US 12,071,081 B2
Wire harness routing device
Hirotaka Kato, Mie (JP); Satoshi Yamamoto, Mie (JP); and Kazuyoshi Ohara, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/610,202
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/018082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/230621, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-091341 (JP), filed on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219628 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01); H02G 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [B60N 2/07 (2013.01); H02G 3/0462 (2013.01); H02G 11/02 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness routing device comprising
a rail in which an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted is formed;
a slider configured to perform a sliding movement together with the wire harness with respect to the rail; and
a harness regulating portion that is arranged along the wire harness in the insertion hole, and is configured to regulate movement of the wire harness in a direction different from the direction of performing the sliding movement, and move in the insertion hole accompanying the sliding movement of the slider,
wherein the harness regulating portion is a thin, elastically-deformable leaf spring,
a winding portion configured to wind the harness regulating portion is provided outside of the rail,
the harness regulating portion is elastically deformable in response to the movement of the slider, and
an end portion of the harness regulating portion is fixed to a side of the slider.