Patent ID: 6087593
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B60R,H01R,H02G

Abstract:
A wire harness protector comprising:a trough having an open end for receiving a wire harness, the trough capable of being secured to a mounting surface;a cover capable of being mated to the trough to close the trough;a carrier capable of being attached to the wire harness, the wire harness and the attached carrier being positioned to slide within the trough when the trough is closed, wherein the wire harness carrier has a longitudinal mounting portion capable of being attached to an incoming portion of the wire harness entering the open end of the trough and a lateral mounting portion projecting laterally at an angle from the longitudinal mounting portion and capable of being attached to an outgoing portion of wire harness, such that the lateral mounting portion laterally redirects the outgoing portion of the wire harness in the trough at a lateral angle with respect to the incoming portion, the trough further including a wire slot in a side surface thereof such that the incoming portion if the wire harness enters the trough at the open end, and the outgoing portion of the wire harness exits the trough through the wire slot at the lateral angle with respect to the incoming portion.