JP2937078B2 - Molding protector for wire harness - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness forming protector which is used for storing a wire harness, attaching the wire harness to a vehicle body / equipment, and adjusting and holding the arrangement of the wire harness on a vehicle body or the like. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wire harness forming protector (see FIG. 3) has a basic shape of a long groove body that penetrates and stores a wire harness 10, and has a complicated bent shape that matches a route for arranging a vehicle body or the like. A tongue-shaped mounting piece structure in which mounting bolts (not shown) are inserted into bolt holes 3 of a tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 protruding from the side of the elongated groove body and fixed to a vehicle body or the like. in use. And, for example, the wire harness arranged in the automobile is arranged in the route of the narrow arrangement space where many other devices / members 20 exist, so that the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 is preferentially laid out. Is set to a position avoiding other devices / members 20 to be operated.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional tongue-shaped mounting piece structure is a molded protector for a wire harness.
In the vicinity of the bent portion 4 that sharply bends in the longitudinal direction of the wire harness 10, the tongue-shaped mounting inside the bent portion is provided because the arrangement of the other devices and members 20 is prioritized in consideration of the above circumstances. In some cases, the clearance C between the piece 2 and the bent portion 4 must be set to an extremely small amount.

[0004] Therefore, with such a configuration of the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2, the tape roll 12 of the tape 17 wound around the bent portion 4 cannot be passed through the play C, so that the tape roll 12 is pulled out from the tape roll 12. The tape 17 is taken with a fingertip, taken into the play space C, and the tape winding 11 has to be performed. This is extremely troublesome work, and requires a great deal of trouble. The storage of the wire harness 10 in the molding protector 1 and the work of the tape winding 11 are performed on a mass production molding line of the wire harness with a fast processing tact. This is one factor that slows down the tact time and impedes the productivity of forming wire harnesses.

The present invention provides a wire harness forming protector having a tongue-shaped mounting piece structure which solves the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.

[0006]

The wire harness forming protector of the present invention, which solves the above technical problem, has a structure in which a vehicle body and a long U-shaped groove body for penetrating and storing a wire harness are provided.
In a wire harness forming protector in which a tongue-shaped mounting piece is protruded from a device, a lift-bridge-like shape having the tongue-shaped mounting piece in front of a lid piece bridging an upper opening of the U-shaped groove body. A pivot lid is hingedly connected to one side wall of the U-shaped groove, and the tongue-shaped mounting piece is moved to the other side of the U-shaped groove by closing the upper opening by the pivot lid. The tongue-like mounting piece is set to be protrudingly set on the side wall.
In the state of the protruding set, the groove longitudinal direction of the U-shaped groove body
In the vicinity of the inside of the bend of the bent portion of the U-shaped
The groove is protruded from the other side wall of the groove, and the protruding set posture is provided.
Fixed tongue-shaped mounting superimposed on the lower side of said tongue-shaped mounting piece
A structure where pieces are made non-existent . "

That is, in the wire harness forming protector of the present invention, a tongue-like mounting piece to a vehicle body or equipment is provided on the above-mentioned turning lid, and the tongue-like mounting piece by flipping up the turning lid is provided. It is configured such that it can be set to a predetermined position by retreating upward and turning movement, and is applied to a position in the vicinity of the bending portion 4 which requires a dynamic change.

[0008]

[Action] or more shaped protector for a wire harness present invention configuration, since splashing retracted a predetermined position set tongue like mounting pieces can be selected, taping the bent portion 4 of the 1
Raise the tongue-shaped mounting piece to the evacuation position until 1 is applied.
If you leave it, it will be in the work zone where the tape is wound around the bent part
No harmful protrusions are present, so the tape
It becomes extremely easy to handle. Then, after the completion of the tape winding 11, a work procedure / work method of setting the turning lid portion to turn and setting the tongue-like mounting piece to a predetermined position can be adopted. A series of operations for storing the wire harness in the wire harness forming protector up to the set becomes extremely easy. The transition set of rotating lid is simply only the word <br/>-touch feasible with rotating sets, rotating lid equipped with a tongue-like attachment piece at a predetermined position, the wire harness for It functions as a closing lid for the upper opening of the molded protector.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wire harness forming protector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
That is, a wire harness forming protector comprising a long U-shaped groove body through which the wire harness 10 is housed, and a tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 for mounting and fixing to the vehicle body is provided on the side of the U-shaped groove body. 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as a molding protector 1), the wire harness 10 is substantially 9
In the vicinity of the bent portion 4 bent by 0 °, a tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 provided on a swivel bridge-shaped rotating lid portion 5 is projected.

[0010] More specifically, the swing lid 5 in the shape of a draw-bridge.
A lid 8 of a rectangular plate bridging the upper opening 13 of the U-shaped grooved body protector 1;
The side wall overlapping piece 9 of a rectangular plate to be attached and polymerized on the outside of the other side wall 7 and the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 having a required shape are bent by 90 ° to be successively and integrally connected to each other. 8 is provided on the upper end of one side wall 6 of the molded protector 1,
6 are connected.

