Protector and wire harness

Abstract

To provide a protector and a wiring harness, which prevent an immersion of one part of a wiring material between a main body side opposite surface and a lid side opposite surface in an operation for assembling a lid member to a protector main body.SOLUTION: In a protector 1, a protector main body 2 is provided to both sides so as to nip a main body side opposite surface 14 and a main body side convex part 15, and a pair of main body side concave parts 16 concaved from the main body side opposite surface 14 is provided. A lid member 3 includes: a lid side opposite surface 24 that is opposite to the main body side opposite surface 14 in an engagement state; and a lid side convex part 26 that is provided to both sides so as to nip a lid side concave part 25 and is inserted into each main body side concave part 16 in the engagement state. The lid side convex part 26 includes a lid side inclination surface 26a inclined to a wiring space part 5 side in a projection direction from a top point on the side opposite to the projection direction. At least one part of the lid side inclination surface 26a is positioned at the wiring space part 5 side of a main body side wall part 11 when viewed from a wiring direction of a wiring material W in the engagement state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a protector and a wire harness.

Background Art

[0002] In vehicles such as automobiles, a wire harness for interconnecting various electrical components inside the vehicle is routed. Some wire harnesses have a protector that protects the wiring material constituting the wire harness and can be attached to the vehicle body. As a conventional protector applied to a wire harness for vehicles, for example, a protector is disclosed that includes a protector body extending in a gutter shape, a lid body that closes an upper opening of the protector body, and a locking mechanism that fixedly holds the protector body and the lid body (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such a protector, the upper opening of the protector body is closed by the upper surface of the side wall of the protector body and the surface of the lid body being joined together.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] By the way, when assembling the lid member to the protector body in the above conventional protector, if the wiring material routed in the protector body is located above the upper surface of the side wall of the protector body, the wiring material may be pinched between the upper surface of the side wall of the protector body and the surface of the lid body.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a protector and a wire harness that can prevent a part of the wiring material from entering between the body-side opposing surface and the lid-side opposing surface during the operation of assembling the lid member to the protector body.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the protector according to the present invention includes a base portion, a pair of opposing wall portions that protrude from the base portion and face each other along the opposing direction, a wiring space portion formed by the base portion and the pair of opposing wall portions, in which a wiring material is wired, and an opening portion formed by end portions on the side opposite to the base portion side in the pair of opposing wall portions. The protector further includes a protector body having the opening portion, a lid member that closes the opening portion, and a locking mechanism that locks the protector body and the lid member in a closed state where the lid member closes the opening portion. The protector body includes a main body side opposing surface provided on the side opposite to the base portion in the opposing wall portion, a main body side convex portion that protrudes in the protruding direction of the opposing wall portion from the main body side opposing surface, and a pair of main body side concave portions provided on both sides sandwiching the main body side convex portion and recessed on the side opposite to the protruding direction from the main body side opposing surface. The lid member includes a lid side opposing surface that faces the main body side opposing surface in a locked state where the protector body and the lid member are locked by the locking mechanism, a lid side concave portion that is recessed in the protruding direction from the lid side opposing surface and into which the main body side convex portion is inserted in the locked state, and a pair of lid side convex portions provided on both sides sandwiching the lid side concave portion, protruding on the side opposite to the protruding direction from the lid side opposing surface, and inserted into the main body side concave portion in the locked state. The lid side convex portion has a lid side inclined surface that inclines toward the wiring space portion side from the apex on the side opposite to the protruding direction. The lid side inclined surface is at least partially located on the wiring space portion side rather than the opposing wall portion when viewed from the wiring direction of the wiring material in the locked state. and the main body side convex portion has a main body side inclined surface that inclines toward the apex of the protruding direction from the opposite side of the protruding direction to the cable laying space portion when viewed from the cable laying direction of the cable laying material , characterized in that.

