JPH11243623A - Structure for attaching wire harness for automobile to car body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a wire harness for automobile to be easily attached to and detached from a car body. SOLUTION: In a structure for attaching wire harness for automobile to a car body, L-shaped locking sections are provided to a substrate for winding tape or to attaching members 14 (14A-14D) protruded from bands 15, and the members 14 are fixed to a wire harness at prescribed intervals. At the same time, the locking sections 14B are inserted into attaching holes 12 (12A-12D) drilled through a car body, and a tying member is attached to one spot of the wire harness and tied with respect to a member to be tied provided at a position which is displaced from the wiring line of the wire harness on the body side in such a state that the wire harness is pulled towards the member to be tied by a required distance. Then the horizontal shaft sections of the front ends of the locking sections 14B respectively inserted into the attaching holes 12 are locked to the car body by displacing the locking sections 14B by moving the wire harness towards the tying spot. On the other hand, when the wire harness is removed from the car body, the constitution is such that the locking sections 14B are aligned with the attaching holes 12 and removed from the holes 12 by untying the tying member from the tied member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a body mounting structure for a wire harness for an automobile, and more particularly to a structure for easily removing a wire harness from a body when scrapping a vehicle or repairing the wire harness.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 7, a wire harness routed along a body of an automobile is provided with a board type (or band type) clamp 1 at a required position in advance, and a blade of the clamp 1 is provided. The wire-shaped harness W / H is fixed to the body 2 by pushing the locking portion 1 a having a shape of a letter into a locking hole 2 a formed in the body 2.

Recently, there has been an increasing need to separate and recycle automobile parts and materials by easily removing a wire harness from a body when dismantling an automobile that has been scrapped.
Therefore, it is demanded that the clamp for fixing the wire harness to the body not only can securely fix the wire harness to the body, but also can be easily removed from the body at the time of scrapping or repair and replacement. .

However, in order to remove the above-mentioned general clamp from the body, as shown in FIG.
It is necessary to bend the locking portion 1a inward and pull it out from the locking hole 2a to release the locking. However, actually, the wire harness obstructs the locking portion of the clamp and moves the locking portion inward. It is difficult to bend and requires a jig. Further, even if a jig is used, it is not easy to remove the clamp, the clamp is torn off, and there is a problem that the blade portion inserted into the body remains.

Conventionally, various easy-to-remove clamps have been proposed. However, when the clamps are easily removed, it is usually difficult to obtain accurate dimensions between the clamps to be attached to the wire harness. It is difficult for the locking pitch of the body and the pitch of the clamp to match, which causes a problem in the workability of mounting the body of the clamp.

The applicant of the present invention has also disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
In No. 44, as shown in FIG.
The clamp 3 is provided so as to protrude from the board portion 3b for fixing the clamp 3a to the wire harness, and the clamp 3 is moved one by one at the time of removal to remove the clamp 3 so that the side hole of the mounting hole 4 on the body side. It is necessary to make the leading end horizontal plate 3c of the locking portion 3a coincide with 4a. 1 in this clamp
Although the individual clamps can be easily removed, there is a problem that the workability is poor because a large number of clamps need to be removed one by one.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and a wire harness can be easily removed from a body when a vehicle is disassembled, and a wire harness is attached to a body side engaging hole when the wire harness is attached to the body. It is an object to make it possible to easily attach a stopper.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, an L-shaped engaging portion is provided on a mounting member protruding from a tape winding substrate or a band. Is fixed to the wire harness at a required interval, while the L-shaped locking portion is inserted into a mounting hole drilled on the body side of the vehicle, and a fastening material is attached to one place of the wire harness, On the body side of the vehicle, the above-mentioned fastening material is fastened to the fastening material provided at a position displaced from the wiring line of the wire harness in a state where the wire harness is pulled to a required dimension, and the wire harness is directed toward the fastening location. By displacing the L-shaped locking portion inserted into each of the mounting holes to move the tip horizontal shaft portion to the body, when removing the wire harness from the body, release the fastening. L character Provides a body mounting structure for an automotive wire harness is configured to take out to match with the mounting holes of the parts.