When the wire harness 10 is inserted or when the tape 11 is wound around the bent portion 4, the turning lid 5 is flipped up as shown by the solid line in the drawing, so that the upper opening 13 can be opened. Then, when the rotating lid 5 is rotated and moved to the set state as shown by the dotted line in the figure, the lid piece 8 is bridged by the upper opening 13 and the upper opening 13 is closed, and the side wall overlapping piece 9 becomes the other. The adhesion polymerization is carried out on the outside of the side wall 7. Then, the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 at the tip protrudes from the lower end of the other side wall 7 and is set in parallel with the bent portion 4 with a small clearance C between the bent portion 4 and the set state. The mounting bolt is inserted into the bolt hole 3 of the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2, and the molded protector 1 is disposed and fixed to the vehicle body.

Then, the lower end of the other side wall 7 is
When the above is set by rotating the
"Others" which overlaps on the lower side of the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 at the tip of the moving lid 5
Fixed tongue-shaped mounting that is integrally formed with and protrudes from the side wall 7
Piece) is absent, and the rotating lid 5 is flipped up.
In the case of, the other side wall 7 near the inside of the bend of the bent portion 4
Tape winding applied to the bent part 4 without harmful protrusions
Eleven working zones are secured. The rotation lid 5 is provided with a locking projection 14 protruding from the other side wall 7.
And a set lock portion including a locking hole 15 provided in the side wall overlapping piece 9, and the rotation transfer posture is “snap”.
Even if the molded protector 1 disposed on the vehicle body receives the vibration of the vehicle body, the set lock state of the rotating lid 5 is maintained.

The above-described molding protector 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 (see FIG. 1B) has a structure in which the rotating lid portion 5 is moved from the insertion of the wire harness 10 to the winding of the tape 11 around the inserted wire harness. No flipping posture, tape winding 11
After the end, the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 in the vicinity of the bent portion 4 can be brought into a required protruding posture by rotating and transferring.

Therefore, due to the presence of the other devices / members 20 which are preferentially arranged around the arrangement route of the molding protector 1, the “small play space C” is formed between the tongue-shaped mounting piece 2 and the bent portion 4. ), The operation of the tape winding 11 becomes extremely easy, and the improvement of the workability prevents the occurrence of defective products with insufficient winding of the tape winding 11 and the processing of the wire harness mass production molding line. The factor of delay of tact can be eliminated.

Incidentally, the molding protector 1 of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the cover piece 8 of the rotating lid 5 is formed into a concave shape so that the U-shaped groove is formed when the upper opening 13 is set in a bridge. The concave portion is inserted into the upper portion to make it function as a holding plate for the wire harness 10 in the groove, or the cover piece 8 is made wider so that the upper opening 13 is formed.
In some cases, the locking portion of the rotating lid portion 5 includes a locking projection 14 having locking claws provided on the side wall overlapping piece 9 as shown in FIG. There is a case where the other side wall 7 is combined with the locking hole 15 which is notched and penetrated.

[0016]

As described above, according to the wire harness forming protector of the present invention, the workability of the wire harness storage set is improved, and the forming productivity of the mass production forming of the wire harness is improved. By improving the workability, there is an effect of preventing the occurrence of insufficient winding of the tape around the wire harness and improving the molding quality of the wire harness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B show a wire harness forming protector according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a perspective view thereof, and FIG.

2A and 2B show a wire harness forming protector according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A is a perspective view and FIG.

3A and 3B show a conventional wire harness forming protector, in which FIG. 3A is a perspective view and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Molding protector for wire harness 2 Tongue-shaped mounting piece 3 Bolt hole 4 Bending part 5 Rotating lid part 6 One side wall 7 Other side wall 8 Cover piece 9 Side wall overlapping piece 10 Wire harness 11 Tape winding 12 Tape roll 13 Upper opening Part 14 Locking projection 15 Locking hole 16 Hinge part 17 Tape 20 Other equipment / member C Play space

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A wire harness forming protector in which a tongue-like mounting piece to a vehicle body / equipment protrudes from a side wall of a long U-shaped groove body through which a wire harness is housed. In front of the lid piece to be bridged to the part, a flip-top-shaped pivoting lid part having the tongue-shaped mounting piece is hinged to one side wall of the U-shaped groove body, and the pivot lid part is By closing the upper opening, the tongue-like mounting piece can be set to protrude from the other side wall of the U-shaped groove body , and
In the state of the protruding set, the tongue-shaped mounting piece is
Located near the inside of the bend of the U-shaped groove in the longitudinal direction of the groove
And further protruding from the other side wall of the U-shaped groove body.
Weight on the lower side of the tongue-shaped mounting piece in the protruding set posture.
Features a structure that eliminates the fixed tongue-shaped mounting piece that fits
Molding the protector for a wire harness.