in a substantially circular shape can be easily placed on the plate portion under the guide of the raised portion. Can be placed. Further, when the wire harness is taken out from the wire harness housing case, the lid body can be completely removed from the storage case main body, so that the wire harness can be easily taken out in the form of the package.

  Therefore, the wire harness storage case according to the present invention can easily store and take out a wire harness having a package shape in which a grommet is attached to one end portion of the coaxial cable and is wound in a substantially circular shape while maintaining the package configuration.

  In the wire harness storage case according to the present invention, the first stacking locking portion provided on the lower surface of the plate portion and the first stacking locking portion provided on the upper surface of the lid body. And a second stacking locking portion corresponding to each other.

  With this configuration, a plurality of wire harness storage cases can be stably stacked. Thereby, space saving of the storage place of a wire harness storage case is realizable.

  Further, in the wire harness storage case according to the present invention, a knob is provided at a position corresponding to the raised portion on the upper surface of the upper surface plate portion of the lid, and the first locking portion of the raised portion is formed. The lower surface of the downward projecting portion may be located above the lower surface of the plate portion, and the gap between the lower surfaces may be equal to or higher than the height of the knob.

  With this configuration, when the plurality of wire harness storage cases are stacked, the picking of the lid does not become an obstacle.

  In the wire harness storage assembly according to the present invention, the coaxial cable having a required length, the grommet and the first connection terminal provided at one end of the coaxial cable, and the other end of the coaxial cable are provided. A wire harness in the form of a package, comprising a plurality of coaxial cables wound in a substantially circular shape with a required diameter and bound near the first and second connection terminals at both ends. And the wire harness storage case described above, wherein the grommet and the first connection terminal protrude outside, and the others are stored in the coaxial cable storage case.

  According to the present invention, a wire harness storage case and a wire harness in which a grommet is attached to one end portion of a coaxial cable and a plurality of substantially circular wound wire harnesses can be easily stored and taken out while maintaining the package shape. A storage assembly can be provided.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the wire harness storage case and wire harness storage assembly which concern on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) is AA sectional drawing of the cover body of FIG. 1, (b) is BB sectional drawing of the storage case main body of FIG. (A) is a perspective view of the wire harness storage case which concerns on 1st Embodiment which accommodated the wire harness of the package form of FIG. 1, (b) is CC sectional drawing of Fig.3 (a). is there. It is a section explanatory view showing the portion of the cable passage groove of the lid concerning a 1st embodiment. It is an exploded sectional view of a storage case main part and a lid of a wire harness storage case concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention, and a mode that a wire harness storage case is stacked is shown with a virtual line.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the wire harness storage case 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a case for storing the wire harness 2, and includes a storage case body 12 that is a resin molded body, and a storage case body 12. And a lid 20 that is a resin molded body to be covered.

  The wire harness 2 is used, for example, to electrically connect a camera attached to the rear part of the vehicle and a monitor device that displays video data sent from the camera. The wire harness 2 includes a coaxial cable 3 having a required length, a grommet 6 and a first connection terminal 4 provided at one end of the coaxial cable 3, and a second connection provided at the other end of the coaxial cable 3. And a terminal 5.

