JPH08265933A - Wiring/protecting member for wire harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a wire harness protector which can be used as a cap at the time of wiring the wire harness. CONSTITUTION: A flexible board 11 has a central bending part 12 where the thickness is reduced gradually from the opposite ends in the longitudinal direction toward the center so that the board can be bent easily at the fulcrum, i.e., the thinnest central part. A connector stopping part 13 carried on the board 11 is fixed to a connector provided at the tip of a wire harness and the board 11 is secured to the wire harness W/H by winding a first tape 19. The bent part is then secured, together with the wire harness by winding a second tape 20 to provide a cap being fitted to the annular tip part of the wire harness. When the board is unbent by unwinding the second tape 20 after wiring the wire harness, the first tape 19 is not unwound and the board 11 is not removed from the wire harness but used as a protector therefor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness routing / protection member, and more particularly, when a wire harness for an automobile needs to be routed through a narrow and long through passage of a vehicle body, the wire harness is bent. It can be used as a cap for covering the tip of the wire harness, and can be used as a protector of a wire harness, that is, a protection member without being removed after wiring. In other words, the protector of the wire harness can be used as a cap when wiring the wire harness.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When wiring a wire harness to an automobile,
As shown in FIG. 12, the wire harness W / is formed in the thin and long through passage 1c of the pillar portion from the through hole 1a provided at the upper end of the back door frame 1 to the through hole 1b provided at the lower side.
It is often necessary to penetrate H. In order to prevent interference with peripheral parts and facilitate the penetration of the wire harness W / H at such a wire harness installation location, as shown in FIGS. 13 (A), (B), and (C), The tip of the harness W / H is bent and fixed with the tape 2A, and the tip is covered with a cap 3 made of resin and having a shell shape.

That is, the connector 4 is attached to the tip of the wire harness W / H, and when the connector 4 is passed through the through passage 1c while being hung from the tip of the wire harness W / H, the connector 4 is passed through. It may hit the inner peripheral wall of 1c and be difficult to pass through, and the connector 4 may be damaged. Therefore, the tip of the wire harness W / H is bent, and the connector 4 at the bent tip is connected to the wire harness W / H.
The wire harness W / H is wrapped around the trunk line of / H by a tape 2B and fixed, and the end portion 5 of the wire harness W / H is covered with the cap 3. When the cap 3 penetrates, the wire harness W
2H is wrapped around the open end of the cap 3 and the wire harness W / H so as not to come off from / H.

Further, the cap 3 is a wire harness W /
In order to make it easier to insert H, the opening end 3a is widened as shown in FIGS. In order to match the area, as shown in FIGS. 13B and 13C, the wire harness W /
The cross-sectional area of H is made large, and the tape 2A is wound around and fixed to the bent portion.

The cap 3 is a wire harness W / H.
After installation in a state of covering the tip of the tape, that is, in the back door frame 1 shown in FIG. 12, after passing through the through passage 1c in the pillar from the through hole 1a and taking out from the through hole 1b, the tape 2C is peeled off. It is removed from the wire harness W / H and is then thrown away. Further, the other tapes 2A and 2B are also removed, the wire harness W / H is returned to the original state, and the connector 4 is connected to another connector (not shown) at a predetermined position.

[0006]

