JP3627213B2 - Harness protection protector - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a harness protection protector for protecting a U-turn portion such as an electric wire / cable and a bundled wire harness from abrasion.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In particular, in the case of electric wires / cables and wire harnesses that are routed in automobiles, there are many places where they make U-turns around the end of the body panel. Such a U-turn portion has a disadvantage that it is worn by rubbing against the edge of the panel end due to the vibration of the vehicle body, or sometimes disconnected. In order to prevent this, various structures for covering and protecting the harness U-turn portion with a harness protection protector have been proposed.
[0003]
5 and 6 are cross-sectional views showing a conventional harness protection protector. The harness protection protector 1 shown in FIG. 5 is made of a flexible or flexible vinyl tube, and covers and protects the U-turn portion 3a of the harness 3 that turns around and turns around the panel end 2a of the vehicle body panel 2. ing. This prevents the harness U-turn portion 3a from being worn or disconnected by rubbing against the edge of the panel end 2a. Moreover, in the harness protection protector 4 shown in FIG. 6, in this case, it is made of rubber or foamed material attached to the panel end 2a side of the vehicle body panel 2. That is, by covering the panel end 2a with the harness protection protector 4 having such elasticity and flexibility, the U-turn portion 3a of the harness 3 is protected from coming into direct contact with the edge of the panel end 2a. doing.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the case of the former protector structure shown in FIG. 5, the harness protection protector 1 that should protect the harness 3 from wear or the like has the panel end 2 a of the vehicle body panel 2 and the U-turn portion of the harness 3 on the inner and outer surfaces of the tube. There is an inconvenience of rubbing and rubbing both sides of 3a, and not being able to withstand it and causing wear and breakage.
Further, in the protector structure shown in FIG. 6 of the latter case, it is assumed that the U-turn portion 3a of the harness 3 moves especially to the left and right due to vehicle body vibration or the like. A harness protection protector 4 is attached over the length. For this reason, there is a disadvantage that a considerable amount of work is required to attach the harness protection protector 4 and the material cost is excessive.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is particularly in an electric wire / cable or wire harness arranged in an automobile, and the harness of the U-turn portion that wraps around the end portion of the vehicle body panel rubs against the edge of the panel end portion. Another object of the present invention is to provide a harness protection protector that protects against wear and disconnection.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a harness protection protector according to claim 1 according to the present invention covers a U-turn portion of a harness that is routed around a panel end portion of a vehicle body panel and protects the harness protection protector. Because
Formed into a frame shape, the center part of which is formed by a hollow space part, a base with a harness lead-in port that has lost a part of the frame at the rear end part, and a concave groove at the front end part of the base And a guide groove formed by a reversing portion that guides the U-turn portion of the harness by bending the reversing guide portion to be horizontally projected, bending the tip portion of the reversing guide portion into an L shape at a substantially right angle. comprising a protector body that is fixed to a predetermined position of the vehicle body panel facing the panel edge,
A main lid that closes the entire base of the protector body, a fixed lid that covers the reversing guide part of the protector body, and a reversing part of the protector body that is rotatably connected to the tip of the fixed lid. A lid that covers the harness and its U-turn portion along the protector body, and includes a movable lid that is bent in an L shape and is guided in a substantially right angle direction to form a U shape. A cover,
The harness inserted through the harness lead-in port of the protector body is bent in an L-shape through the base through the guide groove and guided in a substantially right-angle direction, and formed into a U-shape by the movable lid. The U-turn part is formed, and the U-turn part of the harness is prevented from rubbing against the panel end part .
With the above configuration, the U-turn part of the harness routed around the panel end of the vehicle body panel is easily and quickly covered and protected by the protector comprising the protector body and the lid cover, so the U-turn of the harness This prevents the part from being worn by rubbing against the edge of the panel end or from being disconnected.
[0007]
In addition, the harness protection protector according to claim 2 forms a plurality of engagement recesses and engagement protrusions on the protector body, and forms a plurality of engagement protrusions and engagement recesses on the lid cover, It is characterized in that the lid cover is concavo-convexly fitted with a click feeling at several places on the protector body.
From the above configuration, the lid cover is assembled with the protector main body so that the cover cover is fitted with a concavo-convex shape with almost one touch, thereby improving workability.
[0008]
The harness protection protector according to claim 3 is configured such that the movable cover formed in a state of being pivotably connected to the distal end of the fixed lid has the lid cover attached to the distal end of the fixed lid via a thin hinge portion. The protector body is integrally formed so as to be rotatable in the closing direction.
