Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Autonetowkrs Technologies, Ltd.

Hirokazu Komori

Makoto Higashikozono

Takahiro Murata

Naomichi Kawashima

Hiroki Hirai

Tomoyuki Sakata

Masato Tsutsuki

Hisashi Sawada

Kosuke Sone

Kenta Kobayashi

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Hirotaka Kato

Taiko Sato

Hiroyuki Ishikawa

Koji Yamaguchi

Masanori Moriyasu

Yusuke Nakagawa

Fujio Sonoda

Yutaro Yoshida

Hirokazu Eguchi

Hideki Hattori

Masatoshi Ito

Yoshinori Sadahiro

Daichi Ashida

A cable with an abnormality precursor detection function includes: one or more target electric wires each including a corresponding one of electric wire conductors and an electric wire coating that covers an outer periphery of the electric wire conductor; one or more detection wires each including a corresponding one of detection wire conductors and a detection wire coating that covers an outer periphery of the detection wire conductor; and a sheath that covers an outer periphery of an electric wire group including the one or more target electric wires and the one or more detection wires.

Cable with abnormality precursor detection function and electric wire abnormality precursor detection device

One object is to be able to easily attach an elastic waterproofing member to a wiring member. A wiring module () includes a wiring member (), and an elastic waterproofing member () in which a penetration accommodating portion () is formed that is capable of accommodating a portion in a longitudinal direction of the wiring member. A slit () is formed in the elastic waterproofing member from the outer periphery of the elastic waterproofing member to the penetration accommodating portion, and the slit is kept closed with the portion in the longitudinal direction of the wiring member accommodated in the penetration accommodating portion.

Wiring module and elastic waterproofing member

One object is to provide a technology that can improve the attachability of a wiring module, in which both a grommet and a planar member are provided on a wiring member, to a door panel. The wiring module includes a wiring member, a planar member that holds the wiring member, and a grommet attached on the vehicle body side relative to the portion of the wiring member held by the planar member. The planar member includes a main plate portion that holds a section of the wiring member that extends along the inner plate portion of the door panel, and a planar member-side attachment portion attached to the grommet. The grommet includes a base portion fixed at a certain position with respect to the door panel and a grommet-side attachment portion to which the planar member-side attachment portion is attached.

Wiring module

One object is to provide a technology that can increase the versatility of a wiring module in which a grommet is provided in a wiring member. The wiring module includes a wiring member connecting a vehicle body and a door panel, and a grommet attached to the wiring member. The grommet includes a base portion fixed at a certain position with respect to the door panel. The wiring member includes a first section and a second section that is located on the vehicle body side relative to the first section and is covered by the base portion. The first section of the wiring member is covered by a protective portion capable of at least one of bending deformation and stretching deformation.

A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: an electrical wire bundle; an exterior member externally mounted to the electrical wire bundle; and an adherend having a main surface as a flat surface, wherein the exterior member has an outer surface as a flat surface, and the outer surface and the main surface have surface contact with and are bonded to each other while the electrical wire bundle is disposed on the main surface of the adherend.

Fixing structure of wiring member and wiring member

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique for improving the ease of attaching a door component to a door panel. A door component includes: a grommet that is attached to a door panel so as to traverse a portion of a peripheral edge; and a weather strip that is attached to the door panel so as to extend along a peripheral edge. The grommet includes a first tubular part and a second tubular part that are formed so as to be open in mutually different directions. The weather strip includes a first end part and a second end part along a longitudinal direction. The first end part of the weather strip is fitted into the first tubular part and the second end part is fitted into the second tubular part.

Door component, grommet, and wiring module

One object is to be able to easily attach an elastic waterproofing member to a wiring member. A wiring module () includes a wiring member (), and an elastic waterproofing member () in which a penetration accommodating portion () is formed that is capable of accommodating a portion in a longitudinal direction of the wiring member. The elastic waterproofing member includes a first split waterproofing member () and a second split waterproofing member (), the first split waterproofing member and the second split waterproofing member are obtained by splitting the elastic waterproofing member so as to longitudinally split the penetration accommodating portion, and the first split waterproofing member and the second split waterproofing member are kept in a joined state, with a portion in a longitudinal direction of the wiring member accommodated in the penetration accommodating portion.

