JPH0833154A - Molding protector for wire harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attach this protector easily to a car body or equipment by erecting a tongue piece for mounting to be coupled through the top cover of a molding protector for a wire harness and a hinge, on the center line of the groove of a long groove body for accommodating a wire harness set through, and bringing it down to either left or right. CONSTITUTION:A molding protector 1 is constituted of a protector main part 2 being a long groove body for accommodating a wire harness 8, and a cover 3 for covering the main part 2. A tongue piece 5 for mounting, which is free of being brought down to right or left through the cover 3 and a thin hinge part 6, is erected at the required section of the topside of the cover 3. The tongue piece 5 for mounting is erected on the center line 19 in width of the cover 3, in axial direction of the protector main part 2, and if a user brings it down, selecting either right or left, arrow A or B, the lower half joins with the topside of the cover 3, and the upper half including a mounting hole 4 lies upon the main part 2 of the protector, and it is fixed with a screw 11. The protector 1 is fixed in a groove 9 for arrangement of the door frame 10 of a car body. Hereby, it is possible to accommodate both the right handed and left handed parts, and the number of parts is reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness to be used for accommodating a wire harness to be mounted on a vehicle body / equipment, maintaining the wire harness in a properly arranged posture, and protecting the wire harness. The present invention relates to a molding protector.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A molded protector for a wire harness (hereinafter, simply referred to as a molded protector) is a long groove body that penetrates and accommodates a wire harness, and has a main portion, and a mounting portion provided on the wire harness main portion or the lid body of the long groove body. Alternatively, by attaching and locking the clamp part to the vehicle body / device side, the wire harness is arranged and held in a complicated arrangement posture,
It has a basic structure that protects the stored wire harness.

For example, a wire harness installed in a door of a passenger car (see FIG. 7) has a wire harness installation groove 9 provided in a recess in a door frame portion 10 between a front door and a rear door. A plate-shaped mounting portion 20A in which the molded protector 1 accommodating the harness 8 is inserted and attached to project laterally
(Or 20B) is fixed to the door frame 10 with screws, and the molded protector 1 is arranged and fixed to the vehicle body.

The wire harness 8 and the mounting groove 9 arranged on the door frame portion 10 have the same configuration and formation on both the right side and the left side of the vehicle body, and the screw fixing position by the mounting portion is left-right symmetric. Since it is right-handed, a left-handed mounting portion 20A and a right-handed mounting portion 20B symmetrical to the left-handed mounting portion 20 are provided on the molded protector 1 having the same shape and size.
There are two types of items prepared. Then, 2 of the similar shape, which is different only in the positions of the mounting portions 20A and 20B
In order to prevent confusion among people, left-handed ones are colored white, right-handed ones are black, and the necessary ones are selectively used.

[0005]

Since there are two types of conventional molding protectors 1 for door frame parts which differ only in the positions of the mounting portions 20A and 20B, production control and parts management of the molding protector are performed. Becomes complicated and becomes inferior in manageability, and it becomes a factor of high cost. Furthermore, when the two types are confused and used, the molding protector 1 housing the wire harness 8 in the wire harness molding line, There is a problem that wasteful work of repairing and replacing occurs and that a trouble of being unable to fix in the installation groove 9 occurs in an automobile assembly line.

The present invention provides a wire protector for a wire harness that solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.

[0007]

The wire harness molding protector of the present invention which solves the above technical problems is as follows: "In a wire harness molding protector of a long groove for accommodating and accommodating a wire harness, a groove width center of the groove body is provided. A mounting tongue that is located on a line and that is connected to the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the wire harness molding protector via a thin hinge is erected, and the mounting tongue is located in either the left or right direction of the groove body. It has a shape in which the front half portion is tilted and protrudes from the side edge of the groove body, and the tilting posture of the mounting tongue is selected to form a mounting portion for a vehicle body / device. " The long groove body in the present invention includes a tubular groove body and a groove body with a lid having a lid for covering the groove opening.

