JPH0537615Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a wire harness protector that surrounds the wire harness and fixes and protects it along a panel.

[Prior Art] This type of protector includes an enclosure that surrounds a wire harness in its longitudinal direction, and panel locking legs that are provided protruding from the outer surface of the enclosure. The enclosure is configured to be fixed to a panel by locking into a mounting hole (for example, Japanese Utility Model Application No. 179148/1986).

When the protector has a large diameter wire harness or surrounds a plurality of wire harnesses, the enclosing body inevitably becomes large, and a plurality of locking legs are disposed at intervals.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] When attaching such a wire harness protector to a panel, the locking legs are hidden by the surrounding body and the position of the locking legs cannot be determined, and the locking legs cannot be inserted into the mounting holes. Difficult to insert into etc. For this reason, with conventional protectors, it is necessary to manually check the position of the locking legs or by intuition before inserting and locking the locking legs into the mounting holes, etc., making it difficult to install the protector. There was a problem.

In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to provide a protrusion or a recess for a mark of the panel locking leg on the outer surface of the enclosure that faces the base of the panel locking leg.

However, this type of protector is usually a plastic molded body, and the protrusions or recesses are molded integrally with the surrounding body, so they have the same color, and unless the protrusions or recesses are specially colored, the protector If the installation environment is poor in terms of illuminance, the light reflected from the convex or concave portions is likely to mix harmoniously with the light reflected from the outer surface of the enclosure. As a result, it is difficult to identify the protrusions or depressions unless they are touched with a fingertip.

In addition, the protector configured on the enclosure does not apply any force directly to the panel locking legs even if the outer surface of the enclosure is pressed during installation, and if the enclosure is not fully filled with wire harnesses, the protector will not touch the protrusions or recesses. Not only is the force not transmitted to the panel locking legs even when pushed, but the locking legs are difficult to lock in the panel mounting holes due to the deformation of the enclosure.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wire harness protector that allows locking legs to be quickly inserted into mounting holes of a panel without relying on tactile sensation or intuition, and that facilitates the work of mounting the protector.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wire harness protector that allows the protector to be reliably attached using a push rod even when the enclosure is deformed during attachment and the locking legs are difficult to lock.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The inventor of the present invention focused on the fact that the color of the outer sheath of the wire harness is a bright color that is different from the color of the protector, and arrived at the present invention.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides a wire harness 25 that includes an enclosure 10 that surrounds the wire harness 25 in its longitudinal direction, and a panel locking leg 16 that is provided protruding from the outer surface of the enclosure 10. This is an improvement to the harness protector, in which the enclosure 10 exhibits a different color from the outer sheath of the wire harness 25, and locking leg mark holes 23 are provided at positions where the bases of the panel locking legs 16 of the enclosure 10 face each other. It is characterized by the fact that

[Function] When the wire harness 25 is housed in the enclosure 10, the color of the outer sheath of the wire harness 25 matches the marking hole 23.
Since the locking leg 16 is visible through the cover, the position of the locking leg 16 can be easily found even if the locking leg 16 is hidden by the enclosure 10.

In addition, the enclosure 10 may be deformed during installation, causing the locking legs 16 to
If it is difficult to lock the protector, the protector can be reliably attached by pressing a push rod (not shown) against the wire harness 25 through the mark hole 23.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the enclosure 10 of this embodiment is made of plastic, and includes a harness accommodating portion 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section;
It consists of a lid part 12 that covers the opening part of 1. One side edge of the lid part 12 is connected to the accommodating part 11 by a thin hinge 13, and a locking claw 14 is provided vertically on the other side edge. A panel locking leg 16 having elastic wings 16a is provided protruding from the surface of the lid portion 12. The harness accommodating part 11 is provided with a latching part 18 at its open end into which a latching claw 14 is inserted and latched when the lid part 12 is closed, and tape winding parts 21 are provided at both ends of the board 11a.
will be extended.

The characteristic configuration of this embodiment is that the enclosure 10 exhibits a different color from the outer sheath of the wire harness 25, and a locking leg mark is placed on the base plate 11a facing the base of the locking leg 16 when the lid portion 12 is closed. It is located where the hole 23 is provided.

A method of using a wire harness protector having such a configuration will be explained. First, the harness housing section 11
The wire harness 25 is housed in the housing, the lid part 12 is closed, the locking pawl 14 is locked to the anchoring part 18, and the lid part 12 is fixed to the housing part 11. Next, wire harness 2
5 is wrapped around the tape winding part 21 with an adhesive tape (not shown) and fixed to the enclosure 10.

In this state, the enclosure 1 is
0, the color of the wire harness 25 will appear through the mark hole 23, so if you align the mark hole 23 with the mounting hole 27 of the panel 26 and press the enclosure 10 against the panel 26, it will lock. The legs 16 are just inserted into the attachment holes 27, and the elastic wings 16a are engaged with the edges of the attachment holes 27, so that the wire harness 25 can be fixed to the panel 26.

In addition, if the wire harness 25 is not completely filled in the enclosure 10, the enclosure 10 will deform even if the mark hole is pressed, and the locking legs 16 will be pushed into the panel mounting holes.
7, the locking leg 16 can be reliably locked by inserting a push rod (not shown) into the mark hole 23 and pressing the push rod directly against the wire harness.

Although the above example describes an enclosure having a "R"-shaped cross-section, the enclosure of the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, an enclosure 40 having an elliptical cross-sectional shape
(FIG. 5) Of course, the present invention can also be applied to enclosures having other cross-sectional shapes.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, according to the invention, even if the locking legs are hidden by the surrounding body when fixed to a panel, the color of the outer sheath of the wire harness can be adjusted by the marking holes. Therefore, the position of the locking leg can be easily found. This allows the wiring harness to be quickly installed on the panel. In addition, if the locking leg is difficult to lock even if the enclosure deforms during installation, the protector can be reliably installed by pressing the push rod against the wire harness through the mark hole, resulting in a wire harness with high installation workability. You get a harness protector.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a protector of a wire harness according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the protector before housing the wire harness. Figure 3 is the second
Top view of the figure. 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views of a wire harness protector showing another embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 30, 40... Envelope, 16... Panel locking leg, 23... Locking leg mark hole, 25... Wire harness, 26... Panel, 27... Mounting hole.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A wire harness comprising an enclosure 10, 30, 40 that surrounds a wire harness 25 in its longitudinal direction, and a panel locking leg 16 provided protruding from the outer surface of the enclosure. In the protector, the enclosure 10, 30, 40 exhibits a different color from the outer sheath of the wire harness 25, and the enclosure 1
A protector for a wire harness, characterized in that locking leg mark holes 23 are provided at positions where the bases of panel locking legs 16 of 0, 30, and 40 face each other.