WO2012096012A1

WO2012096012A1 - Optical-cable bending support member

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Publication number: WO2012096012A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/063336
Authority: WO
Inventors: 智宇治田
Original assignee: 住友電装株式会社
Priority date: 2011-01-13
Filing date: 2011-06-10
Publication date: 2012-07-19
Also published as: JP2012145801A

Abstract

This optical-cable bending support member is a member that supports a plurality of optical cables in a bent state at a wire harness, and is provided with a first bending member and a second bending member. The first bending member has: a first snagging section having a first snagging surface that can snag one of the plurality of optical cables in a bent state; an affixing section that can be affixed to the wire harness; and a first joining section. The second bending member has: a second snagging section having a second snagging surface that can snag a different one of the plurality of optical cables in a bent state; and a second joining section. The first joining section and the second joining section are formed joinably in a manner so that the position in the direction of joining of the first bending member and the second bending member is adjustable.

Description

Optical cable bending support member

に関する Related to assembly technology of wire harness including optical cable.

An optical cable may be laid in an automobile or the like together with a wire harness for signal transmission. The optical cable laid in the automobile is routed on the wiring path together with the wire harness on the assembly drawing board when the wire harness is assembled. The optical cable is bent and folded (U-turn) on the wire harness wiring path.

Patent Document 1 discloses a bending jig for preventing an optical cable from being bent with a bending radius smaller than an allowable bending radius. This bending jig is formed in a tapered shape from both ends in the extending direction toward the central portion in the extending direction, and has a cylindrical portion in which the central portion in the extending direction is formed in a cylindrical shape. And it can be made not to bend below an allowable value by putting an optical cable along this cylindrical part. Patent Document 1 also describes that a bending jig is connected to another bending jig in the extending direction to form a jig having two cylindrical portions, and a plurality of optical cables are bent.

JP 2001-215339 A

By the way, the optical cable (optical cable) has a reference dimension larger than the minimum dimension so that the actual dimension is longer than the preset minimum dimension in order to improve the wiring workability on the assembly drawing board and prevent shortage due to the handling. May be manufactured with a dimensional tolerance set on the basis of When a plurality of such optical cables are routed along the wire harness, the bending jig having a plurality of cylindrical portions disclosed in Patent Document 1 can be fixed to a part of the wire harness. However, in the bending jig of Patent Document 1, in order to bend each optical cable along the cylindrical portion, it is necessary that the relative dimensional difference between the plurality of optical cables to be bent is constant.

However, the plurality of optical cables to be bent may have different extra lengths with respect to the bending path at the bending portion due to the difference between the minimum dimension and the actual dimension. For this reason, in the bending jig of Patent Document 1, when another optical cable is bent with one optical cable as a reference, the other optical cable is in a slack state with respect to the cylindrical portion and detached from the bending member. There is a risk.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to more securely support a plurality of optical cables in a bent state on a wire harness.

A 1st aspect is an optical cable bending support member which can be supported by a wire harness in the state which bent the some optical cable, Comprising: A 1st bending member and a 2nd bending member are provided, The said 1st bending member is the said plurality A first hook portion having a first hooking surface that can be hooked in a state where one of the optical cables is bent, a fixing portion that can be fixed to the wire harness, and a first connecting portion, The second bending member includes a second hooking portion having a second hooking surface that can be hooked in a state where the other one of the plurality of optical cables is bent, and a second connecting portion that can be connected to the first connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are formed so that the first bending member and the second bending member can be connected in a connecting direction so that the position thereof can be adjusted.

The second aspect is an optical cable bending support member according to the first aspect, wherein one of the first connection part and the second connection part has a plurality of locked parts arranged in the connection direction, The other of the first connecting part and the second connecting part has a locking part that can be selectively locked to the plurality of locked parts.

A 3rd aspect is an optical cable bending support member which concerns on a 1st or 2nd aspect, Comprising: The said 2nd connection part is formed so that it may extend from the said 2nd hook part to the said connection direction one side. The first hook part has a first guide part into which the second connection part can be inserted, and the first connection part can be connected to the second connection part inserted into the first guide part. Is formed.

A fourth aspect is an optical cable bending support member according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the first hooking portion has one end of the other hooking portion in the connecting direction. It is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the side end portion.

A fifth aspect is an optical cable bending support member according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, comprising a plurality of the second bending members, wherein the plurality of second bending members are a plurality of the second bending members. One of the bending members and the other one have a third connecting portion formed to be connectable to the second connecting portion so that the position of the bending member can be adjusted in the connecting direction.

A 6th aspect is an optical cable bending support member which concerns on a 5th aspect, Comprising: As for the 2nd hook part of the said 2nd bending member, the other side edge part is the shape of one side edge part in the said connection direction. It is formed in the shape corresponding to.

