JPH06204668A - Wire-harness fixing clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a wire-harness fixing clip to be mounted on a vehicle easily and improve manufacturing efficiency, by using two pairs of sub-clamp wall parts with a small width at their base end, and reducing inserting force into a fitting hole of a vehicle. CONSTITUTION:A wire harness fixing clip 1 is made of plastic material molded in a body, and has a plate-shaped supporting part 4 that is attached lengthwise to a wire harness 2. A main wall part 5 is elongated from an almost central part of the elongated supporting part 4 in a cross direction. The main wall part 5 has a main clamp wall part 8 at the end thereof to be fitted in a mounting hole 7 of a vehicle 6. In two pairs of plate-shaped sub-clamp wall parts 10a and 10b, the width becomes wider, as it is nearer to a top end from a base end thereof. Consequently, the sub-clamp wall parts 10a and 10b are deformed elastically with only small pushing force in order to insert the main clamp wall part 8 into the mounting hole 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness fixing clip for fixing a wire harness component such as a wire harness used in an automobile or a connector to a vehicle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a wire harness used for electrical wiring of various lamps and instruments of an automobile is installed on the vehicle body by using a fixing clip as shown in FIG. Fixed. This fixing clip is integrally formed of plastic or the like, and the structure of this conventionally used fixing clip will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 7, the fixing clip 1 is
The wire harness 2 has a plate-shaped support portion 4 fixed vertically with a vinyl tape 3 or the like. The support portion 4 has a surface 4b opposite to the surface 4a on which the wire harness 2 is fixed, A main wall portion 5 is formed from a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the support portion 4 in a direction orthogonal to this direction, and a main clamp wall portion 8 that engages with a mounting hole 7 of a vehicle body 6 is provided at a tip end of the main wall portion 5. The main clamp wall 8 is elastically deformable in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the fixing clip 1 shown by the arrow is inserted into the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body 6. Further, from the surface 4b of the supporting portion 4, the one clamping wall portion forming portion 9a and the other clamping wall portion forming portion 9b are used as a starting point with the main wall portion 5 interposed therebetween, and the supporting portion 4 is moved toward the tip end. Surface 4
Two sets of sub clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are formed in the direction away from b and in the direction away from the main wall portion 5. As shown in FIG. 8, these sub clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are strip plate-shaped wall portions having a constant width dimension A, respectively. The sub-clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are elastically deformable in the insertion and removal directions of the vehicle body 6 into the mounting hole 7, and cooperate with the main clamp wall portion 8 to clamp the vehicle body 6.

In order to fix the fixing clip 1 having the above-mentioned structure to the vehicle body 6, the entire main clamp wall portion 8 of the fixing clip 1 is inserted into the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body 6 in the direction of the arrow, and the main clamp wall portion is inserted. 8 is engaged with the mounting hole 7. When inserting the main clamp wall portion 8 into the mounting hole 7, if the main clamp wall portion 8 is inserted to some extent, the tips of the sub clamp wall portions 10a and 10b press the vehicle body 6 and the sub clamp wall portion 10a. 10b
Is elastically deformed in the direction opposite to the insertion direction. And
The main clamp wall portion 8 is further inserted into the mounting hole 7 against the elastic force of the sub clamp wall portions 10a and 10b, and the main clamp wall portion 8 is engaged with the mounting hole 7.

[0005]

By the way, in order to improve the workability when inserting the fixing clip 1 into the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body 6, the fixing clip 1 is inserted into the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body 6. It is necessary to reduce the insertion force when inserting into. In order to reduce this insertion force, in the fixing clip 1 shown in FIG. 8, the auxiliary clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are provided.
It is sufficient to reduce the width dimension A of the. However, this width dimension A
If the size of the sub-clamp wall 10a, 10b is reduced,
Since the force for clamping is small, the fixing clip 1 is easily displaced on the surface of the vehicle body 6 when a force in the B direction shown in the figure, that is, a force in both sides of the wire harness 2 is applied. Further, it is necessary to downsize the fixing clip 1, and there is a demand for the fixing clip 1 to which the wire harness 2 having a large bundle can be attached without increasing the size of the fixing clip 1.