Advantages of the Invention

[0007] According to the protector and the wire harness of the present invention, in the operation of assembling the lid member to the protector body, it is possible to prevent a part of the wiring material from entering between the main body side opposing surface and the lid side opposing surface, and thus has the effect.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] Hereinafter, embodiments of a protector and a wire harness according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited by the embodiments shown below. In addition, the components in the following embodiments include those that can be replaced and are easy for those skilled in the art, or those that are substantially the same.

[0010] Here, the illustrated X direction is the cable routing direction of the protector in the present embodiment. The Y direction is the width direction of the protector in the present embodiment and is a direction perpendicular to the X direction. The Z direction is the vertical direction of the protector in the present embodiment and is a direction perpendicular to the X direction and the Y direction. The vertical direction does not necessarily follow the vertical direction. Among the Z directions, the Z1 direction is the upward direction and the Z2 direction is the downward direction. Each direction used in the following description will be described as the direction in the state where each part of the protector is assembled, unless otherwise specified.

[0011] [Embodiment] The protector 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, incorporated in a wire harness WH, covered with a conductive cable material W, and protects the cable material W. Note that the cable material W shown in FIG. 1 is indicated by a two-dot chain line, and the cable material W is omitted in FIG. 2. The wire harness WH is, for example, a collective component formed by bundling a plurality of cable materials W used for power supply and signal communication for connection between various devices mounted on the vehicle, and connecting the plurality of cable materials W to each device with a connector or the like. The wire harness WH includes a conductive cable material W and a protector 1 attached to the cable material W to protect the cable material W. The cable material W is composed of, for example, a metal rod, an electric wire, an electric wire bundle, or the like. The metal rod has a rod-shaped member having conductivity covered with a covering portion having insulation. The electric wire has a conductor portion (core wire) composed of a plurality of conductive metal strands covered with a covering portion having insulation. The electric wire bundle is a bundle of the electric wires. Hereinafter, the configuration of the protector 1 will be described in detail with reference to each figure. Note that the wire harness WH may further include an electrical connection box, a grommet, a fixture, a connector, or the like.

[0012] The protector 1 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape by a resin material having insulation. The protector 1 of the present embodiment has the cable material W arranged linearly, but is not limited thereto, and the cable material W may be bent in a substantially L shape. The protector 1 includes a protector body 2, a lid member 3, and a locking mechanism 4. The protector 1 has the protector body 2 and the lid member 3 formed separately, and the protector body 2 and the lid member 3 are assembled to each other by the locking mechanism 4. The protector 1 is formed in a cylindrical shape as a whole when the protector body 2 and the lid member 3 are assembled to each other.

[0013] The protector main body 2 has a wiring material W inserted and routed therein. Here, the protector main body 2 is formed in a gutter shape with both ends in the wiring direction (X direction) through which the wiring material W is inserted and routed, and one end on the upper side being open. The protector main body 2 has the wiring material W inserted along the wiring direction and the width direction.

[0014] More specifically, the protector main body 2 has a base portion 10 and a main body side wall portion 11. The protector main body 2 is formed in a linear gutter shape with the base portion 10 and the main body side wall portion 11 integrated. The protector main body 2 includes a wiring space portion 5 formed by the base portion 10 and the main body side wall portion 11, an opening / closing opening portion 13, and an insertion opening portion 17.

[0015] Here, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking mechanism 4 is a mechanism for locking the protector main body 2 and the lid member 3 in a closed state (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the "closed state") in which the lid member 3 closes the opening / closing opening portion 13 in the normal position. Here, the normal position is a position where the lid portion 20 of the lid member 3 closes the opening / closing opening portion 13 of the protector main body 2 and the main body side wall portion 11 and the lid member 3 face each other and overlap. In the present embodiment, the locked state (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the "locked state") in which the protector main body 2 and the lid member 3 are locked by the locking mechanism 4 is synonymous with the lid member 3 closing the opening / closing opening portion 13 of the protector main body 2 in the normal position.

