US 12,283,800 B2
Wire harness manufacturing method, wire harness, protective member assembly, and protective member
Masayoshi Ogawa, Toyota (JP); Satoshi Yokoyama, Toyota (JP); and Hirotada Suyama, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,696.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-119340 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039256 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/0406 (2013.01) [H01B 7/0045 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness manufacturing method comprising:
an insertion step of inserting a binding member through an insertion hole of a protective member, the protective member including: a main body that forms a routing space in which the wiring member is routed and has an opening that is open to one side in a first direction in the routing space; the insertion hole being a hole that is formed to penetrate the main body and through which the binding member can be inserted across inside and outside of the routing space; a temporary retention notch that is formed in a recessed shape at an end of the main body on a side of the opening in the first direction and allows insertion of the binding member in a state where the binding member is inserted through the insertion hole; and a temporary retention projection that is formed to protrude from the main body toward a side of the temporary retention notch and capable of hooking and temporarily retaining the binding member in a state where the binding member is inserted through the temporary retention notch;
a temporary retention step of inserting the binding member, which is in a state of being inserted through the insertion hole, through the temporary retention notch and hooking the binding member, which is in a state of being inserted through the temporary retention notch, onto the temporary retention projection to achieve temporary retention of the binding member on the temporary retention projection;
a routing step of routing the wiring member in the routing space in a state where the binding member is temporarily retained on the temporary retention projection; and
a binding step of detaching the binding member, which is in a state of being temporarily retained by the temporary retention projection, from the temporary retention projection and binding the wiring member, which is in a state of being routed in the routing space, to the main body by the binding member.