JPH06191359A - Battery harness for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve connecting work efficiency for a battery by connecting the other end part with an external power source connecting terminal which is arranged in an engine room. CONSTITUTION:One end part 1a of a harness 1 is connected with a battery 3 which is arranged in a trunk room 2 and on a rear floor 2a, and the other edge part 1b of the harness 1 is connected with the external power source connecting terminal 10 which is arranged in an engine room 4 and on a hood ridge 2c. The harness 1 is firmly-held at a side member 28 through a bracket 30 and the first mounting member 31. As a result, possibility of the harness 1 to be broken at the time of collision is reduced. The first terminal bolt 14 which is connected to the external power source terminal 10 is exposed. Therefore, even if the battery 3 is discharged too much, its terminal can be connected directly with the booster cable and the external power source connecting terminal 10 without connecting with booster cable to its terminal, thus improving working efficiency.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle battery harness structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a technique of this kind, for example, FIG.
(See Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-143753). That is, as the structure of the automobile battery harness, one end 1a of the harness 1 is connected to the battery 3 arranged in the trunk room 2, and the harness 1 is attached to the engine auxiliary machine 5 arranged in the engine room 4. The other end 1b is connected. The harness 1 is arranged below the vehicle body 6 of the automobile.

[0003]

However, in the structure of such a battery harness for an automobile, a booster cable (not shown) must be connected to a terminal (not shown) of the battery 3 in the trunk room 2 when the battery 3 is over-discharged. Workability is poor because it must be done. Further, in the case of an automobile, particularly a passenger car, the battery 3 is arranged in the engine room 4, and therefore, if it is arranged in the trunk room 2, the existence of the position is difficult to understand and improvement is desired. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a battery harness in which an external power supply connection terminal for connecting a booster cable is provided in the engine room to improve work efficiency.

[0004]

An automobile battery harness of the present invention has an external power source having one end connected to a battery arranged in a trunk room and the other end arranged in an engine room. It is characterized by being connected to a connection terminal.

[0005]

[Operation] According to this structure, since the external power supply connection terminal is provided in the engine room, the work efficiency of connection with the battery becomes possible.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. The same members as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and the duplicated description will be omitted. That is, as a structure of a battery harness for an automobile, one end 1a of the harness 1 is connected to a battery 3 arranged in a trunk room 2, more specifically, on a rear floor 2a behind a rear seat back (not shown). , The other end 1b of the harness 1 is in the engine room 4, more specifically, on the hood ridge 2c immediately before the strut housing 2b, the bracket 2d.
It is connected to a jump start terminal 10 as an external power supply connection terminal arranged via the.

The intermediate portion of the harness 1 is routed forward along the rear floor 2a by coming out of the vehicle compartment through the opening 34a of the floor panel 34 near the battery 3. And
After being bent in the vicinity of the rear cross member 38, it is routed along the rear cross member 38 to the vicinity of the side member 28 located on the opposite side of the exhaust pipe (not shown). Further, on the outer side surface 28b of the side member 28 in the vehicle width direction, it is routed forward along the side member 28, and in the vicinity of the dash lower panel 27, the lower surface 28 of the side member 28 is provided.
It goes around c and the inner surface 28d in the vehicle width direction, and is routed on the front surface of the dash lower panel 27. The front surface 2 of the side member 28 is located in front of the dash lower panel 27.
8a is installed along the line 8a up to the vicinity of the jump start terminal 10 provided in the jump start terminal box 15.
The harness 1 is covered with a corrugated tube 13 described later from one end 1a to the other end 1b, and the harness 1 routed to the side member 28 is covered with a protector 12 described later.

A connecting plate 16 of the jump start terminal box 15 is connected to a first terminal bolt 14 connected to the jump start terminal 10 and a harness terminal 19 connected to a starter motor 21 via a harness 22. 2nd terminal bolt 20 and alternator 1
Harness terminal 23 connected to 7 via harness 18
And a third terminal bolt 24 connected to the. These first to third terminal bolts 14,
As shown in FIG. 3, nuts 25 are screwed into the terminals 20 and 24, respectively, so that the jump start terminal 10 and the harness terminals 19 and 23 are electrically connected.

Reference numeral 26 in FIG. 1 denotes a transmission to which the starter motor 21 is attached.

The wiring state of the harness 1 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 4, the harness 1 is covered by the corrugated tube 13 and wound by the bracket 30. The bracket 30 is supported by a first mounting member 31 having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and the first mounting member 31 is fixed to the upper surface 28 a of the side member 28 by the bolt 11. Reference numeral 32 is a washer interposed between the bolt 11 and the mounting member 31. A protector 12 for covering the corrugated tube 13 and the bracket 30 from above.
Has a U-shaped cross section with an open bottom, and is supported by a second mounting member 33 having a substantially L-shaped cross section, as shown in FIG. It is firmly attached to the upper surface 28a of 28.

FIG. 6 shows a floor panel 3 of a vehicle body 6 of an automobile.
4 shows the wiring state of the harness 1 on the lower side of 4, the harness 1 is covered by the corrugated tube 13,
It is wound by the bracket 35. This bracket 3
5 is supported by a third mounting member 36 having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and the third mounting member 36 is fixed to the vehicle width direction outer side surface 28b of the side member 28 by the bolt 11. The protector 12 covering the corrugated tube 13 and the bracket 35.
7 has a substantially L-shaped cross section, and is supported by a fourth mounting member 37 having an L-shaped cross section at the position shown in FIG. 7, and the fourth mounting member 37 is attached to the outside of the side member 28 in the vehicle width direction by the bolt 11. It is fixed to the side surface 28b. The corrugated tube 13 has a weak point that it is cut at a stretch when it is cut by a sharp edge, but since it is covered by the protector 12, the possibility that the corrugated tube 13 is cut by a sharp edge is reduced.

According to this embodiment, since the first terminal bolt 14 connected to the jump start terminal 10 as the external power source connecting terminal is exposed in the engine room 4, even if the battery 3 is over-discharged. , Trunk room 2
Even if the booster cable (not shown) is not connected to the terminal (not shown) of the battery 3 inside, the booster cable and the jump start terminal 10 as an external power supply connecting terminal may be directly connected in the engine room 4, which is a work efficiency. Can be improved. Further, since the harness 1 is attached to the side member 28 that is unlikely to be deformed, the possibility of the harness 1 being cut off in a light collision is reduced. Similarly, since it is difficult for the harness 1 to come off from the side member 28, the possibility that the harness 1 is sandwiched between engine parts or the like and the displacement becomes large and the harness 1 is cut off is reduced.

FIGS. 8 to 11 show another embodiment of the jump start terminal box 15, mainly different from the harness terminal 19 connected to the alternator 17 via the harness 18, and the harness 22 to the starter motor 21. The harness terminal 23, which is connected via the, is connected by a single second terminal bolt 20. In the case of this embodiment, there is an advantage that the protruding area of the terminal bolt may be small.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the battery harness for an automobile has one end connected to the battery arranged in the trunk room and the other end wired in the engine room. Further, since it is connected to the external power supply connection terminal, the work efficiency of connection with the battery becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the automobile shown in FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 6 showing another embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a plan view of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 1 of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 harness 2 trunk room 3 battery 4 engine room 6 vehicle body 10 external power supply connection terminal

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A battery harness for an automobile, one end of which is connected to a battery arranged in a trunk room, and the other end of which is connected to an external power supply connection terminal arranged in the engine room. Characteristic automotive battery harness.