JPH08182159A - Tool for fitting wire harness to car body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a tool for fitting wire harness to car body which can be easily positioned to a wire harness with high accuracy and can accurately and easily fit the wire harness to a car body panel, etc. CONSTITUTION: For fixing a rigid bar 5 made of a synthetic resin in parallel with a wire harness W/H to the outer periphery of a wire harness W/H, a putting section 6c which supports a base 6a having a locking section 6b which is inserted into and locked to the hole 1a of a car body panel 1, etc., in a state where the base 6a is movable in the longitudinal direction A of the bar 5 while the section 6c is put on the bar 5 is provided. The section 6c is composed of a semicircular upper putting section which is put on the upper half of the bar 5 and a projecting section provided with a semicircular putting section or through hole which is put on the lower half of the bar 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness vehicle body mounting tool, and more particularly, it is easy to control the wiring harness positioning accuracy, and the wire harness can be mounted accurately and easily along a vehicle body panel or the like. To do so.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 4A, in order to accurately attach a wire harness W / H along a vehicle body panel 1 or the like, attachment holes 1a, 1 1a is opened, while synthetic resin clips 2 and 2 are provided, and bases 2a and 2a of the clips 2 and 2 are provided.
The wire harness W so that the engaging portions 2b, 2b, which are inserted into the holes 1a, 1a and are engaged with each other, have the same pitch P2 as the pitch P1 of the holes 1a, 1a (P1 = P2). The adhesive tape 3, 3 is wound around and fixed to the outer periphery of / H.

[0003]

However, the pitch P2 of the engaging portions 2b, 2b of the clips 2, 2 exactly matches the pitch P1 of the holes 1a, 1a of the vehicle body panel 1 or the like. It is very difficult to fix the bases 2a, 2a to the outer circumference of the wire harness W / H with the adhesive tapes 3, 3.

Therefore, when the pitch P2 of the locking portions 2b, 2b becomes narrower than the pitch P1 of the holes 1a, 1a (P1> P2), the locking portions 2b, 2b are locked in the holes 1a, 1a.
It becomes impossible to easily engage with each other, and conversely, the pitch P2 of each locking portion 2b, 2b is equal to the pitch P1 of each hole 1a, 1a.
If the width is wider than the width (P1 <P2), as shown in FIG. 4 (B), a slack a occurs in the wire harness W / H, and the wire harness W / H is attached accurately along the vehicle body panel 1 I can't.

In Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open Nos. 63-179718, 63-187530, and 2-122520, the pitch of each clip portion can be adjusted by bending the clip itself. There is.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is easy to control the positioning accuracy of the wire harness, and the wire harness can be mounted accurately and easily along the vehicle body panel or the like. It is intended to provide a fixture.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a rod member which is parallel to the wire harness and has a rigidity for fixing by tape winding or the like on the outer periphery of the wire harness, and a hole of a vehicle body panel or the like. A clip provided with a fitting portion that is fitted into the base member and has a fitting portion that fits the rod member and that movably supports the base in the length direction of the rod member. A vehicle body mounting tool for a wire harness is provided.

The rod is preferably made of insulating synthetic resin. The fitting portion is formed of a semi-circular upper fitting portion that fits in the upper half of the rod and a semi-circular lower fitting portion that fits in the lower half of the rod. It is possible (claim 2). Further, the fitting portion may be a protruding portion provided with a hole that movably penetrates the rod (claim 3).

[0009]

According to the present invention, a rod member made of synthetic resin for giving rigidity to the wire harness is fixed to the outer periphery of the wire harness, and the fitting portion of the base of the clip is moved in the length direction on the rod member. Fit as much as possible. In the wire harness to which the clip of the present invention is attached via a bar, a clip similar to the conventional one is fixed with an adhesive tape at a position separated by a required length. The locking portion of the fixed clip is locked in the hole of the vehicle body, and the clip of the present invention is moved by using this as a reference point to align with the hole of the vehicle body and the locking portion is inserted and locked. To do.

This makes it easy to control the positional accuracy of fixing or fitting each clip to the wire harness or the rod, and to attach the wire harness accurately and easily along the vehicle body panel or the like.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the fitting portion of the clip is formed by an upper fitting portion that fits in the upper half of the bar and a lower fitting portion that fits in the lower half. , The clip can be attached to the bar later. Further, as described in claim 3, when the fitting portion of the clip is formed as a protruding portion provided with a through hole,
The clip has a simple shape and can be molded at low cost.

[0012]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. It should be noted that parts having the same configurations and functions as those of the prior art shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle body panel 1 is provided with mounting holes 1a, 1a at a predetermined pitch P1.

A synthetic resin rod 5 having rigidity is provided in parallel with the wire harness W / H, and the adhesive tapes 3a and 3b are wound around the rod member 5 and the wire harness W / H. The bar 5 is fixed to the outer periphery of / H. The bar member 5 is for giving the wire harness W / H rigidity.

On one side of the rod 5, the base 2a of the conventional clip 2 is fixed together with the rod 5 by wrapping the adhesive tapes 3, 3. A clip 6 is provided between the portions on the other side of the rod 5 where the adhesive tapes 3a, 3b are wound and fixed to the wire harness W / H, and a length direction A of the rod 5 through a fitting portion 6c. It is movably fitted and attached.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the clip 6 has a base 6a and a locking portion 6b, and the bar member is provided at the center of the surface of the base 6a opposite to the locking portion 6b. 5, a semi-circular upper fitting portion 6d fitted to the upper half of the rod 5 is projected, and a semi-circular lower fitting portion fitted to the lower half of the rod 5 is provided on both sides of the upper fitting portion 6d. The fitting portions 6e, 6e are provided so as to project,
A fitting portion 6c composed of these upper and lower fitting portions is provided.