As described above, in order to prevent the cap 3 from coming off the wire harness W / H when the cap 3 penetrates, the tape 2C is wrapped around the wire harness W / H.
/ H, it is necessary to peel off the tape 2C after penetrating and to remove the cap 3 from the wire harness W / H, resulting in a large number of work steps and a lot of work. ing. In particular, the work of peeling off the tape 2C to remove the cap 3 is a powerful work. Furthermore, there is a problem that the cost of the tape increases due to the increase of the tape winding portion, and the operation cost also increases due to the increase of the above-mentioned man-hours. Further, it is necessary to attach a clip (not shown) to be attached to the connector 4, which requires a lot of man-hours.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and uses a protector to be attached to a wire harness without using a cap to be attached only during installation.
An object of the present invention is to make it possible to surround the tip end portion of a wire harness that is folded back in an annular shape, and thus to eliminate the above-mentioned conventionally required cap and solve the above-mentioned problems caused by using the cap.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 1 comprises an elongated flat plate-like substrate having flexibility, the central portion of which is a bent portion, and the bent portion is The thickness is gradually reduced from both ends in the length direction toward the center so that the bent portion can be easily bent with the central portion, which is the thinnest portion, as a fulcrum, and the connector locking portion is provided on the board. A structure in which the connector locking portion is attached to a connector provided at the tip of the wire harness and is arranged along the length direction of the wire harness, and the bent portion is bent together with the wire harness to be used as a cap surrounding the annular tip portion of the wire harness. The present invention provides a wire harness wiring and protection member.

In the second aspect, the width of the bent portion is gradually narrowed from both ends in the length direction toward the central portion.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an elongated flat plate-shaped substrate is provided, the central portion of which is a bent portion, and both ends of the bent portion in the lengthwise direction are connected to both side portions through thin hinges. The wire harness can be bent into a U-shape by using a fulcrum, and a connector locking portion is provided at one end of each of the both side portions, and the connector locking portion is attached to a connector provided at the tip of the wire harness. (EN) Provided is a wire harness arranging and protecting member, which is arranged along the length direction and is configured to be used as a cap that folds the bent portion together with the wire harness and surrounds the annular tip end portion of the wire harness.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a rib for preventing the electric wire from protruding may be provided at the edge of the substrate in the width direction. As in the fifth aspect, the vehicle body engaging portion may be provided so as to project at a required position on the substrate.

[0012]

When a wire harness is routed using the wiring / protecting member according to claim 1, after the connector locking portion is attached to the connector provided at the tip of the wire harness, the wire harness is attached from both ends in the longitudinal direction. The bent portion of the substrate, which is made thinnest toward the center so as to be the thinnest portion, is bent together with the wire harness so that the substrate serves as a cap surrounding the annular tip of the wire harness, and the wire harness is passed through the through hole. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the wire harness and the connector attached to the tip of the wire harness from interfering with the inner peripheral wall of the through path and the peripheral components when the wire harness is installed, and to easily penetrate the through path into the wire harness.

According to the second aspect, the width of the bent portion is gradually narrowed from both ends in the length direction toward the central portion.
The bent portion can be easily bent.

When a wire harness is routed using the wiring / protecting member according to the third aspect of the invention, after the connector engaging portion is attached to the connector provided at the tip of the wire harness, the length direction of the bent portion is set. Using the thin-walled hinge that connects both ends and both sides as a fulcrum, the board is bent into a U-shape to form a cap surrounding the annular tip of the wire harness, and the wire harness is passed through the through hole. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the wire harness and the connector attached to the tip of the wire harness from interfering with the inner peripheral wall of the through path and the peripheral components when the wire harness is installed, and to easily penetrate the through path into the wire harness.

When the rib for preventing the electric wire from protruding is provided at the end of the board in the width direction as in claim 4, when the bent portion is bent while being attached to the wire harness, the wire The wires that make up the harness do not protrude in the width direction of the board.

When the vehicle body engaging portion is provided at a required position on the board as in claim 5, the board can be positioned after the wire harness is routed. There is no interference between the installed connector and other parts.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 (A) and 1 (B) show a wire harness wiring and protection member according to a first embodiment of the present invention. This wiring and protection member is composed of a flexible substrate 11 which is in the form of an elongated rectangular flat plate. The substrate 11 has a bent portion 12 at the center, and has both side portions 14 and 15 at both ends in the length direction of the bent portion 12.

At the bent portion 12 of the substrate 11 shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), both end edges 12a, 12b in the length direction
The thickness t is gradually reduced toward the center side, and the central portion 12c is the thinnest portion. Therefore, the bent portion 12
Can be easily bent with the central portion 12c as a fulcrum.

