US 12,407,154 B2
Protector and wire harness
Kohei Hashimoto, Yokkaichi (JP); Hiroshi Inoue, Yokkaichi (JP); Takao Suga, Yokkaichi (JP); Takahiro Ito, Yokkaichi (JP); Hayate Takahashi, Yokkaichi (JP); Makoto Takahashi, Toyoake (JP); Kengo Satoh, Toyota (JP); Takuma Shimamura, Nisshin (JP); and Yusuke Uchioka, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie-ken (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Appl. No. 17/905,331
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie-ken (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/007933
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/177295, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-035094 (JP), filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198235 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/04 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); H01B 7/18 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protector, comprising:
a shell portion that is formed from a resin and covers an outer side of an electric wire; and
a protection portion that dampens an impact applied from outside the protector, wherein
the protection portion is formed from a resin and formed integrally with the shell portion,
the shell portion is gutter-shaped and includes two opposing side walls in a width direction and a bottom wall connecting an end of each of the two side walls,
the bottom wall has a protection recess recessed toward the inside of the shell portion,
the protection portion is arranged in the protection recess and formed integrally with peripheral surfaces in the protection recess,
the protection portion includes cells extending parallel to one another, and
the cells are through holes extending through the protection portion in the width direction.