In the fitting portion 6c, the upper fitting portion 6d is opened upward, the lower fitting portions 6e, 6e are opened downward, and the fitting portion 6c is fitted to the bar 5 from the side. Note that the upper and lower fitting portions 6d, 6e, 6e can be fitted to the rod 5 from the axial end portions without opening.

The moving stroke S of the clip 6 is made by the adhesive tapes 3a and 3b wound on the rod 5 and the wire harness W / H on both sides of the clip 6.
Is regulated.

As described above, the wire harness W / H includes
On one side of the fixed rod 5, the conventional clip 2 is attached to the rod 5.
At the same time, it is fixed to the wire harness W / H with the adhesive tapes 3 and, and the fitting portion 6c of the clip 6 is fitted to the other side of the rod 5 at the pitch P2. In this state, the locking portion 2b of the clip 2 is inserted and locked in one hole 1a of the vehicle body panel 1, and the locking portion 6b of the other clip 6 is locked in the other hole 1a of the vehicle body panel 1. Insert and lock.

At this time, each locking portion 2 of the clips 2 and 6
The pitch P2 of b and 6b is narrower than the holes 1a and 1a (P
1> P2) or wide (P1 <P2), the clip 6 is moved in the length direction A of the bar 5 so that the pitch P2 of each clip 2b, 6b of the clips 2, 6 is equal to that of each hole 1.
It is adjusted so as to match the pitch P1 of a and 1a.

As a result, each locking portion 2 of the clips 2, 6
The work of inserting and locking b and 6b into the holes 1a and 1a can be performed easily and smoothly. Further, since the pitch P2 of the clips 2 and 6 can be easily adjusted by moving the clip 6, it becomes easy to manage the positional accuracy of fixing or fitting the clips 2 and 6 to the wire harness W / H or the bar 5.

Further, clips 2 and 6 are provided in the holes 1a and 1a, respectively.
Since the respective locking portions 2b and 6b of 1 are always aligned, the wire harness W / H can be attached accurately and easily along the vehicle body panel 1. The fitting portion 6c of the clip 6 is
Attaching the bar material 5 to the wire harness W / H with adhesive tapes 3a, 3b
Even after fixing with, the rod 5 can be retrofitted from the side.

Although the fixed clip 2 and the movable clip 6 are attached to the rod 5 in the above embodiment, the fixed clip 2 may be attached to another rod. Alternatively, the fixing clip 2 may be fixed to the wire harness without a bar.

As shown in FIG. 3 (A), the clip 6 is used.
Instead of the upper and lower fitting portions 6d, 6e, 6e, the fitting portion 6c may be configured by a protruding portion provided with a through hole 6f penetrating in the length direction A of the rod 5. The clip 6 is fitted to the bar 5 from its axial end. With the above structure, the clip 6 has a simple shape and can be formed at low cost.

In the above embodiment, the wire harness W / H is linear, but as shown in FIG. 3 (B), even if the wire harness W / H is bent, the wire harness W / H will be along the vehicle body panel 1. Can be installed accurately.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, the wire harness vehicle body fitting of the present invention is provided with a bar member fixed to the wire harness in order to impart rigidity to the wire harness.
Since the fitting portion provided on the base of the clip is fitted so as to be movably supported in the length direction, the pitch of the clip can be easily adjusted by moving the clip. Therefore, it is possible to easily manage the positional accuracy of fixing or fitting each clip to the wire harness or the bar, and to attach the wire harness accurately and easily along the vehicle body panel or the like.

If the fitting portion of the clip is formed by an upper fitting portion that fits in the upper half of the rod and a lower fitting portion that fits in the lower half, the clip is retrofitted to the rod. become able to. Further, when the fitting portion of the clip is formed by the through hole, the clip has a simple shape and can be formed at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wire harness and a bar member using a clip of the present invention.

2 (A) is a perspective view of a clip, and FIG. 2 (B) is (A).
FIG.

FIG. 3A is a perspective view of a clip of a modified example, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example of attaching a wire harness.

4A and 4B are perspective views of a wire harness using a conventional clip, respectively.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Body Panel 1a Mounting Holes 3a, 3b Adhesive Tape 5 Bar Material 6 Clip 6a Base 6b Locking Part 6c Fitting Part 6d Upper Fitting Part 6e Lower Fitting Part 6f Through Hole W / H Wire Harness

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A base having a rod member which is parallel to the wire harness and has a rigidity to be fixed on the outer periphery of the wire harness by tape winding, and a locking portion which is locked by being inserted into a hole of a vehicle body panel or the like, A vehicle harness fixture for a wire harness, comprising a clip provided with a fitting portion that fits into the rod and supports the base so as to be movable in the length direction of the rod. 2. The fitting portion of the clip includes a semi-circular upper fitting portion that fits into the upper half of the rod and a semi-circular lower fitting that fits into the lower half of the rod. The vehicle body fitting for a wire harness according to claim 1, wherein 3. The vehicle-body mount for a wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the fitting portion is a protruding portion provided with a hole that movably penetrates the rod.