Protector

Abstract

A protector includes a bottom plate part on which a plurality of electric wires is placed on the same plane, a pair of side parts that is provided to erect from the bottom plate part so that the electric wires is interposed between the pair of the side parts, a distance between the pair of the side parts corresponding to crank-shaped curved parts of the electric wires being larger than a distance between the pair of the side parts corresponding to front and rear linear parts of the crank-shaped curved parts of the electric wires, and a protector fixing part that is provided on the bottom plate part so that the protector fixing part is positioned between the crank-shaped curved parts provided next to each other.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is based on Japanese Patent Applications No. 2012-189158 filed on Aug. 29, 2012, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The invention relates to a protector that is appropriately used to arrange a wire harness.[0004]2. Background Art[0005]A wire harness (electric wire) is widely used for an in-vehicle wiring of an electric system of a vehicle and the like. The wire harness is partially accommodated in a protector, which is fixed to a vehicle body by a fixture such as harness clamp and is arranged at a predetermined position of the vehicle body, and is arranged at the vehicle body. There are a variety of protectors. For example, a protector disclosed in JP-A-8-140237 has a long shape in which both sidewalls are provided to erect from both sides of a bottom wall, and a center thereof in a longitudinal direction is curved. The bottom wall is provided...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]According to the protector having the configurations (1) and (3), the width of the pair of side parts corresponding to the crank-shaped curved parts of the electric wires parallel provided is wider than the width corresponding to the front and rear linear parts of the crank-shaped curved parts, and the protector fixing part is arranged between the crank-shaped curved parts of the electric wires parallel provided. Thus, while the protector having the equivalent outermost width of the main body is provided, separated spaces between the pair of side parts, which become the electric wire accommodation spaces in the crank-shaped curved parts of the electric wires, are increased, compared to the conventional protector in which the protector fixing part is arranged at one end side in the electric wire arranging direction. The electric wire accommodation spaces corresponding to the crank-shaped curved parts are widened as the separated spaces between the pair of side parts are increased. Therefore, curved amounts of the electric wires are decreased (the curvatures thereof are reduced), so that it is possible to easily perform an arranging operation of the electric wires. Also, extra lengths of the electric wires, which occur upon cutting of the electric wires or upon arranging thereof, can be absorbed in the electric wire accommodation spaces corresponding to the crank-shaped curved parts. As a result, an operator's arranging burden is reduced.

[0014]According to the protector having the configuration (2), it is possible to easily arrange the high tensions cable having larger diameter and higher stiffness, compared to a general electric wire.

[0015]According to the protector of the invention, it is possible to easily arrange an electric wire.

Problems solved by technology

Particularly, when a curved amount of the electric wire 509 is high (when a curvature is large), it is difficult to perform an arranging operation.

Also, when the stiffness is high, it is not possible to absorb an extra length, which occurs upon cutting of the electric wire or upon arranging thereof, by loosening or folding the electric wire 509, which also increases an operator's arranging burden.