JP6762555B2 - Cover cap - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cover cap that accommodates a lateral protrusion that projects laterally from a long work.

Conventionally, it is known that it is a grommet protective device that is attached to a wire harness as a long work and accommodates a grommet that projects to the side thereof, and is used by closing the lid after storing the grommet in a case. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-333522 (paragraphs [0029], [0030], FIGS. 1, 13)

In the above-mentioned grommet protective device, it is necessary to put the lid on the case and lock it after storing the grommet in the case at the time of mounting. Similarly, at the time of detachment, it was necessary to release the lock between the case and the lid before removing the grommet from the case. As described above, the conventional grommet protective device has a drawback that it takes time to put on and take off.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cover cap that can be easily attached to and detached from a long work.

The invention of claim 1 made in order to achieve the above object has a container structure in which a pair of grooves that can receive a long work from the side are provided at opposite positions, and is stretched laterally from the long work. A cover cap for accommodating the side protrusions to be ejected, which connects the pair of facing walls having the grooves and the outer edges of the pair of the facing walls, and sideways the side protrusions. The connecting wall covering from three sides, the accommodating portion of the groove portion in which the long work is accommodated, and the groove portion on the inlet side of the accommodating portion are narrowed down to hold the long work in the accommodating portion. A cover cap having a holding portion and a pair of facing walls formed on an extension of the groove portion to communicate with the groove portion and to divide the facing wall into two together with the groove portion.

The invention of claim 2 is the cover cap according to claim 1, wherein the divided portion has a constricted portion between the divided portion and the accommodating portion, and the back side thereof is wider than the constricted portion.

The invention of claim 3 is the cover cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner surface of the portion of the divided portion opposite to the accommodating portion and the inner surface of the connecting wall are substantially flush with each other.

In the invention of claim 4, a first guide portion narrowed toward the inlet side is formed on the accommodating portion side of the holding portion of the groove portion, and the inlet side of the holding portion of the groove portion is formed. The cover cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a second guide portion narrowed toward the accommodating portion side is formed.

The invention of claim 5 is the cover cap according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a protruding portion stands up from the outer edge of the groove portion in the pair of facing walls.

[Invention of claim 1]
According to the invention of claim 1, when the pair of facing walls are elastically deformed and the long work is passed to the back side of the holding portion, and then the pair of facing walls are elastically restored, the long work is inside the accommodating portion. The cover cap is attached to the long work in a state where the side protrusion is accommodated. Similarly, the cover cap is removed from the long work by elastically deforming the pair of facing walls and allowing the long work to pass from the holding portion toward the inlet side. As described above, according to the cover cap of the present invention, the case and the lid are attached to and detached from the long work by elastically deforming the pair of facing walls so that the long work passes through the holding portion. It is possible to make it easier to attach / detach to / from a long work than before, which requires locking / unlocking work with the body. Moreover, since the portion of the facing wall on the back side from the accommodating portion is also divided into two by the dividing portion, the facing wall can be easily opened, and it can be more easily attached to and detached from the long work.

[Invention of claim 2]
In the invention of claim 2, since the inner side of the divided portion is wider than the constricted portion between the divided portion and the accommodating portion, a tool or a finger can be inserted into the divided portion, and the workability of attachment / detachment is improved.

[Invention of claim 3]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the facing wall is divided into two parts up to the portion connected to the connecting wall, the opening amount of the facing wall becomes large and the attachment / detachment becomes easier.

[Invention of claim 4]
According to the invention of claim 4, when the cover cap is removed from the long work, the long work is guided to the holding portion by the first guide portion by pulling the cover cap, so that the cover cap can be removed smoothly. Become. Similarly, when the cover cap is attached to the long work, the long work is guided to the holding portion by pressing the second guide portion of the cover cap against the long work, and the attachment becomes smooth.

[Invention of claim 5]
In the cover cap of claim 5, since the end face that comes into contact with the long work is widened, it is possible to prevent the long work from being damaged.