With the structure described above, when the wire harness is mounted on the body, the mounting material fixed to the wire harness is aligned with the mounting hole on the body side, and when the wire harness is pushed toward the body side, a large number of mountings are performed. The material can be inserted into the mounting hole at the same time. In this state, when the fastening member of the wire harness is pulled to the fastening member on the body side by pulling the wire harness, the entire wire harness moves toward the fastening position, and each of the fastening members fixed to the wire harness is fixed. The mounting member is displaced with respect to the corresponding mounting hole, and the L-shaped horizontal shaft portion is locked on the inner surface of the body. on the other hand,
When removing the wire harness from the body, when the fastening material is removed from the material to be fastened, the tension of the wire harness is released and the wire harness is extended, and each of the mounting materials fixed to the wire harness is located at the position of the mounting hole. Matches
By simply pulling the wire harness to the opposite side of the body, a large number of mounting materials can be removed from the mounting holes at once.

Specifically, for example, the material to be fastened provided on the body side comprises a hook, and the fastening material to be attached to the wire harness comprises a tie band. The tie band is hooked on the hook for fastening. The position of the hook is a position above the wire harness wiring position by a required dimension, and the lateral dimension of the mounting hole on the body side is equal to or greater than the dimension of the tip horizontal shaft portion of the L-shaped locking portion of the mounting material. (Claim 2).

The wire harness is formed of a cowl harness of an automobile, and the mounting hole is formed in the cowl surface of the body and the portion to be fastened is protruded. However, the location to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the cowl harness attached to the cowl surface, and a wire harness is routed in a straight line such as a floor harness or a roof harness. It can be suitably used in a place where it is inserted and locked. Further, the present invention is not limited to a wire harness that is laid in a straight line in the horizontal direction, and can be applied to a wire harness that is laid in a vertical direction and / or in an arc shape.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment, which is applied to a mounting structure of a cowl harness 11 that is routed along a cowl surface 10 on the indoor side of a cowl panel that partitions an engine room and a room of an automobile. ing. The cowl surface 10 is spaced at a required interval along the wiring line L of the harness and has a rectangular mounting hole 12 (12) shown in FIG.
A to 12D). In addition. As shown in FIG. 2B, the mounting hole 12 may be a horizontally long elliptical hole.

Further, on the cowl surface 10, a C-shaped hook 13 is protrudingly provided at a position displaced above the center position of the harness wiring line L by a required dimension as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the cowl harness 11
As shown in (A), an attachment member 14 (1) of a resin molded product having an L-shaped locking portion 14b protruding from the center of one surface of the substrate portion 14a.
4A to 14D) as shown in FIG.
4a is wrapped around both sides with a tape 16 and fixed at a required interval.

As shown in FIG. 5, the L-shaped engaging portion 14b of the mounting member 14 has a longitudinal axis portion 14b protruding from the substrate portion 14a.
-1 and a horizontal axis portion 14 refracted from the tip and projected
b-2, and the width d of the horizontal shaft portion 14b-2 is equal to or smaller than the width D of the mounting hole 12 formed in the cowl surface 10. Therefore, when the horizontal shaft portion 14b-2 is aligned with the mounting hole 12, the L-shaped locking portion 14b can be easily inserted into the mounting hole 12, and from this state, when the horizontal movement is performed in the direction of the arrow, the vertical shaft portion 1
4b-1 comes into contact with the edge of the mounting hole 12, and the horizontal shaft portion 14b-
1 is locked to the inner surface side of the cowl surface 10 in phase with the mounting hole 12.

A tie band 15 serving as a fastening member is attached between attachment members 14B and 14C attached to the center of the cowl harness 11. The tie band 15 has a band locking portion 15a at one end, and a band portion 15b protruding from the band locking portion 15a is fixed to a locking hole 1 of the band locking portion 15a.
When it is inserted into 5c and pulled, it is locked at a required position.

