JPH0523723U - Protector for electric wire - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When wiring an electric wire to a protector for electric wire, it is possible to prevent the electric wire from being caught between the protector body and the lid. A wire protector comprising: a gutter-shaped protector body having a pair of side walls facing each other at both ends of a bottom wall, and a lid for shielding an opening of the protector body.
An electric wire biting prevention member that is movable in the vertical direction is provided along the side wall, the lid is placed on the upper end of the electric wire biting prevention member, and when the opening of the protector body is shielded by the lid, The wire catching prevention member can be housed in the protector body.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a protector for an electric wire, which includes a protector body for accommodating an electric wire such as a wire harness and a lid, and particularly when the electric wire is routed to the protector, the electric wire does not get caught between the protector body and the lid. The present invention relates to a protector for electric wires.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, there is a protector for an electric wire such as a wire harness as shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, the wire protector includes a protector body 1 and a lid 2.

The protector body 1 is in the form of a gutter having a pair of side walls 4 standing upright at both ends of the bottom wall 3, and has locking portions 5 for fixing the lid 2 at predetermined positions on the outer surfaces of both side walls. It is provided.

The lid 2 is in the form of a gutter having a pair of side plates 7 standing upright at both ends of the upper plate 6, and shields the opening of the protector body 1 to cover the outer surfaces of both side walls 4 of the protector body 1. The inner surfaces of the two side plates 7 of 2 can be fitted. A locking claw 8 is provided at a predetermined position on the outer surface of both side plates 7 of the lid 2, and when the lid 2 is put on the protector body 1, the locking claw 8 of the lid 2 is attached to the locking portion 5 of the body 1. It can be locked.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a conventional wire protector, as shown in FIG. 6, when the wire W is installed in the protector main body 1, particularly when the wire W is fully installed in the protector main body 1, When W protrudes from the side wall 4 of the protector body 1 and covers the lid body 2 with the lid 2, as shown in FIG. 7, the wire W may be caught between the protector body 1 and the lid 2 to cause a flaw. There was

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and when the electric wire is routed to the electric wire protector, the electric wire does not protrude from the protector body, and when the cover is put on the protector body, the protector body and the lid are covered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a protector for an electric wire in which the electric wire cannot be caught between them.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wire protector including a gutter-shaped protector body having a pair of side walls facing each other at both ends of a bottom wall and a lid that shields an opening of the protector body. A wire catching prevention member that can move in the vertical direction is provided along the side wall.

[0008]

[Action]

 When laying a wire on the wire protector, the wire entanglement prevention member can be projected above the tip of the side wall of the protector body. When the cover is placed and the opening of the protector body is shielded by the lid, the wire catching prevention member descends and the wire catching prevention member can be housed in the protector body together with the wire.

[0009]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a protector for electric wires such as a wire harness (hereinafter referred to as “protector”) according to the present invention. In this figure, the protector comprises a protector main body 11, a lid 21, and a bite prevention plate 31 as an electric wire bite prevention member.

The protector main body 11 is composed of a pair of outer walls 13 which are erected so as to face both ends of the bottom wall 12, and a pair of inner walls 14 which are erected along the outer wall 13 with a predetermined gap a inside thereof. It has a gutter shape with double side walls consisting of.

On the inner surface of each outer wall 13 of the protector body 11, as shown in FIG. 2, from the upper end of the outer wall 13 to the bottom wall 12, a plurality of wavy engaging projections 15 are formed on the outer wall 13. (I.e., in the wiring direction of the electric wire W). Further, on the outer side surface of each outer side wall 13 of the protector body 11, a locking portion 16 for attaching the lid 21 is provided in a protruding manner.

Further, the tip b of each inner wall 14 of the protector body 11 is chamfered obliquely downward from the outer surface facing the outer wall 13 to the inner surface facing the inside of the protector body 11.

The lid 21 has a trough shape in which a pair of side plates 23 are erected at both ends of the upper plate 22, and has a trough shape on the lower surface of the upper plate 22. Band members 24 and 25 are provided so as to project along the side plate 23 with the spaces d and d. The strip-shaped members 24 and 25 are continuously provided along each side plate 23, but the strip-shaped members 24 and 25 may be divided into a plurality of parts. As shown in FIG. 3, when the lid 21 is put on the protector main body 11, the tips of the outer side walls 13 of the main body 11 can be fitted into the gaps c of the lid 21.