The both side portions 14 and 15 have a constant wall thickness t and a lengthwise dimension larger than that of the bent portion 12. Further, flange-shaped tape stop portions 16 and 17 projecting to one surface side are provided on the end edges 14a and 15a in the lengthwise direction of both side portions 14 and 15, respectively. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a connector locking portion 13 is provided on the end edge 14a of the one side portion 14. The connector locking portion 13 has a narrow base portion 13a protruding toward the upper surface of the side portion 14 in the figure, and the side portion 1 integrally provided at the tip of the base portion 13a.
4 and a plate-shaped portion 13b parallel to each other, and has a T-shaped cross-sectional shape. A lock protrusion 13c is provided on the plate-shaped portion 13b.

Next, the work of installing the wire harness using the above-mentioned installation / protection member will be described. First,
As shown in FIG. 3A, the connector locking portion 13 is attached to the connector 18 provided at the tip of the wire harness W / H so that the length direction of the substrate 11 and the wire harness W / H are The boards 11 are arranged with respect to the wire harness W / H so as to match. At the bottom of the connector 18,
The lock protrusion 18a and the inverted L-shaped elastic guide pieces 18b and 18c provided on both sides of the lock protrusion 18a are provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the elastic guide pieces 18b, 18
When c is inserted between the plate-shaped portion 13b of the connector locking portion 13 and the side plate 14 and the connector 18 is inserted into the lock portion 18b, the lock protrusion 18a of the connector 18 is engaged with the lock protrusion 13c of the connector locking portion 13. Then, the board 13 a is locked to the connector 18. In this state, the adhesive tape 19 (hereinafter, referred to as “first tape”) is wound around the board 11 and the wire harness W / H at the end portion 15a in the lengthwise direction of the side portion 15 and the board 11 is formed. Is fixed along the length direction of the wire harness W / H.

After that, as shown by the arrow X, the bent portion 12 is bent together with the wire harness W / H so that the wire harness W / H is located inside. As described above, since the bent portion 12 is gradually thinned toward the center side, the bent portion 12 is easily bent into a U shape together with the wire harness W / H. In this state, the second adhesive tape 20 (hereinafter, referred to as "second tape") is wound so as to surround the end edges 14a, 15a of the both side portions 14, 15 facing each other. As shown in FIG. 3B, the substrate 1
In the state where 1 is curved and the second tape 20 is wound,
The board 11 is a U-shaped curved portion of the electric wire 24 that constitutes the wire harness W / H, that is, the wire harness W / H.
A cap that surrounds the annular tip portion 23 is formed.

Next, the substrate 1 of the wire harness W / H
1 is inserted into the through hole 1a provided at the upper end of the back door frame 1 shown in FIG. 12, the thin and long through passage 1c of the pillar portion is inserted, and the through hole provided at the lower side. Take out from 1b. At this time, since the substrate 11 is attached and protected to the annular tip portion 23 of the wire harness W / H as described above, the wire harness W / H and the connector 18 interfere with the inner peripheral wall of the through passage 1c and peripheral components. The wire harness W / H can be easily penetrated through the through path 1c.

After the wiring of the wire harness W / H, the second
The tape 20 is removed, and the folded portion 12 of the substrate 11 is extended again as shown in FIG. Thus, even after the bent state of the board 11 is released, the first tape 19 is not removed and the board 11 is left attached to the wire harness W / H to protect the exterior parts of the wire harness W / H. Use as a protector. A mating connector (not shown) is connected to the connector 18.

As described above, in the wire harness wiring / protecting member according to this embodiment, when the wire harness W / H is inserted into the through hole, the wire harness W / H and the connector attached to the tip thereof are inserted. It is possible to prevent the interference between 18 and the peripheral parts, and after wiring the wire harness W / H, it can be used as a protector for protecting the wire harness W / H. That is, the wiring / protection member includes a cap 3 for exclusive use which is used only for wiring the wire harness W / H shown in FIG.
The functions of the tube and the tape for protecting the exterior parts of / H can be fulfilled by one part, and the number of parts used for wiring the wire harness W / H can be reduced. In particular, unlike the conventional cap 3, the substrate 11 does not need to be discarded after being installed, so that the cost can be reduced.