With the tie band 15 interposed therebetween, the mounting members 14A and 14B on the left side in the figure are connected to the cowl harness 11 by turning the horizontal shaft portion 14b-2 of the L-shaped engaging portion 14b toward the tie band 15 to the right. On the other hand, the mounting material 14C on the right side in FIG.
And 14D are attached to the cowl harness 11 with the horizontal shaft portion 14b-2 facing left.

The dimension S1 between the mounting members 14A and 14B, between which the tie band 15 is not mounted, and between the mounting members 14C and 14D corresponds to the pitch between the mounting holes 12 provided in the cowl surface 10. On the other hand, the dimension S2 between the mounting members 14B and 14C to which the tie band 15 is mounted is longer than the dimension S3 between the corresponding mounting holes 12B and 12C.
The extra length is set to twice the width D of the mounting hole 12. That is, the relationship is S2 = S3 + D × 2.

The cowl harness 11 is connected to required components such as a connector 20 at the end of the electric wire in the same manner as in the prior art.
The cowl harness 11 is routed on the cowl surface 10, and the connectors 20 and the like of these terminals are connected to the other party.

When the cowl harness 11 having the above configuration is mounted on the cowl surface 10, first, the cowl harness 11
Shaft portion 14 of the mounting member 14 (14A to 14D) fixed to the
By aligning b-2 with the mounting hole 12 and pressing the cowl harness 11 against the cowl surface 10 in this state, 4
One mounting material 14 is inserted into one mounting hole 12.

Next, holding the tie band 15 previously attached to the cowl harness 11, the cowl harness 11
Is pulled upward and hooked on the hook 13. Further, in this state, the band portion 15b of the tie band 15 is tightened so that the cowl harness 11 cannot be moved.
To conclude.

During this fastening operation, the cowl harness 11 is pulled toward the fastening position, the left portion moves to the right, and the mounting members 14A and 14B move to the right. Therefore, the horizontal shaft portion 1 of the L-shaped locking portion 14b
4b-2 is locked on the inner surface of the cowl surface 10. Similarly, the right part moves from the fastening position to the left, and the mounting members 14C and 1
4D moves to the left. Therefore, the L-shaped locking portion 1
The horizontal shaft portion 14b-2 of 4b is engaged with the inner surface of the cowl surface 10. In this manner, in the work of hooking the tie band 15 on the hook 13 and fastening the same, the work of locking all the mounting members 14A to 14D into the mounting holes 12A to 12D at the same time is also performed.

The cowl harness 11 attached to the cowl surface 10 via the attachment member 14 is connected to the connector 2 of the terminal.
By connecting 0 or the like to a mating part attached to a panel or another wire harness, positioning is maintained. Thus, the cowl harness 11 can be easily positioned and held at a predetermined position on the vehicle body.

On the other hand, when dismantling a car for scrapping,
Alternatively, the cowl harness 11 is detached from the cowl surface 10 when the cowl harness is damaged and replaced or repaired. In this case, first, the tie band 15
And remove it from the hook 13.

By removing the tie band 15 from the hook 13, the tie band 15 extends leftward to the left and rightward from the mounting position of the tie band 15, and the positions of the mounting members 14A to 14D are displaced. That is, the left mounting members 14A and 14B move to the left, and their horizontal shaft portions 14b-2 coincide with the mounting holes 12A and 12B. Similarly, the right mounting members 14C and 14D move to the right, and their horizontal shaft portions 14b-2 are attached to the mounting holes 12C and 12D.
Matches. In this state, by pulling the cowl harness 11 in the opposite direction to the cowl surface 10, the mounting members 14A to
14D can be removed at once from the mounting holes 12A to 12D. Thus, the hook 1 by the tie band 15
3 and the cowl harness 11 can be unlocked and removed at once by simply pulling the cowl harness 11 away from the body.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment in which the tie band 15 is attached to the cowl harness 11 at one end in the length direction. Therefore, the mounting members 14A to 14D attached to the cowl harness 10 are all in the same direction.
b-2. On the other hand, a hook 13 is attached to the cowl surface 10 at one end thereof.

