US 12,083,969 B2
Wire harness routing device
Satoshi Yamamoto, Mie (JP); and Nahoko Furuhata, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/641,910
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/032833
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/049344, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-166079 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258683 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/027 (2006.01); H02G 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [B60R 16/027 (2013.01); H02G 11/02 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness routing device comprising:
a wire harness with one end fixed to a slider that is slidably arranged with respect to a rail and another end pulled out from the rail;
an excess length accommodating portion that has an entrance into which an excess length portion of the wire harness pulled out from the rail is introduced and a lead-out portion around which the excess length portion of the wire harness is woundable and that is configured to spirally wind the excess length portion and accommodate the excess length portion therein; and
a guide portion that is disposed in the excess length accommodating portion and that includes an elastic member configured to change a direction in which the excess length portion enters the excess length accommodating portion to an inward direction of the excess length accommodating portion by coming into contact with the excess length portion, a fixing portion configured to fix one end of the elastic member, and a winding portion configured to wind another end of the elastic member,
wherein at least a portion of the wire harness is disposed between the lead-out portion of the excess length accommodating portion and the elastic member of the guide portion.