US 11,745,674 B2
Wire harness with exterior tube, first protective body and second protective body
Masahiro Hagi, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/297,212
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/038799
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/110457, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-221115 (JP), filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024394 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/18 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [H01B 7/1865 (2013.01); H02G 3/0406 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness comprising:
a plurality of electric wires;
an exterior tube that has an internal space into which the plurality of electric wires are inserted;
a first protective body that is insulative, is provided between the plurality of electric wires in the internal space of the exterior tube, and is formed with an insulating reinforced fiber; and
a second protective body that is provided so as to fill a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the exterior tube and outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of electric wires, and covers an outer circumference of the first protective body and outer circumferences of the plurality of electric wires,
wherein the first protective body is shorter than the second protective body in a side view of the wire harness.