Patent ID: 7825339

Claim:
A protector for a wire harness routed in an engine room of a vehicle, the protector comprising: a protector main body comprising a bottom wall and both side walls, the protector main body having an upper surface opening; and a lid covered on and locked to the upper surface opening after an electric wire bundle is inserted through the protector main body; wherein the protector main body and the lid are resin molded parts; the protector main body is provided with a bent portion in a middle portion in a length direction, the bent portion being provided obliquely between a horizontal lower layer portion and upper layer portion; and the lid fitting the shape of the protector main body is bent three-dimensionally so as to have a bent portion; the protector main body is provided with an electric wire holder on the lower portion on the bent portion side, the electric wire holder being projected from a first side wall of the side walls and laid and locked to a second side wall of the side walls; and a locking hook provided at an end portion of the electric wire holder is locked into an electric wire holder locking frame provided on an external surface of an upper end portion of the second side wall of the side walls; the electric wire holder is merely bridged over the upper surface opening of the protector main body; and the electric wire holder is provided thinner than other portions of the protector main body, such that the lid is not internally pushed up; one of locking positions of the lid and the protector main body is provided proximate to a locking position of the electric wire holder and the second side wall of the side walls; and the lid is covered on an entire surface of the upper surface opening of the protector main body; and the protector main body is provided with taping tabs on both end portions in the length direction of the bottom wall; the electric wire bundle inserted through the protector main body is taped and fixed to the taping tabs, and pressed by the electric wire holder on the lower portion side of the bent portion, so as to prevent electric wires from projecting from the both side walls; and, in this state, the lid is covered on and locked to the upper surface opening of the protector main body.