A seventh aspect is an optical cable bending support member according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the fixing portion extends from the first hooking portion toward one side in the coupling direction. It is formed in a shape.

According to the optical cable bending support member according to the first aspect, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are formed so that the first bending member and the second bending member can be connected to each other so that the position of the first bending member and the second bending member can be adjusted in the connecting direction. . For this reason, the space | interval of a 1st hook part and a 2nd hook part can be adjusted so that the slack of the optical cable hooked on each may be suppressed. In this state, by fixing the fixing portion of the first bending member to the wire harness, the plurality of optical cables can be more reliably supported on the wire harness in a bent state.

According to the optical cable bending restricting member according to the second aspect, one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion has a plurality of locked portions arranged in the connecting direction, and the other is against the plurality of locked portions. It has the latching | locking part which can be latched selectively. As described above, since the locking portion is formed so as to be selectively lockable with respect to the plurality of locked portions, the slack of each optical cable hooked on the first bending member and the second bending member is suppressed. By locking the locking portion to one of the plurality of locked portions at the position, the plurality of optical cables can be more reliably maintained in the bent state.

According to the optical cable bending support member according to the third aspect, the second connecting portion formed to extend from the second hooking portion to one side in the connecting direction is inserted into the first guide portion of the first hooking portion. In the state, the 1st connection part and the 2nd connection part are formed so that connection is possible. Thereby, while the connection form of a 1st bending member and a 2nd bending member can be made more compact, a connection state can be maintained more reliably.

According to the optical cable bending support member according to the fourth aspect, the first hook portion is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the one side end portion of the second hook portion in the connecting direction, The first bending member and the second bending member can be connected closer to each other in the connecting direction, the connecting form can be made compact, and the position adjustment width in the connecting direction can be increased.

According to the optical cable bending support member according to the fifth aspect, the plurality of second bending members can adjust the position of one of the plurality of second bending members and the other one in the connection direction, It has the 3rd connection part formed so that connection is possible. For this reason, the space | interval of the 2nd hooking parts of the some 2nd bending member hooked with the optical cable can be adjusted, and the slack of three or more optical cables can be maintained in a bending state.

According to the optical cable bending support member according to the sixth aspect, since the second hooking portion is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the one side end portion in the connecting direction, a plurality of second bending portions are formed. The members can be connected closer to each other in the connecting direction, the connecting form can be made compact, and the width of position adjustment in the connecting direction can be increased.

According to the optical cable bending support member according to the seventh aspect, since the fixing portion is formed in a plate shape extending from the first hooking portion toward one side in the connecting direction, the fixing portion is taped together with the wire harness. A plurality of optical cables can be easily supported on the wire harness by being wound and fixed.

It is a schematic perspective view of an optical cable bending support member. It is a top view of an optical cable bending support member. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2. It is a top view of the optical cable bending support member of the state which made the 1st bending member and the 2nd bending member adjoin. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 4. It is a top view of the optical cable bending support member concerning a modification. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 6.

Hereinafter, the optical cable bending support member 10 according to the embodiment will be described (see FIG. 1). The optical cable bending support member 10 is a member for supporting the plurality of optical cables 2 on the wire harness WH in a bent state.

<About optical cables>
For convenience of explanation, the optical cable 2 to be supported by the optical cable bending support member 10 will be described. Here, the optical cable 2 used for signal transmission of an electric device or the like mounted on an automobile is targeted. The optical cable 2 is routed along the routing route on the assembly drawing board together with the wire harness WH laid on the automobile. The optical cable 2 may be folded (U-turn) or the like on the wiring path of the wire harness WH and fixed in a bent state. In addition, another optical cable 2 may be bent at the same position as the bending position of one optical cable 2. Here, an example in which two optical cables 2 are to be bent will be described. That is, the optical cable bending support member 10 supports the plurality of optical cables 2 in a bent state at positions on the wiring path of the wire harness WH.

