JP2012239305A - Protector for wiring harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable protectors different in openable side to be commonly used.SOLUTION: A protector for wiring harness comprises a protector body 10 which surrounds a wiring harness penetration passage by a bottom wall and side walls 16 at both sides while having a mounting narrow groove 19 formed in the side wall at one side by cutting it from the top edge, a vehicle body fixing member 4 comprising a clip or a bracket in which a T-shaped protector mounting part 21 is protrusively and integrally formed, and a holding member 25 which is mounted on the mounting narrow groove from the tip opening. The T-shaped protector mounting part in the vehicle body fixing member has a vertical shaft part as an insertion part into the mounting narrow groove and a tip lateral axis part as a locking part which is locked in the inner surface of the side wall. The holding member is extended from the circumference of the protector cover 11 for covering the protector body, or is configured to be mounted on the mounting narrow groove as a separate body from the protector cover and to be fixed by pushing the protector cover against the holding member.

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a protector for a wire harness, and more particularly, a protector that is externally mounted on a wire harness that is routed in an automobile, and in particular, placed on either the left or the right according to the protector or the vehicle type arranged on both the left and right sides of the automobile. The protector is used in common including a clip or bracket for fixing the vehicle body.

  A wire harness to be routed in an automobile is covered with a protector made of a resin molded product in order to regulate the route and protect the wire harness, and is fixed to the vehicle body panel via a clip projecting from the protector. As this type of protector, the present applicant, in JP-A-2000-341825, etc., provides an accommodation locking portion 102 for a clip 110 on a cover 101 of the protector 100 as shown in FIG. A clip 110 is attached, and the clip 110 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 120 as shown in FIG.

JP 2000-341825 A

  As described above, when the wire harness having the protector is routed to the automobile, the clip attached to the protector located on one surface of the protector (the right side surface in FIG. 8) is fixed to the vehicle body panel. When the protector is a protector that is externally mounted on a pair of left and right wire harnesses routed on the left and right sides (sill side) of the rear seat of the automobile and the floor panel, the protector is externally mounted on the left protector and the right wire harness. The right protector is different from the left and right sides, and the protector itself and the clip attached to the protector are also different from the left and right sides, and cannot be shared by the left and right protectors.

  In addition to the protector of the wire harness routed on the sill side described above, when the wire harness is routed on the right or left side of the floor panel due to the difference between the left and right handle cars, it is externally mounted on the door harness routed in the left and right door panels. The protector to do is also left and right, and it is difficult to share. In this way, in the case of a protector that is not right and left, it is necessary to start and mold the protector for the right and the protector for the left respectively, which increases the production cost, increases the number of parts, and increases the management cost. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to make it possible to share a protector in which the position of a vehicle body fixing material composed of a clip or a bracket is different between the left side and the right side.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides:
A protector body that surrounds the wire harness through passage with the bottom wall and the left and right side walls, and is provided by cutting a mounting narrow groove into the side wall on one side from the upper end;
A T-shaped protector mounting portion integrally projecting from one surface of the substrate on which the vehicle body mounting portion is provided, and a vehicle body fixing material provided with a clip or a bracket;
A holding material to be mounted from the front end opening to the mounting narrow groove,
The T-shaped protector mounting portion of the vehicle body fixing material has a vertical axis portion as an insertion portion to the mounting narrow groove, and a distal end horizontal shaft portion as a locking portion for locking to the inner surface of the side wall, and
The clamping member is inserted from the opening at the front end after the insertion portion of the protector attachment portion is passed through the attachment narrow groove, and sandwiched and fixed between the insertion portion and the groove bottom surface of the attachment narrow groove, and the other end is A structure that is located at the insertion side opening of the mounting narrow groove, protrudes from the periphery of the protector cover that covers the protector body, or is fixed by pressing the protector cover after being mounted on the mounting narrow groove as a separate body from the protector cover We provide protectors for wire harnesses.

