JPH10271646A - Wire harness fixing holder clip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a holder clip for fixing a harness, which has no influence on wiring even if a wiring direction is different from the direction of a bracket. SOLUTION: A wire harness retaining part 2 and a bracket inserting part 6 are separated from each other, a turning mechanism for jointing between both the parts so as to be rotatable is formed, and a rotational angle between mutual jointing parts is set by locking a positioning pin 5 which penetrates the wire harness retaining part 2 into a positioning hole 9 on the bracket inserting part 6 side. By fixing the rotational angle with a rotation preventive pin 11 and a rotation preventive hole 12 which are formed between the mutual jointing parts, it is possible to fix the wire harness in a required wiring direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a holder for fixing a wire harness, a hose or the like to a vehicle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a holder of this type includes, for example, FIG.
A wire harness fixing holder clip 13 as shown in FIG. 9 (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-45187 or Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-43309) is known. The holder clip 13 connects the main body 4 and the lid 3 having a substantially semi-cylindrical shape via a thin hinge 26 and forms the lid 3 on the main body 4 side so as to be freely opened and closed. The locking claw 27 formed at the free end of the lid 3 is locked by the corresponding locking portion 28 on the main body 4 side.
A wire harness holding portion 14 capable of holding a wire harness (not shown) inside a cylinder formed between the two, and a wire harness holding portion 14 integrally formed on a lower surface thereof and fitted to a bracket attached to the vehicle side. And a bracket insertion portion 15 that fits.

[0003]

However, the conventional wire harness fixing holder clip 13 has the following problems.
Wire harness holding portion 14 and bracket insertion portion 15
Are integrally formed, the holder clip 13
Is attached to the bracket attached to the vehicle side, the orientation of the wire harness holding portion 14 is restricted by the orientation of the bracket attached to the vehicle side, so that the wiring direction of the wire harness holding portion 14 If it is different from the direction, it will be difficult to route.

Accordingly, in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to make many types of holder clips corresponding to various directions, but this causes a problem that the number of types of parts increases and the cost increases. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a harness fixing holder clip which does not interfere with the wiring direction even if the wiring direction is different from the direction of the bracket. I do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a wire harness holding portion main body having a substantially semi-cylindrical shape, and a substantially semi-cylindrical connected to the holding portion main body via a hinge. A wire harness holding portion consisting of a lid in the form of a wire, and a holder clip for fixing the wire harness, which comprises a bracket insertion portion fitted to a bracket on the vehicle body side, between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion. Is characterized by comprising a rotation mechanism for rotatably connecting the rotation mechanisms, positioning means for setting the rotation angle of the rotation mechanism, and fixing means for fixing the rotation angle.

According to the present invention, the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion are rotatably connected to each other, so that the wire harness holding portion can be rotated in any direction of the wiring direction. Becomes possible,
Further, the angle set by the positioning means and the fixing means can be fixed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the rotating mechanism includes a connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket inserting portion,
A rotary shaft is integrally formed on the wire harness holding portion side, a shaft hole in which the rotary shaft can be fitted is formed on the bracket insertion portion side, and a rotation shaft retaining means is provided between the rotary shaft and the shaft hole. It is characterized by becoming.

In the present invention, the direction of the wire harness holding portion can be arbitrarily changed by rotatably fitting a rotation shaft formed on the wire harness holding portion side with a shaft hole formed on the bracket insertion portion side. In addition, since the rotation shaft is prevented from falling off by the stopper means, the wire harness can be set while keeping the set angle free.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the retaining means is provided at an open end of a rotating shaft formed on the wire harness holding portion side.
It is characterized in that a projection is formed which is larger in diameter than the rotating shaft and is configured to be insertable into the shaft hole.

According to the present invention, there is no problem in assembling even if the projecting portion has a diameter larger than the rotation shaft, and the same operation and effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the positioning means has a plurality of positioning holes formed concentrically with the shaft hole in the connecting portion on the bracket insertion portion side, and the holding portion is formed in the connecting portion on the wire harness holding portion side. And a positioning pin that can be inserted through the positioning hole through the hole.