A wiring member includes: at least one wiring body including a sheet and a wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet; and a regulation member including a housing part and a retaining piece and attached to the wiring body. The housing part includes a bottom part and two sidewall parts protruding from the bottom part. The wiring body is housed in the housing part while both end portions along a width direction are bended with respect to an intermediate portion and extend toward a tip end portion of each of the two sidewall parts. The retaining piece protrudes above the housing part from the tip end portion of each of the two sidewall parts to press the end portions of the wiring body.

Wiring member

A fixing structure of a wiring member includes: a wiring member including at least one wire-like transmission member; a joint member including an adhesive layer, a heat generation layer, and a joint layer; and an adherend to which the wiring member is fixed, wherein the heat generation layer is a layer which can generate heat by induction heating and is provided between the adhesive layer and the joint layer, the joint layer is a layer having bond properties when heat is transmitted from the heat generation layer at a time of induction heating, the adhesive layer is fixed to one of the wiring member and the adherend, and the joint layer is fixed to another one of the wiring member and the adherend.

Fixing structure of wiring member, and wiring member with joint member

A hot melt blockthat is assembled at a portion where an insulating sheathof a cablein which a plurality of electric wiresandare collectively surrounded by the insulating sheathis removed and the electric wiresandare drawn out, and that is melted through heating. The hot melt blockincludes: an insertion portionthat can be inserted between the electric wiresandsurrounded by the sheath; and a spacerthat is fixed to the insertion portion, and is disposed between the electric wiresandat the portion where the electric wires are drawn out.

Hot melt block, cable manufacturing method, and cable

A wire cover disclosed by this specification is for covering a plurality of wires pulled out from a housing, and includes a cover body into which the plurality of wires pulled out from the housing are introduced from front and from which the plurality of wires are drawn out in a rightward direction, and a guiding portion provided on an inner surface of the cover body and configured to guide small-diameter wires arranged to have shorter in-cover lengths, out of the plurality of wires, than a large-diameter wire on a left side arranged to have a longest in-cover length from a wire introduction position PI where the wire is introduced into the cover body to a wire draw-out position PO where the wire is drawn out from the cover body, out of the plurality of wires to an extra length accommodation space provided in the cover body.

Wire cover and connector with wire cover

A waterproof structure of a connectoris configured to waterproof a cableincluding a sheathsurrounding a plurality of wires, and a connector housingconnected to the plurality of wiresextending from a tip portionE of the sheath. The waterproof structure includes a seal membercollectively covering the plurality of wiresbetween the cableand the connector housing. The seal memberhas one end fitted onto the sheathand in which the plurality of wiresextend from the tip portionE with any arrangement relation, and another end fitted into the connector housing

Waterproof structure of connector

A waterproof structure of a multicore cable includes: a multicore cable in which a power line and a signal line are surrounded by a sheath; a heat-shrinkable tube having a sheath covering portion that covers the sheath and an electric wire covering portion that is continuous with the sheath covering portion and covers the power line and the signal line led out from a front end of the sheath; a waterproof portion that is disposed in a gap between the electric wire covering portion and the power line and the signal line to prevent water from entering the gap between the electric wire covering portion and the power line and the signal line; and a protector that holds the heat-shrinkable tube therein and has a stopper located near a front end of the heat-shrinkable tube.

Multicore cable waterproofing structure

A connector (female connector) is provided with an inner housingfrom which wires W are pulled out to outside and which is connected to a mating housing, and a vibration transmitting memberincluding a mating contact portion (inner peripheral surfaceA) capable of coming into contact with the mating housing. The vibration transmitting memberincludes a wire fixing portionto which the wires W are fixed, and is capable of transmitting vibration from the wire fixing portionto the mating housingfrom the mating contact portionA. The inner housingis allowed to relatively move with respect to the vibration transmitting member

Connector

A board connector (A) has a housing () placed on a circuit board (P). The board connector (A) includes a terminal holding portion () and a receptacle () extending forward from an outer peripheral edge of the terminal holding portion (). Terminal fittings () are mounted while penetrating through the terminal holding portion () and are connectable to the circuit board (P) while being placed on the circuit board (P) behind the terminal holding portion (). Locks () are formed on the housing () and restrict a forward tiling displacement of the housing () by being locked to the circuit board (P).

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Mie, Japan

Hirokazu Komori