The vehicle body fixing material including the clip or the bracket includes the L-shaped substrate, the protector mounting portion protrudes from the back surface of the vertical plate portion of the substrate, and the blade clip protrudes from the lower surface of the horizontal plate portion. Or bolt holes in the horizontal plate.
The body fixing material substrate is a vertical plate portion only, and the protector mounting portion protrudes from the back of the vertical plate portion, and a blade-like clip protrudes from the front or a bracket insertion member protruding from the vehicle body. A stop may be provided.

  As described above, the form of the clip or bracket that is detachably attached to the protector body is changed according to the attachment position and clip attachment form of the clip or bracket provided in advance on the vehicle body panel side.

  Furthermore, if a plurality of types of protector bodies with different positions for providing the mounting narrow grooves are prepared, the mounting positions of clips and brackets can be changed as appropriate according to vehicle conditions, and the versatility of the protector can be improved. it can.

  The protector main body is used by being reversed left and right, and is used in common as a left protector and a right protector in which a vehicle body fixing portion made of the clip or bracket protrudes at a symmetrical position.

  As described above, the protector of the present invention is provided with a mounting narrow groove on one side wall of the protector main body, and is detachable through a T-shaped insertion portion of the protector mounting portion provided on the vehicle body fixing material made of a clip or a bracket. Since the fixing member is attached to the mounting narrow groove by fitting a holding member integral with the cover or separate from the cover into the mounting narrow groove, the protector is reversed left and right, and the vehicle body fixing material is mounted in the mounting narrow groove. By attaching, the left and right protectors can be shared.

The application example of the protector of 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (A) is a schematic plan view, (B) is a schematic front view. (A) is the schematic of the protector main body of the protector of 1st Embodiment, (B) is a principal part front view. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view of the protector of 1st Embodiment. The vehicle body fixing | fixed material used for the protector of the said 1st Embodiment is shown, (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view. It is a disassembled perspective view of the protector of 2nd Embodiment. The protector of 3rd Embodiment is shown, (A) is a disassembled perspective view, (B) is a principal part front view. It is a disassembled perspective view of the protector of 4th Embodiment. (A) (B) is drawing which shows a prior art example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The protector of 1st Embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 thru | or FIG.
The protector 1 is a shared protector that is mounted on the left and right wire harnesses 2 (2A, 2B) that are routed between the left and right sides of the rear seat and the floor panel. A clip 3 for mounting the vehicle body is attached to the right side of the protector 1 (1A) that is externally attached to the left wire harness 2A, and the clip 3 is attached to the left side of the protector 1 (1B) that is externally attached to the right wire harness 2B. 3 are attached to the corresponding vehicle body panel P on the lower surface side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the protector 1 includes a protector body 10 made of a resin molded product, a cover 11 that closes the upper surface opening of the protector body 10, and a clip 3 that is detachably attached to the protector body 10. 4.

  The protector body 10 surrounds the wire harness through passage 18 with the bottom wall 15 and both side walls 16, 17. A mounting narrow groove 19 for detachably attaching the clip is provided from the upper end of one side wall 16 to an intermediate position in a substantially height direction. The mounting narrow grooves 19 are formed at positions corresponding to the clip mounting holes H provided in the vehicle body panel P shown in FIG. 1, and in the present embodiment, each one is provided near both ends in the length direction of the side wall 16. ing.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the vehicle body fixing member 4 provided with the clip 3 is provided with a protector mounting portion 21 protruding from the center of the back surface (outer surface) of the vertical plate portion 20 a of the L-shaped substrate 20. The blade-like clip 3 is projected from the lower surface of the horizontal plate portion 20b that is refracted in the horizontal direction from the lower end of the portion 20a.

The protector mounting part 21 is T-shaped, and an engaging part 21b comprising an insertion part 21a consisting of a vertical axis projecting horizontally from the substrate 20 and a horizontal axis part projecting perpendicularly to the tip of the insertion part 21a. It consists of.
The insertion portion 21a has a quadrangular cross section, is inserted into the mounting narrow groove 19 from the upper end opening 19a, and is stopped and held at the groove bottom 19b. With the insertion portion 21 a being passed through the mounting narrow groove 19, the front locking portion 21 b abuts on the inner surface of the side wall 16 of the protector body 10, and the back surface of the vertical plate portion 20 a of the substrate 20 is on the outer surface of the side wall 16. It makes contact. In other words, the length of the insertion portion 21 a is set slightly longer than the plate thickness of the side wall 16. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, the lower end of the vertical plate portion 20 a substantially coincides with the lower end of the side wall 16, and the horizontal plate portion 20 b is continuous with the bottom wall 15 at the same height.

