Patent ID: 6257897
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B60H,B60K,B60R,H01R

Abstract:
A wiring harness device for instrument panels comprising:an electrical component unit having a first connector;an instrument panel having a mount portion for said electrical component unit and a connector insertion opening formed in a wall thereof defining said mount portion through which a second connector mates with said first connector;an air duct having a wall containing a wire placement groove on a surface thereof, which is assembled to said instrument panel; andinstrument panel wires fixedly laid in said wire placement groove on said air duct,wherein said air duct has a support means which carries said second connector with said second connectorbeing formed on a front end of said support means, and said instrument panel wires have a portion extending on said support means to said second connector, said support means extending from said wall of said air duct in a flexible cantilever manner such that said second connector is movable relative to said air duct and easily mountable in said connector insertion opening for mating with said first connector when said electrical component unit is received in said mount portion of said instrument panel.