The optical cable 2 has a minimum allowable bending radius for suppressing transmission loss of the internal optical fiber and preventing bending breakage. Here, the minimum allowable bend radius is set as a limit bend radius that is assumed that the transmission loss and breakage probability of the optical fiber, which increases as the bend radius decreases, can withstand the use of the optical cable 2. is there. More specifically, the transmission loss (bending loss) is, for example, the degree of loss (dB) when an optical signal having a certain wavelength L is incident on the optical cable 2 wound n times with a certain bending radius. Be evaluated. The fracture probability is evaluated by, for example, the probability that the optical cable 2 wound around m with a certain bending radius will break after t years (for example, an acceleration test may be performed). The minimum allowable bending radius is set so that both the evaluation values of the transmission loss and the fracture probability satisfy the criteria determined according to the actual use situation. For example, the transmission loss is the degree of loss (dB) when an optical signal having a wavelength of 1550 nm is incident on the optical cable 2 wound 100 times with a certain bending radius r, and the fracture probability is 50 with a certain bending radius r. It is good to evaluate with the probability that the optical cable 2 wound around will break after 15 years. In this case, for example, the minimum allowable bending radius can be a bending radius r such that the transmission loss is 0.5 dB / 100 or less and the fracture probability is 1.0 × 10 ⁻⁶ or less. The bending radius refers to the radius of curvature of the central axis of the optical cable 2. Here, as the optical fiber, a fiber using quartz glass capable of transmitting a signal at a higher communication speed than plastic is employed, so that it is more likely to bend and break as compared with a plastic fiber.

The plurality of optical cables 2 each have a bending path at a bending position set in advance, and a minimum dimension necessary for routing in the bending path is set. The plurality of optical cables 2 are larger than the minimum dimension so that the actual dimension does not become smaller than the minimum dimension in order to avoid the shortage due to the routing at the time of routing, or to ensure the redoing of the connection work of the optical connector. Manufactured with dimensional tolerances set on the basis of dimensions. For this reason, the plurality of optical cables 2 may have different lengths with respect to a preset bending path. In addition, the extra length said here is a dimension for the length longer than the bending path | route previously set to each optical cable 2, respectively. Then, when bending a plurality of optical cables 2 having a difference in length at substantially the same position on the wiring path of the wire harness WH, when bending with respect to one optical cable 2, all of the plurality of optical cables 2 are relatively constant. It is difficult to bend along the bending path.

Therefore, in the present optical cable bending support member 10, the members that bend the plurality of optical cables 2 are connected so as to be position-adjustable, and the plurality of optical cables 2 are bent and supported by the wire harness WH. Here, an example will be described in which the optical cable bending support member 10 supports the wire harness WH in a bent state in which a plurality of optical cables 2 are folded (U-turned).

<About optical cable bending support member>
The optical cable bending support member 10 includes a first bending member 20 and a second bending member 40. Here, the optical cable bending support member 10 configured by connecting the first bending member 20 and one second bending member 40 will be described.

The first bending member 20 includes a first hooking portion 22, a fixing portion 28, and a first connecting portion 36. The first connecting part 36 will be described later together with the description of the second connecting part 52 and the third connecting part 56 of the second bending member 40.

The first hooking portion 22 has a first hooking surface 25 that can be hooked in a state where one of the plurality of optical cables 2 is bent. The first hook portion 22 includes a main body portion 24 and a pair of

guide portions

26 and 27.

More specifically, the first hook portion 22 is formed in a shape in which a part of a circle is cut out in an arc shape that is concave toward the inner peripheral side in plan view (see FIG. 2). Here, the 1st hook part 22 is formed in line symmetry in planar view, and the extension direction of the said line (one-dot chain line of FIG. 2) is called the connection direction C. FIG. Moreover, in the connection direction C among the 1st hook parts 22, the arc-shaped edge part notched is called the other side edge part, and the edge part on the opposite side is called 1 side edge part. And the said shape of the connection direction C other side edge part of this 1st hook part 22 is a shape corresponding to the shape of the connection direction C one side edge part of the 2nd hook part 42 of the 2nd bending member 40 mentioned later. .

The main body 24 is formed in a flat columnar shape in which a part of a circle is cut out in an arc shape in plan view, and an outer peripheral surface that is convex toward the outer peripheral side is a first hooking surface 25. The first hooking surface 25 is set to a curvature radius that allows the optical cable 2 to be bent while securing a preset minimum allowable bending radius in a state where the optical cable 2 is hooked. Here, the radius of curvature of the first hooking surface 25 is set to be smaller than the minimum allowable bending radius of the optical cable 2 by the radius of the optical cable 2 so that the optical cable 2 to be hooked is bent at the minimum allowable bending radius. However, the first hooking surface 25 is not limited to the one having the above curvature radius, and may be set to a curvature radius that allows the optical cable 2 to be hooked with a bending radius larger than the minimum allowable bending radius. Moreover, the thickness dimension (axial dimension) of the main body part 24 is set to be larger (here, slightly larger) than the diameter of the optical cable 2 to be supported.

However, the first hooking surface 25 does not have to have an arc shape with a constant curvature radius in plan view. If each part is set to have a curvature radius greater than the minimum allowable bending radius, the first hooking surface 25 has an arc shape along an ellipse. May be. Further, the first hooking surface 25 may be, for example, a concave peripheral surface having a cross-sectional arc shape that is concave on the inner peripheral side along the outer peripheral surface of the optical cable 2 to be hooked.

