US 12,296,763 B2
Wiring module
Koji Yamaguchi, Mie (JP); and Hirokazu Komori, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/924,825
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/017639
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/241178, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-093301 (JP), filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226989 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H02G 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0222 (2013.01) [H02G 3/0437 (2013.01); H02G 3/22 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wiring module, comprising:
a wiring member connecting a vehicle body and a door panel;
a grommet attached to the wiring member; and
a protector that is more rigid than the grommet and is attached to the grommet,
wherein the grommet includes a base portion fixed at a certain position with respect to the door panel,
the wiring member includes a first section and a second section that is located on a vehicle body side relative to the first section and is covered by the base portion,
the first section of the wiring member is covered by a protective portion capable of at least one of bending deformation and stretching deformation,
the protector includes a base attachment portion attached to the base portion,
the base portion includes a base plate portion extending along the door panel and a rib protruding toward the door panel from a surface of the base plate portion that faces the door panel,
the base attachment portion is formed in a flat plate shape corresponding to the base plate portion, and
the base attachment portion and the base portion are attached to each other by fitting a ridge portion formed on one of an outer peripheral surface of the base attachment portion and an inner peripheral surface of the rib of the base portion into a recessed groove formed in the other.