From the above configuration, the protector body and the lid cover are integrally formed via the thin hinge portion, so that the number of members can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of a harness protection protector according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0010]
1 and 2 are respective perspective views showing an assembled state and a disassembled state of the harness protection protector (hereinafter simply referred to as a protector) of this example. The protector includes a protector main body 10 and a lid cover 20 which are molded with resin, and protects a U-turn portion of a harness such as an electric wire / cable or a wire harness routed around a body panel of an automobile, for example.
Therefore, the protector body 10 has a base 11 formed in a frame shape as a part for taking in the harness 3, and a part where a part of the frame at the rear end of the base 11 is omitted is a harness drawing port 12. . A central portion of the base 11 is a space portion 13, and engagement concave portions 14 for coupling and assembling the lid cover 20 by undercut fitting or the like are provided on both side frame portions. Further, a concave groove-shaped reversing guide portion 15 for guiding the U-turn portion 3a of the harness 3 is provided in the horizontal direction at the tip portion of the base 11. The tip of the reversing guide portion 15 is a reversing portion 16 that is bent at a substantially right angle into an L shape. Engagement projections 17 and 18 are provided on both side walls of the guide groove formed of the reversing guide portion 15 and the reversing portion 16 for joining and assembling the lid cover 20 by undercut fitting or the like. Yes. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3B, a fixing hook 19 for assembling and fixing the protector body 10 at a predetermined position of the vehicle body panel 2 facing the panel end 2a is provided on the inner surface side of the base 11. Is provided protruding.
[0011]
On the other hand, the lid cover 20 has a rectangular flat plate-shaped main lid 21 that covers the entire base 11 on the protector body 10 side. On both sides of the main lid portion 21, there are provided engaging convex portions 22, which are apparent in FIG. 4, and are fitted to the engaging concave portions 14 provided on the base 11 on the protector body 10 side with one touch. Further, a positioning flange 28 with the protector body 10 is formed on the inner surface of the main lid portion 21 in a shape like an annular rib. By fitting the positioning flange 28 along the inner edge of the frame portion forming the space portion 13 of the base 11, the main lid portion 21 can be positioned with respect to the base 11. Furthermore, a guide lid portion is formed at the tip of the main lid portion 21 so as to cover the entire length of the reverse guide portion 15 and the reverse portion 16 on the protector body 10 side.
[0012]
The guide lid portion includes a fixed lid 23 that covers the reverse guide portion 15 and a movable lid 24 that covers the reverse portion 16. The fixed lid 23 is provided with an engagement recess 26 that fits into the engagement protrusion 17 provided in the reversing guide portion 15 with one touch. The movable lid 24 is integrally formed in a state where it is rotatably connected to the tip of the fixed lid 23 via a thin hinge portion 25 peculiar to resin molding, and can be fitted to the engagement convex portion 18 provided on the reversing portion 16 with one touch. An engaging recess 27 is provided.
[0013]
Next, in FIGS. 3A to 3C, an aspect of protecting the harness routed to the vehicle body panel using the protector of the present example having the above configuration, and the assembly order of the structure and the operation thereof will be described. .
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 3A, a protector comprising a protector body 10 and a lid cover 20 is prepared. In protecting the U-turn part 3a of the harness 3 that is reversed and routed at the panel end 2a of the vehicle body panel 2, as shown by the phantom line by the two-dot chain line in the drawing of FIG. The protector body 10 is fixed to the part 2a by the reversing part 16 and the fixing hook 19 or the like. That is, the inverted portion 16 at the front end bent substantially at a right angle is abutted against the front end surface of the panel end 2a, and behind that, the fixing hook 19 is hooked on the rear end of the panel end 2a for positioning.
[0015]
Similarly, in FIG. 3B, the harness 3 is assembled from the base 11 to the reverse guide portion 15 and the reverse portion 16 with respect to the protector main body 10 positioned and fixed to the panel end 2 a of the vehicle body panel 2. Subsequently, the lid cover 20 is assembled to the protector body 10 so as to cover the harness 3 after incorporation. At that time, the engagement convex portion 22 of the lid cover 20 is dropped and fitted into the engagement concave portion 14 of the protector body 10, and the engagement convex portions 17 and 18 on the protector main body 10 side are also associated with the corresponding engagement portions on the lid cover 20 side. The mating recesses 26 and 27 are dropped and fitted, and each is undercut fitted by almost one-touch operation. At that time, the movable lid 24 on the side of the lid cover 20 is rotated through the thin hinge 25 in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 27 is fitted to the engaging convex part 18 of the reversing part 16 on the protector body 10 side.