The pair of

guide portions

26, 27 is a portion that regulates the position of the optical cable 2 hooked on the first hooking surface 25 in the axial direction of the main body portion 24, that is, maintains the state hooked on the first hooking surface 25. Yes (see FIG. 3). The pair of

guide portions

26 and 27 are formed in a plate shape having a shape in which a part of a circular shape in plan view is cut out, and the center of curvature of an arc-shaped peripheral edge portion (hereinafter referred to as a convex peripheral edge portion) that protrudes toward the outer peripheral side. Are arranged so as to sandwich the main body 24 in a form that matches the center of curvature of the first hooking surface 25. More specifically, the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27 has a convex peripheral edge portion set to have a larger radius of curvature than the first hooking surface 25 in a plan view. Preferably, the convex peripheral edge portions of the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27 are set to have a radius of curvature larger than the radius of curvature of the first hook portion 25 by a dimension equal to or larger than the radius of the optical cable 2. That is, the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27 are arranged on the outer peripheral side of the main body portion 24 so that the convex peripheral edge portion sandwiches the central axis of the optical cable 2 in a plan view with the optical cable 2 hooked on the first hooking surface 25. It is good to overhang. Then, the position of the optical cable 2 is restricted by one guide portion 26 on one end side in the axial direction of the main body portion 24 and is restricted by the other guide portion 27 on the other end side.

It should be noted that the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27 only need to be able to maintain the state in which the first hooking surface 25 optical cable 2 is hooked on the first hooking surface 25, and the convex peripheral edge extends along an arc. It is not limited to shape. That is, the pair of guide portions may be formed so as to project to the outer peripheral side with respect to the first hooking surface 25, and may be formed in a shape intermittently extending to the outer peripheral side in the circumferential direction. Good.

The main body portion 24 and the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27 are the other end portion of the first hooking portion 22 and form one end surface in a planar view arc shape facing the other in the connecting direction C.

The fixing part 28 is a part formed so as to be fixable to the wire harness WH (see FIG. 1). That is, the fixed part 28 can support the first hooking part 22 and the first connecting part 36 with respect to the wire harness WH.

The fixing portion 28 is formed in a plate shape extending from the first hooking portion 22 (here, one end portion of one guide portion 26) toward the connection direction C one side. More specifically, the fixing portion 28 has a flat plate shape along a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the main body portion 24. And the one guide part 26 and the fixing | fixed part 28 of the 1st hook part 20 comprise the continuous plate-shaped part. Further, the fixing portion 28 has a retaining portion 29 at the tip portion. The retaining portion 29 protrudes from the distal end portion of the fixed portion 28 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the extending direction (the connecting direction C) of the fixed portion 28 and is formed in a convex shape along the distal end portion.

Then, in a state in which the fixing portion 28 is overlapped with the wire harness WH so that the extending direction is along the extending direction of the wire harness WH, the tape T is wound together with the wire harness WH, and the tie band is tightened ( Here, the first hook portion 22 and the first connecting portion 36 can be supported with respect to the wire harness WH by winding and fixing the tape T. Note that the winding of the tape T, the tightening of the tie band, and the like are performed in a portion of the fixing portion 28 on the base end side from the retaining portion 29. Thereby, even if the fixing part 28 tries to extract from between the tape T etc. and the wire harness WH, the retaining part 29 is hooked on the tape T etc., and extraction is suppressed.

The second bending member 40 is a member for supporting, in a bent state, an optical cable 2 different from the optical cable 2 hooked on the first hooking portion 22 among the plurality of optical cables 2. This 2nd bending member 40 has the 2nd hook part 42, the 2nd connection part 52, and the 3rd connection part 56 (refer FIG. 2, FIG. 3).

The second hooking portion 42 is a portion having a second hooking surface 45 that can be hooked with the other one of the plurality of optical cables 2 bent. More specifically, the second hooking portion 42 has a main body portion 44 and a pair of

guide portions

46 and 47. The second hook 42 is formed in the same shape as the first hook 22. And the connection direction C other side edge part of this 2nd hook part 42 respond | corresponded to the connection direction C one side edge part of the 2nd hook part 42 (and 2nd hook part 142 of another 2nd bending member 140). It is formed in a shape (see FIG. 2). Here, the shape corresponding to the one end portion in the connecting direction C of the second hooking portion 42 is a shape that can be contacted along the one end portion. More specifically, a part of the convex peripheral edge portions of the pair of

guide portions

46 and 47 can come into contact with the entire other side edge portion of the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27. Further, as described above, the connection direction C other side end portion of the first hooking portion 22 has a shape corresponding to the connection direction C one side end portion of the second hooking portion 42, and extends along the one side end portion. It is a shape that can be contacted. That is, the connection direction C other side end part of the first hook part 22 and the second hook part 42 is a concave part having a curvature radius substantially the same as the curvature radius of the convex peripheral edge part of the pair of

guide parts

46 and 47 in plan view. It is formed in an arc shape.