According to the present invention, when the fixing clip is fixed to the vehicle body, it can be inserted into the mounting hole of the vehicle body with a small pressing force, that is, a small insertion force, can be firmly fixed to the vehicle body, and can be miniaturized. An object is to provide a clip for fixing a wire harness.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the wire harness fixing clip according to claim 1,
A plate-shaped or rod-shaped support portion fixed vertically to the wire harness, and a surface of the support portion opposite to a surface fixed to the wire harness from a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the support portion. A main wall portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction; a main clamp wall portion formed at a tip of the main wall portion and engaging with a mounting hole of a vehicle body; Starting from the one clamp wall portion forming portion and the other clamp wall portion forming portion to be sandwiched, it extends in a direction away from the opposite surface as it goes toward the tip and in a direction away from the main wall portion, and the main clamp In a wire harness fixing clip comprising two sets of sub-clamp wall parts that cooperate with a wall part to clamp a vehicle body, the two sets of sub-clamp wall parts are respectively arranged in a direction from a base end to a tip end thereof. Configuration with large width dimension To have. A wire harness clip according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a main wall portion extending from a side surface of the wire harness component in a direction orthogonal to the side surface of the wire harness component, and the main wall portion is formed at a tip end of the main wall portion and engages with a mounting hole of a vehicle body. From the main clamp wall portion and the wire harness component, starting from the one clamp wall portion forming portion and the other clamp wall portion forming portion that sandwich the main wall portion inside, from the opposite side surface toward the tip. A wire harness fixing clip comprising two sets of sub-clamping wall portions that extend in a direction of separating from each other and a direction of separating from the main wall portion, and cooperate with the main clamp wall portion to clamp the vehicle body. The widths of the two sets of sub-clamping wall portions increase from the base end toward the tip end.
Further, in the wire harness fixing clip according to a third aspect of the present invention, each of the two sets of sub-clamp wall portions is a plate-shaped wall portion whose width dimension increases from the base end toward the tip. Further, in the wire harness fixing clip according to a fourth aspect, the two sets of sub-clamping wall portions are each formed of two rod-shaped wall portions that are gradually separated from the base end toward the tip.

[0008]

In the wire harness fixing clip according to claim 1, since the width of the auxiliary clamp wall portion is small at the base end, when the wire harness fixing clip is pushed toward the vehicle body at the time of attachment to the vehicle body, The sub clamp wall is easily deformed, and the mounting operation is easy. Also,
Since the width of the two auxiliary clamp wall portions is large at the tip, the auxiliary clamp wall portions widely contact the vehicle body on both sides of the wire harness to obtain a large clamping force.
The wire harness clip according to claim 2 is provided with respect to a wire harness component such as a connector or a protector.
By forming a clip substantially the same as that of the first aspect on the side surface, these wire harness components can be directly fixed to the vehicle body. In the wire harness fixing clip according to claim 3, the auxiliary clamp wall portion is a plate-shaped wall portion whose width dimension increases from the base end toward the tip end, and the entire tip end edge abuts on the vehicle body. Is certain. In the wire harness fixing clip according to claim 4, since the sub-clamping wall portion is composed of two rod-shaped wall portions that are gradually separated from the base end toward the tip end, the tip end portion is expanded while being attached to the vehicle body. It deforms, and the deformation in this case is easy, and since the tip ends of the two rod-shaped wall portions widely come into contact with the vehicle body, the mounting operation can be facilitated and the fixing is securely performed.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a wire harness fixing clip according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in these drawings, the wire harness fixing clip 1 is integrally formed of plastic or the like. 2 has a plate-shaped support portion 4 fixed in a vertical position, and a surface 4b of the support portion 4 opposite to the surface 4a fixed to the wire harness 2 has a substantially longitudinal direction of the support portion 4. A main wall portion 5 is formed so as to extend from the center portion in a direction orthogonal to the direction, and a main clamp wall portion 8 that engages with a mounting hole 7 of a vehicle body 6 is formed at the tip of the main wall portion 5. There is. The main clamp wall portion 8 has a fixing clip 1 indicated by an arrow and a fixing hole 1 of the vehicle body 6.
It can be elastically deformed in a direction orthogonal to the direction of inserting it. Further, in the support portion 4, the clamp wall portion forming portion 9a on one side and the clamp wall portion forming portion 9b on the other side are sandwiched by the main wall portion 5 as a starting point, and the surface 4b is formed toward the tip end.
2 sets of auxiliary clamp wall parts 10a and 10b are formed extending in a direction away from the main wall part 5 and in a direction away from the main wall part 5. The two sets of auxiliary clamp wall parts 10a and 10b are the main clamp wall parts. It cooperates with 8 to clamp the vehicle body 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the two sets of sub-clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are plate-shaped wall portions having a width dimension that increases from the base end toward the tip, and are attached to the mounting holes of the vehicle body 6. It can be elastically deformed in the direction of insertion and removal.