Further, in this wiring / protection member, since the bent portion 12 of the substrate 11 attached to the wire harness W / H is curved to protect the annular tip portion 23 of the wire harness W / H, the conventional structure is used. Since it is not necessary to fold back the wire harness W / H a predetermined number of times according to the opening diameter as in the cap 3, the workability is improved.

Further, when the wire harness W / H is inserted through the through hole by using this wiring / protection member, the second tape 20 is removed after the wire harness W / H is wired. Since it is not necessary to remove the first tape 19, workability is also good in this respect. That is, when the conventional protective cap 3 is used, it is necessary to remove the adhesive tape at a total of four places, whereas in the present embodiment, only the second tape 20 wound around the two places needs to be removed. In this respect, workability is excellent.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the connector locking portion 13 is locked to the connector 18 provided at the tip of the wire harness W / H, the board 11 is securely held in the state of being attached to the connector 18. Can, connector 18
Can be reliably protected by the substrate 11.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In the wire harness arranging / protecting member according to the second embodiment, ribs 22A to 22D for preventing the electric wire from protruding are provided on both side portions 14 and 15 of the substrate 11. That is, in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the side portions 14 and 15 with the bent portion 12, the tape fastening portions 16 and 1 are respectively attached to the widthwise edges.
A pair of ribs 22A to 22A so as to project to the surface opposite to 7.
2D is provided facing each other.

When wiring a wire harness in the second embodiment, the connector 18 is used as in the first embodiment.
The connector locking portion 13 is attached to the first and the first tape 19 is wound, and the board 11 is fixed along the length direction of the wire harness W / H. Next, wire harness W /
After bending the bent portion 12 so that the H and the ribs 22A to 22D are located inside, the second tape 20 is wound. In the state in which the second tape 20 is wound, as shown in FIG. 5, since the electric wires 24 forming the wire harness W / H are arranged between the ribs 22A to 22D, the electric wires 24 are formed.
It is possible to reliably prevent the electric wire 24 from protruding from the width direction of the substrate 12 when an external force acts on the electric wire. Therefore, when the wire harness W / H is inserted into the through hole 1c by using the wiring / protecting member of the second embodiment, the electric wires 24 configuring the wire harness W / H interfere with peripheral parts. Can be more reliably prevented. Since the other structure and operation of the second embodiment are similar to those of the first embodiment described above, the same members are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 6 shows a wiring harness protecting member for a wire harness according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this third embodiment, one side portion 15 of both sides 14 and 15 of the substrate 11 is
A vehicle body locking portion 27 is provided on the upper part of the vehicle body. This car body locking part 2
7 is provided at a middle portion in the length direction near one widthwise end edge of the side portion 15 so as to project to a surface opposite to the tape stop portion 17, and to project from the base plate portion 27a and the arrowhead. And a locking portion 27b that elastically expands and contracts. The other structure of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, and the same elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

When a wire harness is routed using the wire harness routing / protection member according to the third embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 7A, the same as in the first embodiment. Then, the board 11 is fixed along the lengthwise direction of the wire harness W / H by the connector locking portion 13 and the first tape 19, and the bent portion 12 is bent into a U shape together with the wire harness W / H. After winding the second tape 20
The wire harness W / H is inserted into the through hole 1c (only shown in FIG. 11). Next, after removing the second tape 20, as shown in FIG. 7B, the vehicle body locking portion 27 is inserted and locked in the hole 30a provided on the vehicle body panel 30 side,
The substrate 11 is positioned. In this state, a mating connector (not shown) is connected to the connector 18.

As described above, in the third embodiment, since the board 11 can be positioned, the connector 18 provided at the tip of the wire harness W / H to which the board 11 is attached is also positioned, and the other side of the connector 18 can be positioned. The connector can be easily connected. Further, by positioning the connector 18, it is possible to prevent interference between the connector 18 and the other connector connected to the connector 18 and other parts.