However, the second hooking portion 42 does not need to be formed in the same shape as the first hooking portion 22, as long as the optical cable 2 can be hooked with a minimum allowable bending radius. For example, the second hooking surface 45 may be set to a different radius of curvature from the first hooking surface 25.

The 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40 are comprised so that connection is possible so that position adjustment is possible. More specifically, the first connecting portion 36 of the first bending member 20 and the second connecting portion 52 of the second bending member 40 position the first bending member 20 and the second bending member 40 in the connecting direction C. It is formed to be adjustable and connectable. Further, the third connecting portion 56 of the second bending member 40 can adjust the position of the second bending member 40 and another second bending member 140 in the connecting direction C, so that the second connection of the other second bending member 140 can be adjusted. It is formed so as to be connectable to the portion 152 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

The second connecting portion 52 is provided in the insertion portion 52a extending from the second hooking portion 42 to one side in the connecting direction C so that the plurality of locked portions 52b are arranged in the connecting direction C (extending direction). Part of the shape. This insertion part 52a is formed in the elongate plate shape extended from the connection direction C one side edge part of the one guide part 46. As shown in FIG. More specifically, the insertion portion 52 a has a flat plate shape that is flat in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the main body portion 44.

The locked portion 52b is a recess that opens on one main surface of the insertion portion 52a. Here, the locked portion 52b opens in a rectangular shape that is long in a direction substantially perpendicular to the connecting direction C. Further, the locked portion 52b is formed so that the depth dimension gradually increases from the other side to the one side in the connecting direction C. That is, the locked portion 52b has a locked surface that is orthogonal to the connecting direction C and that faces the other side of the connecting direction C. And the some to-be-latched part 52b has comprised the cross-sectional view saw blade shape as a whole (refer FIG. 3).

Here, about the shape of the 1st hooking part 22 and the 2nd hooking part 42 which concern on connection with the 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40, or the 2nd bending member 40 and another 2nd bending member 40 Let me explain.

The first hook portion 22 is formed with a first guide portion 38 into which the insertion portion 52a of the second connecting portion 52 of the second bending member 40 can be inserted. More specifically, the first guide portion 38 is formed so as to open larger than the cross-sectional shape of the insertion portion 52a (here, slightly larger) and to extend along the connecting direction C. And this 1st guide part 38 can guide the 2nd connection part 52 to the connection direction C, when an inner surface contacts with respect to the 2nd connection part 52 inserted.

Here, the first hook portion 22 is formed with a first through-hole portion 39 that opens at both end surfaces (end surfaces of the pair of guide portions 26 and 27). And the 1st guide part 38 is formed so that the inner side of this 1st through-hole part 39 may be crossed in the connection direction C. As shown in FIG. More specifically, the first guide part 38 has a pair of opposing guide surfaces extending from the opening side end part to the back side end part along the connecting direction C. Here, the pair of guide surfaces of the first guide portion 38 extend opposite to each other so as to sandwich the insertion portion 52a of the second connecting portion 52 in the width direction. Thereby, the 2nd connection part 52 can be inserted in the state guided also inside the 1st through-hole part 39. FIG.

The first through-hole portion 39 is formed so as to open to an outer shape smaller than the main body portion 24 in a substantially similar shape to the main body portion 24 (the pair of guide portions 26 and 27) in plan view.

Further, the second hooking portion 42 is formed with a second guide portion 58 into which the second connecting portion 152 of another second bending member 140 can be inserted. The second guide part 58 is formed in the same shape as the first guide part 38. Further, the second hooking portion 42 is formed with a second through-hole portion 59 having the same shape as the first through-hole portion 39.

The first connecting portion 36 has a first locking portion 36b that can be selectively locked to the plurality of locked portions 52b of the second connecting portion 52. The first locking portion 36 b is provided so as to protrude into the first guide portion 38 of the first hook portion 22. That is, the first locking portion 36 b can be selectively locked with respect to the plurality of locked portions 52 b formed in the insertion portion 52 a inserted into the first guide portion 38.