The method of inserting the wire harness fixing clip 1 having the above-mentioned structure into the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body 6 and mounting it is as follows. First, before attaching to the vehicle body 6, the wire harness 2 is fixed to the surface 4 a of the support portion 4 with the vinyl tape 3 or the like. To attach the wire harness fixing clip 1 to the vehicle body 6, the main wall portion 5 and the main clamp wall portion 8 are inserted into the attachment holes 7 of the vehicle body 6 in the arrow direction as shown in FIG. Since the main clamp wall portion 8 has elasticity in the direction orthogonal to the insertion direction, it is elastically deformed and inserted inside. Then, when the main wall portion 5 and the main clamp wall portion 8 are inserted into the mounting hole 7 to some extent, the tips of the two sets of sub clamp wall portions 10a and 10b come into contact with the vehicle body 6 and press the vehicle body 6. At this time, the sub clamp wall portions 10a, 10
b is elastically deformed in the opposite direction to the insertion direction, and when the main wall portion 5 and the main clamp wall portion 8 are further inserted, the main clamp wall portion 8
Is engaged with the mounting hole 7 and the wire harness fixing clip 1
Is attached to the vehicle body 6.

Here, the wire harness fixing clip 1
The two sets of sub-clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are plate-shaped wall portions whose width dimension increases from the base end toward the tip. Therefore, the sub clamp wall portions 10a and 10b can be elastically deformed from the support portion 4 side with a small pressing force to insert the main clamp wall portion 8 into the mounting hole 7. In addition, the two sets of sub-clamp wall portions 10 a, 1 that come into contact with the vehicle body 6
Since the width of the tip portion of 0b is large and the clamping force on the vehicle body 6 is large, the wire harness fixing clip 1 is displaced even when a force is applied to both sides of the wire harness 2 attached to the vehicle body 6. Therefore, the wire harness 2 can be securely fixed on the vehicle body 6. Further, this wire harness fixing clip 1 is provided with the auxiliary clamp wall portions 10a, 1
Since the width of the base end of 0b is small, the size can be reduced as a whole. Further, even a small wire harness fixing clip 1 has a large clamping force, so that a thick wire harness 2 can be attached.

Further, since the fixing clip 1 has a large clamping force on the vehicle body 6 and can securely fix the wire harness 2, even if the fixing clip 1 to which the wire harness 2 is fixed is attached to the vehicle body 6, the wire harness 2 is fixed. It is also possible to prevent the connector and protector from hitting the vehicle body 6 due to vibration or the like and generating abnormal noise.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. The wire harness fixing clip 1 is different from the above-described embodiment in the configuration of the two sets of the auxiliary clamp wall portions 10a and 10b, and the other configurations are the same as those in FIG. Figure 3
As shown in FIG. 2, the two sets of sub-clamp wall portions 11 and 12 of the wire harness fixing clip 1 are two rod-shaped wall portions 11 that are gradually separated from the base end toward the tip.
a, 11b and 12a, 12b.

The method of attaching the wire harness fixing clip 1 of FIG. 3 to the vehicle body 6 is the same as that of the wire harness fixing clip 1 of FIG. This wire harness fixing clip 1 includes two sets of sub clamp wall portions 11 and 12.
Are two rod-shaped wall portions, respectively, and the distance between the two rod-shaped wall portions 11a and 11b on the base end side, and 12a and 12
Since the space between the sub-clamping part b and the sub-clamping part b is small, when inserting and mounting in the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body 6, even if the pressing force for elastically deforming the auxiliary clamp wall portions 11 and 12 is small, the main clamping hole is placed in the mounting hole 7 of the vehicle body. The wall 5 and the main clamp wall 8 can be inserted. Also, 2
The distance between the two rod-shaped wall portions 11a and 11b at the tip that abut on the vehicle body 6 in the pair of auxiliary clamp wall portions 11 and 12,
Since the distance between 12a and 12b is large, the clamping force on the vehicle body 6 can be increased, and the wire harness fixing clip 1 can be secured even if force is applied to both sides of the wire harness 2 attached to the vehicle body 6. Without shifting
The wire harness 2 can be securely fixed. In addition, since the wire harness fixing clip 1 has the two sets of the auxiliary clamp wall portions 11 and 12 formed in a rod shape, the overall shape can be reduced. Further, even a small wire harness fixing clip 1 has a large clamping force, so that the wire harness 2 having a large bundle can be attached.

On the other hand, FIGS. 4 to 6 show another embodiment of the present invention. In the wire harness fixing clip 20 of this embodiment, a wire harness connector 21 is provided.
The main wall portion 5 is formed to extend directly on the side surface of the main wall portion 5, the main clamp wall portion 8 is integrally formed with the main wall portion 5, and the auxiliary clamp wall portions 10a and 10b are also formed on the side surface of the connector 21. It is directly formed on the forming portions 9a and 9b. Therefore, in this embodiment, the wire harness connector 21 can be directly fixed to the vehicle body. In the figure, reference numeral 22 is connected to the wire harness 2 to connect to the connector 21.
Terminals stored inside, reference numeral 23 is a waterproof seal, reference numeral 24
Shows a lock part for connection with other mating connectors. The present invention can be applied not only to the wire harness but also to wire harness parts such as a protector and a joint box like the connector.

