Patent ID: 9136048
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B60R,H01B

Abstract:
1. A wire harness protector made of a resin, in which a wire harness insertion portion is surrounded by a bottom wall and two side walls and is provided with openings at both ends in a length direction and at an upper end, the wire harness protector comprising: a trunk wire insertion portion having a U-shaped cross section and two side walls and extending in a length direction; a branch wire insertion portion having a U-shaped cross section and two side walls and extending from a peripheral edge of a branch wire outlet provided in one side wall of the trunk wire insertion portion at a central position in the length direction, the side walls of the trunk wire insertion portion and the side walls of the branch wire insertion portion are continuous via a curved boundary on both sides of the branch wire outlet, and a slit provided from an upper end at each curved boundary; and engagement tabs and engagement holes provided in the trunk wire insertion portion, the engagement tabs projecting from the upper end of one side wall of the trunk wire insertion portion, the engagement holes being provided to opposite positions in the other side wall of the trunk wire insertion portion so as to engage with the engagement tabs, the engagement tabs and the engagement holes each being spaced apart in the length direction, wherein after a trunk wire and a branch wire are inserted into the trunk wire insertion portion and the branch wire insertion portion, respectively, the engagement tabs are inserted into and engaged with the engagement holes to close the upper ends of the two side walls of the trunk wire insertion portion, each engagement tab, which is inserted to and engaged with each engagement hole, has a V-shape in which a base projects diagonally from the upper end of one side wall towards the other side wall and a stem continues in a bend-back manner from a front end of a projecting portion of the base, an apex of the one side wall having the engagement tabs and an apex of the other side wall having the engagement holes are provided on a substantially same plane.