According to the present invention, the relative rotation angle between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion can be set by the positioning pin.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the wire harness is fixed to the wire harness holding portion, the positioning pin is pressed down at the same time as the upper lid is closed by pressing the upper end of the positioning pin with the free end of the upper lid. It is characterized by becoming.

According to the present invention, the positioning pin is pushed down at the closed end of the upper lid and protrudes from the lower surface of the connecting portion of the wire harness holding portion. Thereafter, the protruding positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole on the bracket insertion portion side. And the connection between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion is kept rotatable.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the positioning means forms a plurality of positioning holes in the outer periphery of the flange on the wire harness holding portion side and the outer periphery of the flange on the bracket insertion portion side in a connection portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion. The locking side can be inserted so as to straddle both of the positioning holes.

According to this aspect, the same operation and effect as those of the fourth aspect can be obtained.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the fixing means includes a connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion,
An anti-rotation pin and an anti-rotation hole which can be set at the same time as the angle is set by the positioning means are formed, and a locking ring for fixing an axial position between the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft and the axial hole is provided on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft. And a ring-shaped locking groove for engaging the locking ring is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole.

In the present invention, after the positioning by the positioning means, the wire harness holding portion is pressed toward the bracket insertion portion and the rotating shaft is pushed to the end, so that the rotation preventing pin is fitted into the rotation preventing hole at the same time. The locking ring formed on the rotating shaft is engaged with the ring-shaped locking groove formed in the shaft hole, so that the position of the rotating shaft in the axial direction and the position in the rotating direction can be fixed.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion are rotatably connected, the wire harness holding portion can be held in any direction. Since the portion can be rotated to correspond to the angle, the operation is easy regardless of the orientation of the bracket on the vehicle body side. This eliminates the need to manufacture a variety of holder clips formed in various directions in the related art.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as the rotating mechanism, the wire harness holding portion is rotatable via the rotating shaft with respect to the bracket insertion portion side, and the rotating shaft does not fall out of the shaft hole. It is possible to set the wire harness while keeping the set angle free.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as a stopper preventing means, a projection having a diameter larger than that of the shaft hole is formed on the rotating shaft so that the projection can be locked to the jaw formed at the back of the shaft hole. In addition, since the large-diameter projection can be inserted into the shaft hole, there is no problem in assembling.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the rotation angle can be set in a predetermined direction by selecting a plurality of positioning holes formed concentrically with the shaft hole and locking the positioning pins. Become.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the positioning pin is pushed down at the closed end of the upper lid simultaneously with the closing of the upper lid to project to the lower surface of the connecting portion in the wire harness holding portion, the operation of the positioning pin is facilitated. Become.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the same effect as the fourth aspect can be obtained.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the rotation angle between the connecting portions of the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion is determined on the outer peripheral surface of the flange of the connecting portion. In addition to the above, the same effects as those of the fourth aspect can be obtained.

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In each of the embodiments, common points are assigned the same reference numerals and correspond to each other to omit redundant description.

(Embodiment 1) FIGS. 1 to 6 show Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a holder clip for fixing a wire harness, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a part of a wire harness holding portion. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the bracket insertion portion, FIG. 4 is a top view of the bracket insertion portion, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are operation explanatory diagrams of a connection portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the wire harness fixing holder clip 1 of the present invention is made of a synthetic resin comprising a wire harness holding portion 2 and a bracket insertion portion 6, and the wire harness holding portion 2 , The lid 3 is connected to the main body 4 via a hinge 26, and
Is closed on the side of the main body 4 so that a wire harness (not shown) can be held in a substantially cylindrical shape. When the lid 3 is closed, the locking claw 27 is engaged with the corresponding main body side. The wire harness can be held by being locked by the portion 28.

A rotating shaft 7 is integrally formed on the lower surface of the main body 4. The bracket insertion portion 6 is rotatably fitted below the wire harness holding portion 2 via a rotary shaft 7 and can be set and fixed at an arbitrary rotation angle with respect to the wire harness holding portion 2. Make up.