The molding protector having the above construction is
Attaching a lock mechanism to lock the tilted posture,
Alternatively, an identification mark indicating the direction of the tilted posture is attached, or a storage recess of the mounting tongue in the tilted posture is provided, or the periphery of the mounting hole of the mounting tongue is attached. A mode in which a protrusion that closes the play between the vehicle body / device side and the mounting tongue is raised is adopted.

[0009]

In the wire harness molded protector of the present invention having the above-described structure, the main body of the molded protector can be made common by tilting the mounting tongue to the left or right.
It can be shared as two types, where only the position of the attachment part to the device is symmetrical. Then, left-handed or right-handed ones can be set by one touch by defeating either left or right, and immediate conversion between left-handed and right-handed becomes possible.

[0010]

Embodiments will be described in detail below based on embodiments. First, with reference to FIG. 1 showing a first embodiment of the present invention, this embodiment is a molded protector 1 for a wire harness for an automobile, which is arranged in a door frame of a passenger automobile.
In the main body of the protector 2 having a long groove for accommodating the main body 2 and the lid body 3 covering the protector main portion 2, the lid body 3 and the thin hinge portion 6 are provided on the upper surface of the lid body 3. An attachment tongue piece 5 is erected so that the attachment tongue piece 5 can be tilted freely.

The mounting tongue piece 5 is erected on the width center line 19 of the lid body 3 in parallel with the groove direction of the protector main portion 2 and extends leftward or rightward as shown by arrows A and B in the figure. When tilted down, the lower half portion is joined to the upper surface of the lid body 3, and the upper half portion including the mounting hole 4 has a shape protruding to the side of the protector main portion 2 by a required amount. Then, as required, a left-handed mounting tongue 5A tilted in the direction of arrow A in the drawing or a right-handed mounting tongue 5B tilted in the direction of arrow B in the drawing.
However, you can choose one.

Then, the left-handed molded protector 1 or the right-handed molded protector 1 in which the mounting tongues 5A and 5B are selected is inserted and installed in the installation groove 9 of the door frame 10 of the vehicle body. Then, the mounting screws 11 are put into the mounting holes 4 of the mounting tongues 5A and 5B and fixed to the door frame 10, and then fixed to the vehicle body. In addition, 18 in the figure is a lock portion of the lid 3.

The above-mentioned embodiment of FIG. 1 has the above-mentioned action, and by selecting the tilting direction of the mounting tongue piece 5, the
Since the mounting portion to the vehicle body can be set to a left-handed one that projects to the left of the molding protector 1 or a right-handed one that also projects to the right, the number of types of the molding protector 1 is halved, Manageability is improved, and cost reduction can be promoted by sharing left and right hand with a single one.

And, even if the selection of the left-right hand is wrong,
Since the conversion can be performed immediately by changing the tilting direction of the mounting tongue piece 5, line troubles caused by a misconception between the wire harness molding line and the automobile molding line can be eliminated.

Next, the molding protector 1 of another embodiment of the present invention having the mounting tongue 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the one shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 is provided with the locking means for tilting the mounting tongue 5, and the one shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 has the locking claws 12 on both sides of the mounting tongue 5. While protruding, on the upper surface or both side edges of the lid 3 of the molding protector 1,
A locking portion 13 for receiving and engaging the locking claw 12 is provided, and when the mounting tongue piece 5 is tilted in either the left or right direction and joined to the lid body 3, the locking claw 12 and the locking portion 13 are engaged. Then, each falling posture is locked.

