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US5832960A
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Wire harness protector
Assignee: Totaku Industries Inc
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Filing: 1997-04-09
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Granted: 1998-11-10
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Expires: 2017-04-09
Abstract
Abstract In a wire harness protector, a pipe wall has a structure in which wall portions rectangular in section and wall portions circular in section are disposed alternately in the longitudinal direction, a cutting line used for insertion of the wire harness and passing substantially centers of flat sides of the sectionally rectangular wall portions is formed over the entire length of the pipe wall, and the whole of pipe wall is formed of synthetic resin or rubber.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroyuki Amatsutsu
- 👤 Yasuhiro Kikumori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:21
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/04; H02G3/0462; H02G3/0468; H02G3/0487
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A protector for a wire harness, comprising: a pipe wall including sectionally rectangular wall portions and sectionally circular wall portions, said sectionally rectangular wall portions and said sectionally circular wall portions being disposed alternately in a longitudinal direction of said pipe wall; and a cutting line passing substantially centers of flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions and passing at least a portion of said sectionally circular wall portions, said cutting line being used for insertion of the wire harness and being disposed over the entire length of said pipe wall, the whole of said pipe wall being made of a material selected from the group consisting of synthetic resin and rubber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A protector for a wire harness, comprising: a pipe wall including sectionally rectangular wall portions and sectionally circular wall portions, said sectionally rectangular wall portions and said sectionally circular wall portions being disposed alternately in a longitudinal direction of said pipe wall; and a cutting line passing substantially centers of flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions and passing at least a portion of said sectionally circular wall portions, said cutting line being used for insertion of the wire harness and being disposed over the entire length of said pipe wall, the whole of said pipe wall being made of a material selected from the group consisting of synthetic resin and rubber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A protector for a wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein in an inner circumferential surface of said pipe wall, said sectionally circular wall portions project toward an inside more than center portions of said flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A protector for a wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein in an inner circumferential surface of said pipe wall, center portions of said flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions and said sectionally circular wall portions are substantially even in surface to each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
78 words
A protector for a wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein: in an outer circumferential surface of said pipe wall, said sectionally circular wall portions sink toward an inside more than center portions of said flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions, and a width of each of said sectionally rectangular wall portions in the longitudinal direction is substantially no more than a width of each of said sectionally circular wall portions in the longitudinal direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A protector for a wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions includes a protrusion and one of said flat sides of said sectionally rectangular wall portions includes a recess.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
90 words
A protector for a wire harness, comprising: a pipe wall including sectionally first-shaped wall portions and sectionally second-shaped wall portions, said sectionally first-shaped wall portions and said sectionally second-shaped wall portions being disposed alternately in a predetermined direction of said pipe wall; and a cutting line passing substantially centers of sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions and passing at least a portion of said sectionally second-shaped wall portions, said cutting line being used for insertion of the wire harness and being disposed over a length of said pipe wall.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
90 words
A protector for a wire harness, comprising: a pipe wall including sectionally first-shaped wall portions and sectionally second-shaped wall portions, said sectionally first-shaped wall portions and said sectionally second-shaped wall portions being disposed alternately in a predetermined direction of said pipe wall; and a cutting line passing substantially centers of sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions and passing at least a portion of said sectionally second-shaped wall portions, said cutting line being used for insertion of the wire harness and being disposed over a length of said pipe wall.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein said cutting line passes at least a portion of said sectionally circular wall portions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein: said sectionally first-shaped wall portions comprise sectionally rectangular wall portions, and said sectionally second-shaped wall portions comprise sectionally circular wall portions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein said predetermined direction of said pipe wall comprises a longitudinal direction of said pipe wall.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein said cutting line passes substantially centers of flat sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions and at least a portion of said second-shaped wall portions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein said cutting line is disposed over an entire length of said pipe wall.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein said pipe wall comprises synthetic resin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein said pipe wall comprises rubber.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
36 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein, in an inner circumferential surface of said pipe wall, said sectionally second-shaped wall portions project interiorly more than center portions of said sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
41 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein, in an inner circumferential surface of said pipe wall, center portions of said sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions and said sectionally second-shaped wall portions are substantially even in surface to each other.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
36 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein, in an outer circumferential surface of said pipe wall, said sectionally second-shaped wall portions sink interiorly more than center portions of said sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
40 words
A protector according to claim 16, wherein a width of each of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions in the predetermined direction is substantially no more than a width of each of said sectionally second-shaped wall portions in the predetermined direction.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
A protector according to claim 6, wherein one of said sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions includes a protrusion.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
A protector according to claim 18, wherein one of said sides of said sectionally first-shaped wall portions includes a recess.
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