[0016] The base portion 10 is a bottom body that forms the wiring space portion 5 as the internal space portion of the protector main body 2. The base portion 10 extends in the wiring direction and is formed in a plate shape with the vertical direction being the plate thickness direction.

[0017] The main body side wall portion 11 is a wall body that forms the wiring space portion 5. The main body side wall portion 11 is formed to protrude along the protruding direction from the base portion 10 and has a pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B that face each other along the opposing direction. Here, the protruding direction is the upward direction (Z1 direction), and the opposing direction is the width direction (Y direction). As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 5(A), and 5(B), the main body side wall portion 11 has a main body side opposing surface 14, a main body side convex portion 15, a main body side concave portion 16, and a locking hole portion 18.

[0018] The pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B are both formed in a plate shape in which the width direction is the plate thickness direction. Each of the opposing wall portions 11A and 11B extends along the cable laying direction and the vertical direction. The pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B are provided on both sides of the base portion 10 with respect to the width direction, and are positioned opposite to each other with a gap therebetween along the width direction. Here, the pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B are respectively provided at both edges in the width direction of the base portion 10, and extend from one end to the other end of the base portion 10 along the cable laying direction. In other words, the base portion 10 is located between the pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B in the width direction, and both ends in the width direction are respectively connected to the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B. The pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B are erected on the same side with respect to the vertical direction at the base portion 10. In the pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, the length of one of the opposing wall portions 11A along the vertical direction is equal to that of the other opposing wall portion 11B, and the length along the cable laying direction is equal for each.

[0019] The main body side opposing surface 14 is provided at the end portion of each of the opposing wall portions 11A and 11B on the side opposite to the base portion 10, and is formed on the upper side, that is, toward the lid member 3 side in the locked state. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body side opposing surface 14 is provided at the upper end portion of each of the opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, and constitutes a part of the opening / closing opening portion 13. The main body side opposing surface 14 extends along the cable laying direction at the upper end portion of each of the opposing wall portions 11A and 11B. The main body side opposing surface 14 faces the lid side opposing surface 24 of the lid member 3 in the locked state.

[0020] The body side convex portion 15 is provided on the body side opposing surfaces 14 of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, and is formed to project in the projecting direction of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B from the body side opposing surfaces 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the body side convex portion 15 is provided at the upper end portions of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, and constitutes a part of the opening / closing opening 13. The body side convex portion 15 extends in the cable laying direction at the upper end portions of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, and a plurality of them are arranged at intervals on the body side opposing surface 14 along the cable laying direction. The body side convex portion 15 is formed to project upward from the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, and the apex in the vertical direction is located on the upper side of the body side opposing surface 14. The body side convex portion 15 is set such that the length in the vertical direction does not exceed the lid member 3 in the locked state. The body side convex portion 15 of the opposing wall portion 11A and the body side convex portion 15 of the opposing wall portion 11B are arranged at positions opposing each other in the width direction of the protector body 2. The body side convex portion 15 has a length in the cable laying direction longer than the length in the width direction (the plate thickness of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B). The body side convex portion 15 has a body side inclined surface 15a that inclines toward the side opposite to the cable space portion 5 from the side opposite to the projecting direction toward the apex of the projecting direction when viewed from the cable laying direction of the cable laying material W.

[0021] The body side inclined surface 15a is located on the apex side and faces the cable space portion 5 side between the lower base point and the upper apex of the body side convex portion 15 connected to the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B. The body side inclined surface 15a is formed between the apex and the middle of the body side convex portion 15 when the body side convex portion 15 is viewed from the width direction. When the protector body 2 is viewed from the width direction, the start position of the inclination of the body side inclined surface 15a in the vertical direction is located on the upper side of the body side opposing surface 14, and the end position is at the same position as the body side opposing surface 14. The body side inclined surface 15a has a gap 30 with the lid member 3 in the width direction when viewed from above in the locked state (FIG. 1).

