JP2007276628A - Wiring structure of wiring harness - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wiring structure of a wiring harness allowing the reduction of excess lengths of both of a seat wiring harness and a floor wiring harness with the excellent connection workability of the wiring harnesses. <P>SOLUTION: A floor side connector 21 provided in the floor wiring harness 19 wired on a floor of a vehicle is installed on the side of a slide seat 10 longitudinally and movably assembled to the floor. A seat side connector 20 provided at the end of the seat wiring harness extended from the slide seat 10 is held at a position opposed to the floor side connector 21 in a connecting direction with the floor side connector 21 in a trim cover 16 mounted on the side of the slide seat 10 to cover the floor side connector 21. The seat side connector 20 and the floor side connector 21 are mutually connected according to the mounting of the trim cover 16 on the slide seat 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention, for example, in a vehicle such as an automobile, connects a seat wire harness extending from a slide seat assembled to the floor of the vehicle so as to be movable back and forth and a floor wire harness routed on the floor, The present invention relates to a wiring harness wiring structure in which a wiring harness is wired across the floor.

  For example, a slide seat of a vehicle such as an automobile is equipped with an electric auxiliary machine such as an electric slide mechanism and an electric reclining mechanism, and a wire harness for supplying electric power to these electric auxiliary machines is arranged across the floor of the vehicle and the slide seat. Searched for. At that time, the wire harness is routed between the floor and the slide sheet with a sufficient length so as to follow the back-and-forth movement of the slide sheet relative to the floor.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a wiring harness wiring structure in which a sufficient length is set for a floor wire harness extending from a floor and this is connected to a slide seat (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the wiring structure of the wire harness disclosed in Patent Document 1 connects the floor wire harness 101 branched from the wire harness main line 104 routed to the floor 102 to the slide sheet 103. It is. In the floor wire harness 101, a part on the floor side is fixed to the inner surface of the seat rail 106 of the slide seat 103 with a clamp 107, and a connector 108 provided at the end on the seat side is fixed to the lower portion of the seat body 105 of the slide seat 103. And stored under the seat.

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  In the routing structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to prevent damage to the connector and the wire harness, they are stored under the seat. For this reason, the connector 108, which is a connection point between the seat wire harness and the floor wire harness 101, is disposed under the seat, and the connection of both the wire harnesses is performed under the seat, and it cannot be said that the connection workability is good. Further, if the seat wire harness and the floor wire harness 101 are pulled out and connected from under the seat, it is necessary to provide the wire harness with an extra length, and there is a concern about the storage property under the seat and the cost increase.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object thereof is a wire that is excellent in connection workability between a seat wire harness and a floor wire harness and can reduce the extra length of both wire harnesses. It is in providing the wiring structure of a harness.

  The above object is achieved by the following wiring harness wiring structure (1) to (3) according to the present invention.

(1) A wire harness that extends from a slide seat that is assembled to the floor of a vehicle so as to be movable back and forth and a floor wire harness that is routed on the floor, and straddles the slide seat and the floor A wiring harness wiring structure for wiring
A floor-side connector connected to the seat-side connector and a seat-side connector provided at the end of the seat-wire harness is provided in the floor-wire harness,
The floor side connector is installed on the side of the slide seat,
A trim cover attached to the side of the slide sheet and covering the floor side connector;
The seat side connector is held in a position facing the floor side connector in the connection direction with the floor side connector in the trim cover,
A wiring structure of a wire harness, wherein the seat side connector and the floor side connector are connected to each other as the trim cover is attached to the slide seat.

  (2) The wire harness routing structure according to (1), wherein the trim cover is connected in advance to the slide seat so as to be openable and closable via a hinge.

  (3) The wiring structure of the wire harness according to (1) or (2), wherein the seat side connector is held in the trim cover so as to be movable back and forth.

