WO2016117366A1

WO2016117366A1 - Harness protector

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Publication number: WO2016117366A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/050325
Authority: WO
Inventors: 隆明加藤
Original assignee: 住友電装株式会社
Priority date: 2015-01-21
Filing date: 2016-01-07
Publication date: 2016-07-28
Also published as: JP2016135038A

Abstract

Provided is a harness protector that has a novel structure and that can cope with differences in the routing configurations of wire harnesses and improve versatility. A harness protector 10 that is provided with a trough-shaped protector main body 14 through which a wire harness 12 is inserted and with a lid body 18 that covers an upper opening 16 of the protector main body 14. The protector main body 14 extends in a shape that corresponds to the routing configuration of the wire harness 12, and has a plurality of identically shaped lock-receiving parts 32. The lid body 18 is configured from a plurality of short-length lid bodies 18a, 18b, 18c that have a common shape, that are shorter in length than the protector main body 14, that are straight, and that have a plurality of identically shaped lock parts 40 that fit into the lock-receiving parts 32. The plurality of short-length lid bodies 18a, 18b, 18c are connected and fixed to the protector main body 14 at appropriate long-direction positions by the fitting together of the plurality of lock-receiving parts 32 and the plurality of lock parts 40.

Description

Harness protector

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a harness protector which is externally fitted to a wire harness wired in a car or the like to protect the wire harness.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, harness protectors have been used in automobiles and the like in order to protect a wire harness from interference with other members and to hold the wire harness at a predetermined location in the vehicle. For example, as described in JP 2012-55105 A (Patent Document 1), the harness protector includes a wedge-shaped protector main body through which the wire harness is inserted, and a lid covering an upper opening of the protector main body. .

By the way, in many cases, the harness protector is a special-purpose product specially formed according to the wiring shape of the wire harness, and in particular, when the long length as described in Patent Document 1, the tendency becomes more remarkable. . Therefore, it is necessary to individually design different harness protectors for each vehicle type, resulting in inferior versatility and high cost, and intricate problems in managing various types of parts.

On the other hand, it is conceivable to make the shape of the harness protector common, but in order to realize the space-saving wiring harness wiring, the wiring routes of the wire harness etc. should not be different for each vehicle type and grade. Do not get. Therefore, it was unrealistic to make the shape of a harness protector common and to improve versatility.

JP 2012-55105 A

The present invention has been made against the background described above, and the problem to be solved is a harness protector having a novel structure which can improve versatility while coping with the difference in the wiring shape of the wire harness. To provide.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a harness protector including: a wedge-shaped protector main body through which a wire harness is inserted; and a lid covering an upper opening of the protector main body, wherein the protector main body While extending in a shape corresponding to the shape of a cord and having a plurality of locked portions of the same shape, the lid extends straight in a shorter length than the protector main body and is fitted to the locked portion And a plurality of short lids having a common shape having a plurality of lock portions having the same shape, and the plurality of short lids are provided with the plurality of locked portions at appropriate positions in the longitudinal direction of the protector body. It is characterized in that the plurality of lock portions are connected and fixed by fitting.

According to this aspect, since the protector body itself in which the wire harness is inserted is provided in a shape corresponding to the wiring shape of the wire harness, it is possible to provide a harness protector corresponding to the wiring shape difference of the wire harness. it can. On the other hand, the lid is constituted by a plurality of short lids having a common shape having a plurality of lock portions of the same shape, which are shorter than the protector body and extend straight and fit into the locked portion. Thereby, regardless of the shape of the protector main body, it becomes possible to mount the short lid having a common shape to the protector main body, and by sharing the short lid, the versatility of the harness protector can be improved. .

In particular, by adopting a plurality of lock portions having the same shape and a plurality of lock portions having the same shape fitted to the lock portion, the plurality of short lids can be dispersedly attached to the protector body at an appropriate position. It is possible to reduce the labor required for the work when attaching the harness protector. Also, for example, even when the protector body is bent in an L shape, a lid of a special shape such as an L shape only by attaching two short lids to a straight portion avoiding the bent portion of the protector body The wire harness can be housed and held in the protector body without providing the

The locked portion can be provided by a known structure such as a lock frame portion provided at a predetermined pitch on a pair of side wall outer surfaces of the protector main body or an upper opening groove portion provided on a pair of side wall upper surfaces. Similarly, the lock portion projects from the both widthwise end edges of the lid toward the protector main body and is provided at the same pitch as that of the lock frame, or at both edge portions of the lid and is open at the upper opening. It can be provided by known structures, such as longitudinal protrusions which engage in the grooves.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a plurality of types of component fixing structures are provided on the surface of the short lid.