  The first connection terminal 4 is, for example, a connector for connecting the coaxial cable 3 to the camera, and the second connection terminal 5 is, for example, a connector for connecting the coaxial cable 3 to a monitor device or the like. Although the coaxial cable 3 is not limited, for example, it is a cable having a length of 4 m and an outer diameter of 8 mm. The grommet 6 is attached to a hole opened in a panel such as a hatch door at the rear of the vehicle, for example, and is an exterior part for protecting the coaxial cable 3 inserted through the hole. The coaxial cable 3 is routed from the camera attached to the outside of the vehicle through the grommet 6 to the inside of the vehicle through the inside of the vehicle.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the wire harness 2 has a first connection terminal 4 and a grommet 6 at one end, and a coaxial cable having a second connection terminal 5 at the other end. 3 is wound into a substantially circular shape with a required diameter and is bundled by a ribbon 7 near the connection terminals 4 and 5 at both ends. In this package form, the coaxial cable 3 is not limited, but is wound, for example, in a circle having a diameter of 30 cm.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the wire harness storage case 10 projects the grommet 6 and the first connection terminal 4 of the wire harness 2 in the above-described package form to the outside of the case, and stores the others in the case. It is configured. Since the grommet 6 is too large to be housed inside the wire harness housing case 10, or the grommet 6 does not damage the coaxial cable 3, the grommet 6 is projected outside the case together with the first connection terminal 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the storage case main body 12 includes a plate portion 14, a raised portion 16, and a locking recess 18 as a first locking portion. The plate portion 14 is configured to place the coaxial cable 3 wound in a substantially circular shape. The raised portion 16 guides the coaxial cable 3 wound in a substantially circular shape onto the plate portion 14, and is raised in a truncated cone shape from the inner edge of the plate portion 14. The locking recess 18 extends downward from the upper surface 16a of the raised portion 16 and is provided in a cylindrical shape.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lid 20 includes a cylindrical side surface portion 22, an upper surface plate portion 24, a locking convex portion 26 as a second locking portion, a cable passage groove 28, and a knob 25. Have. The cylindrical side surface portion 22 comes into contact with the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface of the plate portion 14 when the lid 20 is put on the storage case main body 12. The upper surface plate portion 24 closes the upper surface of the cylindrical side surface portion 22. The locking convex portion 26 extends downward from the lower surface 24 b of the upper surface plate portion 24 and engages with the locking concave portion 18 provided at the center of the upper surface of the raised portion 16 of the storage case body 12. It is supposed to be. The cable passage groove 28 is provided from the lower surface 22 a of the cylindrical side surface portion 22, and allows the vicinity of the grommet 6 of the coaxial cable 3 to be inserted from the inner surface side of the cylindrical side surface portion 22 to the outer surface side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the locking convex portion 26 of the lid body 20 has annular crest portions 26 a, 26 b, 26 c and annular trough portions 26 d, 26 e formed alternately on the side surface of the truncated cone-shaped main body. Yes. The locking recess 18 of the storage case body 12 includes annular troughs 18a, 18b, 18c on the inner peripheral surface of the tapered round hole so that the locking protrusion 26 of the lid 20 fits with a snap fit. The annular crests 18d and 18e are alternately formed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the position corresponding to the raised portion 16 on the upper surface 24 a of the upper surface plate portion 24 of the lid 34, specifically, the upper surface of the upper surface plate portion 24 on which the locking convex portion 26 is formed. A frustoconical knob 25 is provided at the center of 24a. The user can hold the knob 25 to fit the locking convex portion 26 of the lid 20 into the locking concave portion 18 of the storage case body 12, and the locking convex portion 26 can be engaged with the locking concave portion 18. The locking projection 26 can be removed from the locking recess 18 from the state of being fitted into the locking plate 18. As shown in FIG. 3B, when the locking convex portion 26 of the lid 20 is fitted into the locking concave portion 18 of the storage case main body 12, the peaks 26a, 26b, 26c of the locking convex portion 26 are obtained. Engages with the valleys 18a, 18b, and 18c of the locking recess 18, respectively, so that the locking projection 26 and the locking recess 18 can be held in a fitted state.

  In the present embodiment, the frustoconical locking convex portion 26 having a plurality of annular irregularities formed on the outer peripheral surface is used for locking the tapered round hole having the plurality of annular irregularities formed on the inner peripheral surface. The lid 20 is fixed to the storage case body 12 by fitting with the recess 18, but the fixing structure is not limited to this. The claw portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the columnar locking convex portion is detachably fitted into the annular concave portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the round hole, thereby fixing the lid 20 to the storage case main body 12. It may be a structure. In short, any structure can be adopted as long as the lid 20 is fixed to the storage case body 12 by snap fitting. In the present embodiment, the grommet 6 is provided in addition to the first connection terminal 4 at one end of the coaxial cable 3, but another exterior component is mounted instead of the grommet 6. Also good.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the lid 20 is put on the storage case main body 12 and the locking projection 26 is fitted into the locking recess 18, the upper surface of the raised portion 16 is the upper plate 24 of the lid 20. The lower end of the cylindrical side surface portion 22 contacts the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface of the plate portion 14. As a result, an annular space 29 surrounded by the plate portion 14 of the storage case body 12, the inclined side surface 16 b of the raised portion 16, the cylindrical side surface portion 22 of the lid 20, and the upper surface plate portion 24 is formed. In the annular space 29, the coaxial cable 3 having a package shape wound in a plurality of substantially circular shapes can be accommodated.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cable passage groove 28 is inclined in the lower surface 22 a of the cylindrical side surface portion 22 of the lid 20 by a predetermined angle θ with respect to the radial direction from the cylindrical center O of the cylindrical side surface portion 22. Is formed. The angle θ is 0 ≦ θ <90 °. Thus, the grommet 6 and the first connection terminal 4 can be protruded from the cable through groove 28 to the outside of the case without bending the coaxial cable 3 more than necessary. The groove width and the groove height of the cable passage groove 28 may be any size as long as the coaxial cable 3 passes. For example, when the outer diameter of the coaxial cable 3 is 8 mm, the groove width and the groove height are 10 to 10 respectively. What is necessary is just about 15 mm.