More specifically, the first connecting portion 36 has a shape in which the first locking portion 36 b protrudes into the first guide portion 38 from the distal end portion of the elastic deformation piece 36 a that protrudes from the inner wall portion of the first through-hole portion 39. Is formed. The elastic deformation piece 36a is located on the side of the first guide portion 38 (here, on the other guide portion 27 side) of the inner wall portion of the first through-hole portion 39 and toward the one side from the portion on the other side in the connecting direction C. It is formed to protrude. This elastic deformation piece 36a has a free end at its tip, and can be elastically deformed so as to swing in the direction connecting the pair of

guide portions

26 and 27. The first locking portion 36b protrudes from the tip end portion of the elastic deformation piece 36a toward the one guide portion 26. This 1st latching | locking part 36b is formed so that the protrusion dimension may become large gradually toward the one side from the other direction in the connection direction C. As shown in FIG. That is, the 1st latching | locking part 36b has a latching surface orthogonal to the connection direction C and toward the connection direction C one side. The first locking portion 36b has a shape corresponding to the shape of the locked portion 52b, and the locking surface comes into contact with the locked surface in a state of being disposed in the locked portion 52b. In addition, here, the first connecting portion 36 includes two first locking portions 36b that are arranged in the connecting direction C at intervals corresponding to the plurality of locked portions 52b at the tip of the elastic deformation piece 36a. (See FIG. 3).

In the state where no external force is applied to the first connecting portion 36 b, the first locking portion 36 b protrudes into the first guide portion 38 within the first through hole portion 39. Moreover, when the 2nd connection part 52 is inserted in the 1st guide part 38, the insertion part 52a will be pressed by the 1st latching | locking part 36b, and the elastic deformation piece 36a will be pushed up to the other guide part 27 side. And if the 2nd connection part 52 is inserted to the position where the 1st latching | locking part 36b opposes the some to-be-latched part 52b, the 1st latching | locking part 36b will approach in the to-be-latched part 52b corresponding. And lock. The first bending member 20 and the second bending member 40 are positioned so that the optical cable 2 hooked on the first hook portion 22 and the optical cable 2 hooked on the second hook portion 42 are supported as loosely as possible. The first locking portion 36b is locked to the locked portion 52b at the position.

The 3rd connection part 56 has the 2nd latching | locking part 56b which can be selectively latched with respect to the some to-be-latched part 52b of the 2nd coupling part 52. As shown in FIG. The third connecting portion 56 is formed in the same shape as the first connecting portion 36. That is, the third connecting portion 56b protrudes into the second guide portion 38 from the distal end portion of the elastic deformation piece 56a protruding from the other side wall portion in the connecting direction C of the second through hole portion 59. Is a shape provided.

The optical cable bending support member 10 is preferably configured such that the first bending member 20 and the second bending member 40 are integrally formed and connected by injection molding of a synthetic resin or the like.

Here, the process of supporting a plurality (here, two) of optical cables 2 in a bent state on the wire harness WH by the optical cable bending support member 10 will be described. First, one optical cable 2 is hooked on the first hooking portion 22 of the first bending member 20. In addition, another optical cable 2 that is hooked on the first hooking portion 22 is hooked on the second hooking portion 42 of the second bending member 40.

And the 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40 are connected (refer FIG. 2, FIG. 3). That is, the 2nd connection part 52 is inserted in the 1st guide part 38, and the 1st latching | locking part 36b is selectively latched by the some to-be-latched part 52b. Here, at a position where the optical cable 2 hooked on the first hooking portion 22 is routed as loosely as possible, the fixing portion 28 is wound around the wire harness WH by tape T (see FIG. 1).

Next, the second bending member 40 is moved so that the second hooking portion 42 is brought close to the first hooking portion 22 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). That is, the first locking member 36b and the second bending member 40 are positioned so that the optical cable 2 hooked on the second hooking portion 42 is positioned as loosely as possible. Locked to the locked portion 52b.

Thus, the two optical cables 2 can be supported on the wire harness WH in a bent state while suppressing slack. In addition, the two optical cables 2 are good to be tape-T wound with the wire harness WH by the connection direction C other side of the optical cable bending support member 10 (refer FIG. 1).

But the 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40 are after hooking each optical cable 2 to the 1st hook part 22 and the 2nd hook part 42, or after fixing the fixing | fixed part 28 to the wire harness WH. You may connect. Moreover, you may perform position adjustment of the 1st hook part 22 and the 2nd hook part 42 in the state which hooked each optical cable 2, before fixing the fixing | fixed part 28 to the wire harness WH.

4 and 5 show an example in which the first hooking portion 22 and the second hooking portion 42 are positioned with a space therebetween in a state where the first bending member 20 and the second bending member 40 are connected in proximity to each other. However, the other end portion of the first hook portion 22 and the one end portion of the second hook portion 42 may be connected so as to be close to each other. That is, the first guide portion 38 is formed deep so that the second connecting portion 52 can be inserted deeper, and the first hooking portion 22 and the second hooking portion 42 of the second connecting portion 52 are The to-be-latched part 52b should just be formed also in the position where the 1st latching | locking part 34 opposes in the position which contact | abuts.