[0016]
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the harness 3 is guided to the U-turn state, and the inverted U-turn portion 3a is protected from wear and disconnection without directly rubbing against the edge of the panel end portion 2a. .
[0017]
In the present invention, the protector shown in FIG. 4 is also possible as another embodiment without being limited to the above embodiment. The feature of this example is that the protector body 10 and the lid cover 20 are integrally formed. In other words, the base 11 of the protector body 10 and the end portions of the main lid portion 21 of the lid cover 20 are molded in an integrated form in which the thin hinge portions 30 are connected to each other. Therefore, the advantage in this case is that the protector main body 10 and the lid cover 20 are integrally formed, so that the number of points is reduced accordingly, which is advantageous in terms of management.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the harness protection protector according to the first aspect of the present invention can easily and quickly remove the U-turn portion of the harness routed around the panel end of the vehicle body panel from the protector and the lid cover. Since the protector covers and guides, the U-turn portion of the harness can be prevented from being worn and broken by the edge of the panel end.
[0019]
Moreover, since the harness protection protector according to the second aspect is assembled by fitting the lid cover to the protector main body with substantially one touch, the workability is improved.
[0020]
In the harness protection protector according to the third aspect, the protector main body and the lid cover are integrally formed through the thin hinge portion, so that the number of members can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced accordingly.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an assembled state in a first embodiment of a harness protection protector according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an exploded state in the first embodiment.
3A is a side view showing a disassembled state before assembling the protector body and the lid cover in the first embodiment, and FIG. 3B is a view showing a state in which a harness is assembled at the panel end of the vehicle body panel. FIG. 3C is a side view showing a state in which the protector main body and the lid cover are assembled together, and FIG. 3C is a side view showing a state in which the harness that makes a U-turn at the panel end is protected.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of a harness protection protector according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a conventional example in which a vinyl tube is used as a harness protection protector for protecting a harness U-turn portion.
FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a conventional example of a structure in which a harness protection protector for protecting a harness U-turn portion is attached to a panel end portion of a vehicle body panel.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Body panel 2a Panel end 3 Harness 3a U-turn part 10 Protector body 11 Base 14 Engaging recess 15 Reversing guide part 16 Reversing parts 17, 18 Engaging projection 20 Lid cover 21 Main lid 22 Engaging projection 23 Fixing Lid 24 Movable lid 25, 30 Thin hinge 26, 27 Engagement recess

Claims (3)

A harness protection protector that covers and protects a U-turn portion of a harness routed around a panel end of a vehicle body panel,
Formed into a frame shape, the center part of which is formed by a hollow space part, a base with a harness lead-in port that has lost a part of the frame at the rear end part, and a concave groove at the front end part of the base And a guide groove formed by a reversing portion that guides the U-turn portion of the harness by bending the reversing guide portion to be horizontally projected, bending the tip portion of the reversing guide portion into an L shape at a substantially right angle. comprising a protector body that is fixed to a predetermined position of the vehicle body panel facing the panel edge,
A main lid that closes the entire base of the protector body, a fixed lid that covers the reversing guide part of the protector body, and a reversing part of the protector body that is rotatably connected to the tip of the fixed lid. A lid that covers the harness and its U-turn portion along the protector body, and includes a movable lid that is bent in an L shape and is guided in a substantially right angle direction to form a U shape. A cover,
The harness inserted through the harness lead-in port of the protector body is bent in an L-shape through the base through the guide groove and guided in a substantially right-angle direction, and formed into a U-shape by the movable lid. Forming a U-turn portion and preventing the U-turn portion of the harness from rubbing against the panel end portion . A plurality of engaging recesses and engaging protrusions are formed on the protector body, and a plurality of engaging protrusions and engaging recesses are formed on the lid cover, and the lid cover has a click sensation at several places on the protector body. The harness protection protector according to claim 1, wherein the concave-convex fitting is performed . Said movable lid which is formed in a state pivotally connected to the distal end of the stationary cover, said integrally formed so as to be rotatable in a direction in which the lid cover through a thin hinge portion to the tip of the fixed cover is closed The harness protection protector according to claim 2 or 2, wherein the protector body is configured to cover the protector body .

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