US 12,415,469 B2
Electrical wire with path restricting member attached and wire harness
Ryuta Saito, Yokkaichi (JP); Katsutoshi Izawa, Yokkaichi (JP); Kosuke Tanaka, Yokkaichi (JP); and Masashi Fujiki, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 18/031,410
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/038645
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/085692, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-178421 (JP), filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406239 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [H02G 3/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical wire structure comprising:
an electrical wire;
an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the electrical wire; and
a path restrictor covering a range spanning more than half of an outer periphery of the exterior tube in a circumferential direction of the exterior tube, extending along a lengthwise direction of the exterior tube, and restricting a path along which the electrical wire is routed,
wherein the path restrictor has:
a main body covering a range spanning more than half of the outer periphery of the exterior tube in the circumferential direction of the exterior tube;
an insertion opening formed by both circumferential ends of the main body, extending along a lengthwise direction of the path restrictor over an entirety thereof in the lengthwise direction, and configured for the exterior tube to be insertable therein;
support ribs each protruding from an outer periphery of the main body except the circumferential ends thereof, and the support ribs extending along the lengthwise direction of the path restrictor; and
guiding ribs provided on the circumferential ends of the main body to contact an engaging part of a fixing member fixed to a vehicle body, so as to suppress circumferential rotation of the path restrictor.