Further, in the structure shown in FIG. 4, thin elastic locking claws 12 are provided on the edges of both sides of the mounting tongue 5, and
The lid 3 is provided with a tongue storage recess 14, the mounting tongue 5 in the tilted posture is stored in the tongue storage recess 14, and the storage posture is locked by the locking claw 12 and the locking portion 13. It has a structure that

In the one having the above-mentioned locking means, the mounting tongues 5A and 5B set for left-handed and right-handed are locked in their postures, so that the mounting tongues 5A and 5A are fixed to the vehicle body. 5B does not rise and the work for fixing the arrangement becomes easy. In the case of the tongue storage recess 14 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, when the mounting tongue 5 is laid down to be arranged on the vehicle body, the mounting tongues 5A and 5B are molded protectors 1.
Since the flat protector outer periphery can be secured without rising from the outer periphery of the molding protector 1, the downsizing of the molding protector 1 can be promoted.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of FIG. 5, when the mounting tongue piece 5 is tilted to be left-handed or right-handed, either left-handed or right-handed marks R and L are in the tilted state. An identification mark 15 that shows a bend is provided on the outer periphery of the mounting tongue 5 or the molding protector 1. Since the identification mark 15 that can be visually recognized is present in the embodiment of FIG. 5, it is extremely easy and appropriate to distinguish between left and right molding protectors 1 in the wire harness assembly line and the automobile assembly line.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a play preventing projection 16 is raised on the periphery of the mounting hole 4 of the mounting tongue piece 5, and the mounting tongue piece 5 in the tilted posture is mounted on the door frame portion 10. When fixed to, the play gap 17 generated between the door frame 10 and the mounting tongues 5A and 5B is closed by the play prevention projection 16. According to the embodiment of FIG. 6, the fixing property of the molded protector 1 to the door frame 10 by the mounting tongue piece 5 is further improved.

[0020]

As described above, the molded protector for a wire harness according to the present invention has a protector body in common and a mounting portion to a vehicle body / apparatus which symmetrically projects in either the left or right direction. It can be commonly used for either left-handed or right-handed protrusions, and left-right-handed setting and conversion can be done immediately, so the number of molding protector types is halved, improving part manageability and reducing costs. The effect of improving the productivity of the wire harness molding line and the automobile assembly line in which the molding protector is installed by eliminating the line trouble due to confusion between the left and right hands, based on the convertibility. There is.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B show a molded protector for a wire harness according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is a perspective view thereof, and FIGS.

2A and 2B show a wire protector for a wire harness according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 2A is a perspective view thereof, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a wire harness molding protector according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B show a wire protector for a wire harness according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 4A is a perspective view thereof, and FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a protector for a wire harness according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) and (B) are in use.

6A and 6B show a wire protector for a wire harness according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 6A is a side view thereof, and FIGS.

7A and 7B show a conventional molded protector for a wire harness, in which FIG. 7A is a perspective view thereof, and FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Wire Harness Molding Protector 2 Protector Main Part 3 Lid 4 Mounting Hole 5 Mounting Tongue 6 Hinge 8 Wire Harness 9 Installation Groove 10 Door Frame 11 Mounting Screw 12 Locking Claw 13 Locking Part 14 Tongue Storage Recess 15 identification mark 16 play closing protrusion 17 play 19 width center line 20A ・ 20B mounting part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A wire harness molded protector having a long groove body for accommodating and accommodating a wire harness, wherein the wire harness molded protector is located on a groove width center line of the groove body, and through a thin wall hinge and a peripheral wall upper surface of the wire harness molded protector. The attaching tongue piece to be connected is erected, and the attaching tongue piece has a shape that tilts in either the left or right direction of the groove body and projects the front half portion from the side edge of the groove body. Molded protector for Wi-harness, which has a structure in which it can be installed in a vehicle body / device by selecting one of the tilted postures. 2. The molded protector for a wire harness according to claim 1, further comprising locking means for tilting the mounting tongue. 3. The molded protector for a wire harness according to claim 1, further comprising a recess for accommodating the mounting tongue in a tilted posture. 4. The protector for a wire harness according to claim 1, further comprising an identification mark in which a mounting direction of the mounting tongue is displayed in a tilted posture. 5. The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the mounting tongue is provided with a clearance closing projection for closing a clearance between the mounting tongue and the mounting portion of the vehicle body / device. Molding protector for.