The blade-like clip 3 protruding from the center of the lower surface of the horizontal plate portion 20b has a well-known shape, and a pair of blade portions 3b protrudes from the tip of the shaft portion 3a protruding downward from the horizontal plate portion 20b. The locking step 3c is provided at the tip of each blade 3b. Furthermore, a dish portion 3d is provided so as to protrude from the horizontal plate portion 20b so as to surround the shaft portion 3a.
The blade-like clip 3 is to insert the blade portion 3b into a clip mounting hole H previously formed in the vehicle body panel P, and to lock the locking step portion 3c to the periphery of the clip mounting hole H to be fixed.

  After the wire harness 2 is inserted through the protector body 10, the cover 11 is attached so as to close the upper surface opening of the protector body 10, and lock claws (not shown) protruding from the side edges of the cover 11 are attached to the protector body 10. It is assumed that a lock frame (not shown) provided at the outer upper end of the side walls 16 and 17 is attached by being locked.

  The cover 11 is provided with a pinching material portion 25 that is inserted through the upper end opening 19a of the mounting narrow groove 19 and fits. When the cover 11 is locked to the protector body 10, the length of the sandwiching material portion 25 is such that the lower end surface of the sandwiching material portion 25 abuts on the insertion portion 21 a, and the insertion portion 21 a is connected to the groove bottom 19 b of the mounting narrow groove 19. The dimensions are set so that they can be pressed and fixed.

  The protector 1 is assembled by inserting the insertion portion 21a from the upper end opening 19a into the attachment narrow groove 19 of the side wall 16 of the protector body 10 and moving it to the groove bottom 19b at the lower end. At this time, the locking portion 21 b is locked to the inner surface of the side wall 16, and the clip 3 is held by the protector body 10.

In this state, the wire harness 2 is inserted through the wire harness penetration path 18 of the protector body 10, and then the cover 11 is put on a state where the upper surface opening of the protector body 10 is closed. When the cover 11 is attached, the holding member 25 is inserted into the attachment narrow groove 19 from the upper end opening 19a. As a result, when the cover 11 is locked to the protector body 10, the insertion portion 21 a is sandwiched and fixed between the lower surface of the front end of the sandwiching material portion 25 and the groove bottom 19 b of the mounting narrow groove 19.
Thereby, the left wire harness 2 </ b> A can be covered with the protector 1 </ b> A, and the clip 3 can be projected from the right side surface of the protector body 10.

On the other hand, the protector 1B externally mounted on the right wire harness 2B inserts the right wire harness 2B into the protector body 10 after the protector body 10 is reversed left and right with the clip 3 attached to the protector body 10. After the insertion, the cover 11 is reversed left and right to cover the protector body 10 and, similarly to the above, the sandwiching material portion 25 is inserted into the mounting narrow groove 19 from the upper end opening 19a, and the lower end of the sandwiching material portion 25 and the mounting narrow groove are inserted. The insertion portion 21a is sandwiched and fixed between the 19 groove bottoms 19b.
As a result, the right wire harness 2B can be covered with the protector 1B, and the clip 3 can be protruded from the left side surface of the protector body 10.

  As described above, the protectors 1 </ b> A and 1 </ b> B having the clip 3 attached at the symmetrical position can be assembled with the common protector body 10, the cover 11, and the clip 3. Therefore, the production cost of the protector can be reduced, the number of parts of the protector can be reduced, and parts management becomes easy.