In the second embodiment, when the tie band 15 is hooked on the hook 13 and tightened, the cowl harness 11 is pulled rightward in FIG.
The horizontal shaft portion 14b-2 of D is displaced rightward and the cowl surface 11 is displaced.
Will be locked. When removing the cowl harness 11 from the cowl surface 10, the tie band 15
When the cowl harness 11 is removed, the cowl harness 11 extends to the left, and the horizontal shaft portions 14b-2 of the mounting members 14A to 14D coincide with the mounting holes 12. In this state, the cowl harness 11 is pulled to the anti-cowl surface once. Can be extracted.

Although the above embodiments are all applied to cowl harnesses, the application places are not limited to cowl harnesses, and they can also be applied to floor harnesses, roof harnesses wired to pillars, and the like. Further, although the mounting material is fixed to the wire harness by tape winding as a substrate type, it may be a band type in which an L-shaped locking portion protrudes from a main body portion provided with the band locking portion.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the shape of the mounting member for mounting the wire harness to the vehicle body is very simple, and the wire harness is provided with a required pitch. When a large number of attached mounting materials can be inserted into the mounting holes on the body side at once, and a fastening material such as a tie band attached to the wire harness is hooked on a fastening material such as a hook provided on the body side and tightened, The harness moves by a required dimension, so that each mounting material inserted into each of the mounting holes can be locked to the body at one time. That is, the work of attaching the wire harness to the vehicle body can be performed very efficiently.

When removing the wire harness from the body, such as when disassembling a car, if the fastening member on the wire harness side is removed from the fastening member on the body side, the wire harness moves and the mounting material coincides with the mounting hole. In this state, by simply pulling the wire harness, a large number of mounting materials can be pulled out of the mounting holes at once, and the wire harness can be removed from the body.

As described above, the wire harness can be removed by a simple operation without using a special jig.
Moreover, the mounting material on the wire harness side does not remain on the body side.

Further, the present invention has various advantages such that the mounting member can be inserted and locked in the mounting hole even if the pitch between the mounting member mounted on the wire harness and the mounting hole on the body side is slightly shifted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing mounting holes provided on a body side.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a hook provided on a body side.

FIG. 4A is a front view of a mounting member attached to a wire harness, and FIG. 4B is a plan view of the attachment member attached to the wire harness.

FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the mounting member is inserted into the mounting material and the mounting hole and before being taken out, and FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view in a state where the mounting material is locked.

FIG. 6 is an overall view showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional body mounting method of a wire harness.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a conventional method of removing a body of a wire harness.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 cowl surface 11 cowl harness 12 (12A to 12D) mounting hole 13 hook 14 (14A to 14D) mounting material 14b L-shaped locking portion 14b-2 horizontal shaft portion 15 tie band 16 tape

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An L-shaped engaging portion is provided on a mounting member projecting from a tape winding substrate or a band, and the mounting member is fixed to a wire harness with a required interval, while being drilled on a body side of an automobile. Insert the L-shaped locking part into the mounting hole
In addition, a fastening material is attached to one place of the wire harness, and the wire harness is stretched to a required dimension with respect to the fastening material provided at a position displaced from the wiring line of the wire harness on the vehicle body side. The L-shaped locking portion inserted into each of the mounting holes is displaced by fastening the fastening material and moving the wire harness toward the fastening portion to lock the tip horizontal shaft portion to the body. Further, when the wire harness is removed from the body, the fastening is released and the L-shaped locking portion is aligned with the mounting hole so that the body can be taken out. 2. The fastening member provided on the body side comprises a hook, and the fastening member attached to the wire harness comprises a tie band. The tie band is hooked on the hook and fastened. A position required by a predetermined dimension above the wiring harness wiring position, and a lateral dimension of the mounting hole on the body side is set to be equal to or greater than a dimension of a horizontal axis portion at an end of the L-shaped locking portion of the mounting material. Item 2. A body mounting structure for an automobile wire harness according to Item 1. 3. The wire harness according to claim 1, wherein said wire harness comprises a cowl harness of an automobile, wherein said mounting hole is formed in a cowl surface of a body and a portion to be fastened is projected. Body mounting structure.