US 12,009,122 B2
Wire harness including tape-wrapping portion having binding function
Takaaki Ito, Mie (JP); and Taiji Mochizuki, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/625,764
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/025455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/010146, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-130922 (JP), filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277869 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H01B 7/40 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 7/0045 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H01B 7/40 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness comprising:
a wire; and
one or more types of tape wrapped around the wire,
wherein a plurality of tape-wrapping portions are provided by wrapping the one or more types of tape around a plurality of portions along a longitudinal direction of the wire,
at least one tape-wrapping portion of the plurality of tape-wrapping portions exhibits a binding function and an additional function different from the binding function,
the plurality of tape-wrapping portions include a first wrapping method portion and a second wrapping method portion in which the same type of tape is wrapped using different wrapping methods, and
the first wrapping method portion and the second wrapping method portion are both formed by spiral-wrapping tape using different spiral wrapping methods.