JPH11346413A - Protector and its removing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector and its removing method by which a wiring harness and a protector can be removed and recovered easily with the least amount of labor at dismantling of a vehicle. SOLUTION: A protector 10 provided with a protector main body 1 which has a channel shape whose both the ends are opened, a hinge 2 which is flexibly provided on the top edge of one sidewall 1a of the protector main body 1, and furthermore, can be separated from the protector main body 1 and protrudes outward from the protector main body 1, the cover 3 whose one edge side is connected to the protector main body 1 with the hinge 2 and is made turnable with the hinge 2 as a fulcrum, a locking part 4 by which the protector main body 1 and the cover 3 are fixed to each other and clips 5, with which the protector 10 is fixed to a predetermined attachment position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a protector and a method of removing the protector, and more particularly to a protector structure for storing and protecting a wire harness routed in a vehicle and a protector fixed to a predetermined mounting portion. The present invention relates to a method for removing a wire harness.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means for arranging a wiring route of a linear body, for example, an electric wire, an optical fiber, an air pipe, or the like mounted inside a vehicle, a resin is used as a means for preventing damage due to contact with surrounding interference. Molded protectors are widely used. FIG. 5 shows a conventional wire harness protector, and the structure thereof will be described.

[0003] As shown in FIG.
′ Is a protector body 1 having both ends open and formed in a groove shape, a hinge portion 2 provided at the upper end of one side wall 1 a of the protector body 1 so as to be bent, and one end via the hinge portion 2. The lid 3 is connected to the protector main body 1 on its side and is rotatably provided around the hinge 2.
And a lock projection 4 provided at the other end of the lid 3.
a lock part 4 provided at the upper end of the other side wall 1b of the protector main body 1 and comprising a lock concave part 4b which engages with and locks with the lock convex part 4a, and protrudes from the outer surface of the bottom part 1c of the protector main body 1. And a clip portion 5 for fixing the protector 10 'to a predetermined mounting portion.

In the protector 10 'having such a structure, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), a linear body, for example, a wire harness 20 is housed inside the protector body 1, and the lid is turned around the hinge 2 as a fulcrum. Move to lock projection 4a
Is locked in the lock recess 4b, and the wire harness 20 is stored. The clip portion 5 of the protector 10 ′ is locked in a clip hole (not shown) provided at a predetermined mounting position of the vehicle panel 30, so that the wire harness 20 is connected to a predetermined wiring route. Fixed.

[0005] In general, the protector is manufactured by various molding methods according to the shape and the like. For example, in the case of a protector 10 'having a linear shape as shown in FIG. Two-layer molding using a molding method is applied. That is, in the case of the protector 10 'shown in FIG. 5, since the hinge portion 2 is required to rotate the lid portion 3 when the wire harness is housed, the rigid PVC (polypropylene) used for the protector body 1 and the lid portion 3 is required. Along with vinyl chloride), a flexible PVC having higher flexibility or flexibility than rigid PVC generally uses a two-layer structure extending in the extrusion direction.

In the case of a protector having a shape other than the linear shape as shown in FIG. 5, a resin material having the same material is used, but in a place where flexibility is required such as a hinge portion. In addition, a structure in which flexibility is enhanced by reducing the thickness is used.

[0007]

In recent years, recycling of vehicle parts has been desired from the viewpoint of environmental protection.
The technology of collecting wire harnesses when dismantling a scrapped vehicle is becoming important. For example, in the above-described protector, the wire harness 20 is housed inside the protector 10 ', the protector main body 1 and the lid portion 3 are locked by the lock portion 4, and the protector 1
0 ′ is locked and fixed to the vehicle panel 30 by the clip portion 5.

Here, the lock section 4 and the clip section 5 are locked in the locking direction so that the protector body 1 and the lid section 3 and the protector 10 'and the vehicle panel 30 do not fall off even while the vehicle is running. And it is formed in a structure which is easy to engage in the fixing direction and hard to be separated in the opposite direction. Therefore, when recovering the wire harness 20 and the protector 10 'from the vehicle panel 30, as shown in FIG.
At the same time, it has to be peeled off with an extremely large force (arrow B), which reduces the work efficiency and imposes a heavy burden on the operator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily lock and fix the protector at the time of assembling work and to disassemble the vehicle with as little labor as possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a protector capable of easily removing a wire harness from a protector and recovering the same, and a method of removing the protector.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a protector body having a groove-like shape, and a hinge portion provided on the protector body and configured to be bendable. A lid portion having one end connected to the protector main body via the hinge portion, and a lid closing the lid portion to the protector main body by locking the other end of the lid portion to the protector main body. A stopper, and a fixing member for fixing the protector main body to a desired mounting portion, wherein the hinge portion protrudes outward from a cylindrical body configured by closing the lid portion to the protector main body. It has a protruding shape.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the protector according to the first aspect, the protector body and the lid are formed of a first material having low flexibility, and the hinge is formed of the first material. It is characterized by being constituted by a second material having a higher flexibility than the above material. Further, the invention according to claim 3 has a protector main body having a groove shape and a lid portion rotatably provided on the protector main body via a hinge portion, and the lid portion is attached to the protector main body. A predetermined linear body is housed inside a cylindrical body configured to be closed, and in a method of removing a protector fixed to a predetermined mounting portion, the hinge portion is peeled from the protector body and the lid portion. Removing and forming an open end on one side of the tubular body;
The method includes a step of taking out the linear body from the inside of the cylindrical body through the open end, and a step of removing the protector from the predetermined attachment portion.

