Patent ID: 8020920

Claim:
An outer protective assembly of a wire harness for a door, wherein said wire harness is spanned between a door inner panel of a motor vehicle and a vehicle body and is arranged near an indoor side over a weather strip; said outer protective assembly including a flange outward fitting portion that is mounted on an outer surface of a flange projecting from a door facing surface of said vehicle body and that defines a wire harness threading space for passing said wire harness; said flange outward fitting portion including an inner cover and an outer cover; said inner and outer covers being coupled to each other to define a flat space for juxtaposing electrical wires of said wire harness, and said inner and outer covers being bent in a U-shaped configuration around said flange; said inner and outer covers being coupled to a vehicle body side end of a grommet that passes the spanned portion of said wire harness; said grommet including a cylindrical portion, an outer panel contacting portion that surrounds a vehicle body side opening in said cylindrical portion and contacts with a vehicle body outer panel near an outdoor side over the flange projecting position on said vehicle body, and a covering portion that is contiguous with said outer panel contacting portion and is mounted on an outer surface of said vehicle body side mounting portion; said outer cover being layered on an inner surface of said grommet and being provided with an opening communicated with said cylindrical portion opening in said grommet; said inner cover including a base portion parallel to said outer cover and side walls on the opposite ends of said base plate, said side walls being contacted with said outer cover to define said flat space, and said base plate being provided with an engaging clip to be engaged with said vehicle body outer panel; and said wire harness being inserted into said wire harness threading space of said flange outward fitting portion, said wire harness being bent in a U-shaped configuration at a portion passing over said flange so as to be led to a vehicle body inner panel.