In this aspect, a plurality of types of component fixing structures are provided on the surface of the short lid. The harness protector may be required to attach and hold the adjacent parts, but by providing a plurality of types of part fixing structures, it is possible to further improve the versatility of the short lid and thus the harness protector. it can.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a component fixing structure is provided on a surface of each of the short lids, and the type of the component fixing structure is between the short lids. It is configured to include different types of short lids.

In this aspect, since the types of component fixing structure include a plurality of types of short lids different among short lids, the short lids are selected according to the types of neighboring components for which attachment and retention are required individually. This makes it possible to meet individual requirements and to further improve the versatility of the short lid, and hence the harness protector.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the fixing strip fixed to the wire harness at one longitudinal end of the short lid. Is provided.

In this aspect, since the fixing pieces are provided on the short lids, the binding operation of the wire harness is performed while positioning and fixing the short lids smaller than the protector main body to the wire harness when the wire harness is bound. It becomes possible to attach the protector body after the binding operation. As a result, the space on the drawing board for wire harness binding can be effectively used, and the protector positioning operation on the drawing board can be performed with a small short lid, and therefore, the workability can be improved.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the locked portion is constituted by a lock frame portion provided on a pair of side wall outer surfaces of the protector main body. And the lock frame portion is disposed at a predetermined pitch in the longitudinal direction of the protector body, and the lock portion projects from the widthwise end edges of the lid toward the protector body. It is comprised by the piece part, This lock piece part is arrange | positioned by the same pitch as the said lock frame part in the said longitudinal direction.

According to this aspect, the protector body is provided with a plurality of lock frame portions at a predetermined pitch, and a plurality of lock pieces at the predetermined pitch at both widthwise end edges of the short lid. It is possible to improve the quality.

According to the present invention, since the protector body itself is provided in a shape corresponding to the wiring shape of the wire harness, a harness protector corresponding to the wiring shape difference of the wire harness can be provided. On the other hand, the lid is constituted by a plurality of short lids having a common shape having a lock portion which is shorter than the protector body and extends straight and fitted to the locked portion. Thereby, regardless of the shape of the protector main body, the short lid having a common shape can be attached to the protector main body, so that the versatility of the harness protector can be improved. In particular, by adopting a plurality of locked portions having the same shape and a locking portion fitted to the locked portions, a plurality of short lids can be distributively attached to an appropriate position of the protector body, and harness protector mounting It is possible to reduce the labor required for the time work. Also, for example, even when the protector body is bent in an L shape, a lid of a special shape such as an L shape only by attaching two short lids to a straight portion avoiding the bent portion of the protector body The wire harness can be accommodated and held in the protector body without providing the

The perspective view of the harness protector as one Embodiment of this invention (The state which accommodated the wire harness and assembled | attached to the reinforcement). The disassembled perspective view of the harness protector shown in FIG. 1 (state before binding and fixing a lid to a wire harness, and assembling | attaching to a protector main body). It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the other aspect of the cover body of the harness protector of this embodiment, Comprising: The figure corresponded in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, FIGS. 1-2 show a harness protector 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The harness protector 10 includes a hook-shaped protector body 14 through which the wire harness 12 is inserted, and a lid 18 that covers the upper opening 16 of the protector body 14. In order to facilitate understanding, the wire harness 12 is shown in phantom in FIGS. Further, in the following description, the upper side means the upper side and the lower side in FIG. 1 the lower side in FIG. 1 and the front side means the left side in FIG. 1 and the rear side means the right side in FIG. I shall say.

The protector body 14 includes a bottom wall 20 and a pair of

side walls

22 and 22 rising from both sides of the bottom wall 20, and is configured to extend in a hook shape in a shape corresponding to the wiring shape of the wire harness 12. It is integrally formed by injection molding etc. by synthetic resins, such as (PP) and polyamide (PA). Further, clamp fixing portions 26 are provided at a plurality of locations (six locations in the present embodiment) spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the bottom wall 20 of the protector main body 14. The lock portion is fitted and fixed. Further, at both end portions of the bottom wall 20 of the protector body 14 in the longitudinal direction, the fixing pieces 28 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view extending along the longitudinal direction are provided, and the width of the projecting end of the fixing pieces 28 is provided. At both end portions in the direction, there are provided tape retaining projections 30 which project outward in the width direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, a lock frame portion 32 which is a rectangular locked portion projecting outward is provided above the outer surfaces of the pair of

