GB2203598A - Structure for securing a wire harness assembly - Google Patents
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- B60R16/02—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements
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- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
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Abstract
A structure for securing a wire harness assembly (10) in a vehicle interior makes use of a floor carpet (1), and comprises a groove (9) defined in a surface of the carpet, and a retainer for the assembly (10) in the groove. The retainer can be realised in a number of ways, and may be a plug member (21 Figs 5 to 8) which may be bonded or not bonded to the inner surface and the assembly. The plug may be made of foamed urethane resin which is cured in situ at the open end of the groove. The retainer may make use of the elasticity of the floor carpet to close off the groove (Fig 9) and other types of fasteners (figs 12 to 16) can also be used to secure the assembly in the groove. <IMAGE>
Description
STRUCTURE FOR SECURING A WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a structure for securing a wire harness assembly and in particular to such a wire harness securing structure which makes use of vehicle interior members.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventionally, to the end of avoiding the contact of electric wires with sharp edges and rugged weld seams of a vehicle body and the mutual rubbing of electric wires as a result of vibration of the vehicle and subsequent fatigue of the electric wires, it has been customary to pass a wire harness assembly, consisting of a plurality of electric wires bundled and joined together with tape, tube and other binding or protective means, behind interior members and through brackets of the vehicle body as a part of the assembly process of the vehicle.In recently years, due to the increased use of electronic equipment in automobiles for accessory devices carried by the automobiles and for control of the automobiles themselves, the size, in particular, the diameter of the wire harness assembly tends to grow so rapidly that a considerable difficult has been encountered in finding a suitable place to pass through a wire harness assembly without interfering with the appearance of the interior of the vehicle. Furthermore, larger wire harness assemblies mean not only an increase in the cost of the wire harness assemblies but also an increase in the cost for mounting the wire harness assemblies to vehicle bodies.
Under this circumstance, it is conceivable to simplify the work involved in mounting a wire harness assembly to a vehicle by making use of existing vehicle interior members. For instance, Japanese Utility Model
Laid Open Publication No. 59-230831 proposes a crash pad for an instrument panel consisting of a plurality of parts provided with grooves which define passages when different parts of the crash pad are joined together so that these passages may be used for receiving a wire harness assembly. However, the use of such interior members consisting of a large number of different parts and the necessity to combine them for accommodating a wire harness assembly therein at various locations of a vehicle other than its instrument panel involve a large number of component parts and increases in work hours, and the problem of the prior art can not be necessarily resolved.
Japanese Utility Model Laid Open Publication No.
57-1539 proposes an invention in which notches are provided in an interior board of a vehicle consisting of a sound insulation board and a veneer board for hooking a wire harness assembly thereto. According to this structure, mounting of a wire harness assembly is simplified but most part of the wire harness assembly is exposed from the interior board and is not well protected.
According to the invention there is provided a structure for securing a wire harness assembly, comprising:
a groove defined in a surface of an interior member;
a means for retaining the wire harness assembly in the groove.
Thus, the wire harness assembly can be passed through an interior member such as a floor carpet assembly of a passenger compartment of a vehicle in an unobtrusive manner.
When the groove is formed in an elastic layer, for instance made of foamed polyurethane, of a floor carpet/ assembly and is narrower at its open end than at its internal part, the wire harness assembly is securely held in the groove by the elasticity of the floor carpet assembly while the work required to provide the groove and fitting the wire harness assembly are light.
If the open end of the groove defines a tortuous passage along a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the floor carpet assembly in a vicinity of the groove, the elastic retaining action of the floor carpet material will be enhanced..
Alternatively, a plug member may be fitted into the open end of the groove to hold the wire harness assembly securely in the groove. According to an advantageous feature of the present invention, the plug member consists of polymer material which foams and is cured in situ at the open end. If the plug member is desired to be detachable for the convenience of maintenance work and so on, a layer of releasing agent may be applied to an inner surface of the groove to prevent adhesion of the plug member to the inner surface of the groove.
If the floor carpet assembly is provided with a reinforcing member adjacent to a bottom region of the groove, the reduction in the mechanical strength of the floor carpet material due to the provision of the groove will be compensated.
For positive retention of the wire harness assembly inside the groove, a tie member may be passed substantially around the wire harness assembly and held to the floor carpet assembly. The tie member may comprise a main part which is passed through the floor carpet assembly around the wire harness assembly received in the groove and two end portions which are joined together. Alternatively, The tie member may comprise a main part which may be passed through between a wall surface of the groove and an outer circumferential surface of the wire harness assembly.