[0016]

In the wire harness fixing clip according to the first aspect of the invention, the width of the base ends of the two sets of sub-clamping wall portions is small and the insertion force when inserting into the mounting hole of the vehicle body can be made small. The work of attaching the fixing clip to the vehicle body becomes easy, and the workability can be improved. Two
Since the width dimension of the tip of the sub clamp wall portion of the set is large and the clamping force to the vehicle body is large, the wire harness can be securely fixed and abnormal noise due to vibration or the like can be prevented. Also,
By reducing the width dimension of the base end of the sub clamp wall portion, the overall shape of the wire harness fixing clip can be downsized.
Further, since a small wire harness fixing clip has a large clamping force, a wire harness having a large bundle can be fixed, and the products can be shared, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced. The wire harness clip according to claim 2 is a wire harness component such as a connector or a protector, on which a clip similar to that according to claim 1 is formed on a side surface thereof. Parts can be fixed directly to the vehicle body. Further, in the wire harness fixing clip according to the third aspect, the two sets of sub-clamping wall portions are plate-shaped wall portions whose width dimension increases from the base end toward the tip. Therefore, in addition to the effect of claim 1 or claim 2,
The wire harness fixing clip can be easily manufactured, and thus the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, in the wire harness fixing clip according to the fourth aspect, the two sets of sub-clamping wall portions are composed of two rod-shaped wall portions that are gradually separated from each other from the base end toward the tip. Therefore, in addition to the above-mentioned effect, the sub-clamp wall portion can be configured to be more easily elastically deformed, so that the mounting work is extremely easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention, which is a side view partially sectional view showing a state in which a wire harness is fixed to a wire harness fixing clip according to the present invention and is fixed to a vehicle body. It is a figure.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the wire harness fixing clip.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a wire harness fixing clip according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a bottom view of the wire harness fixing clip of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 A- of the wire harness fixing clip of FIG.
It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken along the line A.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which a wire harness is fixed to a conventional wire harness fixing clip and is fixed to a vehicle body in a partial cross-sectional view.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of a conventional wire harness fixing clip.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Clip for fixing wire harness, 2 ... Wire harness, 4 ... Support part, 4a ... Opposite surface, 5 ... Main wall part, 6 ...
Car body, 7 ... Mounting hole, 8 ... Main clamp wall, 9a, 9b ...
Clamp wall portion forming portion, 10a, 10b ... Plate-shaped sub clamp wall portion, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b ... Rod-shaped sub clamp wall portion, 20 ... Wire harness clip, 21
… Connector for wire harness

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plate-shaped or rod-shaped supporting portion fixed vertically to a wire harness, and a surface of the supporting portion opposite to a surface fixed to the wire harness in a longitudinal direction of the supporting portion. A main wall portion extending from a substantially central portion in a direction orthogonal to the direction, a main clamp wall portion formed at a tip end of the main wall portion and engaging with a mounting hole of a vehicle body, and from the support portion to the main portion Starting from one clamp wall portion forming portion and the other clamp wall portion forming portion sandwiching the wall portion inside, extending in a direction away from the opposite surface as it goes toward the tip and a direction away from the main wall portion. In the wire harness fixing clip, which is provided with two sets of sub-clamp wall parts that are taken out and cooperate with the main clamp wall part to clamp the vehicle body, the two sets of sub-clamp wall parts are respectively provided from a base end. Its width as it goes to the tip Wire harness fixing clip, characterized in that there is a to become configured. 2. A main wall portion extending in a direction orthogonal to a side surface of a wire harness component, a main clamp wall portion formed at a tip of the main wall portion and engaging with a mounting hole of a vehicle body, the wire. From the harness component, with one clamp wall portion forming portion and the other clamp wall portion forming portion sandwiching the main wall portion as a starting point, in a direction away from the opposite surface toward the tip, and the main wall A pair of sub-clamping walls extending in a direction away from the main body and cooperating with the main clamping wall to clamp the vehicle body. The wire harness fixing clip is characterized in that the width of each of the parts increases from the base end toward the tip. 3. The wire harness fixing clip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the two sets of sub-clamping wall portions are plate-shaped wall portions each having a width dimension increasing from a base end toward a tip end. A clip for fixing a wire harness, which is made of. 4. The wire harness fixing clip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the two sets of sub-clamp wall portions are two rod-shaped wall portions that are gradually separated from a base end toward a tip end. A clip for fixing a wire harness, which is characterized in that