Each side plate 23 of the lid 21 is provided with a locking claw 26 protruding from the tip of the side plate 23, and the locking claw 26 can be locked to the locking portion 16 of the protector body 11. It The locking claw 26 and the locking portion 16 may have the conventional structure.

As shown in FIG. 2 or 3, the anti-bite plate 31 has a height substantially equal to the height of the side wall 13 of the protector body 11, and the lower end of the anti-bite plate 31 is the main body. When abutting against the bottom wall 12 of the main body 13, the upper end of the bite prevention plate 31 is substantially positioned on the opening surface of the main body 11 including the front end of the side wall 13 of the main body 11.

Further, the bite prevention plate 31 is provided with a single flexible engagement protrusion 32 at the lower end thereof along the outer wall 13 of the protector body 11, and the inner wall and the outer wall 13 of the protector body 11 are provided. It can be fitted into the gap a of the wall 14. Further, when the bite prevention plate 31 is fitted into the gap a, the engagement protrusion 32 of the bite prevention plate 31 and the engagement protrusion 15 of the outer wall 13 of the protector body are engaged with each other.

Further, the upper end of the bite prevention plate 31 can be fitted into the gap d formed by the belt-shaped members 24 and 25 of the lid 21, and the belt-shaped members 24 and 25 serve as a support portion of the lid 21.

In order to install an electric wire in the protector having such a structure, first, the anti-bite plate 31 is fitted into the pair of gaps a between the outer side wall 13 and the inner side wall 14 of the protector body 11. The engagement protrusion 32 of the prevention plate 31 is meshed with the engagement protrusion 15 on the upper portion of the outer wall 13 of the main body 11. In this engaged state, the side wall 13 of the main body 11 is joined with the bite prevention plate 31, and the side wall 13 is raised.

Subsequently, the electric wire W is put in the protector main body 11 and arranged. At this time, since the both side walls 13 are high, the electric wire W does not extend beyond the tips of the both side walls 13 to the outside.

Next, the support portions of the lid 21, that is, the pair of gaps d formed by the belt-shaped members 24 and 25 of the lid 21, are fitted into the tips of the pair of bite prevention plates 31, and the lid 21 is pushed down. Then, while the engagement protrusions 32 of the anti-bite plate 31 get over the engagement protrusions 15 of the outer wall 13 of the protector body one after another, the anti-bite plate 31 descends toward the bottom wall 12 of the protector body 11. At this time, the electric wire placed above the tip of the side wall 13 in the protector body 11 is pressed by the lid 21 and moves downward while reducing the gap between the electric wires. Therefore, when arranging the electric wire in an amount that can be stored in the protector body 11, the electric wire W can be housed in the protector body 11 together with the bite prevention plate 31, and the upper plate 22 of the lid 21 can be stored in the protector body 11. It can come into contact with the tip of the side wall 13.

The electric wire W above the tip b of the inner wall 14 of the protector body 11 has an inner wall tip b inclined when the lid 21 is pressed downward. It is possible to smoothly move downward without being crushed by the inner wall tip b.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the protector according to the present invention. In this figure, the same members having the same functions as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals to facilitate comparison and comparison. In FIG. 4, the protector includes a protector main body 41, a lid 21, and a bite prevention rod 61 as an electric wire bite prevention member.

The protector body 41 is in the form of a gutter having a pair of side walls 43 that are provided upright to face both ends of the bottom wall 42. On the inner surface of each side wall 43, a tube is erected on the bottom wall 42 along the side wall 43 from the bottom wall 42 to the vicinity of the opening surface of the protector main body 41 (that is, the plane including the tip ends of both side walls of the main body 41). Form 44 is formed. A locking hole 45 for fitting and locking the bite prevention rod 61 is provided inside the cylindrical body 44.

Further, the tubular body 44 is provided at two locations on each side wall 43 and at a predetermined distance along the side wall 43. This space is provided between the wire W and the protector when the wire W is installed. The intervals are set so that they do not protrude from the tip of the side wall of the body 41 to the outside.

