JPS5914308A - Protector for wire harness or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a protector for a wire harness or a control cable, etc., for wiring a wire harness or a control cable, etc. in a state separated from a vehicle body panel.

The first protector for conventional wire harnesses, etc.
The devices shown in FIGS. 4 to 4 are generally known. That is,
As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the protector a is a hollow pipe-shaped one made of a material such as synthetic resin, or a third
As shown in Figures 4 and 4, it has a serpentine shape with fins around the outer periphery of the hollow main body. Therefore, in the protector a of the conventional structure, the wire harness C
It was necessary to pass it through the protector a, and this work was extremely troublesome if the protector a was long.

Therefore, it is conceivable to make a cut in the protector a along the longitudinal direction and push it apart, and push the wire harness C through the spread part, but this work involves pushing the wire harness C in while pushing out the protector a. Therefore, there were problems such as poor workability and the need for a separate process for making cuts in the protector a.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new protector that can reliably store and hold wire harnesses and the like without impairing workability.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a plurality of protruding locking portions on at least one surface of a long belt-shaped protector main body that is bent and formed at predetermined intervals, and each of the locking portions is The protector main body is characterized in that a notched groove whose upper part is open is formed along the longitudinal direction of the main body of the protector.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 114. In the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, reference numeral 1 designates a pulley for storing and holding the wire harness 3 and the like. The protector 1 includes a protector main body portion 5 and locking portions 7 made of a material such as a synthetic resin material. The main body portion 5 of the protector of this embodiment has a corrugated plate shape that alternately protrudes upward and downward around the reference line W by bending a strip material at predetermined intervals. In this embodiment, the locking portion 7 is formed by bending the protector main body portion 5 into a corrugated plate shape.
The part of the winter mountain that protrudes upward from fAW is the locking part 7...
- However, as shown in FIG. 9, they may be formed on one surface of the protector main body 5 at predetermined intervals. Each locking part 7・
... is formed with a notched groove 9 that is open at the top along the longitudinal direction of the protector main body 5. The full width of the cutout groove 9 is approximately the same size as the diameter of a standard wire harness 3 commonly used in vehicles, etc., and is formed to have the same width until fully loaded. As shown in FIG. 7, which shows another embodiment of the notch groove 9, the upper part of the notch 19 is made smaller than the diameter of the wire harness 3, so that the wire harness 3 forced into the notch groove 9 can be pulled out upward. It may also be shaped so that it does not come out. Furthermore, as shown in another fourth embodiment, the groove bottom side of the notched groove 9 may be formed into a rectangular tube shape as shown in FIG. Further, the depth h of the cutout groove 9 to the groove bottom is set to such a dimension that the wire harness 3 does not protrude from above the cutout groove 9. On the other hand, a clip 11 is attached to the trough of the protector main body 5 at a predetermined distance as shown in FIG. This clip 11 is used to remove the vehicle body panel '13.
Attachment hole 15 such as regulating member 17 that acts from the upper surface side of hole 15
It is formed with a pair of engaging step portions 19, 19 that act on the edge of the holder from the lower surface side. Note that the clip 11 may be formed separately and independently from the protector main body 5 as shown in FIG. In this case, when the wire harness 3 is housed and held in the cutout groove 9 of the protector 1 as shown in FIG. 12, the wire A7-
A clamping portion 21 is formed that clamps the harness 3 from the left and right sides.

To wire the wire harness 3 using the protector configured as J:, the protector 1 is secured to the vehicle body panel 13 with clips 11 sequentially from the end along the wiring position. At this time, since the protector 1 is made of a material such as resin, it is stopped along a part of the corner even if it is only a part of the corner as shown in FIG. Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, since it is fixed without moving by the clip 11 and the notch groove 7 faces upward, the Wail-to-Harness 3 can be easily pushed along the notch groove 9. . The wire harness 3 housed in the cutout groove 9 is wired in a state where it is protected both vertically and horizontally, and at a certain distance from the vehicle body panel 13.

As explained above, according to the protector of this invention,
Assembling the wire harness, etc. to the protector (drinking work) is simple, so work efficiency is greatly improved.Moreover, the wire harness does not interfere with the vehicle body panel.

In carrying out the present invention, the shape of the locking portion need not be arch-shaped in cross section, but may be, for example, in the shape of an acute angled mountain as shown in FIG. 171.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 show conventional examples of protectors. Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cylindrical protector, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same as above, and Figure 3 is a cylindrical perspective view. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bellows-shaped protector; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a protector according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the same; FIGS. The figure is a perspective view showing another embodiment, Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing another modification, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a clip holding the harness, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing the clip attached to the protector. Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view showing how the wire harness is attached to the car body panel with the clip shown in Figure 10 attached to the wire harness and attached to the car body panel. l cross section,
FIG. 13 is a plan view showing how a part of a corner is attached using the protector of FIG. 7, and FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a modified example of the protector. Explanation of main drawing symbols 1... Protector 3... Wire harness 5... Protector main body part 7... Locking part 9... Notch groove Patent Applicant Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Figure 1, Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A plurality of protruding locking portions are provided on at least one surface of a long belt-shaped protector main portion that is bent and formed at predetermined intervals,
A protector for a wire harness or the like, characterized in that each of the locking portions has a cutout groove that is open at the top and is formed along the longitudinal direction of the main body of the protector.