According to a certain feature of the present invention, the tie member comprises a main part which substantially surrounds the wire harness assembly and two end portions which are urged toward each other by pressure from wall surfaces of the groove which is formed in an elastic layer of the floor carpet assembly. Thus, the elastic force of the floor carpet material which tends to secure the wire harness assembly inside the groove is amplified by the tie member. Additionally or alternatively, the tie member may be provided with an elasticity which urges the two end portions away from each other.
Alternatively, a pair of lips may be provided on either side of the groove adjacent to the open end thereof and these lips may be joined together by a connecting means.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Now the present invention is described in the following in terms of preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the appended drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a floor carpet assembly to which the wire harness assembly securing structure of the present invention has been applied;
Figure 2 is a sectional view of a part of the floor carpet assembly of Figure 1;
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional views similar to
Figure 2 showing the process of making the floor carpet assembly;
Figures 5 and 6 are sectional views showing how a plug member is fitted into the open end of the groove for retaining the wire harness assembly in the groove;
Figures 7 and 8 are sectional views showing alternate embodiments of the plug member;
Figure 9 is a modification of the embodiment shown in Figure 2;;
Figure 10 shows an embodiment of the reinforcing structure for the floor carpet assembly provided with a groove for retaining a wire harness assembly therein;
Figure 11 is a perspective view showing a part of
Figure 1 in an enlarged scale;
Figures 11 to 14 are sectional views showing different embodiments of the tie member for securely holding the wire harness assembly in the groove, particularly adjacent to the part of the groove where the wire harness assembly is led out;
Figure 1 5 is a sectional view showing a fully closed state of the embodiment shown in Figure 14; and
Figure 16 is a sectional view showing yet another embodiment of the present invention for positively securing a wire harness assembly in the groove.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a floor carpet assembly 1 incorporating the structure for securing a wire harness assembly according to the present invention. This floor carpet assembly 1 is provided with a main body portion 2 which is integrally molded so as to conform to the shape of a vehicle floor which is not shown in the drawings. The front end of the main body portion 2 is integrally provided with a dashboard insulator 3 which is associated with the bulkhead provided at the front end of the vehicle floor while the remaining fringe portion of the main body portion 2 is integrally provided with a flange 4. The flange portion 4b provided in the rear end of the floor carpet assembly 1 is provided with mounting holes 5 for securing the floor carpet assembly 1 to the vehicle body.The flange 4 is further provided with a pair of flange portions 4b along either side sill region of the floor carpet assembly 1. The main body portion 2 is further provided with a hole 6 for passing a shift lever and a parking brake lever therethrough at its central part and a slot 7 for passing a steering column and an accelerator and a brake pedal therethrough, respectively, at it right front part.
The floor carpet assembly 1 consists of a pad 1 5 consisting of a foamed urethane layer and a carpet 1 7 consisting of a layer of either woven or unwoven fabric or the like, and presents a flat top surface in spite of various irregular shapes of beads and weld seams and so on provided in the vehicle floor panel for increasing the rigidity and mechanical strength of the vehicle body. The surface of the foamed urethane pad 1 5 is provided with grooves 9 for receiving a wire harness assembly 10 therein. These grooves 9 are provided in the fringe portion of the floor carpet assembly 1 adjacent to side sills and a central part of the floor carpet assembly along a longitudinal cross member (not shown in the drawings) which is not likely to be trodden by the occupant of the vehicle.The grooves 9 extend not only substantially straight along the longitudinal direction of the floor carpet assembly 1 but also follow irregular three-dimensional contour of the floor carpet assembly 1 as can be seen in areas 1a of the floor carpet assembly 1 corresponding to front wheel houses of the vehicle floor panel as shown in Figure 1. The cross section of each of the grooves 9 is provided with an undercut portion; e.g., the width W1 of its open end 9a is smaller than the width
W2 of an internal part 9b of the groove as shown in
Figure 2. Terminal ends of this wire harness assembly 10 are led out from various parts of the floor carpet assembly 1 adjacent to a joint box, a door switch, a steering column switch, instrument panel switches and so on to be connected thereto by means of connectors 11 provided at the terminal ends of the wire harness assembly 10.
Figures 3 and 4 are schematic sectional views showing the process of mold forming the floor carpet assembly 1.
An upper mold die 12 has a die surface which is conformal to a certain desired shape of a floor surface while a lower mold die 1 3 is conformal to a surface of a floor panel of a particular vehicle and is provided with a ridge 14 which extends perpendicularly to the paper surface of Figure 3. The free end (the crest) 1 4a of the ridge 1 4 is provided with a circular cross section and forms the internal part 9b of the groove 9 for receiving the wire harness assembly 10 therein while the root portion (the neck) 14b of the ridge 14 is narrower than the free end 1 4a and forms the open end 9a of the groove 9.
