US 11,942,769 B2
Protector for wire harness
Tsuguo Ohashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/621,371
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/025304
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/002294, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-123366 (JP), filed on Jul. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360060 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/0487 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H02G 3/0406 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protector for a wire harness, the protector including a tubular protector main body portion into which a wire harness is to be inserted, and the protector main body portion being arranged vertically above an electrical component in a vehicle,
wherein, in a horizontal direction of the protector main body portion in a state in which the protector is mounted in the vehicle, there is a first region that is a region where the electrical component is located vertically below the protector main body portion, and a second region that is a region where there is no electrical component vertically below the protector main body portion,
a groove that is open vertically upward is provided in an outer surface of the protector main body portion,
the groove extends over the first region and the second region, and
the groove is inclined vertically downward while extending toward the second region.