Perspective view of the grommet protective device and the wire harness according to the embodiment of the present invention. Perspective view of grommet protective equipment Front view of grommet protective equipment Bottom side perspective view of grommet protective equipment Front view when attaching the grommet protector to the wire harness Front view with grommet protector attached to wire harness Perspective view of the grommet protector attached to the wire harness Bottom view of the grommet protector attached to the wire harness Side sectional view of the grommet protector attached to the wire harness Perspective view of the grommet protective device and the wire harness according to the modified example Front view of the state where the grommet protective device according to the modified example is attached to the wire harness. Front view of the state where the grommet protective device according to the modified example is attached to the wire harness.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 90 is a wire harness corresponding to the “long work” of the present invention, and the wire harness 90 has a grommet 95 projecting laterally (corresponding to the “side protrusion” of the present invention). Is provided. The grommet 95 has a disc-shaped disc portion 95A, and one surface of the disc portion 95A is a dome portion 95B that bulges outward. Further, on the other surface of the disk portion 95A, a cylindrical portion 95C having a diameter smaller than that of the disk portion 95A is provided. A groove 95M extending over the entire outer circumference is formed at a position closer to the end of the disk portion 95A on the columnar portion 95C side (see FIGS. 8 and 9).

The grommet protector 10 to which the present invention is applied (corresponding to the “cover cap” of the present invention) is used to protect the grommet 95 during transportation of the wire harness 90 described above. In the following description, "up and down" refers to the top and bottom in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the grommet protective device 10 has a container structure that is open downward, and has a first side wall 11 and a second side wall 12 that face each other (corresponding to the “pair of facing walls” of the present invention. The first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are connected to each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the first side wall 11 is a flat plate having a shape that combines a trapezoid that slightly expands downward under a semicircle that bulges upward, and has a semicircular arc shape that bulges upward on the outer edge. 11A, side portions 11B and 11B extending downward from both ends of the arc portion 11A, and lower side portions 11C extending in a direction in which the lower ends of the side side portions 11B and 11B are in contact with each other. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the second side wall 12 has the same planar shape as the first side wall 11, and like the first side wall 11, the arcuate portion 12A and the side side portions 12B and 12B are formed on the outer edge. It has a lower side portion 12C and. Further, in the present embodiment, the first side wall 11 is a flat plate, while the second side wall 12 has a bulging portion 12F in which the lower center portion bulges outward in a stepped manner. Specifically, the second side wall 12 has a strip-shaped main plate 12S extending along the arc portion 12A and the side side portions 12B and 12B, and is arranged outward from the main plate 12S in the axial direction of the wire harness 90. It has a sub-plate 12T parallel to the above. The sub-plate 12T has a shape in which the first side wall 11 is slightly smaller, and its lower end is located at the same position in the vertical direction as the lower ends of the first side wall 11 and the main plate 12S. Then, the inner edge of the main plate 12S and the outer edge of the sub plate 12T are connected by an upright wall 12U extending perpendicularly to them.

The connecting wall 13 is substantially orthogonal to the main plate 12S of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, and is between the arc portions 11A and 12A of the first side wall 11 and the main plate 12S of the second side wall 12 and on the side. The side portions 11B and 12B are connected to each other. As a result, the connecting wall 13 covers the contained object from three sides in the upward and lateral directions. Further, the lower end of the connecting wall 13 is located at the same position in the vertical direction as the lower ends of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, and the entire lower end surface of the grommet protective tool 10 is substantially flush with each other.

The portions of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 adjacent to the connecting wall 13 are chamfered R surfaces 11K and 12K. Further, the portion of the auxiliary plate 12T of the second side wall 12 adjacent to the upright wall 12U also has an R surface 12V.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower end of the grommet protective tool 10 has an opening 15, and is arranged inside the grommet protective tool 10 between the main plate 12S of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12. The large-diameter first accommodating portion 10X and the small-diameter second accommodating portion 10Y arranged inside the bulging portion 12F of the second side wall 12 are arranged.

By the way, in the grommet protective tool 10 of the present embodiment, harness accommodating grooves 20 and 20 (corresponding to the "groove portion" of the present invention) for receiving the wire harness 90 are formed on the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12. There is. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the harness accommodating grooves 20 and 20 are groove inlets 20A and 20A provided at the center in the lateral direction of the lower side portions 11C and 12C of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 (this). It extends from the "entrance" of the invention) to the central part in the vertical direction. The inner part of the harness accommodating groove 20 is the accommodating portion 20H of the present invention, and the groove entrance 20A side of the harness accommodating groove 20 is narrowed so as to be close to each other. There is. The accommodating portion 20H has a substantially circular shape, and its diameter is substantially the same as the width of the groove inlet 20A, which is slightly larger than the diameter of the wire harness 90. The width of the holding portion 20K is about 1/3 of the diameter of the wire harness 90.