  According to the wiring structure of the wire harness described in (1) above, the trim cover is attached to the side portion of the slide seat, and the seat side connector is changed to the floor side connector in the trim cover by attaching the trim cover to the slide seat. Can be connected. In other words, the seat wire harness and the floor wire harness can be connected to the side of the seat instead of under the seat, and the connection workability is excellent, and it is not necessary to pull out both wire harnesses from under the seat, reducing the extra length. Can be achieved. And since a seat side connector, a floor side connector, and a seat wire harness are accommodated in a trim cover and are not exposed outside, these damages can also be prevented.

  According to the wiring structure of the wire harness described in the above (2), the trim cover can be easily attached to the slide seat, and the seat side connector can be connected to the floor side connector simply by closing the trim cover. Further, the connection workability can be further improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the wiring structure of the wire harness which is excellent in the connection workability | operativity of a seat wire harness and a floor wire harness, and can also aim at reduction of the extra length of both wire harnesses can be provided.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a first stage in a slide sheet assembling procedure to which a wiring harness wiring structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a front view of the slide sheet shown in FIG. Is an external perspective view of the second stage of the slide sheet assembling procedure shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a front view of the slide sheet shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a third stage of the assembling procedure of the slide sheet shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the slide sheet shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the wiring structure of the wire harness according to this embodiment, the seat wire harness 18 extending from the slide seat 10 that is assembled to the vehicle floor so as to be movable back and forth is routed to the floor. This is connected to the floor wire harness 19. A seat side connector 20 is provided at the end of the seat wire harness 18, and a floor side connector 21 connected to the seat side connector 20 is provided in the floor wire harness 19.

  The slide sheet 10 includes a pair of rails 12 that are parallel to each other, and a sheet main body 11 that is disposed on the rail 12 with a slider that is movably engaged with each rail 12 on the bottom surface. Legs are respectively provided at both ends of each rail 12, and these leg portions have an appropriate length so as to form a space between the bottom surface of each rail 12 and the bottom surface of the seat body 11 and the floor. It extends downward. The slide sheet 10 is arranged with the longitudinal direction of the rail 12 aligned with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the legs of the rail 12 are fastened to the floor and assembled to the floor. The seat body 11 moves on a pair of rails 12 fixed to the floor.

  The floor-side connector 21 is held by a bracket 22 fixed at a predetermined position on the floor so that when the slide seat 10 is assembled at a predetermined position on the floor, the floor-side connector 21 is adjacent to the side portion of the seat surface portion 13 of the seat body 11. And arranged at a predetermined height from the floor. The floor wire harness 19 is appropriately routed on the floor portion under the slide sheet 10 when the slide sheet 10 is assembled, and is therefore stored under the slide sheet 10. .

  The slide sheet 10 includes a trim cover 16 attached to a side portion of the seat surface portion 13 of the seat body 11. The trim cover 16 is connected to a side portion of the seat surface portion 13 via a hinge 17 so as to be opened and closed. In the present embodiment, the trim cover 16 is connected at its upper edge to the side portion of the seating surface portion 13 and is repelled to open the lower side. It is sufficient that the lower side can be opened, and the trim cover 16 is not limited to the upper edge, and the front end edge or the rear end edge may be connected to the side portion of the seat surface portion 13.

  A guide 23 is formed in the trim cover 16. The guide 23 extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, that is, in the movement direction of the seat body 11, and engages with the seat-side connector 20 to hold the seat-side connector 20 so as to be movable back and forth. The seat wire harness 18 is pulled out from the side surface of the seat surface portion 13 of the seat body 11 covered by the trim cover 16 and is accommodated in the trim cover 16 by being appropriately curved.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, when the slide seat 10 is assembled at a predetermined position on the floor, the floor-side connector 21 is repelled and the lower side is opened, and the seat cover 13 of the seat body 11. Between the side portions of the seat surface portion 13 and adjacent to the side portion of the seat surface portion 13.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the trim cover 16 is closed. The seat-side connector 20 held in the trim cover 16 also turns along with the turning of the trim cover 16 about the hinge 17, and the floor-side connector 21 is disposed on the periphery of the turning. In other words, the seat-side connector 20 is held in the trim cover 16 at a position facing the floor-side connector 21 in the connection direction with the floor-side connector 21. Therefore, when the trim cover 16 is closed, the connectors 20 and 21 are automatically connected.