In the above configuration, the flange 23 on the side of the main body 4 connected to the bracket insertion portion 6 is formed in a rectangular shape, and the rotating shaft 7 is protruded downward at the center of the rectangular flange 23 as shown in FIG. doing. A projection 31 having a diameter larger than that of the rotating shaft 7 is formed on the free end side of the rotating shaft 7, a backside 31 a is provided on the back side of the projection 31, and a lower end of the projection 31 is formed into a substantially spherical shape 32. A locking ring 33 for fixing the position in the axial direction is formed on the circumference of the rotating shaft 7.

On the lower surface of the flange 23 of the main body 4, four anti-rotation pins 11 are equally arranged coaxially with the rotation shaft 7. Is provided below.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bracket insertion portion 6 located below the main body 4 is formed in a rectangular shape having the same shape and the same size as the flange 23 of the main body 4, and has a rotating shaft at the center thereof. 7 can be loosely fitted therein, and
A locking ring 33 formed on the rotary shaft 7 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 7.
Are formed. A hole 35 having a larger diameter than the shaft hole 34 is formed below the shaft hole 34.
At 5, a jaw 22 is formed. Further below, a rotary bearing portion 8 having a shape corresponding to the substantially spherical shape 32 formed at the free end of the rotary shaft 7 is formed.

Further, anti-rotation holes 36 (FIG. 4) for locking the anti-rotation pins 11 protruding from the lower surface of the flange 23 of the main body 4 are equally arranged at eight locations coaxially with the shaft hole 13 and are provided on the outside thereof. ,
Similarly, positioning holes 9 for locking the positioning pins 5 protruding from the main body 4 are equally arranged at eight positions. In this case, the anti-rotation hole 36 is formed as an elongated hole having a slight margin in the circumferential direction, so that an error in the relative position with respect to the positioning hole 9 can be absorbed. As shown in FIG. 3, an insertion hole 29 to be inserted into a bracket (not shown) fixed to the vehicle body side and a locking piece 30 are formed on the lower surface of the bracket insertion portion 6.

The rotating shaft 7 on the side of the wire harness holding section 2 configured as described above is connected to the shaft hole 34 on the side of the bracket insertion section 6.
5, the protrusion 31 formed on the free end side of the rotating shaft 7 is pushed toward the stealth 31a to reduce the diameter, so that it can be fitted into the shaft hole 34. After the fitting, the projection 31 expands to the original diameter, and is locked to the jaw 22 to be prevented from falling off.

Subsequently, when the rotating shaft 7 is further pushed in, the locking ring 33 formed on the rotating shaft 7 is engaged with the locking groove 21 to fix the axial position, as shown in FIG. . At this time, the protrusion 31 formed at the free end of the rotating shaft 7 is separated from the jaw 22 and advances to the back, and the substantially spherical shape 32 formed at the free end of the rotating shaft 7 reaches the rotating bearing portion 8 and its position is stabilized. State. On the other hand, the rotation preventing pin 11 engages with the rotation preventing hole 12 to fix the rotation angle.

Next, the operation of the wire harness fixing holder clip having this configuration will be described.

At the first stage when the rotating shaft 7 of the wire harness holding portion 2 is inserted into the shaft hole 34 of the bracket insertion portion 6, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the locking ring 33 formed on the rotating shaft 7 is The rotation preventing pin 11 and the positioning pin 5 are not inserted into the shaft hole 34 and are not locked on the bracket insertion portion 6 side. Are kept rotatable with an interval. That is, in this state, the substantially semi-cylindrical holding portion 4a of the main body 4 in FIG.
Even if the positioning pin 5 is pressed by the free end 10 of the lid 3 and projects to the lower surface of the flange 23 of the main body 4 by setting the wire harness in the
Can rotate freely along the direction of the wire harness.

Next, while keeping the wiring harness in a predetermined direction, the rotating shaft 7 of the wire harness holding portion 2 is further pushed in, so that the positioning pin 5 is in the positioning hole 9 and the rotation preventing pin 11 is in the rotation preventing hole. 12 and the rotation angle is fixed.
3 is engaged with the locking groove 21 to fix the position in the axial direction, and the connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion 2 and the bracket insertion portion 6 is in close contact, so that the direction of the holder clip 1 is fixed. .

