Patent ID: 8899532

Claim:
A band clip for fixing a group of wires of a wire harness to a panel of a vehicle body through an opening formed in the panel, the band clip comprising: an L-shaped body having a vertical plate portion provided with a band insertion hole, the vertical plate portion extending at a substantially right angle from one end of a horizontal plate portion, the horizontal plate portion provided with a clip attachment hole and opposite top and bottom surfaces; a band molded integrally with the body and extending from a protruding end of the vertical plate portion, the band having a leading end spaced from the vertical plate portion, and at least one locking hole formed in the band between the vertical plate portion and the leading end; and a clip having a shaft portion with opposite first and second ends, a wing portion formed on the first end having at least first and second arms extending obliquely from the shaft and configured to be inserted into and locked to the opening in the panel of the vehicle body, at least one band locking claw provided on an outer circumferential face of the second end of the shaft portion, the at least one band locking claw having an outer surface inclined to project farther from the shaft at positions farther from the second end, and at least one body locking claw provided as a protrusion on an outer circumferential face in an intermediate portion of the shaft portion between the first and second ends, the at least one body locking claw having an outer surface to project farther from the shaft at positions farther from the first end, wherein the shaft portion is inserted into the clip attachment hole of the body and temporarily fixed at a first position where the at least one band locking claw of the clip engages the top surface of the horizontal plate portion, the band is wrapped around the group of electric wires of the wire harness and the leading end of the band is inserted into the band insertion hole, and the clip is moved to a second position in which the band locking claw is inserted into and locked to the locking hole in the band, and the body locking claw comes into contact with the bottom surface of the horizontal plate portion.