US 12,280,724 B2
Routing structure of wire harness of sensor for door of automobile
Hiroshi Shimada, Hiroshima (JP); Toshifumi Matsuura, Hiroshima (JP); Makoto Seki, Wako (JP); Takashi Fukahori, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroshi Shingu, Marysville, OH (US)
Assigned to NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., Hiroshima (JP); and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., Hiroshima (JP); and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,406.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359642 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); E05F 15/44 (2015.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [E05F 15/443 (2015.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A routing structure of a wire harness of a sensor for a door of an automobile, the routing structure comprising:
the sensor which couples to a flange of a rear door of the automobile, the sensor having a wire harness, and the sensor being configured to detect an electric signal which provides an indication that an object is between the rear door and a front door;
a bracket which fixes the sensor to a flange of the rear door;
the rear door which includes an inner panel and an outer panel;
a through hole which is provided on the inner panel of the rear door; and
the wire harness which passes through the through hole, and the wire harness being routed into a space between the inner panel and the outer panel, wherein
the through hole is a service hole, and the service hole is provided on a door side surface of the inner panel.