In addition, the first hooking portion 22 and the second hooking portion 42 are formed when the connecting direction C other side end portion is formed in a shape corresponding to the connecting direction C one side end portion of the second hooking

portions

42 and 142. Not limited. That is, the 1st hook part 22 and the 2nd hook part 42 may each be formed circularly, for example in planar view.

Further, so far, the first connecting portion 36 has the first locking portion 36b, the second connecting portion 52 has the plurality of locked portions 52b, and the third connecting portion 56 has the second locking portion 56b. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the structure of the 1st connection part 36, the 2nd connection part 52, and the 3rd connection part 56 positions the 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40 (and another 2nd bending member 140) in the connection direction C. What is necessary is just to be able to connect so that adjustment is possible.

For example, the first connecting portion extends from the first hooking portion 22 to the other side in the connecting direction C and has a plurality of locked portions, and a guide portion into which the first connecting portion can be inserted is formed in the second hooking portion. The second connecting portion may have a locking portion that can be selectively locked to the plurality of locked portions of the first connecting portion that are inserted into the guide portion. In this case, the third connecting portion may extend from the second hooking portion 42 to the other side in the connecting direction C and have a plurality of locked portions.

Further, the first connecting portion has a plurality of locked portions that open into the first guide portion, and the second connecting portion is selected as a plurality of locked portions of the first connecting portion on one main surface of the insertion portion. The shape in which the latching | locking part which can be latched automatically was formed may be sufficient. In this case, the 3rd connection part is good to have a plurality of locked parts which open in the 2nd guide part.

Also, the first and second locking portions are formed in a convex shape and the plurality of locked portions are not formed in a concave shape, and the concavo-convex relationship may be reversed.

The optical cable bending support member may include a first bending member 20 and a plurality of second bending members. FIGS. 6 and 7 show an optical cable bending support member 100 having a first bending member 20, a second bending member 40, and another second bending member 140. Another second bending member 140 is a member having the same shape as the second bending member 40. That is, an example in which another second bending member 140 is connected to the second bending member 40 will be described. The other second bending member 140 includes a second hooking portion 142 capable of hooking the optical cable 2 and a third connecting portion. The second connecting portion 152 having a plurality of locked portions 152b that can be locked by the 56 second locking portions 56b and a plurality of locked portions of the second connecting portion of another second bending member are selected. And a third connecting portion 156 having a second locking portion 156b that can be locked.

The number of the second bending members may be provided corresponding to the number of optical cables 2 to be bent, and a plurality of the second bending members may be provided. As described above, in the case of the optical cable bending support member 10 having only one second bending member 40, the third connecting portion 56 of the second bending member 40 may be omitted.

According to the optical cable bending support member 10 according to the above configuration, the first connecting portion 36 and the second connecting portion 52 can connect the first bending member 20 and the second bending member 40 in the connecting direction C so as to be adjustable. The third connecting portion 56 is formed, and the second connecting member 52 of the second bending member 140 and the second bending member 140 can be adjusted in the connecting direction C so that the second bending member 40 and the second bending member 140 can be adjusted in the connecting direction C. It is formed to be connectable. For this reason, the space | interval of the connection direction of the 1st hook part 22 and the 2nd hook part 42 can be adjusted so that the slack of the optical cable 2 hooked on each may be suppressed. Further, by adjusting the position in the connecting direction C between the second bending member 40 and the other second bending member 140 hooked with the optical cable 2, the bending state of the three or more optical cables 2 is suppressed while preventing slack. Can be maintained. In this state, by fixing the fixing portion 28 of the first bending member 20 to the wire harness, the plurality of optical cables 2 can be more reliably supported on the wire harness WH in a bent state.

Moreover, since the 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40 (and another 2nd bending member 140) are connected, compared with the case where the some optical cable 2 is supported using multiple 1st bending members 20. In addition to reducing the size of the component itself and reducing the material, the material cost of the tape T and the number of steps of winding the tape T can be reduced by reducing the number of tape T winding locations where the fixing portion 28 is fixed.

Moreover, the 2nd connection part 52 has the some to-be-latched part 52b arranged in the connection direction C, and the 1st connection which the 1st connection part 36 can selectively latch with respect to the some to-be-latched part 52b. It has a stop 36b. Moreover, the 3rd connection part 56 has the 2nd latching | locking part 56b which can be selectively latched with respect to the some to-be-latched part 152b. Thus, since the first locking portion 36b and the second locking portion 56b are formed so as to be selectively lockable with respect to the plurality of locked

portions

52b and 152b, the first bending member 20 and The first locking portion 36b and the second locking portion 56b are respectively locked to one of the plurality of locked portions 52b at a position where the slack of each optical cable 2 hooked on the second bending member 40 is suppressed. Thus, the plurality of optical cables 2 can be more reliably maintained in the bent state.

