US 11,738,700 B2
Wire exterior body and exterior-covered wire harness
Takashi Oshino, Koka (JP); Yoshikazu Kamei, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Suyama, Tokyo (JP); Shuji Yokozeki, Tokyo (JP); and Naoyuki Kojima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); and Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Shiga (JP)
Appl. No. 17/280,153
Filed by Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP); and Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Shiga (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/035497
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/066594, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-180864 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001816 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [H01B 7/009 (2013.01); H02G 3/0437 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire exterior body to be attached to an outer periphery of a wire, the wire exterior body being formed by bending a resin sheet, the wire exterior body comprising
a plurality of wall parts extending along an extending direction of the wire, and forming an accommodating part for accommodating the wire, wherein
a first wall part of the plurality of wall parts has a protruding part protruding from the first wall part,
wherein the protruding part protrudes in a direction orthogonal to the first wall part,
wherein a second wall part of the plurality of wall parts has a second protruding part protruding from the second wall part,
wherein the second wall part is orthogonal to the first wall part.
wherein the second protruding part is arranged to overlap the protruding part,
wherein the resin sheet is a resin foamed sheet,
wherein the resin foamed sheet includes a foamed layer and a non-foamed layer formed on the foamed layer, and
wherein the foamed layer and the non-foamed layer are integral to the resin sheet.