JPH11180230A - Wiring body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily perform the electric connection of the component parts by one touch by arranging a wiring body between the component parts comprising the conductors, and comprising a board, a conductor whose cables are arranged on a rear face of the board with the prescribed shape, and a connection part formed on the conductor. SOLUTION: A front pillar comprises two screw holes and four engagement holes to be engaged with the clips 2a of a board 2, and a locking piece to be locked with a hook 2b of the board 2 is mounted on a lower part of the screw hole. Accordingly a wiring body 1 can be mounted on the front pillar by one touch as mentioned below. That is, the board 2 is pushed downward in a state that a rear face thereof is faced to the front pillar side, and the hook 2b is located on a slightly upper part of the locking piece. Whereby the hook 2b is locked on the locking piece, the clips 2a are engaged with the corresponding engagement holes, and the wiring body 1 can be remarkably easily mounted on the front pillar.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wiring body used between components having conductors attached to a vehicle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A roof wire harness connected to an internal wiring of an automobile, for example, a ceiling portion, is connected to an auxiliary device such as a map lamp, an accessory lamp, a sliding roof or an air conditioner, and supplies electric power and a signal thereto. Therefore, the wiring is performed so as to border the entire inside of the roof. The roof wire harness is connected to the joint box in the inner panel through the front pillar.

[0003] At this time, in a normal automobile assembly line, an operator manually stops the roof wire harness at an appropriate position with a locking member and wires the roof wire harness behind the ceiling of the automobile.
It leads to the joint box in the inner panel through the front pillar. Similarly, the roof wire harness is also appropriately fixed to the vehicle body side at the front pillar portion with a locking material, and a pillar garnish (interior material) is attached to the front pillar.

[0004]

In the assembly line of an automobile, as in the case of the above-mentioned roof wire harness, various internal wirings for connecting mounted accessories are arranged along a route specified by a worker in advance. Wired by hand.
For this reason, the wiring of the roof wire harness has the problem that the wiring work is troublesome, including the wiring and arrangement of the harness, because the route is long, and the wiring posture becomes extremely painful because the working posture is different from normal. Was.

In particular, in recent years, in order to reduce the number of assembly steps and the number of parts of an automobile to improve assembly workability and reduce assembly costs, electric wires and the like are pre-installed in each component of the automobile, and functions are performed in units of parts. Large-scale modularization has been promoted. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a wiring body capable of reducing the wiring work as much as possible and electrically easily connecting components having conductors with one touch. With the goal.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a wiring body according to the present invention is mounted on a vehicle body side of an automobile, disposed between components having conductors, and provided on a substrate and a back surface of the substrate. A conductor arranged in a shape and a connecting portion formed on the conductor are provided, and the connecting portion is connected to the conductor of the component by being arranged between the components. .

In order to achieve the above object, in a wiring body according to the present invention, at least one of the wiring bodies is preliminarily modularized and disposed between components mounted on the vehicle body side of a car, and a predetermined shape is formed on a back surface of the board. And a connecting portion attached to the conductor, and the connecting portion is connected to the vehicle body side connecting portion provided on the modularized component by disposing the connecting portion between the components. That is the configuration.

[0008] Preferably, a clip for attaching to the vehicle body side is provided.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wiring body according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. The wiring body 1 corresponds to a pillar garnish attached to a front pillar 10 (see FIG. 3) between a roof panel module 12 having a modularized roof panel and an instrument panel module 13 having a modularized instrument panel. As shown in FIG. 1, a flat harness 3 and a connector 4 attached to the back surface of the substrate 2 are provided.

The substrate 2 is attached to the front pillar 10 (see FIG. 3) with its back face facing. Clips 2a are provided at four locations on the back face, and hooks 2b are provided below. The substrate 2 has two mounting portions 2c formed above. Here, if the substrate 2 can be attached to the vehicle body with an adhesive or the like, the
a is not required.

The flat harness 3 is a wire in which a plurality of electric conductors formed in a predetermined shape are arranged in parallel and covered with an insulator such as polyester, polyvinyl chloride, or polyolefin, and connectors 4 are attached to both ends. here,
The electric wire may be an electric wire having not only the flat harness 3 but also a conductor having a circular cross section. The connector 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a) and (b), a plurality of conductors exposed by removing the insulator from the end of the flat harness 3 are molded together with the substrate 2 to be integrally formed, and a part is exposed as a contact 4a. Part.