Further, the upper portion of the harness accommodating groove 20 of the holding portion 20K becomes the first guide portion 20F that narrows toward the lower side, and the lower portion of the holding portion 20K becomes the first guide portion 20F that narrows toward the lower side, and the lower part of the holding portion 20K becomes upward from the groove entrance 20A. It is a narrowed second guide portion 20G.

Here, of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, operating portions 21 and 21 penetrating the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are formed above the harness accommodating groove 20. The operation unit 21 has a square shape with rounded corners, and the inner surface of the upper end thereof is flush with the inner surface of the connecting wall 13. Further, the operating portion 21 communicates with the harness accommodating groove 20, and among the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, a constricted portion 22 of the present invention is formed between the operating portion 21 and the harness accommodating groove 20. It is formed. The width of the constricted portion 22 is smaller than the width of the holding portion 20K, and the wire harness 90 cannot pass through. The operation portion 21, the constriction portion 22, and the harness accommodating groove 20 divide the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 laterally to a portion connected to the connecting wall 13. The "dividing portion" of the present invention is composed of the operating portion 21 and the constricted portion 22.

Further, the grommet protective tool 10 includes the entire end face, that is, the lower side portions 11C and 12C of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, the operation portion 21, the constricted portion 22, the outer edge of the harness accommodating groove 20, and the connecting wall. A continuous protruding portion 25 is formed on the lower edge portion of 13. The projecting portion 25 projects outward with a width of about 1.5 to 3 times the plate thickness of the first side wall 11, the second side wall 12, and the connecting wall 13.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in the second side wall 12, the harness accommodating groove 20 is formed in the sub plate 12T, and the operation portion 21 is formed straddling the sub plate 12T and the main plate 12S. ing. Specifically, a tubular portion 12H extending in the axial direction of the wire harness 90 is formed so as to project from the upper portion of the sub plate 12T to the upper end of the main plate 12S in the second side wall 12.
The upper end of the tubular portion 12H is arranged on an extension of the upper portion of the connecting wall 13, and the inner surface of the upper end of the tubular portion 12H and the inner surface of the connecting wall 13 are flush with each other. The tip of the tubular portion 12H is the operating portion 21.

This is the configuration of this embodiment. Next, the action and effect of this embodiment will be described.

First, the grommet protective device 10 is attached to the wire harness 90 as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the grommet 95 is received from the opening 15, the second guide portion 20G of the harness accommodating groove 20 is addressed to the wire harness 90, and the grommet protective tool 10 is pushed in. Then, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are elastically deformed, the grommet protective tool 10 is opened laterally, and the wire harness 90 is guided to the accommodating portion 20H side. When the wire harness 90 passes through the holding portion 20K, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are elastically restored, and the wire harness 90 is held by the accommodating portion 20H as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9. At this time, the disk portion 95A of the grommet 95 is covered from three sides by the connecting wall 13 and accommodated in the first accommodating portion 10X, and the cylindrical portion 95C is accommodated in the second accommodating portion 10Y (FIGS. 8 and 8). 9).

When removing the grommet protector 10 from the wire harness 90, for example, a finger is inserted into the operation portion 21 and the top of the connecting wall 13 is pulled up with respect to the wire harness 90. Then, the wire harness 90 is guided by the first guide portion 20F and moves toward the holding portion 20K, the grommet protective tool 10 is elastically deformed and opened in the lateral direction, and the wire harness 90 passes through the holding portion 20K and comes off. .. The grommet protector 10 elastically returns when the wire harness 90 passes through the holding portion 20K.

According to the grommet protective device 10 of the present embodiment, the wire harness 90 is detached from the wire harness 90 by elastically deforming the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 so that the wire harness 90 passes through the holding portion 20K. , It is possible to easily attach / detach the wire harness 90 to / from the wire harness 90 as compared with the configuration in which the case and the lid are locked / unlocked. Further, since the first guide portion 20F and the second guide portion 20G are formed on the upper side and the lower side of the holding portion 20K, respectively, the wire harness 90 is guided to the holding portion 20K by pushing or pulling the grommet protective tool 10. , Can be attached and detached more smoothly.

