Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Yasuhiro Ando

Masahisa Suzuki

Tetuya Funaki

Shinichi Suehiro

Tetsuya Takimoto

Satoshi Nagai

Shinya Miyamoto

A wiring harness arranging construction is provided to arrange a wiring harness in a position more toward a passenger compartment than a hinge and a weatherstrip. The construction includes a container casing,with a space,for accommodating a looped harness, an insertion opening,and a withdrawal opening,for the harness which are opposed to each other, and a harness fixing portion,projecting from the outer surface of the insertion opening,After being inserted through the insertion opening,and wound around a windup spring,inside the casing,the wiring harness is withdrawn through the withdrawal opening,The container casing,is secured to either one of a door and a body, and the wiring harness withdrawn from the container casing,is extended to the other of the door and the body and secured thereto by a clamp. Accordingly, the wiring harness can extend and contract while varying the diameter of the loop of its part passed through the container casing as the door is opened and closed.

Wiring harness arranging construction

There is provided a guide frame 10 having a small width and a triangular or other shape. An insertion opening 10e and a withdrawal opening 10g for a wiring harness D.multidot.W/H are formed in spaced-apart positions of the guide frame 10. The wiring harness D.multidot.W/H is fixedly inserted through the insertion opening 10e of the guide frame 10 and withdrawn through the withdrawal opening 10g after being arranged in a roundabout manner inside the guide frame 10. The guide frame 10 is fixed to either one of a door D and a body C, and the leading end of the wiring harness D.multidot.W/H withdrawn from the guide frame 10 through the withdrawal opening 10g is extended to the other of the door D and the body C, so that the wiring harness D.multidot.W/H comes from and returns into the guide frame 10 according to opening and closing movements of the door D.

A guide member 10 made of an elastic material has an arcuate portion 10a which extends and contracts while twisting. A wiring harness D.multidot.W/H is arranged between a door and a body of a vehicle after being mounted on the guide member 10, and the opposite ends of the guide member 10 are fixed to the door and the body, so that the movements of the guide member and the wiring harness can follow the opening and closing movements of the door. The arcuate portion 10a is so configured as to construct a part of a torsion coil spring.

There is provided a guide frame 10 having a small width and a triangular or other shape. An insertion opening 10e and a withdrawal opening 10g for a wiring harness DW/H are formed in spaced-apart positions of the guide frame 10. The wiring harness DW/H is fixedly inserted through the insertion opening 10e of the guide frame 10 and withdrawn through the withdrawal opening 10g after being arranged in a roundabout manner inside the guide frame 10. The guide frame 10 is fixed to either one of a door D and a body C, and the leading end of the wiring harness DW/H withdrawn from the guide frame 10 through the withdrawal opening 10g is extended to the other of the door D and the body C, so that the wiring harness D.multidot.W/H comes from and returns into the guide frame 10 according to opening and closing movements of the door D.

A wiring harness arranging construction is provided to arrange a wiring harness in a position more toward a passenger compartment than a hinge and a weatherstrip. The construction includes a container casing 10 with a space 10p for accommodating a looped harness, an insertion opening 10f and a withdrawal opening 10g for the harness which are opposed to each other, and a harness fixing portion 10h projecting from the outer surface of the insertion opening 10f. After being inserted through the insertion opening 10f and wound around a windup spring 30 inside the casing 10, the wiring harness is withdrawn through the withdrawal opening 10g. The container casing 10 is secured to either one of a door and a body, and the wiring harness withdrawn from the container casing 10 is extended to the other of the door and the body and secured thereto by a clamp. Accordingly, the wiring harness can extend and contract while varying the diameter of the loop of its part passed through the container casing as the door is opened and closed.

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Yasuhiro Ando