Here, the configuration of the vehicle body including the front pillar 10 to which the wiring body 1 is attached will be briefly described with reference to FIG.
a is wired on the back side, and the roof panel module 12 with the body connector 12b exposed is attached to a portion where the upper part of the wiring body 1 overlaps. Flat harness 12
a is configured similarly to the flat harness 3, and the body connector 12b has a guide rib 12c formed around the body connector 12b as shown in FIG. 12c
Are held at equal pitches without contacting each other. The front pillar 10 has two screw holes 1
0a, four engaging holes 10b with which the clips 2a of the board 2 are engaged are formed, and a locking piece 10c for locking the hook 2b of the board 2 is provided below the screw hole 10a. I have. Further, in the instrument panel module 13 in which the instrument panel is modularized, a flat harness (not shown) is previously wired on the back side, and the portion where the lower part of the wiring body 1 overlaps is configured similarly to the body connector 12a, and the conductor 13c is provided. The exposed body connector 13a is arranged.

Therefore, the wiring body 1 configured as described above
Is attached to the front pillar 10 shown in FIG. 3 with one touch as follows. That is, the back surface is directed toward the front pillar 10, the hook 2 b is arranged slightly above the locking piece 10 c, and the hook 2 b is lowered while pressing the substrate 2. Then, the hook 2b is locked by the locking piece 10c, and each clip 2a is engaged with the corresponding engagement hole 10b, so that the wiring body 1 can be attached to the front pillar 10 very easily.

At this time, on the board 2, the contact 4a of each connector 4 is connected to the body connector 12 on the vehicle body side.
a and 13a, corresponding to the corresponding conductors 12d and 13c, whereby the roof panel module 12 and the instrument panel module 13 are simply and appropriately electrically connected by the wiring body 1. Thereafter, the handle 14 is screwed to the surface of the mounting portion 2c of the substrate 2 using the screw hole 10a of the front pillar 10, as shown in FIG.

As described above, the wiring body 1 of the present embodiment is
Roof panel module 12 and instrument panel module 13
Therefore, the wiring of the roof wire harness can be simply summarized. The wiring body 1 is
Roof panel module 12 and instrument panel module 13
Can be easily connected to each other, can be handled as one independent component, and handling is easy, so that the assembling property to the automobile is significantly improved.

Here, in addition to the connector 4, for example, the connector 5 shown in FIG. 5 can be used as the connector of the wiring body 1. The connector 5 has a substrate 6 and a cover plate 7 connected by a hinge (not shown), and holds a flat harness 8 between the substrate 6 and the cover plate 7. At this time, the flat harness 8 is obtained by removing the insulator 8b from the end of the flat harness 8 having the plurality of conductors 8a, and bending the flat harness 8 into a loop with the exposed plurality of conductors 8a as the surfaces.
As shown in (2), a spring member 9 is interposed on the bent inside. Then, in this state, as shown in FIG. 8, it is set on the substrate 6, and the cover plate 7 is turned in the direction of the arrow to cover the substrate 6. Then, the projection 6a of the board 6 is engaged with the locking hole 7a of the cover plate 7, and the flat harness 8 is held between the board 6 and the cover plate 7 with the plurality of conductors 8a exposed to the upper side. The connector 5 is assembled. Accordingly, since the connector 5 is provided with elasticity to each conductor 8a by the spring member 9, the corresponding conductor 12a of the body connector 12a, 13a is provided.
c, 13c.

The connector 5 shown in FIG. 5 may be used as a body connector on the vehicle body. Here, in the above embodiment, the case where both the roof panel module 12 and the instrument panel module 13 are modularized has been described, but it goes without saying that only one of them may be modularized. Instead of being modularized, a wire harness in which electric wires are bundled between components may be routed, and a connector of a wiring body may be connected to a connection portion such as a connector provided on the wire harness.
Further, the wiring body may be formed by using an electric wire or a printed circuit board instead of the flat harness. If these conductors are integrated with the wiring body, the conductor is not limited to being provided by molding together. .