The upper die 1 2 and the lower die 1 3 are brought together and urethane resin and a foaming agent are filled into a cavity defined by the dies 12 and 13 to form the pad 15 consisting of a foamed urethane layer.
The periphery of the cavity defined between the upper die 1 2 and the lower die 1 3 is closed by seal members 1 6 to prevent the leakage of the urethane resin from the cavity. Once the molding process is completed, the foamed urethane pad 15 is removed from the upper and the lower die 12 and 13.The groove 9 is provided with an undercut as seen in its cross section by means of the root portion 14b which is narrower than the free end 14a of the ridge 14, but, since the foamed urethane pad 15 elastically deforms very easily, the foamed urethane pad 1 5 can be removed from the dies 1 2 and 1 3 easily without causing any ruptures or cracks to the foamed urethane pad 1 5 even when the groove 9 follows a three-dimensional curve as in the areas 1a of the floor carpet assembly 1 corresponding to the wheel houses of the floor panel.
Subsequently, as shown in Figure 4, a carpet 17 is laid over the foamed urethane pad 1 5 between a male die 1 8 and a female die 1 9 and the foamed urethane pad 1 5 and the carpet 17 are pressed to each other at an elevated temperature. At the same time, the flange 4 and other parts are formed and trimmed and the floor carpet assembly 1 is completed.
In mounting a wire harness assembly 10 to the floor carpet assembly 1, simply by pushing the wire harness assembly 10 into the groove 9, the wire harness assembly 10 is retained inside the groove 9 as shown in
Figure 2 and no more work is required.
According to this embodiment, the floor carpet assembly 1 and the dashboard insulator 3 are integrally formed as a single integral member and the foamed urethane pad 15 serves also as a heat insulator. Since these two parts are integrally formed as a single member, the ease of assembly and maintenance work is further enhanced.
Figures 5 and 6 shows a plug member 21 which is fitted into the open end 9a of the groove 9 to retain the wire harness assembly 10 in the groove 9. This plug member 21 may be made of any convenient material which may be held in position by elastic pressure of either the urethane pad 15 and/or the plug member 21 itself. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, after the wire harness assembly 10 is fitted into the groove 9 of the floor carpet assembly 1, resin-material consisting of a primary agent which may consists of diisocyanate or polyisocyanate and a curing agent comprising polyol, a cross-linking agent, a catalyst, a foaming agent and so on which are supplied from their respective tanks (not shown in the drawings) by way of pumps (not shown in the drawings) is injected into the open end 9a of the groove 9 from a mixing head 20 as shown in Figure 5.
The resin material foams as it cures and substantially closes the open end 9a as shown in Figure 6. Here, by adjusting conditions of the primary agent and the curing agent, the foamed resin which makes up the plug member 21 is given with a density of approximately 66 kg/m3 and a tensile strength of 0.6 kg/cm2. The plug member 21 thus formed in situ at the open end 9a, and partly in the internal part 9b of the groove 9, not only fixes the wire harness assembly 10 in the internal part 9b of the groove 9 but also prevents the wire harness assembly 10 from protruding from the open end 9a of the groove 9. The plug member 21 may adhere to the wall surface of the groove 9 and the wire harness assembly 10 to a desired extent by proper selection of the materials involved. Further, since the part of the plug member 21 which is located in the internal part 9b of the groove 9 tends to retain the plug member 21 in the groove 9, the extent of the plug member 21 entering the wider internal part 9b of the groove 9 should be determined according to each particular need.
Figure 7 shows yet another embodiment of the present invention. Before the resin material is filled into the groove 9 to form the plug member 21 at the open end 9a of the groove 9 of the floor carpet assembly 1, a release agent 22 or, in other words, a mold release agent is applied to a wall surface of the groove 9. As a result, there is substantially no bonding force between the plug member 21 and the wall surface of the groove 9. Therefore, when the wire harness assembly 10 is to be taken out of the groove 9, after the plug member 21 has been formed, for maintenance or other purpose, the plug member 21 can be easily removed as shown by the imaginary line in Figure 7 and the wire harness assembly 10 can be easily removed.In the present embodiment, the resin material that has foamed at the open end 9a of the groove 9 has a density of approximately 75 kg/m3 and a tensile strength of 0.9 kg/cm2.
