US 12,077,108 B2
Wire harness
Yuji Tanaka, Yokkaichi (JP); and Naoki Seto, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/797,594
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/001699
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/157342, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-017009 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083731 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0207 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H02G 3/32 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness comprising:
a first wire to be routed alongside the exhaust pipe; and
a second wire to be routed on an opposite side of the first wire to the exhaust pipe, wherein:
a pipe through which a liquid flows is attached under the floor,
the exhaust pipe extends alongside the pipe,
the first wire and the second wire are routed in between the exhaust pipe and the pipe,
the first wire comprises:
a conductor and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor; and
a metal tube housing the conductor and the insulation coating, and
the second wire comprises:
a first section extending along the first wire; and
a second section extending along the pipe at a position spaced further from the first wire than is the first section in a direction in which the exhaust pipe and the first wire are arranged alongside each other.