On the other hand, the wiring body according to the present invention corresponds to a pillar garnish attached to the front pillar 10 and, for example, a wiring body 15 shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b).
It may be. The wiring body 15 corresponds to the cowl side trim, and a flat harness 15b and three connectors 15c are attached to the back surface of the substrate 15a. With this configuration, the wiring body 15 can be easily attached to the cowl side panel, and the electrical connection between the modularized instrument panel and the floor or the door can be easily and properly made. it can.

In the connector described below including the connector 15c, the conductor of the flat harness is exposed as a contact similarly to the connector 4, and the contact of the connector is formed by attaching the wiring body to the vehicle body. It is simply and appropriately connected to the conductor of the vehicle body-side connector provided on the modularized components. FIGS. 10A and 10B
The wiring body 16 shown in (1) corresponds to a front door scuff plate, and a flat harness 16b and connectors 16c provided at both ends of the flat harness 16b are attached to the back surface of the substrate 16a. Is provided with a clip 16d in which a locking piece is cantilevered. With this configuration, the wiring body 16 can electrically and easily connect the modularized cowl side trim or the instrument panel to the floor electrically.

Further, the wiring body 17 shown in FIGS.
Corresponds to the quarter trim panel,
A flat harness 17b wired in a predetermined shape and connectors 17c provided at both ends of the flat harness 17b are attached to the back surface of the flat harness 17a. Therefore, the wiring body 1
By using 7, the modularized back door and the floor can be electrically easily and properly connected.

The wiring body may be attached to the vehicle body using screws instead of clips. In addition, the wiring body of the present invention includes, for example, a center pillar lower garnish, a rear console box, a floor mat,
Console upper panel, instrument panel finish lower panel, instrument cluster finish center panel, center pillar upper garnish, quarter pillar garnish, rear floor mat support plate, rear door scuff plate, rear wind side garnish, back door trim board, back door garnish, roof head lining The present invention can be applied to various components of an automobile, such as a steering column upper and a steering column lower.

Further, the wiring body of the present invention can be used as an auxiliary member for connection, such as a front end module, a back door module, and a rear end module, as an exterior member of an automobile.

[0023]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the wiring work can be performed as little as possible, and the components having the conductor can be electrically and easily connected with one touch easily and properly. And the assembling process of the automobile proceeds smoothly. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the wiring body can be easily attached to the vehicle body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a back side of a wiring body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are an enlarged view of a portion A of the wiring body of FIG. 1 and a sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration on a vehicle body side of an automobile to which the wiring body of FIG. 1 is attached.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an example of a vehicle body-side connector.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of a connector used in a wiring body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing how to combine a flat harness held by the connector of FIG. 5 with a spring member.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where a flat harness and a spring member are combined in FIG. 6;

8 is a perspective view showing a state where the flat harness and the spring member of FIG. 7 are incorporated in a connector having a board and a cover plate.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the wiring body of the present invention.
It is the perspective view (a) seen from the front side, and the perspective view (b) seen from the back side.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the wiring body of the present invention, and is a perspective view (a) viewed from the front side and a perspective view (b) viewed from the back side.

FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the wiring body of the present invention, and is a perspective view seen from the front surface side.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the wiring body of FIG. 11 as viewed from the back surface side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wiring body 2 Substrate 2a Clip 3 Flat harness 4 Connector (connection part) 5 Connector (connection part) 6 Board 7 Cover plate 8 Flat harness 9 Spring member 10 Front pillar 12 Roof panel module 12b Body connector 13 Instrument panel module 13a Body connector 15 To 17 Wiring body 15a to 17a Substrate 15b to 17b Flat harness 15c to 17c Connector (connection part)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A substrate, which is mounted on a vehicle body side of an automobile and is disposed between components having conductors, and includes a substrate, a conductor arranged in a predetermined shape on a back surface of the substrate, and a connection portion formed on the conductor. The wiring body is characterized in that the connection part is connected to a conductor of the component part by being arranged between the component parts. 2. A board, at least one of which is arranged in advance between components which are modularized and attached to the vehicle body side of a vehicle, a conductor wired in a predetermined shape on a back surface of the board, and a connection attached to the conductor. A wiring body comprising: a connecting portion connected to a vehicle-body-side connecting portion provided on the modularized component by disposing the connecting portion between the components. 3. The wiring body according to claim 1, further comprising a clip for attaching to a vehicle body.