US 12,034,285 B2
Hot melt block, cable manufacturing method, and cable
Hirokazu Komori, Mie (JP); and Takahiro Murata, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/262,995
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/028263
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/031649, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-148401 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0167587 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 1/14 (2006.01); H01B 7/282 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01); H02G 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/14 (2013.01) [H01B 7/282 (2013.01); H02G 3/04 (2013.01); H02G 15/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hot melt block comprising:
an insertion portion capable of being inserted between a plurality of electric wires surrounded by an insulating sheath of a cable; and
a spacer that is fixed to the insertion portion, and is disposed between the electric wires at a portion of the cable where the insulating sheath is removed and the electric wires are drawn out,
wherein the insertion portion is provided with a plurality of insertion walls that partition the electric wires adjacent to each other.