US 11,738,701 B2
Wire harness and outer cover member
Takeshi Shimizu, Yokkaichi (JP); and Tomoya Kawaguchi, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/297,182
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/037387
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/115995, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-226347 (JP), filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032863 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01B 7/18 (2006.01); H01B 7/40 (2006.01); H01B 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/42 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [H01B 7/18 (2013.01); H01B 7/40 (2013.01); H01B 7/421 (2013.01); H01B 11/02 (2013.01); H02G 3/0462 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness comprising:
a wire; and
an outer cover into which the wire is inserted; wherein:
the outer cover is provided with a spring that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the wire,
insulation covering an outer circumference of a core wire of the wire is interposed between the wire and the spring, and
the insulation is an insulating coating provided on an inner surface of the spring,
the wire is an uncovered wire that does not have an insulating sheath on the outer circumference of the core wire, and
the spring has elasticity to follow expansion and contraction of the core wire and cover the entire outer circumference of the core wire with the insulating coating.