Patent ID: 7214879

Claim:
A protector outwardly attached to a wire harness disposed on a vehicle, the protector comprising: a protector body having a substantial trough shape, the protector body having side walls opposed to each other so as to sandwich the wire harness therebetween, and a lock-claw engaging frame projected from the protected body, the lock-claw engaging frame being provided on both side walls of the protector body which are along a width direction of the protector, the lock-claw engaging frame being provided at a first predetermined distance along a length direction of the protector body; and a lid attachable on the protector body after the wire harness has passed through the protector body, the lid having: a lock piece downwardly projected from the lid, the lock piece having a lock claw engageable with the lock-claw engaging frame, the lock piece of the lid being provided on both ends of the lid along a width direction of the lid, the lock piece of the lid being provided at a different predetermined distance from the first predetermined distance along a length direction of the lid, the lid having a vehicle-fixing bracket projected from either one end of both ends of the lid along the width direction of the lid, wherein the lid is not locked to the protector body by the lock piece of the lid and the lock-claw engaging frame of the protector body, when the lid is incorrectly assembled to the protector body in the width direction of the lid, and wherein the vehicle-fixing bracket is arranged in a regular direction.