US 12,249,815 B2
Wiring body with assembly assisting component, assembly assisting component of wiring body, and method of manufacturing wiring body assembly
Tetsuya Nishimura, Mie (JP); and Housei Mizuno, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 16/976,801
Filed by AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Mie (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/048437
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/181141, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-052775 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0006048 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01B 7/40 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H02G 3/30 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/06 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H01B 7/00 (2013.01); H01B 7/40 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H02G 3/305 (2013.01); H02G 3/32 (2013.01); H01B 7/009 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wiring body with assembly assisting component, comprising:
a wiring body including a wiring component; and
at least one assembly assisting component detachably holding at least a part of the wiring body along a certain bent route,
wherein the at least one assembly assisting component includes an elongated main plate that is bent in a width direction of the elongated main plate in accordance with the certain bent route,
the at least one assembly assisting component further includes a pair of side parts provided on both sides of the main plate in the width direction, and at least one holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from at least one of tip end portions of the pair of side parts, the at least one holding protrusion holding the wiring component within a space surrounded by the main plate and the pair of side parts,
the at least one holding protrusion includes a first holding protrusion protruding inward in the width direction from a first tip end portion of one of the pair of side parts towards a second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts, and
a gap is defined between the first holding protrusion and the second tip end portion of the other one of the pair of side parts, and the wiring component housed in the assembly assisting component is exposed through the gap.