Patent ID: 11945380
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 9:
10. A method of attaching a wire harness at a vehicle door, the method comprising using an elastically deformable clip fixed to a tube that covers a peripheral surface of the wire harness to attach the wire harness to a door panel of the vehicle door, wherein:
a slit that extends along a predetermined direction and an introduction hole that is connected to one end portion of the slit in a direction of extension of the slit are formed in the door panel,
the clip includes a first contact portion, an insertion portion, and a second contact portion, and a distance, in a thickness direction of the door panel, between the first contact portion and the second contact portion when the clip is in a free state is smaller than a thickness of the door panel,
the first contact portion is moved via the introduction hole from a side of one surface to a side of another surface of the door panel and brought into contact with the another surface of the door panel,
when the first contact portion contacts the another surface of the door panel, the insertion portion is slidably inserted into the slit from the one end portion, and
the second contact portion is brought into contact with the one surface of the door panel by inserting the insertion portion into the slit.