Patent ID: 11869683
Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric wire outer cover to be fitted around an electric wire, comprising:
a tubular housing portion where the electric wire is to be housed, the housing portion being formed of a sheet including a projection provided on a first end of the sheet and a hole extending through the sheet at a second end of the sheet which is opposite to the first end, the sheet being formed in a folded state to provide walls forming the housing portion which include a first wall having the projection formed therefrom and a second wall having the hole formed therein, and the housing portion is formed by engagement between the first wall and the second wall by passing a portion of the projection through the hole to form the tubular housing portion having an internal surface and an external surface with the projection extending from the external surface; and
a weld connection formed by melting of the projection that has passed through the hole such that the melted projection is larger than the hole and welded to the exterior surface of the second wall.