side walls

22, 22 of the protector main body 14. An engagement hole 34 penetrating in the vertical direction is provided in the central portion of the lock frame 32. In the present embodiment, all the lock frame portions 32 have the same shape, and nine lock frames 32 are provided at a predetermined pitch in the longitudinal direction of the protector main body 14 with respect to the pair of

side walls

22, 22. The disposition pitch and the number of the lock frame portions 32 are not limited to this, and can be set arbitrarily. . Further, lower end portions of the pair of

side walls

22 and 22 of the protector main body 14 project downward from the bottom wall 20, and a pair of

ribs

35 and 35 are provided at both widthwise end portions of the bottom wall 20. Thus, the protector main body 14 is provided with the engagement recess 36 defined by the outer surface of the pair of

ribs

35, 35 and the outer surface of the bottom wall 20, and the engagement recess 36 is not shown in FIG. By fitting, the harness protector 10 is engaged stably with the reinforcement 64. Furthermore, the pair of

ribs

35, 35 has a hollow structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the protector body 14 with a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional shape, and the volume of the interior space of the pair of

ribs

35, 35 That is, an increase in the harness accommodation volume is achieved.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lid 18 is constituted by a plurality of (three in the present embodiment) short lids 18a, 18b and 18c having a common shape. The short lids 18a, 18b, and 18c are lower at the widthwise end edges of the upper wall 38, that is, on the side of the protector main body 14 in the widthwise opposite end of the upper wall 38 in plan view extending straight and shorter than the protector main body 14 A pair of

lock pieces

40 and 40 which are lock parts of a substantially rectangular shape which project towards are constituted. That is, in the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c, at least the upper wall 38 and the pair of lock pieces 40 provided at both widthwise end edges of the upper wall 38 have the same shape as the common shape. Means that they are provided at the same position. The short lids 18a, 18b and 18c constituting the lid 18 are all integrally formed by injection molding or the like with a synthetic resin such as polypropylene (PP) or polyamide (PA), as with the protector main body 14, It is formed separately from the protector body 14. Further, in the present embodiment, all the lock pieces 40 have the same shape, and a vertical wall 42 that protrudes downward, that is, toward the protector main body 14 side, and a general shape that protrudes outward from the vertical wall 42 It is comprised including the lock protrusion 44 of triangular cross-sectional shape (refer FIG. 2). The lock piece 40 engages with the lock frame 32 of the protector main body 14 in the longitudinal direction of the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c at both widthwise end edges of the upper wall 38. Three are provided at the same pitch as 32 each.

Further, at the front end portions in the longitudinal direction of the upper wall 38 of the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c constituting the lid 18, a fixing piece 46 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view extending along the longitudinal direction is provided in all The tape retaining projections 48 are provided at both ends in the width direction of the projecting end of the fixing piece 46 so as to project outward in the width direction. The fixing piece 46 is bound and fixed to the wire harness 12 with a binding tape or the like (not shown), and the tape retaining projection 48 is provided for the retention of the binding tape or the like.

In addition, a component fixing structure is provided on the surface of the upper wall 38 of the short lids 18 a, 18 b, and 18 c that constitute the lid 18. More specifically, the component fixing portion 50, the cable fixing portion 52, the connector fixing portion 54, and the relay terminal fixing portion 56, which are four types of component fixing structures, are provided on the surface of the upper wall 38 of the short lid 18a. There is. The component fixing portion 50 is a flat plate that protrudes upward and extends in the longitudinal direction, and is formed on the upper portion, with respect to the substantially rectangular cutout 58 in a side view that opens upward and in the thickness direction, For example, mounting portions of parts not shown are overlapped, and screw bolts are fitted and fixed and held. Further, the cable fixing portion 52 is constituted by an upper opening groove portion 60 which is provided to protrude upward and the opening portion is narrowed. For example, a cable (not shown) is inserted into and fixed to the upper opening groove portion 60. It is supposed to be held. On the other hand, the connector fixing portion 54 is substantially U-shaped in plan view opening rearward, and for example, an engaging portion of a connector (not shown) is inserted and fixed and held. Further, the relay terminal fixing portion 56 is configured to include a lock piece 62 projecting toward the back side in a cantilever shape, and for example, an engagement portion of a relay terminal (not shown) is fitted into the lock piece 62. It is supposed to be fixed and held. A cable fixing portion 52, a connector fixing portion 54, and two relay terminal fixing portions 56, which are three types of component fixing structures, are provided on the surface of the upper wall 38 of the short lid 18b, while the short lid One cable fixing portion 52 and two relay terminal fixing portions 56 which are component fixing structures are provided on the surface of the upper wall 38 of 18 c. In short, in the present embodiment, a plurality of short lids 18a, 18b and 18c having different types of component fixing structures among the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c are mounted, and the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c are attached. Each has a plurality of types of component fixing structures.