The position at which the vehicle body engaging portion 27 is provided is not limited to the position shown in FIG. 6 and may be provided at a required position on the substrate 11. Also, two or more vehicle body locking portions 27
May be provided. Further, the protruding direction of the vehicle body locking portion 27 is not limited to the above. Furthermore, the shape of the vehicle body locking portion 27 is not limited to the above, and the vehicle body panel 3
Any shape may be used as long as it can be locked in the 0-side hole 30a.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8 will be described. The fourth embodiment has a structure in which ribs are provided on the wiring and protection member of the third embodiment, and the same elements as those of the third embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals. Each side 14,
Each of the ribs 15 is provided with ribs 28A and 28B at one end in the width direction in the vicinity of the bent portion 12, while no rib is provided at the other end.

Also in the fourth embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the second tape 20 is wound after the bent portion 12 is bent. In the state in which the second tape 20 is wound, the electric wire 24 which constitutes the wire harness W / H has the rib 28.
Since it is arranged between A and 28B, it is possible to reliably prevent the electric wire 24 from protruding from the width direction of the substrate 11 when an external force acts on the electric wire 24. Therefore, the wire harness W using the wiring and protection member of the second embodiment is used.
/ H through the through hole 1c, the wire harness W
It is possible to more reliably prevent the electric wire 24 forming / H from interfering with internal parts.

In the first to fourth embodiments described above, the widthwise dimension of the bent portion 12 is constant, but in these embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 9 (A) to 9 (D), The width w of the bent portion 12 may be set to be narrower from both ends in the length direction of the bent portion 11 toward the central portion. In this case, the bent portion 12 can be easily bent with a smaller force.

In the first to fourth embodiments described above, the substrate 11 can be curved by gradually thinning the wall thickness t with the bent portion 12 toward the center, whereas in FIG. In the fifth embodiment, the hinge structure is used to bend the substrate 11. That is, in the fifth embodiment, the bent portion 12 has a constant wall thickness like the both side portions 14 and 15, and both ends in the length direction are connected to the both side portions 14 and 15 through the thin hinges 29A and 29B. There is. As shown in FIG. 11, when the substrate 11 is attached to the wire harness W / H by the first tape 19, the wire harness W
When the front end side of / H is folded back, the substrate 11 becomes a thin hinge 29.
It becomes a cap that bends in a U shape with A and 29B as a fulcrum and surrounds the annular tip portion 23 of the wire harness W / H. Since the other structure and operation of the fifth embodiment are the same as those of the above-described fourth embodiment, the same members are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made. For example, in the fifth embodiment, the thin hinges 29 are provided at both ends of the bent portion.
By providing A and 29B, the substrate 11 is bent in a U-shape, but a large number of thin hinges (three or more) may be provided and the bent portion may be bent in multiple stages. Further, in the above embodiment, the substrate has a rectangular shape as a whole, but the overall shape of the substrate is not limited to a rectangular shape, and may have another shape such as a square shape.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, in the wiring and protection member according to the first aspect of the present invention, the connector locking portion is attached to the connector provided at the tip of the wire harness and the wire harness extends along the lengthwise direction. After the installation, the thickness of the board is gradually thinned from both ends in the length direction toward the center, and the bent part of the board that is the thinnest part is bent together with the wire harness to form a board that surrounds the annular tip of the wire harness. Pass the wire harness through the through hole. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the wire harness and the connector attached to the tip of the wire harness from interfering with the inner peripheral wall of the through path and the peripheral components when the wire harness is installed, and to easily penetrate the through path into the wire harness. In addition, the wiring harness W /
Since the annular tip portion of H is protected, it is not necessary to bend the wire harness W / H a plurality of times as in the case of using a conventional cap, and workability is improved. Furthermore, since the connector locking portion is attached to the connector as described above, the board does not drop off from the connector, and the connector can be reliably protected.

