Patent ID: 9327661
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B21D,B60R,H01B,H02G

Claim Text:
1. An electric-wire protection pipe having a first circumferential region and a second circumferential region, the electric-wire protection pipe being formed of a material that includes metal and being configured to surround an electric wire, the electric-wire protection pipe comprising: a first reinforced section located at the first circumferential region in the circumferential direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, the first reinforced section including: (1) a protrusion configured to form a ridge line extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe on at least one of an internal surface and an external surface of the electric-wire protection pipe, and (2) a groove configured to extend along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe opposite of the protrusion; and a flat pipe section constituting at least a part of the electric-wire protection pipe in the longitudinal direction, the flat pipe section being configured such that an outer size of the flat pipe section in a first direction is smaller than an outer size of the flat pipe section in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the first direction is a direction from a first circumferential region, in which the first reinforced section is formed, in the circumferential direction of the electric wire protection pipe toward a second circumferential region that is opposite to the first circumferential region.