Next, functions and effects will be described.
In the wire harness storage case 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the storage case main body 12 protrudes from a plate portion 14 on which a plurality of coaxial cables 3 wound in a substantially circular shape are placed, and an inner edge of the plate portion 14. A cylindrical side surface portion 22 having a raised portion 16 for guiding the coaxial cable 3 formed on the plate portion 14 onto the plate portion 14, and a lid 20 abutting on the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface of the plate portion 14. An upper surface plate portion 24 that closes the upper surface of 22 is formed. As a result, when the lid 20 is put on the storage case main body 12, an annular space 29 surrounded by the plate portion 14, the raised portion 16, the cylindrical side surface portion 22, and the upper surface plate portion 24 is formed. A coaxial cable 3 having a package shape wound in a plurality of circles can be stored.

  In addition, the wire harness storage case 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has the lower surface 22a of the cylindrical side surface portion 22 of the lid 20 and the portion near the grommet 6 of the coaxial cable 3 from the inner surface side to the outer surface side. A cable passage groove 28 to be inserted is provided. Thus, the grommet 6 and the first connection terminal 4 of the wire harness 2 are projected outside the case, and the others are housed inside the case, so that the grommet 6 is attached to one end. Further, the wire harness 2 can be accommodated without applying a load.

  In addition, the wire harness storage case 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a first locking portion that extends downward from the upper surface 16a of the raised portion 16 of the storage case body 12 and is provided in a cylindrical shape. 18 and the second locking portion 26 provided to extend downward from the lower surface 24 b of the upper surface plate portion 24 of the lid body 20, so that the lid body 20 is attached to the storage case main body 12. It has become. As described above, since the storage case body 12 and the lid body 20 are engaged at one place in the wire harness storage case 10, the lid body 20 can be easily attached to and detached from the storage case body 12.

  In addition, since the lid 20 can be completely removed from the storage case main body 12, the wire harness 2 in the form of a package wound in a substantially circular shape is placed under the plate portion 14 under the guide of the raised portion 16. It can be easily placed on top. Further, when the wire harness 2 is taken out from the wire harness housing case 10, the lid 20 can be completely removed from the housing case main body 12. It can be taken out.

  Therefore, the wire harness storage case 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a package shape of the wire harness 2 in a package shape in which the grommet 6 is attached to one end portion of the coaxial cable 3 and a plurality of coils are wound in a substantially circular shape. It can be easily stored and taken out while being held.

  Moreover, in the wire harness storage case 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the wire harness 2 includes a plurality of coaxial cables 3 wound in a substantially circular shape with a required diameter and ribbons near the connection terminals 4 and 5 at both ends. 7, the grommet 6 and the first connection terminal 4 protruding outside the case are not pulled out from the wire harness storage case 10 more than necessary.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a wire harness storage case 30 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the wire harness storage case 30 according to the present embodiment when the storage case body 32 and the lid 34 are separated from each other.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the wire harness storage case 30 according to the second embodiment includes a first stacking locking portion 36 provided on the lower surface of the plate portion 14 of the storage case main body 32, The first embodiment is that it has a second stacking locking portion 38 provided on the upper surface 24a of the upper surface plate portion 24 of the lid 34 so as to engage with the stacking locking portion 36. It is different from the form. Other identical components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the first stacking locking portion 36 is an annular convex portion formed on the outer peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the plate portion 14 of the storage case main body 32. The second stacking locking portion 38 has a width substantially the same as the width of the convex portion of the first stacking locking portion 36 and is formed on the outer peripheral edge portion of the upper surface plate portion 24 of the lid 34. It is a part of an annular recess.

  As shown by the phantom line (two-dot chain line) in FIG. 5, when stacking a plurality of wire harness storage cases, the first stacking locking portion 36 of the storage case body 32 of the upper wire harness storage case 30 is It fits in the 2nd latching | locking part 48 for stacking of the cover body 42 of this wire harness storage case. Further, the lower surface of the lower projecting portion 16 c forming the locking recess 18 of the raised portion 16 is located above the lower surface of the plate portion 14, and the gap between the lower surfaces is equal to or higher than the height of the knob 25. It has become. In the present embodiment, the upper surface of the knob 45 of the lid 42 of the lower wire harness storage case is the lower protrusion 16c in which the locking recess 18 of the storage case body 32 of the upper wire harness storage case 30 is formed. It fits into a recess 16d formed on the lower surface.