According to the present embodiment, even if the wiring direction of the wire harness is different from the direction of the bracket fixed to the vehicle side, the wire harness holding portion 2 can be rotated, so that it is adjusted to the angle in the wiring direction. It becomes possible.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 7 is a front view of a wire harness fixing holder clip according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the wire harness fixing holder clip 16 of the present embodiment has a rotation angle of the connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion 2 and the bracket insertion portion 6 in the first embodiment. Instead of performing the setting with the positioning pin 5 and the rotation prevention pin 11,
The positioning pin 19 is fixed by inserting the positioning pin 19 so as to straddle the side surface of the connecting portion between the connecting portions.

As shown in the figure, a positioning hole 20 is formed on the side surface of the flange 23 and the bracket insertion portion 18 of the wire harness holding portion 17 so that the positioning pin 19 can be inserted from the side surface across the both sides. Are formed in multiple places,
When the wire harness is routed, the rotation angle can be set by rotating the wire harness holding portion 17 in a required routing direction and inserting the positioning pin 19 into the positioning hole 20. .

According to the present embodiment, the first embodiment
The same effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a holder clip for fixing a wire harness according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view in which a part of a wire harness holding section is sectioned.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a bracket insertion portion.

FIG. 4 is a top view of FIG. 3 of the bracket insertion portion.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of a connection portion between a wire harness holding portion and a bracket insertion portion.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of a connecting portion between a wire harness holding portion and a bracket insertion portion.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a wire harness fixing holder clip according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,13 Wire harness fixing holder clip 2,14,17 Wire harness holding part 3 Lid 4 Main body 5,19 Positioning pin 6,15,18 Bracket insertion part 7 Rotating shaft 8 Rotating bearing 9,20 Positioning hole 10 Free end 11 Rotation prevention pin 12 Rotation prevention hole 21 Lock groove 22 Jaw 23 Flange 26 Hinge 31 Projection 33 Lock ring 34 Shaft hole 35 Large diameter hole 36 Rotation prevention hole

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A wire harness holding portion comprising a substantially semi-cylindrical wire harness holding portion main body and a substantially semi-cylindrical lid connected to the holding portion main body via a hinge, and fitted to a bracket on the vehicle body side. A wire harness fixing holder clip comprising a bracket insertion portion, wherein a rotation mechanism rotatably connects the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion to each other, and a rotation of the rotation mechanism. Positioning means for setting an angle;
A holder clip for fixing a wire harness, comprising: fixing means for fixing a rotation angle. 2. The rotating mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket inserting portion integrally forms a rotating shaft on the wire harness holding portion side and the rotating shaft fits on the bracket inserting portion side. 2. The wire harness fixing holder clip according to claim 1, wherein a shaft hole is formed, and means for preventing the rotation shaft from coming off are provided between the rotation shaft and the shaft hole. 3. A stopper formed at the open end of the rotating shaft formed on the wire harness holding portion side, the projecting portion having a diameter larger than that of the rotating shaft and configured to be insertable into the shaft hole. The holder clip for fixing a wire harness according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. The positioning means forms a plurality of positioning holes concentrically with the shaft hole in the connecting portion on the bracket insertion portion side, and penetrates the holding portion side through the connecting portion on the wire harness holding portion side. 4. A holder clip for fixing a wire harness according to claim 1, wherein a positioning pin is provided which can be inserted through said positioning hole. 5. When the wire harness is fixed to the wire harness holding portion, the top end of the positioning pin is pressed by the free end of the top lid, so that the positioning pin is pushed down simultaneously with the closing of the top lid. 5. The holder clip for fixing a wire harness according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4. 6. The positioning means forms a plurality of positioning holes on the outer periphery of the flange on the wire harness holding portion side and the outer periphery of the flange on the bracket insertion portion side in a connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion,
The holder clip for fixing a wire harness according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein a locking side is inserted so as to straddle the positioning holes. 7. The fixing means forms an anti-rotation pin and an anti-rotation hole at a connecting portion between the wire harness holding portion and the bracket insertion portion, the anti-rotation pin and the anti-rotation hole which can be set at the same time as the angle is set by the positioning means, A locking ring for fixing an axial position on an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, and a locking groove for engaging the locking ring is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole. The holder clip for fixing a wire harness according to 3, 4, or 5.