In the present embodiment, three types of short lids 18a, 18b, and 18c having different combinations of types of component fixing structures are attached, but three short lids (for example, 18a) identical to one another are provided according to the request. It can also be attached, and the type of short lid to be attached can be arbitrarily selected.

The method of assembling the harness protector 10 having such a structure will be described below. First, after arranging the wire harness 12 on a wiring harness bonding board (not shown), short lids 18 a, 18 b and 18 c smaller than the protector body 14 are positioned and arranged on the wire harness 12. Then, the fixing pieces 46 are bound and fixed to the wire harness 12 with a binding tape or the like (not shown) to position and fix the short lids 18 a, 18 b and 18 c to the wire harness 12. Subsequently, the short lids 18 a, 18 b and 18 c positioned and fixed to the wire harness 12 are attached to the protector main body 14. More specifically, the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c are inserted into the engagement holes 34 of the lock frame 32 in which the lock piece 40 is located at the corresponding position in the longitudinal direction of the protector main body 14 The lock projection 44 of the portion 40 is engaged with the lock frame portion 32 to be connected and fixed. Thus, the harness protector 10 in which the wire harness 12 is inserted and held is configured.

As described above, since the fixing pieces 46 are provided on the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c, the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c may be positioned and fixed on the wire harness 12 and then mounted on the protector main body 14. It is possible. Thereby, in the binding process of the wire harness 12, positioning of the harness protector 10 with respect to the wire harness 12 is completed by positioning the short lids 18 a, 18 b and 18 c smaller than the protector main body 14 in the wire harness 12. Therefore, the work efficiency can be improved by effectively utilizing the space on the drawing board for wire harness binding.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 1, the harness protector 10 thus configured is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement 64 with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the reinforcement 64 extending horizontally. Do. More specifically, the bottom wall 20 of the protector body 14 of the harness protector 10 is engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the reinforcement 64, and a clamp portion (not shown) protruding from the bottom wall 20 of the harness protector 10 is The harness protector 10 is held with respect to the reinforcement 64 by being fitted into the mounting hole.

According to the harness protector 10 of the present embodiment having the above-described structure, since the protector main body 14 is configured to extend like a hook in a shape corresponding to the wiring shape of the wire harness 12, the distribution of the wire harness 12 is The harness protector 10 corresponding to the cord shape difference can be provided. That is, in the present embodiment, the protector main body 14 is configured to extend straight according to the wiring shape of the wire harness 12 straightly arranged along the reinforcement 64, but, for example, L-shaped In the case of the wiring configuration, the protector body 14 may be formed to extend in a corresponding L-shape. On the other hand, the lid 18 has a common shape in which a plurality of lock pieces 40 of the same shape, which are shorter than the protector main body 14 and extend straight and fit into the lock frame 32, have the same pitch as the lock frame 32. It is comprised by short cover 18a, 18b, 18c. Thereby, regardless of the shape of the protector main body 14, the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c having the common shape can be attached to the protector main body 14, so that the versatility of the harness protector 10 can be improved. . That is, the short-shaped lids 18a, 18b, and 18c having the same shape can be attached to both the illustrated straight shape harness protector 10 and the L-shaped harness protector, and the wiring shape difference of the wire harness 12 The harness protector 10 corresponding to the above can be provided with high versatility due to the common cover 18. In addition, since a plurality of types of

component fixing structures

50, 52, 54, and 56 are provided on the surface of the upper wall 38 of the common short lids 18a, 18b, and 18c, for example, mounting and holding of neighboring components And the like, and the versatility of the short lids 18a, 18b, and 18c and hence the harness protector 10 is further improved. Moreover, while providing the several lock frame part 32 of the same shape by predetermined pitch in the protector main body 14, the simple structure of providing the several lock piece part 40 of the same shape by the pitch corresponding to short lid 18a, 18b, 18c. While improving versatility, the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c can be dispersedly attached to the protector body 14 at appropriate positions, and when the harness protector 10 is attached, the short lids 18a, 18b and 18c are attached to the protector main body 14 It is possible to reduce the labor required for the work of mounting.

