Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Kenichiro Araki

Toyoki Furukawa

An insulated electric wire includes: an exposed portion and a covered portion including the insulation covering, and further includes a water-stopping portion wherein a water-stopping agent is placed over the exposed portion, and part of the covered portion and is adjacent to the exposed portion. The water-stopping portion continuously has: an inter-elemental-wire filling area filled with the water-stopping agent in gaps between conductor elemental wires; an exposed-portion-outer-circumferential area wherein the water-stopping agent covers an outer circumference of the conductor; and a covered-portion-outer-circumferential area wherein the water-stopping agent covers an outer circumference of the insulation covering. In a subject region that is a part of the exposed-portion-outer-circumferential area and is other than a region closer to the covered-portion-outer-circumferential area with a larger outer diameter due to a thickness of the insulation covering, a difference between a maximum and minimum outer diameter is not greater than 12% of the minimum outer diameter.

Insulated electric wire, wire harness, and insulated electric wire production method

An insulated electric wire with a water-stopping portion, and a wire harness including the insulated electric wire. The insulated electric wire includes a conductor with multiple metal material elemental wires twisted together, and an insulation covering covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulated electric wire includes an exposed portion wherein the insulation covering is removed, a covered portion where the insulation covering covers the conductor, the exposed and covered portions are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal axis direction, and a water-stopping portion wherein gaps between the wires in the exposed portion are filled with a water-stopping agent. At least a portion of the water-stopping agent contacting the wires is made of a resin material that cures upon contact. A wire harness includes the insulated electric wire, and electric connections at both ends, each capable of other device connection.

Insulated electric wire and wire harness

An insulated electric wire with a water-stopping portion has excellent water stopping performance and forms quickly, and a wire harness includes the insulated electric wire. An insulated electric wire includes: a conductor wherein multiple metal material elemental wires are twisted together; and an insulation covering covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulated electric wire includes an exposed portion wherein the insulation covering is removed; a covered portion wherein the insulation covering covers the conductor, the exposed and covered portions are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal axis direction; and a water-stopping portion wherein gaps between the wires in the exposed portion are filled with a water-stopping agent. At least a portion of the water-stopping agent contacting the wires is made of a resin material that cures upon contact. A wire harness includes the insulated electric wire, and electric connections capable of other device connection at both ends, each capable of other device connection.

Insulated electric wire and harness with water-stopping agent and wire harness

An insulated electric wire that has a superior water-stopping performance and has a configuration in which, even if water enters the insulated electric wire, the water is unlikely to stay inside the insulated electric wire, and a wire harness containing such an insulated electric wire. An insulated electric wire contains: an exposed portion in which an insulation covering is removed from the outer circumference of a conductor; in which the insulation covering covers the outer circumference of the conductor, and a water-stopping portion that is provided in an area extending from a part of the exposed portion to a part of the first covered portion, and in which gaps between the elemental wires constituting the conductor are filled with a water-stopping agent. A region of the second covered portion is a non-waterproof end that has a void between the elemental wires and/or between the conductor and the insulation covering.

An insulated electric wire includes a conductor in which elemental wires made of a metal material are twisted together; and an insulation covering that covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulated electric wire includes: an exposed portion in which the insulation covering is removed from the outer circumference of the conductor; a covered portion in which the insulation covering covers the outer circumference of the conductor, the exposed portion and the covered portion being provided adjacent to each other in a longitudinal axis direction; and a water-stopping portion in which gaps between the elemental wires in the exposed portion are filled with a water-stopping agent. In an area enclosed by the surface of the water-stopping agent, the surface of the elemental wires is in contact with only the water-stopping agent or another elemental wire.

Insulated electric wire with water-stopping agent, wire harness, and insulated electric wire production method

An insulated electric wire contains: an exposed portion insulation covering is removed; a covered portion with the insulation covering; and a water-stopping portion agent is placed over the exposed portion and an area of the covered portion that is adjacent to the exposed portion. The water-stopping portion contains: a filled area between the elemental wires between a conductor in the exposed portion filled with the water-stopping agent; an exposed portion outer circumferential area in which the water-stopping agent covers the outer circumference of the conductor in the exposed portion; and a covered portion outer circumferential area in which the water-stopping agent covers an outer circumference of the insulation covering in the area of the covered portion that is adjacent to the exposed portion. The layer thickness of the water-stopping agent is larger in the exposed portion outer circumferential area than in the covered portion outer circumferential area.

Wire harness and insulated electric wire thereof having water-stopping agent

An insulated electric wire includes an insulating coating made of a resin composition, and a wire harness including the insulated electric wire. An insulated electric wireincludes an electric wire conductor, and an insulating coatingthat coats the outer circumferential surface of the electric wire conductor, wherein the insulating coatingis made of a resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyester elastomer as a main component. Furthermore, a wire harness includes the insulated electric wire. The thickness of the insulating coatingis preferably less than 0.7 mm.

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