Adjustable Wire Harness Protector With Variable-Width Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protectors for wire harnesses require multiple product numbers to accommodate different wire thicknesses, leading to an increase in inventory complexity.
Innovation Solution
A protector design featuring a first and second engaging body with adjustable engaging sections that allow for varying widths, enabling a single protector to fit different wire harness thicknesses without increasing product numbers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If dedicated protectors of different sizes are prepared according to the thicknesses of wire harnesses, then the protector can fit different wire harness thicknesses, but an increase in the number of product numbers is caused
Solution Approach 1:
The protector is divided into a body section and a lid section that can be assembled together. The lid section includes a lid body and a lid cover that can be selectively assembled to form protectors of different sizes. This segmentation allows a single base body to be used with multiple lid configurations to accommodate different wire harness thicknesses, reducing the need for multiple complete protector designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid cover is nested within the lid body structure, where the lid cover can be inserted into or combined with the lid body to adjust the overall width of the protector. This nesting arrangement allows the same lid body to accommodate different lid covers, enabling size adjustment without requiring completely separate protector designs for different applications.
2Device complexity
If a single protector design is used for different wire harness thicknesses, then the number of product numbers is reduced, but the protector cannot properly accommodate varying wire harness sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The protector design incorporates movable and selectable components, specifically the lid cover that can be positioned or configured to adjust the effective width of the protector. This dynamic configuration allows the same protector body to adapt to different wire harness thicknesses, providing versatility without requiring multiple fixed-size protector designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The width parameter of the protector can be changed by selectively assembling different lid covers with the same lid body and body section. This parameter adjustment capability allows a single protector design to accommodate varying wire harness thicknesses by changing the effective width through component selection rather than requiring different complete protector designs.
Data Source
AI summary
A protector includes an assembly that forms a groove section in which a wire harness is routed or an assembly that covers the groove section, in which the assembly includes a first engaging body and a second engaging body, the first engaging body includes first engaging sections, the second engaging body is an engaging body disposed side by side with the first engaging body along a width direction of the groove section and includes second engaging section engageable with the first engaging section along an extending direction of the groove section, and the first engaging sections and the second engaging sections are configured to be engageable at different relative positions in the width direction such that the assembly having a different dimension in the width direction can be selectively formed.