US 12,327,663 B2
Wire harness
Ryuta Saito, Yokkaichi (JP); Katsutoshi Izawa, Yokkaichi (JP); and Kosuke Tanaka, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 18/025,693
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/028024
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/059356, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-155431 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0343485 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/285 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 7/1875 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H01B 7/285 (2013.01); H02G 3/0481 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness comprising:
an electric wire member;
a first tube that is made of a metal and covers an outer circumference of the electric wire member;
a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape, is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the electric wire member, the drawn-out portion being drawn out from an end of the first tube;
a second tube that is made of a metal and includes: a first end covering an outer circumference of the first tube with the braided wire being sandwiched between the first end and the outer circumferential surface of the first tube; and a second end located on a side opposite to the first end and covering the outer circumference of the drawn-out portion, and fixes the braided wire to the outer circumferential surface of the first tube; and
a protector that is fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the second tube and protects the drawn-out portion by covering the outer circumference of the drawn-out portion,
wherein the second tube has a protrusion that protrudes from the inner circumferential surface of the second tube toward the outer circumferential surface of the first tube and presses the braided wire against the outer circumferential surface of the first tube,
wherein the braided wire has:
a first portion that is located between the outer circumferential surface of the first tube and the inner circumferential surface of the second tube;
a second portion that is continuous with the first portion, is drawn out in a direction opposite to a direction in which the drawn-out portion is drawn out from the first end, and is folded back toward an outer circumference of the second tube; and
a third portion that is continuous with the second portion and extends in the direction in which the drawn-out portion is drawn out, and
wherein the wire harness further comprises a tape that is wound around an outer circumferential surface of the first end of the second tube and the second portion of the braided wire.