The second connecting portion 52 is formed to extend from the second hooking portion 42 to one side in the connecting direction C, and the first connecting portion 36 is inserted into the first guide portion 38 of the first hooking portion 22. It is formed so as to be connectable to the second connecting portion 52. Further, the third connecting portion 56 can be connected to the second connecting portion 52 of another second bending member 140 inserted into the second guide portion 58 of the second hooking portion 42. As described above, the second connecting

portion

52 or 152 is connected to the first connecting portion 36 or the third connecting portion 56 in a state of being inserted into the first guide portion 38 or the second guide portion 58. Thereby, while omitting the structure which protrudes in the connection direction C other in the connection form of the 1st bending member 20 and the 2nd bending member 40, it can be made more compact, and the 1st latching | locking part 36 or a 2nd latching is possible. The connected state in which the portion 56 is locked to the locked

portion

52b or 152b can be more reliably maintained.

Further, the first hook portion 22 and the

second hook portions

42 and 142 are formed such that the other end portion in the connecting direction C corresponds to the shape of the one end portion in the connecting direction C of the

second hook portions

42 and 142. Therefore, the first bending member 20, the second bending member 40, and another second bending member 140 can be connected closer to each other in the connecting direction C, the connecting form can be made compact, and the position in the connecting direction C can be reduced. The range of adjustment can be increased.

Moreover, since the fixing | fixed part 28 is formed in the plate shape extended toward the connection direction C one side from the 1st hook part 22, the fixing | fixed part 28 is fixed by tape T winding etc. with the wire harness WH. By doing so, the optical cable 2 can be easily supported by the wire harness WH.

As described above, the optical cable bending support member 10 has been described in detail. However, the above description is illustrative in all aspects, and the present invention is not limited thereto. It is understood that countless variations that are not illustrated can be envisaged without departing from the scope of the present invention.

2

Optical cable

10, 100 Optical cable bending support member 20 First bending member 22 First hooking portion 25 First hooking surface 28 Fixed portion 36 First coupling portion 36b First locking portion 38

First guide portion

40, 140

Second bending member

42, 142 Second hooking portion 45

Second hooking surface

52, 152

Second connecting portion

52b, 152b Locked

portion

56, 156

Third connecting portion

56b, 156b Second locking portion C Connecting direction WH Wire harness

Claims

An optical cable bending support member that can be supported on a wire harness with a plurality of optical cables bent,
A first bending member and a second bending member;
The first bending member is
A first hooking portion having a first hooking surface that can be hooked in a state where one of the plurality of optical cables is bent;
A fixing part that can be fixed to the wire harness;
A first connecting portion;
The second bending member is
A second hooking portion having a second hooking surface that can be hooked with another one of the plurality of optical cables bent;
A second connecting portion connectable to the first connecting portion;
The said 1st connection part and the said 2nd connection part are optical cable bending support members formed so that a position adjustment is possible for the said 1st bending member and the said 2nd bending member in a connection direction.
The optical cable bending support member according to claim 1,
One of the first connecting part and the second connecting part has a plurality of locked parts arranged in the connecting direction,
The other of said 1st connection part and said 2nd connection part is an optical cable bending | flexion support member which has the latching | locking part which can be selectively latched with respect to these locked parts.
The optical cable bending support member according to claim 1,
The second connecting portion is formed to extend from the second hooking portion to the one side in the connecting direction,
The first hook portion has a first guide portion into which the second connecting portion can be inserted,
The optical cable bending support member, wherein the first connection part is formed to be connectable to the second connection part inserted into the first guide part.
The optical cable bending support member according to claim 1,
The first hook portion is an optical cable bending support member in which the other side end portion is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the one side end portion of the second hook portion in the connecting direction.
The optical cable bending support member according to claim 1,
A plurality of the second bending members;
The plurality of second bending members are formed so that the position of one of the plurality of second bending members and the other one of the second bending members can be adjusted in the connecting direction, and can be connected to the second connecting portion. An optical cable bending support member having a connecting portion.
The optical cable bending support member according to claim 5,
The second hooking portions of the plurality of second bending members are optical cable bending support members in which the other side end portion is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the one side end portion in the connection direction.
The optical cable bending support member according to claim 1,
The said fixing | fixed part is an optical cable bending | flexion support member currently formed in the plate shape extended toward the said connection direction one side from the said 1st hook part.