US 12,125,612 B2
Wire harness for power storage module, and method of producing wire harness
Nobuyuki Matsumura, Mie (JP); Hiroki Shimoda, Mie (JP); Isamu Hamamoto, Mie (JP); and Yutaroh Gotoh, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD., Osaka (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/783,489
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/045608
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131665, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-235828 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011924 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 7/0045 (2013.01) [H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01R 4/023 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness to be mounted on power storage elements, the wire harness comprising:
a first harness film section;
a second harness film section;
a harness bundle section binding electric wires that extend from the first harness film section and the second harness film section, the electric wires having one end sections that are connected to a connector and other end sections that are opposite from the one end sections, and the other end sections being divided into at least two groups and extend to the first harness film section and the second harness film section, respectively, wherein
the first harness film section includes
a base film having flexibility and a cover film covering the base film and having flexibility,
the electric wires including first electric wires and second electric wires that are disposed between the base film and the cover film,
the other end sections of the first electric wires are defined as include-first end sections that extend outside the base film and the cover film and the other end sections of the second electric wires are defined as second end sections that extend outside the base film and the cover film from an opposite side from the first end sections, and
the base film and the cover film include welding portions at which the base film and the cover film are joined with welding.