  The seat-side connector 20 and the floor-side connector 21 connected to each other are fixed to the floor by a bracket 22, while appropriately bending the seat wire harness 18 in the trim cover 16 with respect to the longitudinal movement of the seat body 11, The interior of the trim cover 16 moves relatively back and forth along the guide 23.

  In addition, a notch 16 a for allowing the bracket 22 to pass between the lower edge portion of the trim cover 16 and the side portion of the seat surface portion 13 is provided. The notches 16 a extend in the moving direction of the sheet body 11 with a length equal to or longer than the stroke of the sheet body 11. The bracket 22 moves back and forth in the notch 16a relative to the back and forth movement of the seat body 11.

  As described above, according to the wiring structure of the wire harness of the present embodiment, the trim cover 16 is attached to the side portion of the slide sheet 10, and the trim cover 16 is attached to the slide sheet 10 so that the inside of the trim cover 16 is secured. Thus, the seat side connector 20 can be connected to the floor side connector 21. In other words, the connection between the seat wire harness 18 and the floor wire harness 19 can be performed on the side of the seat instead of under the seat, the connection workability is excellent, and both the wire harnesses 18 and 19 need to be pulled out from under the seat. Since there is no excess length, it is possible to reduce the excess length. And since the seat side connector 20, the floor side connector 21, and the seat wire harness 18 are accommodated in the trim cover 16 and are not exposed to the outside, these damages can also be prevented.

  Furthermore, according to the wiring structure of the wire harness of the present embodiment, the trim cover 16 is connected in advance to the slide sheet 10 through the hinge 17 so as to be opened and closed, so that the trim cover 16 is attached to the slide sheet 10. The seat-side connector 20 can be connected to the floor-side connector 21 simply by closing the trim cover 16, and the connection workability can be further improved.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to each embodiment mentioned above, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it can change suitably. In addition, the material, shape, dimension, numerical value, form, number, arrangement location, and the like of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and are not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the 1st step in the assembly procedure of the slide seat to which the wire harness wiring structure of one embodiment of the present invention was applied. FIG. 2 is a front view of the slide sheet shown in FIG. 1. It is an external appearance perspective view of the 2nd step of the assembly | attachment procedure of the slide sheet | seat shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the slide sheet shown in FIG. 3. It is an external appearance perspective view of the 3rd step of the assembly | attachment procedure of the slide sheet | seat shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the slide sheet shown in FIG. 5. It is a side view of the wiring structure of the conventional wire harness.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Slide seat 11 Seat main body 12 Rail 13 Seat surface part 16 Trim cover 17 Hinge 18 Seat wire harness 19 Floor wire harness 20 Seat side connector 21 Floor side connector 22 Bracket 23 Guide

Claims (3)

A wire harness is routed across the slide seat and the floor by connecting the seat wire harness extending from the slide seat assembled to the floor of the vehicle so as to be movable back and forth and the floor wire harness routed on the floor. A wiring harness wiring structure,
A floor-side connector connected to the seat-side connector and a seat-side connector provided at the end of the seat-wire harness is provided in the floor-wire harness,
The floor side connector is installed on the side of the slide seat,
A trim cover attached to the side of the slide sheet and covering the floor side connector;
The seat side connector is held in a position facing the floor side connector in the connection direction with the floor side connector in the trim cover,
A wiring structure of a wire harness, wherein the seat side connector and the floor side connector are connected to each other as the trim cover is attached to the slide seat.   The wiring structure for a wire harness according to claim 1, wherein the trim cover is connected in advance to the slide seat so as to be openable and closable via a hinge.   The wiring structure of the wire harness according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the seat side connector is held in the trim cover so as to be movable back and forth.

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