To put back the wire harness assembly 1 into the interior of the groove 9 and retain it therein, it suffices if the plug member 21 which has been removed from the open end 9a is pressed back into the open end 9a again. Since the resin material, which has foamed and expanded at the open end 9b, inevitably, partly intrudes into the internal part 9b of the groove 9 and the plug member 21 is firmly held in the groove 9, even when the release agent 22 has been applied to the wall surface of the groove 9, the plug member 19 would not inadvertently drops off to the outside from the open end 9a of the groove 9. If desired, the release agent 22 may also be applied to the surface of the wire harness assembly 10 itself. Further, a sheet member consisting of a material which would not adhere to the plug member 21 may be placed in the groove 9 for the same purpose as the release agent 22.
Figure 8 shows yet further embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the internal part and the open end of the groove 9 have a substantially same width but, since the plug member 21 which may be made of urethane resin is bonded to the wall surface of the open end of the groove 9 to positively hold the wire harness assembly 10 in the groove 9, the wire harness assembly 10 will be securely held in the groove 9.
Figure 10 show a yet further embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the open end 9a is not only narrower than the internal part 9b of the groove 9 but also the open end 9a is provided with a depression 23 and a protrusion 24 on the opposing surfaces thereof. Therefore, the open end 9a defines a tortuous passage in a direction perpendicular to the major surface of the carpet assembly 1 in the vicinity of this groove 9 and the force opposing the removal of the wire harness assembly 10 is increased. In this embodiment and some of the following embodiments, a layer of felt material 17a is provided between the carpet 17 and the urethane mat 15.
Since the groove 9 extends substantially the whole length of the floor carpet assembly 1, the mechanical strength of the floor carpet assembly 1 in the vicinity of the groove 9 may be substantially reduced.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a reinforcing material 25 extending across the groove 9 between the internal part 9b of the groove 9 and the carpet 17.
This reinforcing material 25-may consist of, for instance, a polyvinyl chloride plate embedded in the felt layer 17a interposed between the carpet 17 and the urethane pad 15.
Figure 11 shows a part of the floor carpet assembly 1 where a terminal end of the wire harness assembly 10 is led out. The terminal end of the wire harness assembly 10 is provided with a connector 11 which is to be connected to a certain piece of on-board equipment. In this region 1b, the wire harness tends to be bent from its straight direction aligned with the groove 9 and the side walls of the groove 9 provides a least resistance force against the tendency of the terminal end portion of the harness assembly 10 to come off the groove 9. It is therefore important to take a measure to increase the force for retaining the wire harness assembly 10 in the groove 9 in the regions 1b where the terminal ends of the wire harness assembly 10 are led out from the groove 9. This measure may be any one or combination of the embodiments disclosed throughout this specification.
Figure 12 shows an embodiment of the present invention which is particularly suitable to reinforce the capability of the groove 9 to retain the wire harness assembly 10 at a terminal region 1b. A pair of through holes 28 are passed through the floor carpet assembly 1 on either side of the groove 9. A band 26 or a string made of, for instance, polyethylene is passed through these holes 28 so as to surround the groove 9 along with the wire harness assembly 10 received therein. A free end 26a of the band 26 is passed through a buckle 27 provided on the other free end of the band and the buckle 27 is frictionally locked up. Thus, this time member is provided with a main part which surrounds the wire harness assembly 10 and two ends which are joined together.
Figure 13 shows a yet further embodiment of the present invention. A clip 30 is passed around the wire harness assembly 10 and the wire harness assembly 10 is fitted into the groove 9 along with the clip 30. The clip 30 is provided with a circular main part 30a, a pair of legs 30c and a pair of inward protrusions 30b provided adjacent to the legs 30c. First, the clip 30 is passed around the wire harness assembly 10 in such a manner that the wire harness assembly 10 is held by the main part 30a and the inward protrusions 30b. When the clip 30 is fitted into the groove 9 in this condition, the wall surfaces of the groove 9 elastically push the legs 30c inwardly and this pressure is amplified and transmitted to the inward protrusions 30b in the manner of a pair of pincers.In this embodiment, the legs 30c are caught by the overhangs of the groove 9 and the resistance against the removal of the wire harness assembly 10 is further increased. The clip 30 may be made of any elastic material such as synthetic resin material.
Alternatively or additionally, the clip 30 may be provided with an elastic property in such a manner that the clip 30 along with the wire harness assembly can be fitted into the groove 9 only when the two legs 30c are brought together against the biasing force of the clip 30 itself and the lateral expansion of the two legs 30c away from each other after it has been fitted into the groove 9 prevents the clip 30 and the wire harness assembly 10 from dropping off from the groove 9. In this case, the width of the open end 9a of the groove may be greater than the diameter of the wire harness assembly 10 but the gap between the inward protrusions 30b is smaller than the diameter of the wire harness assembly 10.
