US 12,149,060 B2
Protector and wire harness
Kota Onodera, Mie (JP); and Kohei Osono, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/784,252
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/043628
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/117475, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-224362 (JP), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063380 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/0406 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protector comprising:
an accommodating portion accommodating an electric wire of a wire harness; and
a lead-out portion leading the electric wire accommodated in the accommodating portion to the outside of the accommodating portion,
wherein the lead-out portion includes a lead-out port communicating the inside of the accommodating portion with the outside of the accommodating portion, a wire fixing portion fixing the electric wire, and a regulating wall portion regulating a route of the electric wire at a different position from that of the wire fixing portion,
the wire fixing portion includes a flat seating surface and a curved seating surface coming into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the electric wire at a first length position of the electric wire that is in the vicinity of the lead-out port, and supporting the first length position of the electric wire in cooperation with a banding member, and a frame portion in a cylindrical shape adjacent to the curved seating surface,
in planar view of the protector, a portion of the regulating wall portion adjacent to the lead-out port is positioned away from the outer peripheral surface of the electric wire with a space therebetween, and the leading edge of the regulating wall portion comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the electric wire at a second length position of the electric wire and leads out the electric wire in a regulated lead-out direction,
the regulating wall portion extends from the frame portion, and
the banding member is inserted into an insertion hole defined through the frame portion and bands the electric wire in the vicinity of the first length position of the electric wire.