On the outer surface of the side wall 43 of the protector body 41, a locking portion 46 for locking the lid 21 is provided in a protruding manner as in the first embodiment.

The lid 21 may have the same structure as that of the first embodiment. When the lid 21 is put on the protector body 41, the tips of both side walls 43 of the body 41 are in the gap c between the side plate 23 of the lid 21 and the belt-shaped member 24, and the tip of the bite prevention rod 61 is the lid 21. The two belt-shaped members 24 and 25 can be fitted into the gap d.

The bite prevention rod 61 has a length substantially equal to the height of the side wall 43 of the protector body 41, and a flexible protrusion 62 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the bite prevention rod 61. There is. Further, the bite prevention rod 61 can be fitted into the locking hole 45 of the protector body 11.

The method of arranging the electric wires in the protector having such a configuration differs from that of the first embodiment in the following points. That is, when the bite prevention rod 61 is fitted into the locking hole 45 of the protector body 41, the protrusion 62 of the bite prevention rod 61 is compressed and deformed by the peripheral wall of the locking hole 45, and the bite prevention rod 61 is locked. When the lid 21 is pushed down by inserting the gap d between the belt-shaped members 24 and 25 of the lid 21 into the upper end of the bite prevention rod 61 fitted in the locking hole 45, That is, the protrusion 62 of the lock-in preventing rod 61 slides down along the peripheral wall of the locking hole 45.

Other than the above, there is no particular difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment.

The second embodiment also has the same effect as the first embodiment. That is, when the electric wire W is routed in the protector main body 41, if the protrusion 62 of the bite prevention rod 61 is fitted in the upper portion of the locking hole 45, the bite prevention rod 61 will move upward from the tips of the side walls 43. Since it is protruding, the electric wire W does not go beyond the tip of the side wall 43 of the main body 41 to the outside. Therefore, when the amount of electric wires W that can be stored in the protector body 41 is placed in the protector body 41 beyond the opening surface of the protector body 41, the wire W is formed by the belt-shaped members 24 and 25 of the lid 21. When the gap d is inserted into the upper end of the bite prevention member 61 and the lid 21 is pushed down, the electric wire is not caught between the side wall 43 of the main body 41 and the side plate 23 of the lid 21 as in the first embodiment. The electric wire W can be housed in the protector main body 41 together with the bite prevention member 61 by moving downward, and the cover 21 can be covered on the protector main body 41.

In the second embodiment, the bite prevention rods 61 are attached to each side wall 43 of the protector body 41 at two locations, but the invention is not limited to this, and the wire W does not protrude from the tip of the side wall of the protector body 41. It is possible to attach an arbitrary number of the anti-bite bars 61 to the extent that they do not exist.

[0033]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, when the electric wire is routed to the electric wire protector, the bite prevention member can be projected above the tip of the side wall of the protector body, and after the electric wire is routed, the lid is entangled with the electric wire. It is placed on the upper end of the protection member, and the lid is pressed against the protector body so that the wire jamming prevention member can be housed inside the protector, so it is possible to prevent the wire jamming between the body and the lid, and to install the wire. It is possible to improve the property.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric wire protector showing a first embodiment according to the present invention, showing a case where a lid is put on a protector body.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of the protector main body covered with the lid of the wire protector of FIG. 1 and through the bottom wall of the main body.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an electric wire protector showing a second embodiment according to the present invention, showing a case where a lid is put on the protector body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional wire protector, showing a case where a lid is about to be covered.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 5, showing the wire protruding outward from the side wall of the protector body.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of the protector body covered with the lid of FIG. 6 and a cross-section through the bottom wall of the body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11,41 Protector main body 12,42 Bottom wall 13,43 Side wall 21 Lid 31,61 Wire catching prevention member

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An electric wire protector comprising a gutter-shaped protector body having a pair of side walls facing each other at both ends of a bottom wall and a lid for shielding an opening of the protector body, the protector for an electric wire being vertically movable. A wire catching prevention member is provided along the side wall, the lid is placed on the upper end of the wire catching prevention member, and the wire catching prevention member is provided when the cover shields the opening of the protector body. A wire protector, wherein the protector can be housed in the protector body.