US 12,424,833 B2
Wire harness
Ryuta Saito, Yokkaichi (JP); Katsutoshi Izawa, Yokkaichi (JP); and Kosuke Tanaka, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 18/025,504
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/028025
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/059357, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-155432 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352920 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H02G 15/013 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/0481 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0222 (2013.01); H02G 15/013 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness comprising:
a wire member;
a first tube that is made of a metal and covers an outer circumference of the wire member;
a braided wire that is formed by braiding conductive strands into a tubular shape, is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tube, and covers an outer circumference of a drawn-out portion of the wire member, the drawn-out portion being drawn out from an end of the first tube;
a second tube that is made of a metal and fixes the braided wire to the outer circumferential surface of the first tube,
wherein the braided wire has:
a first portion that is located between the outer circumferential surface of the first tube and an inner circumferential surface of the second tube;
a second portion that is continuous with the first portion, is drawn out in a direction opposite to a direction in which the drawn-out portion is drawn out from an end of the second tube, and is folded back toward an outer circumference of the second tube; and
a third portion that is continuous with the second portion and extends in the direction in which the drawn-out portion is drawn out; and
a tape that is wound around an outer circumferential surface of the end of the second tube and the second portion of the braided wire.