  With the above configuration, the wire harness storage case 30 according to the second embodiment can stably stack a plurality of wire harness storage cases. Further, when the plurality of wire harness storage cases are stacked, the picking of the lid does not become an obstacle. Therefore, space saving of the storage place of a wire harness storage case is realizable.

  Moreover, the wire harness storage assembly 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided with the wire harness 2 and the wire harness storage cases 10 and 30 as shown in FIG. The wire harness 2 of the wire harness storage assembly 1 is provided with a coaxial cable 3 having a required length, a grommet 6 and a first connection terminal 4 provided at one end of the coaxial cable 3, and the other end of the coaxial cable 3. Second connection terminal 5. The package of the wire harness 2 is formed by winding a plurality of coaxial cables 3 to which the grommet 6, the first connection terminal 4 and the second connection terminal 5 are attached in a substantially circular shape with a required diameter as described above. The connection terminals 4 and 5 are bundled by the ribbon 7 in the vicinity. The wire harness storage assembly 1 according to the present embodiment causes the grommets 6 and the first connection terminals 4 to protrude outside the case while maintaining the above-described package form of the wire harness 2, and the other wire harness storage cases 10, 30. It has a configuration housed in.

  As described above, the present invention has an effect that a wire harness having a package shape in which a grommet is attached to one end of a coaxial cable and is wound in a substantially circular shape can be easily stored and taken out while maintaining the package configuration. It is useful for the wire harness storage case and the wire harness storage assembly in general.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wire harness storage assembly 2 Wire harness 3 Coaxial cable 4 1st connection terminal 5 2nd connection terminal 6 Grommet 10, 30 Wire harness storage case 12, 32 Storage case main body 14 Plate part 16 Raised part 18 Recessed part for locking ( First locking part)
20, 34 Lid 22 Cylindrical side part 24 Upper face plate part 26 Locking convex part (second locking part)
28 Cable Passing Groove 36 First Stacking Locking Section 38 Second Stacking Locking Section

Claims (4)

A storage case body that is a resin molded body; and a lid body that is a resin molded body that covers the storage case body; a coaxial cable having a required length; a grommet provided at one end of the coaxial cable; And a second connection terminal provided at the other end of the coaxial cable, and a plurality of the coaxial cables are wound into a substantially circular shape with a required diameter, and the first and second ends of the both ends. A wire harness storage case configured to store a wire harness in a package form bundled near the connection terminal of the grommet, the grommet and the first connection terminal to the outside, and store the others.
The storage case body includes a plate portion on which the plurality of coaxial cables wound in a substantially circular shape are placed, and the coaxial cable that is formed to protrude from the inner edge of the plate portion and is wound in a plurality of substantially circular shapes on the plate portion. And a first locking portion that extends downward from the upper surface of the protruding portion and is provided in a cylindrical shape,
The lid body extends below the lower surface of the upper surface plate portion, a cylindrical side surface portion that contacts the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the plate portion, an upper surface plate portion that closes the upper surface of the cylindrical side surface portion. A second locking portion that engages with the first locking portion and a lower surface of the cylindrical side surface portion, and a portion near the grommet of the coaxial cable is inserted from the inner surface side to the outer surface side. A wire harness storage case comprising a cable passage groove. A first stacking locking portion provided on the lower surface of the plate portion;
2. A second stacking locking portion provided on an upper surface of the lid body and corresponding to engage with the first stacking locking portion. Wire harness storage case.   A knob is provided at a position corresponding to the raised portion on the upper surface of the upper surface plate portion of the lid, and the lower surface of the downward projecting portion forming the first locking portion of the raised portion is the plate. 3. The wire harness storage case according to claim 1, wherein the wire harness storage case is located above the lower surface of the portion and a gap between the lower surfaces is equal to or higher than the height of the knob. A coaxial cable of a required length, a grommet and a first connection terminal provided at one end of the coaxial cable, and a second connection terminal provided at the other end of the coaxial cable, A wire harness in the form of a package in which a plurality of coaxial cables are wound in a substantially circular shape with a required diameter and are bundled near the first and second connection terminals at both ends.
A wire harness storage case according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A wire harness storage assembly in which the grommet and the first connection terminal protrude outside and the others are stored in the wire harness storage case.

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