FIG. 5 shows a protector according to the second embodiment.
In the protector, the vehicle body fixing member 4 attached to the side wall 16 of the protector body 10 is provided with a bracket 30 instead of a clip. As with the clip 3, the bracket 30 has a protector mounting portion 21 protruding from the center of the back surface (outer surface) of the vertical plate portion 20a of the L-shaped substrate 20, and is refracted in the horizontal direction from the upper end of the vertical plate portion 20a. A bolt hole 31 is provided in the center of the horizontal plate portion 20b. The protector mounting portion 21 has a T shape as in the first embodiment, and includes an insertion portion 21a and a locking portion 21b that protrudes perpendicular to the tip of the insertion portion 21a.
Since other shapes and functions and effects are the same as those of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

The protector of 3rd Embodiment is shown to FIG. 6 (A) (B).
The protector is different from the first embodiment in that a sandwiching material 35 to be inserted into the mounting narrow groove 19 of the protector body 10 is provided separately from the cover 11.
Guide grooves 19u are provided on both side surfaces of the mounting narrow groove 19 provided on the side wall 16 of the protector body 10, and guide protrusions 35a are provided on both side surfaces of the holding member 35 made of a rectangular flat plate inserted into the mounting narrow groove 19. It is protruding.

After the insertion portion 21a is passed through the mounting narrow groove 19, the clamping member 35 is inserted from the upper end opening 19a of the mounting narrow groove 19, and the guide projection 35a is fitted into the guide groove 19u and slid to insert the insertion portion 21a. Stops in contact with. In this state, the upper end surface 35b of the holding member 35 is positioned in the upper end opening 19a.
When the cover 11 is closed after the wire harness is inserted, the back surface of the cover 11 comes into contact with the upper end surface 35b of the sandwiching material 35. It can be fixed in the fitted state.
Since other configurations, operations, and effects are the same as those in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and descriptions thereof are omitted.

FIG. 7 shows a protector according to the fourth embodiment.
In the protector according to the fourth embodiment, the vehicle body fixing member 4 is provided with the bracket 30 according to the second embodiment, and uses a sandwiching member 35 that is separate from the cover 11 as in the third embodiment.
Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and thus the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the vehicle body fixing member may be provided with a protector mounting portion projecting on one surface of a substrate composed of only a vertical plate portion, and a lateral blade-shaped clip projecting on the other surface.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Protector 2 Wire harness 3 Clip 4 Car body fixing material 10 Protector main body 11 Cover 15 Bottom wall 16 Side wall 19 Narrow groove for attachment 20 Board | substrate 21 Protector attachment part 25 Clamping material part 30 Bracket

Claims (3)

A protector body that surrounds the wire harness through passage with the bottom wall and the left and right side walls, and is provided by cutting a mounting narrow groove into the side wall on one side from the upper end;
A T-shaped protector mounting portion integrally projecting from one surface of the substrate on which the vehicle body mounting portion is provided, and a vehicle body fixing material provided with a clip or a bracket;
A holding material to be mounted from the front end opening to the mounting narrow groove,
The T-shaped protector mounting portion of the vehicle body fixing material has a vertical axis portion as an insertion portion to the mounting narrow groove, and a distal end horizontal shaft portion as a locking portion for locking to the inner surface of the side wall, and
The clamping member is inserted from the opening at the front end after the insertion portion of the protector attachment portion is passed through the attachment narrow groove, and sandwiched and fixed between the insertion portion and the groove bottom surface of the attachment narrow groove, and the other end is A structure that is located at the insertion side opening of the mounting narrow groove, protrudes from the periphery of the protector cover that covers the protector body, or is fixed by pressing the protector cover after being mounted on the mounting narrow groove as a separate body from the protector cover The wire harness protector.   The vehicle body fixing member includes the L-shaped substrate, the protector mounting portion protrudes from the back surface of the vertical plate portion of the substrate, and the blade-shaped clip protrudes from the lower surface of the horizontal plate portion or the horizontal plate portion. The protector for wire harnesses of Claim 1 which has provided the bolt hole.   The left and right protectors are used in common as a left protector and a right protector in which the protector main body is reversed left and right, and a vehicle body fixing portion made of the clip or bracket is protruded at a symmetrical position. Protector for wire harness.

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