US 12,113,322 B2
Wire harness
Katsutoshi Izawa, Yokkaichi (JP); and Masashi Hayashi, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/441,511
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/000086
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194980, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-064327 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166153 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/00 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 4/72 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/72 (2013.01) [H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); B60R 16/0207 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness comprising:
a first conductor;
a second conductor electrically connected to the first conductor; and
a tubular contraction tube that covers a connection between the first conductor and the second conductor, wherein:
a determination pattern is printed on an outer circumferential surface of the contraction tube,
the determination pattern includes a first determination pattern that allows a first contraction rate in a radial direction of the contraction tube to be determined, and
the first contraction rate in the radial direction of the contraction tube is determined based on a first ratio of a distance in the first determination pattern before contraction to a distance in the first determination pattern after contraction.