In the second aspect, since the width of the bent portion is gradually narrowed from both ends in the length direction toward the center,
The bent portion can be easily bent.

The wiring and protection member of claim 3 is attached along the length direction of the wire harness, and a thin hinge for connecting both ends in the length direction of the bent portion and both side portions is used as a fulcrum to support the board. Is bent into a U shape to form a cap that surrounds the annular tip of the wire harness, and the wire harness is passed through the through hole. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the wire harness and the connector attached to the tip of the wire harness from interfering with the inner peripheral wall of the through path and the peripheral components when the wire harness is installed, and to easily penetrate the through path into the wire harness. Also,
Since the annular tip portion of the wire harness W / H is protected by the substrate, it is not necessary to bend the wire harness W / H back a plurality of times as in the case of using a conventional cap, and workability is improved.

In the case where the rib for preventing the electric wire from protruding is provided at the edge of the board in the width direction as in claim 4, when the bent portion is bent while being attached to the wire harness, the wire The electric wires forming the harness do not protrude in the width direction of the substrate, and the wire harness can be reliably protected during the wiring work.

When the vehicle body engaging portion is provided at a required position on the board as in claim 5, the board can be positioned after the wire harness is routed. When the connector is attached, the connector can be prevented from interfering with each other and the connector can be protected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a wiring / protecting member according to a first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is an enlarged side view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a connection work between the connector and the wiring / protecting member.

FIG. 3A is a perspective view showing a state where a board is attached to a wire harness, and FIG. 3B is a perspective view showing a state where the board and the wire harness are bent.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an installation / protection member according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a board and a wire harness are bent in the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an installation / protection member according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view showing a state where a board and a wire harness are bent, and FIG. 7B is a perspective view for explaining attachment of the board to a vehicle body panel.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an installation / protection member according to a fourth embodiment.

9 (A), (B), (C), and (D) are perspective views showing modifications of the first to fourth embodiments.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an installation / protection member according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state in which a board and a wire harness are bent.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a portion where a conventional cap is attached and a wire harness is routed.

13 (A), (B), and (C) are perspective views showing a work of attaching a conventional cap to a wire harness.

FIG. 14A is a perspective view showing a conventional cap,
(B) is a sectional view taken along the line BB of (A).

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 board 12 bent part 14, 15 both sides 16, 17 tape stop part 18 connector 19A, 19B 1st tape 20 2nd tape 22A-22D rib 23 annular tip part W / H wire harness

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A thin and slender plate-like substrate made of a flexible substrate, the central portion of which is a bent portion, and the thickness of the bent portion is gradually reduced from both ends in the longitudinal direction toward the center, and the thinnest portion is formed. The bent portion can be easily bent with the central portion as a fulcrum, and the connector locking portion is provided on the substrate, and the connector locking portion is attached to a connector provided at the tip of the wire harness to lengthen the length of the wire harness. A wiring harness arranging / protecting member which is arranged along the vertical direction and is used as a cap that folds the bent portion together with the wire harness and surrounds the annular tip portion of the wire harness. 2. The wire harness arranging and protecting member according to claim 1, wherein the bent portion has a width gradually narrowed from both ends in the length direction toward the central portion. 3. A slender plate-shaped substrate, the central portion of which is a bent portion, and both ends of the bent portion in the length direction are connected to both sides via thin hinges, and the thin hinges on both sides serve as fulcrums. In addition to being bendable into a letter shape, a connector locking portion is provided at one end of each of the above-mentioned both sides, and the connector locking portion is attached to a connector provided at the tip of the wire harness to extend along the length direction of the wire harness. The wire harness wiring / protection member, which is arranged as a cap for folding the bent portion together with the wire harness and surrounding the annular tip portion of the wire harness. 4. The wiring harness arranging and protecting member according to claim 1, wherein a rib for preventing the electric wire from protruding is provided on an edge of the board in the width direction. . 5. The wiring harness arranging and protecting member according to claim 1, wherein a vehicle body engaging portion is provided so as to project at a required position on the substrate.