That is, according to the protector of the present invention, the hinge portion that allows the lid portion to rotate with respect to the protector main body includes:
Being made of a material having higher flexibility than the material forming the protector main body and the lid portion, and having a shape protruding outward from a cylindrical pair formed of the protector main body and the lid portion and capable of being gripped. It is characterized by. Also,
In the method for removing the protector of the present invention, first, the hinge portion of the tubular body formed by closing the lid portion to the protector body is peeled off and removed from the protector body and the lid portion to form an open end on one side of the tubular body. Then, the linear body housed inside is taken out through this open end.

Therefore, when the linear body is stored in the protector, the hinge is bent and deformed, and the lid is freely rotated with respect to the protector body. When the vehicle is disassembled, the hinge is peeled off from the protector in advance. Remove to open end,
Since the linear body can be taken out through the open end, the linear body can be taken out of the protector with a small pulling force at the time of disassembly while performing the storing operation of the linear body satisfactorily. The collection operation can be performed easily and with a small amount of labor.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments. A first embodiment of a protector according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1A, a protector 10 according to the present embodiment includes a protector body 1, a hinge part 2, a lid part 3, a lock part 4 forming a locking part, and a clip forming a fixing member. And a part 5.

The protector body 1 is made of rigid PVC and has a groove shape with both ends open, as in the above-described embodiment. The hinge 2 is provided at the upper end of one side wall 1 a of the protector main body 1 in a bendable manner. More specifically, as shown in FIG.
And a protruding portion 2a formed of a material having higher flexibility or flexibility than the hard PVC constituting the lid portion 3, which will be described later, for example, soft PVC, and protruding outside the protector 10 and capable of being gripped as described later. It is formed in the shape which has.

The lid 3 has one end connected to the protector main body 1 via the hinge 2 and is provided rotatably about the hinge 2 as a fulcrum. Lock part 4
Is composed of a lock projection 4a and a lock recess 4b,
The lock projection 4a is provided at the other end of the lid 3 and the lock recess 4b is provided at the upper end of the other side wall 1b of the protector body 1. 3 is closed.

The clip portion 5 protrudes from the outer surface of the bottom 1c of the protector main body 1, and is provided so as to lock and protect the protector 10 in a predetermined mounting hole. Next, an operation of storing the wire harness in the protector 10 having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG. First, FIG.
As shown in (a), the wire harness 20 is housed in the groove of the protector main body 1, and the lid 3 is rotated around the hinge 2 as a fulcrum.

Next, the locking projection 4a provided at the tip of the lid is engaged with the locking recess 4b of the protector main body 1 and locked, and the lid 3 is closed to the protector main body 1. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the clip portion 5 protruding from the bottom 1 c of the protector body 1 is locked in a predetermined mounting hole (not shown) of the vehicle panel 30,
The protector 10 in which the wire harness 20 is stored is fixed.

Next, a method of removing the protector according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the wire harness 20 is housed, and the protrusion 2a of the hinge 2 of the protector 10 fixed to a predetermined mounting position of the vehicle panel 30 is gripped, and the arrow A1
And pull the protector body 1 and lid 3
The hinge part 2 is peeled off (peeled).

By such an operation, the protector body 1
An open end 6 is formed at one side of the tubular body configured by closing the lid 3, that is, at the hinge 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, the wire harness 20 housed inside the protector 10 through the open end 6 is drawn out of the protector as indicated by an arrow A2.

By such an operation, the wire harness 20 is separated from the protector 10, and only the protector 10 is fixed to the vehicle panel 30. Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, by peeling the protector 10 from the vehicle panel 30 (arrow A3), all the members (the wire harness 20 and the protector 10) mounted on the vehicle are collected.

