Supports – Pipe or cable – Brackets
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-11
2002-06-04
Wood, Kimberly T. (Department: 2833)
Supports
Pipe or cable
Brackets
C248S068100, C248S074100, C248S074300, C248S074400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06398170
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a wire harness fixing clip for fixing a wire harness distributed within an automobile to a car body or the like. In particular, the clip can accommodate wire harnesses of varying diameter.
JP 63-83923 describes a type of wire harness fixing clip, wherein a joining member of a pair of upper and lower plate members comprises a ring shaped frame through which a wire harness is passed, and wherein the fixing holes are provided on the pair of upper and lower plate members, a retaining member being passed therethrough to fix the clip to the fixture, as shown in
FIGS. 12-14
of this application.
This clip
1
has a hook member
1
c
provided on one end (on the plate member
1
a
) of an open anterior end of a pair of upper and lower plate members
1
a
and
1
b.
The other end (on the plate member
1
b
) has a fixing member
1
d
which connects with the hook member
1
c
and comprises a frame shaped receiving member or the like.
In the case where the hook member
1
c
and the fixing member
1
d
are provided on the open ends of the pair of upper and lower plate members
1
a
and
1
b,
these upper and lower plate members
1
a
and
1
b
open out when a wire harness W/H is passed through a ring shaped frame
1
e
provided between the plate members
1
a
and
1
b.
At this juncture, lateral slippage can easily occur between the upper and lower plate members
1
a
and
1
b,
and as a consequence, the position of the hook member
1
c
may no longer correspond with the fixing member
1
d.
Thus the two may not easily connect. In particular, in the case where the outer diameter of the wire harness W/H is large, it is difficult to correct the lateral slippage. It is difficult to align the fixing holes
1
f
and
1
g
formed on the upper and lower plate members, and it is difficult to fix the clip to a car body panel or the like.
The present invention has taken the above problem into consideration, and aims to provide a wire harness fixing clip wherein upper and lower plate members can be positioned so as to correspond without lateral slippage irrespective of the width of the outer diameter of the wire harness, the fixing holes on the upper and lower plate members therefore being easily aligned, thereby allowing the clip to be fixed simply and reliably to a fixture.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, there is provided a wire harness fixing clip comprising a ring-like frame having an axis and being adapted to receive an elongate wire harness along said axis, said clip having substantially planar ends adapted for overlying contact, said ends each having an aperture therethrough for receiving a fixing member, wherein one of said planar ends is provided with a latching member adapted to receive an edge of the other of said planar ends, said latching member being further adapted to extend over the other of said planar ends in the direction of said axis.
Preferably, the latching member is hook-like. The latching member may extend from a side of one of said planar ends, or from a surface thereof, for example, by punching out of a metal clip.
One or both of said apertures may be elongate in a direction perpendicular to said axis, in order to accommodate a variation in the wire harness diameter.
The latching member may engage a slot in the side of the other of said planar members, and the slot is preferably longer than the width of the locking member in order to allow for variation in the wire harness diameter.
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patent: 2397279 (1946-03-01), Vesconte
patent: 3376004 (1968-04-01), Goldman
patent: 3460788 (1969-08-01), Goldman
patent: 3906592 (1975-09-01), Sakasegawa et al.
patent: 4844379 (1989-07-01), Umehara
patent: 5004194 (1991-04-01), Watanabe
patent: 5377940 (1995-01-01), Cabe et al.
patent: 6012684 (2000-01-01), Umney et al.
patent: 683 342 (1995-11-01), None
patent: 68-83923 (1988-06-01), None
Banner & Witcoff , Ltd.
Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
Wood Kimberly T.
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