Next, other aspects of the lid 68 of the harness protector 66 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, and members and portions having the same structure as the above embodiment are shown in FIG. By giving the same reference numerals as the embodiment, the detailed description thereof is omitted. That is, in the harness protector 66, a component fixing structure is provided on the surface of each of the short lids 68a, 68b and 68c constituting the lid 68, and in each short lid 68a, 68b and 68c, a single type of Three component fixing structures are provided respectively. More specifically, on the surface of the upper wall 38 of each of the short lids 68a, 68b, 68c, three different component fixing structures, ie, a cable fixing portion 52, a connector fixing portion 54, and a relay terminal fixing portion 56, respectively. It is provided.

In the present embodiment, the type of component fixing structure differs among the short lids 68a, 68b, 68c, and a single type of component fixing structure is provided in each short lid 68a, 68b, 68c. For example, by selecting the short lids 68a, 68b, and 68c having the component fixing structure corresponding to the adjacent components required to be individually mounted and held, it becomes possible to meet the individual requests. Therefore, similar to the above embodiment, the short lids 68a, 68b, and 68c can further improve the versatility of the harness protector 66.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is merely an example, and the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the specific description in the embodiment.

For example, in the above embodiment, the configuration in which the protector body 14 extends straight is illustrated. However, even when the protector body is bent in an L shape, the straight portion avoiding the bent portion of the protector body By attaching, for example, two short lids 18 a to the portion, the wire harness 12 can be housed and held in the protector main body without providing a lid having a special shape such as an L shape as in the prior art.

Further, in the above embodiment, the locked portion is constituted by the lock frame portion 32 provided at the predetermined pitch on the outer surface of the pair of side walls 22 of the protector main body 14. It can also be constituted by any known structure such as the provided upper opening groove. Similarly, as to the lock portion, in addition to the lock piece portion 40 exemplified in the above embodiment, any known protrusion such as a long protrusion which is provided on both end edges of the lid 18 and engages with the upper opening groove portion It can also be configured according to the structure of

In addition, although the component fixing portion 50, the cable fixing portion 52, the connector fixing portion 54, and the relay terminal fixing portion 56 are illustrated as the component fixing structure in the above embodiment, an electronic component fixing portion that holds a spare fuse or the like Any of the known structures can be employed. Further, although the component fixing structure is provided on the surface of the upper wall 38 of the short lids 18a, 18b, and 18c, the component fixing structure may not necessarily be provided. Furthermore, although the fixed piece 46 was provided in short cover 18a, 18b, 18c, the fixed piece 46 does not necessarily need to be provided.

In addition, although not listed one by one, the present invention can be implemented in an embodiment to which various changes, modifications, improvements, etc. are added based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, and such embodiments are the present invention. It is needless to say that all are included within the scope of the present invention unless they depart from the spirit of the present invention.

10, 66: harness protector, 12: wire harness, 14: protector body, 16: upper opening, 18, 68: lid, 18a to c, 68a to c: short lid, 22: side wall, 32: lock frame Part (locked part), 40: locking piece part (locking part), 46: fixing piece, 50: component fixing part (component fixing structure), 52: cable fixing part (component fixing structure), 54: connector fixing part Parts fixing structure), 56: Relay terminal fixing part (parts fixing structure)

Claims

In a harness protector provided with a wedge-shaped protector main body through which a wire harness is inserted, and a lid covering an upper opening of the protector main body,
The protector main body extends in a shape corresponding to the wiring shape of the wire harness, and has a plurality of locked portions of the same shape,
The lid body is constituted by a plurality of short lid bodies having a common shape having a plurality of lock portions of the same shape, which are shorter than the protector body and extend straight and fit into the locked portion.
A harness protector, wherein the plurality of short lids are connected and fixed at appropriate positions in the longitudinal direction of the protector main body by fitting the plurality of locked portions and the plurality of lock portions.
The harness protector according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of component fixing structures are provided on the surface of each of the short lids.
The component fixing structure is provided on the surface of each of the short lids, and the type of the component fixing structure is configured to include a plurality of types of short lids different among the short lids. Harness protector.
The harness protector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a fixing piece to be bound and fixed to the wire harness is provided at one longitudinal end of the short lid.
The to-be-locked portion is constituted by a lock frame portion provided on a pair of side wall outer surfaces of the protector body, and the lock frame portion is disposed at a predetermined pitch in the longitudinal direction of the protector body, The lock portion is constituted by lock pieces projecting toward the protector main body from both widthwise end edges of the lid, and the lock pieces are disposed at the same pitch as the lock frame in the longitudinal direction. A harness protector as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.