Patent ID: 8336834

Claim:
An electrical wire fixing member mounted in a housing with an electrical wire passed therethrough so that the electrical wire is secured to the housing, and comprising: a ring body formed in a shape of a ring and configured to be diameter-expanded and diameter-contracted by virtue of both ends of the ring body overlapping with each other along a circumference of the ring body, the both ends being configured to come close to and move away from each other; a pair of flanges each provided at edges of the both ends and extending radially outward of the ring body; a protruding piece protruding from the one end of the ring body and extending radially outward of the ring body, the protruding piece being arranged in a direction where one end of the both ends becomes more distant from the other end of the both ends circumferentially overlapping with the one end; an elastically deformable locking piece protruding front the other end and bent radially outward of the ring body and configured to be locked with one of the flanges protrudingly provided at the edge of the one end when the ring body is diameter-contracted; and a slit provided at the one end of the ring body, and the other end of the ring body and the locking piece fit in the slit to overlap with the one end along the circumference of the ring body such that an end of the locking piece abuts the flange of the other end of the ring body when the ring is in a diameter-contracted locked position.