Figures 14 and 15 show a yet further embodiment of the tie member for securing a wire harness member 10 in a groove 9. In this embodiment, the tie member 31 is insert molded with the urethane pad 15 along the inner surface of the groove. Further, the tie member 31 is provided with a protrusion 32 and a hole 33 on mutually opposing positions of the tie member 31 corresponding to the open end 9a of the groove 9. After the wire harness assembly 10 is fitted into the groove 9 and surrounded by a main part of the tie member 31 as shown in Figure 14, the protrusion 32 and the hole 33 are mutually engaged as shown in Figure 15 and the wire harness assembly 10 is thus securely held in the groove 9 by the tie member 31.
Figure 16 shows a yet further embodiment of the present invention. The urethane pad 15 is provided with a pair of lips 34 on either side of the groove 9 adjacent to the groove 9. After the wire harness assembly 10 has been fitted into the groove 9, the lips 34 are bonded together. Alternatively, a fastener of an arbitary kind may be used to join these lips 34 together.
Thus, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to form a groove for receiving a wire harness assembly therein at the same time as forming a vehicle interior member and any external protective member is not necessary. Therefore, there are the advantages of reducing the number of component parts involved in the protection of a wire harness assembly as well as reducing the overall weight of the ,structure and the manufacturing cost. Furthermore, not only the mounting of a wire harness assembly is simplified by also the removal of the wire harness assembly is simplified with the result that the maintenance work for and the modification of the electric system of the vehicle are both made easier.
Although the present invention has been shown and described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it should not be considered as limited thereby.
Various possible modifications and alterations could be conceived of by one skilled in the art to any particular embodiment, without departing from the scope of the invention.
The described embodiments therefore enable the following objectives to be achieved:
1. To provide a wire harness securing structure which facilitates the work required for securing a wire harness assembly;
2. To provide a wire harness securing structure which is suitable for use in a vehicle;
3. To provide a wire harness securing structure for a vehicle which does not impair the appearance of the vehicle interior;
4. To provide a wire harness securing structure which can reliably secure a wire harness assembly; and,
5. To provide a wire harness securing structure which occupies a minimum space for securing a wire harness assembly.
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1. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly, comprising:
a groove defined in a surface of an interior member;
a means for retaining the wire harness assembly in the groove.
2. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the interior member consists of a floor carpet assembly of a vehicle.
3. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 2, wherein the groove is formed in an elastic layer of the floor carpet assembly and is narrower at its open end than at its internal part.
4. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 3, wherein the elastic layer consists of foamed polyurethane material.
5. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 4, wherein the open end of the groove defines a tortuous passage along a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the floor carpet assembly in a vicinity of the groove.
6. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the retaining means comprises a plug member which is fitted into the open end of the groove.
7. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 6, wherein the plug member is provided adjacent to a terminal end of the wire harness assembly.
8. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 6, wherein the plug member consists of polymer material which is cured in situ at the open end.
9. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 7, wherein a layer of releasing agent is applied to an inner surface of the groove to prevent adhesion of the plug member to the inner surface of the groove.
10. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 2, wherein the floor carpet assembly is provided with a reinforcing member adjacent to a bottom region of the groove.
11. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 10, wherein the reinforcing member is provided adjacent to a terminal end of the wire harness assembly.
12. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 2, wherein the wire harness assembly is retained in the groove by means of a tie member which is passed substantially around the wire harness assembly and is held to the floor carpet assembly.
13. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 12, wherein the tie member is provided adjacent to a terminal end of the wire harness assembly.
14. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 12, wherein the tie member comprises a main part which is passed through the floor carpet assembly around the wire harness assembly received in the groove and two end portions which are joined together.
15. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 12, wherein the tie member comprises a.main part which is passed through between a wall surface of the groove and an outer circumferential surface of the wire harness assembly around the wire harness assembly and two end portions which are joined together.
16. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 12, wherein the tie member comprises a main part which substantially surrounds the wire harness assembly and two end portions which are urged toward each other by pressure from wall surfaces of the groove which is formed in an elastic layer of the floor carpet assembly.
17. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 16, wherein the tie member is provided with an elastic property which urges the two legs thereof away from each other.
18. A structure for securing a wire harness assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein a pair of lips are provided on either side of the groove adjacent to the open end thereof and these lips are joined together by a connecting means.
19. A structure as defined in Claim 1 and substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as shown in any one of the embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
20. A vehicle floor including a structure as defined in any one of the preceedings claims.
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