Patent ID: 9157564
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60R,F16L,G01D,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of protecting a device connected to an end of an elongated wiring harness having an outer corrugated harness sleeve, comprising: providing a protective positioning device assembly, comprising: a tubular protection sleeve extending between open first and second ends, said open first end being configured to receive a member therein to shield the member against at least one of abrasion, acoustic affects, EMI, heat and thermal affects; a positioning device having an annular band configured for attachment to said open second end of said tubular protection sleeve; and a plurality of flexible, resilient fingers extending radially inwardly from said annular band to free ends, said positioning device being moveable in opposite directions along the outer corrugated harness sleeve with said plurality of flexible, resilient fingers being adapted to deflect resiliently in opposite directions over annular crests of the outer corrugated harness sleeve and to snap resiliently into an annular channel between adjacent annular crests, said method including, positioning said tubular protection sleeve in a protective position at least partially surrounding said device with said elongated wiring harness extending through said open first and second ends; disposing said outer corrugated harness sleeve in a central space of said annular band; and sliding said positioning device along said outer corrugated harness sleeve to releasably maintain said protection sleeve in said protective position, said sliding causing at least one of said flexible, resilient fingers to flexibly engage said outer corrugated harness sleeve upon application of an axially applied force on said band, at least one of said free ends of said flexible, resilient fingers remaining in engagement with said outer corrugated harness sleeve and maintaining said protection sleeve in said protective position in the absence of said force.