Further, since the operation portion 21 into which a finger or a tool can be inserted is formed above the harness accommodating groove 20, the workability of attachment / detachment is improved. Further, since the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are separated to the portion connected to the connecting wall by the harness accommodating groove 20 and the operation portion 21, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are easily elastically deformed. (The grommet protective device 10 can be easily opened in the lateral direction), and it becomes easier to put on and take off.

Further, since the protruding portion 25 is formed on the entire end surface of the grommet protective tool 10, the end surface that comes into contact with the wire harness 90 becomes wider, and damage to the wire harness 90 can be prevented. Further, since the grommet protective tool 10 itself is reinforced by the protruding portion 25, damage to the grommet protective tool 10 can be prevented. In particular, the grommet protective device 10 is expected to be twisted around the top of the connecting wall 13, but it is considered that the grommet protective tool 10 is less likely to be twisted because the protruding portion 25 also protrudes from the top of the connecting wall 13.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, embodiments as described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and various other than the following, as long as the gist is not deviated. It can be changed and implemented.

(1) In the above embodiment, the grommet 95 is provided with a columnar portion 95C, and the grommet protective device 10 is formed with a bulging portion 12F in order to receive the columnar portion 95C. As shown in FIG. In addition, when the grommet 95 is not provided with the columnar portion 95C, the bulging portion 12F may not be formed on the grommet protective tool 10.

(2) In the above embodiment, the constricted portion 22 is formed between the harness accommodating groove 20 and the operating portion 21, but as shown in FIG. 11, the harness accommodating groove 20 is formed without the constricted portion 22. The operation unit 21 may be formed by extending the same width. Even in this case, the wire harness 90 is held by the accommodating portion 20H when the grommet 95 comes into contact with the connecting wall 13.

(3) In the above embodiment, the "dividing portion" of the present invention is formed of the operating portion 21 and the constricted portion 22, but as shown in FIG. 12, the connecting wall 13 is formed from the upper end portion of the harness accommodating groove 20. The notch extending to 21 W may be used.

(4) In the above embodiment, the protruding portion 25 is formed on the entire end surface of the grommet protective tool 10, but may be formed only on the outer edge of the harness accommodating groove 20. Further, the protruding portion 25 may not be formed.

(5) In the above embodiment, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are divided up to a portion connected to the connecting wall, but the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 may be divided up to a portion in front of the connecting wall.

(6) In the above embodiment, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 have arc portions 11A and 12A on the outer edges, and have a shape in which a semicircle and a trapezoid are combined, but the shape is limited to this. Instead, for example, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 may have a square shape in front view.

10 Grommet protective equipment (cover cap)
11 First side wall (opposing wall)
12 Second side wall (opposing wall)
13 Connecting wall 15 Opening 20 Harness housing groove (groove)
20A groove entrance (entrance)
20F 1st guide part 20G 2nd guide part 20H Accommodating part 20K Holding part 21 Operation part (dividing part)
22 Constriction (division)
25 Protruding part 90 Wire harness (long work)
95 Grommet (side protrusion)

Claims (5)

A cover cap that has a container structure in which a pair of grooves that can receive a long work from the side are provided at opposite positions, and accommodates a lateral protrusion that projects laterally from the long work.
A pair of facing walls having each of the grooves and
A pair of connecting walls that connect the outer edges of the facing walls and cover the lateral protrusions from three sides.
Of the groove, the accommodating portion in which the long work is accommodated and
Of the groove portions, a holding portion that is narrowed on the inlet side of the accommodating portion and holds the long work in the accommodating portion, and a holding portion.
A cover cap having a pair of facing walls formed on an extension of the groove portion, communicating with the groove portion, and dividing the facing wall into two together with the groove portion. The cover cap according to claim 1, wherein the divided portion has a constricted portion between the divided portion and the accommodating portion, and the back side thereof is wider than the constricted portion. The cover cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner surface of the divided portion opposite to the accommodating portion and the inner surface of the connecting wall are substantially flush with each other. A first guide portion narrowed toward the inlet side is formed on the accommodating portion side of the holding portion of the groove portion.
The cover cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a second guide portion narrowed toward the accommodating portion side is formed on the inlet side of the holding portion of the groove portion. .. The cover cap according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a protruding portion stands up from the outer edge of the groove portion in the pair of the facing walls.

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