Claims
- 1. A wiring harness protector (7) for simplifying the wiring arrangement of a wiring harness (8) and for facilitating the setting and assembling of said wiring harness (8), said protector (7) comprising:
- a means for protecting a wiring harness (8) therein and a cover (53) thereof, wherein said protecting means is a protector main body (52) that has engaging holes (52a) and stopper holes (52c) which mate with engaging pawls (53a) of said cover (53) and stoppers (55c) of a first connector (55), respectively, to hold said cover (53) in place with respect to said protector main body (52);
- wherein a plurality of through holes (53b) are concentrated in said cover (53);
- wherein said first connector (55) and at least a second connector (56) in said wiring harness (8) set in said protector main body (52) are set through said corresponding through holes (53b) in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of said wiring harness (8);
- wherein said first and second connectors (55,56) are fixed by a connector stopper (54) to thereby form a multipolar connector (10); and
- wherein a bolt (57) is set in said first connector (55) so that said bolt (57) protrudes outside of said protector (7) through an opening (52b) in said protector main body (52) in order for said bolt (57) to be accessible without disassembly of said protector (7).
- 2. The wiring harness protector (7) according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of multipolar connectors (10A, 10B) are formed in said cover (53), one of said plurality of multipolar connectors (10A, 10B) being fixed to said cover (53) and the other multipolar connectors being arranged movable relative to a surface of said cover (53) in directions parallel to said surface of said cover (53).
- 3. The wiring harness protector (7) according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of multipolar connectors (10A, 10B) are two multipolar connectors (10A, 10B).
- 4. The wiring harness protector (7) according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of multipolar connectors (10A, 10B) are formed in said cover (53), all of said plurality of multipolar connectors (10A, 10B) being arranged movable relative to a surface of said cover (53) in directions parallel to said surface of said cover (53).
- 5. The wiring harness protector (7) according to claim 4, wherein said plurality of multipolar connectors (10A, 10B) are arranged slidable back and forth relative to said surface of said cover (53).
- 6. The wiring harness protector (7) according to claim 1, wherein said wiring harness (8) is an instrument panel wiring harness (8) having a plurality of connectors to be connected to various electric devices comprising a meter panel (12) set in an instrument panel portion of a vehicle (1), a centralized control circuit board (14) in which control circuits (4) for electrical devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6) of said vehicle comprising meters (35) and indication lamps (42) in said meter panel (12) are installed, and a main electric junction box (4.sub.1) for distribution of power supply, input and output signals to said electrical devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6) of said vehicle and for integration of earth lines.
- 7. The wiring harness protector (7) according to claim 6, further comprising an instrument panel wiring harness connection connector (41) connected to a printed-wiring board (13) set on a back face of said meter panel (12), said instrument panel wiring harness connection connector (41) has a housing (56a) with an internal side wall thereof being open and with an elastic contact piece (58a) of a connector terminal (58) being exposed to an opening portion, and a surface of said elastic contact piece (58a) contacts a circuit connection portion (40) of said printed-wiring board (14).
- 8. A connecting device for connection between electric devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6) and an instrument panel wiring harness (8) having a plurality of connectors (55, 56) to be connected with said electric devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6), said electric devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6) including a meter panel (12) set in a portion of an instrument panel (2) of a vehicle (1), a centralized control circuit board (14) in which control circuits (4) for said electric devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6) of said vehicle (1) comprise meters (35) and indication lamps (42) in said meter panel (12) are installed, and a main electric junction box (9) for distribution of power supply, input and output signals to said electric devices (4.sub.1, 4.sub.2, 4.sub.3, 4.sub.4, 4.sub.5, 4.sub.6) of said vehicle (1) and for integration of earth lines;
- wherein said connecting device has a wiring harness protector (7) comprising a protector main body (52) and a cover (53) thereof, said protector main body (52) having engaging holes (52a) and stopper holes (52c) which mate with engaging pawls (53a) of said cover (53) and stoppers (55c) of said connector 55, respectively, to hold said cover (53) in place with respect to said protector main body (52), said cover (53) having a plurality of through holes (53b) which are concentrated therein, said plurality of connectors (55, 56) in said instrument panel wiring harness (8) are set through said corresponding through holes (53b) in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of said instrument panel wiring harness (8), and said connectors (55,56) are fixed by a connector stopper (54) to form a multipolar connector (10);
- wherein said main electric junction box (9) and said centralized control circuit board (14) are intensively incorporated in a module case (16) to form a meter module (3), and said module case (16) is provided with instrument panel wiring harness connection connectors (41) intensively arranged corresponding to said plurality of connectors (55, 56) constituting said multipolar connector (10); and
- wherein a bolt (57) is set in said connector (55) so that said bolt (57) protrudes outside of said protector (7) through an opening (52b) in said protector main body (52) in order for said bolt (57) to be accessible without disassembly of said protector (7).
Priority Claims (5)
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5-57152 |
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5-133425 |
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5-133426 |
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5-333753 |
Dec 1993 |
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5-334711 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation application Ser. No. 08/551,511 filed Nov. 1, 1995, now abandoned, which is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 08/209,712, filed on Mar. 14, 1994 which has issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,615,080.
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