As a method of peeling the protector 10, as shown by an arrow A3, in addition to the operation of applying a peeling force, a well-known structure capable of releasing the lock from the inside of the protector body 1 as the clip portion 5 The method of unlocking the clip portion 5 inside the protector 10 from which the wire harness 20 has been taken out by applying the wire harness 20 can also be adopted.

As described above, since the hinge portion 2 has a structure formed of a material having high flexibility, when the wire harness 20 is stored in the protector 10, the degree of freedom of rotation of the lid portion is increased, and the wire harness is assembled. The work efficiency can be improved, and the hinge portion is formed so as to have a projection shape protruding outward from the protector 10 and to have a boundary surface that can be peeled off from the protector body 1 and the lid portion 3. Thus, when the vehicle is disassembled, the hinge portion 2 is peeled off from the protector body 1 and the lid portion 3 in advance, one side of the protector 10 is opened, and the work of taking out (recovering) the wire harness 20 housed inside is facilitated. Can be done.

Here, the protector 10 shown in FIG.
Although the protector body 1 and the lid 3 and the hinge 2 have a configuration using different materials (hard PVC and soft PVC), as described in the related art, general extrusion molding is used. By applying the two-layer molding using the method, it can be easily manufactured. On this occasion,
In the protector 10 of the present embodiment, since the hinge part 2 needs to be formed so as to be peelable from the protector body 1 and the lid part 3, the material of the hinge part 2, the protector body 1 and the lid part 3 is required. The connection state of the mutual boundary surfaces is appropriately set, and the shape of the hinge portion 2 is configured to have a shape that can be gripped during the peeling operation.

Next, a second embodiment of the protector according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the same components as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 4, the protector 10 of the present embodiment is characterized in that the hinge portion 2 is provided so as to be bent between the protector body 1 and the lid portion 3 so as to protrude outward from the protector 10. .

According to such a structure of the hinge portion 2, the degree of freedom of rotation of the lid portion 3 with respect to the protector main body 1 can be further improved, and the extrusion molding die can be formed in a simple shape. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the hinge portion 2 is formed by extrusion molding using a material having higher flexibility than the protector body 1 and the lid portion 3 has been described. It is not limited.

In short, the cover 3 rotates around the hinge 2 when the linear body is stored, and the hinge 2 is separated from the protector body 1 and the cover 3 when the wire harness and the protector are removed. What is necessary is just to remove and to form an open end. According to such a configuration, the protector does not depend on the extrusion molding method described above,
The present invention can be applied to a protector which can be formed by a normal injection molding method and has a complicated shape other than a linear shape.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the linear body is stored in the protector, the hinge part is bent and deformed, and the lid part is freely rotated with respect to the protector body. When the vehicle is disassembled, the hinge part is peeled off and removed from the protector in advance to open the end. Since the linear body can be taken out through the open end, the linear body can be taken out of the protector with a small pulling force at the time of disassembly while the work of storing the linear body is performed well, and the wire harness can be taken out. Assembly and collection work can be performed easily and with little effort.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a protector according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a work of storing a wire harness in a protector in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a work of removing a wire harness and a protector in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a second embodiment of the protector according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a conventional protector.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional work of removing a protector.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Protector main body 1a, 1b Side wall 1c Bottom part 2 Hinge part 3 Lid part 4 Lock part 4a Lock convex part 4b Lock concave part 5 Clip part 6 Open end 10 Protector 20 Wire harness 30 Vehicle panel

Claims (3)

[Claims] A protector body having a groove shape, a hinge portion provided on the protector body and configured to be bendable, and a lid portion having one end connected to the protector body via the hinge portion. Locking the other end of the lid and the protector body,
The protector main body includes a locking portion that closes the lid portion, and a fixing member that fixes the protector main body to a desired attachment portion. The hinge portion is configured by closing the lid portion to the protector main body. A protector having a protruding shape protruding outward from a cylindrical body to be formed. 2. The protector body and the lid portion are made of a first material having low flexibility, and the hinge portion is made of a second material having higher flexibility than the first material. The protector according to claim 1, wherein the protector is configured. 3. A protector body having a groove shape, and a lid portion rotatably provided on the protector body via a hinge portion, wherein the lid portion is closed to the protector body. A method for removing a protector in which a predetermined linear body is housed inside a cylindrical body and fixed to a predetermined mounting portion, wherein the hinge portion is peeled off from the protector body and the lid portion to remove the hinge portion. Forming an open end on one side of the body, removing the linear body from the inside of the tubular body through the open end, and removing the protector from the predetermined attachment portion. A method of removing a protector characterized by the following.