Patent · US Expired

Slack absorbing device of electric wires

US7097481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 2004
Grant dateAug 29, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R16/0215
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The slack absorbing device of electric wires includes: electric wires for constituting a wiring harness; a casing that receives the electric wires and has an opening through which the electric wires are guided into and guided out from the casing; a biasing member that biases the electric wires in a direction in which the electric wires are drawn into the casing; and a device body having a harness winding member that is capable of reciprocating motion receiving bias force from the biasing member, wherein the electric wires guided into and guided out from the casing are covered with a protection tube for preventing the electric wires from being damaged, an end of the electric wires is provided with a connector to be connected to a mating wiring harness, an end of the protection tube is fixed to a connector case that is capable of receiving the connector.

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