[0022] The body-side recesses 16 are provided on both sides of each pair of opposing wall portions 11A and 11B with the body-side protrusions 15 interposed therebetween, and are formed to be recessed on the side opposite to the protruding direction from the body-side opposing surface 14. The body-side recesses 16 are where the lid-side protrusions 26 are inserted in the locked state. The body-side recesses 16 have a shape corresponding to the lid-side protrusions 26. As shown in FIG. 2, the body-side recesses 16 are provided at the upper ends of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B and constitute a part of the opening / closing opening 13. A plurality of the body-side recesses 16 are arranged at intervals along the cable routing direction at the upper ends of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B.

[0023] In the protector body 2 of the present embodiment, at the upper ends of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, there are provided body-side convex-concave portions each including one body-side protrusion 15 and a pair of body-side recesses 16 provided on both sides of the body-side protrusion 15 in the cable routing direction. These body-side convex-concave portions are connected in plurality along the cable routing direction via the body-side opposing surface 14. On the body-side opposing surface 14 of each of the opposing wall portions 11A and 11B in the present embodiment, five body-side protrusions 15 and ten body-side recesses 16 are provided, but the present invention is not limited to such a combination.

[0024] The locking hole portions 18 constitute a locking mechanism 4 for locking the protector body 2 and the lid member 3 in the locked state. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the locking hole portions 18 are provided at the upper ends of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B and constitute a part of the opening / closing opening 13. The locking hole portions 18 are provided at both ends in the cable routing direction at the upper ends of the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B. The locking hole portions 18 protrude outward from the respective opposing wall portions 11A and 11B, that is, on the side opposite to the cable space portion 5 side, and have locking holes 18a penetrating in the vertical direction. The locking convex portions 28 of the lid member 3 described later are inserted into the locking holes 18a.

[0025] The protector main body 2 configured as described above forms a cable routing space portion 5, an opening / closing opening 13, and an insertion opening 17 by the base portion 10 and the main body side wall portion 11. The cable routing space portion 5 is a space portion in which a cable material W is routed along the cable routing direction and along the width direction. The cable routing space portion 5 is formed as an internal space portion surrounded by the base portion 10 and the main body side wall portion 11. The opening / closing opening 13 is an opening that opens the cable routing space portion 5 to the outside, and is an opening closed by the lid member 3. The opening / closing opening 13 is opened, for example, when inserting the cable material W into the cable routing space portion 5, and is closed by the lid member 3 after inserting the cable material W into the cable routing space portion 5. The opening / closing opening 13 is formed by the ends of the respective opposing wall portions 11A, 11B on the side opposite to the base portion 10 side. The opening / closing opening 13 opens in one direction, that is, in the direction opposite to the base portion 10 side, along the vertical direction with respect to the respective opposing wall portions 11A, 11B. The insertion opening 17 is an opening for inserting the cable material W into the cable routing space portion 5. The insertion opening 17 is formed at both ends in the cable routing direction by a pair of opposing wall portions 11A, 11B. The insertion opening 17 opens along the width direction and the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 1.

[0026] The lid member 3 is assembled to the protector main body 2 and closes (blocks) the opening / closing opening 13 formed in the protector main body 2. The lid member 3 has a lid portion 20, a lid-side opposing surface 24, a lid-side recess 25, a lid-side protrusion 26, and a locking protrusion 28 as shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 5(A), and 5(B).

[0027] The lid portion 20 is a lid body that closes the opening / closing opening 13 of the protector main body 2 and forms the cable routing space portion 5. The lid portion 20 extends in the cable routing direction and is formed in a plate shape in which the vertical direction is the plate thickness direction. The lid portion 20 has end portions 20a formed by bending from both ends in the width direction toward the side opposite to the protruding direction. The end portions 20a face the respective opposing wall portions 11A, 11B in the vertical direction in the locked state.

[0028] The lid-side facing surface 24 is provided at the end portions 20a at both ends in the width direction of the lid portion 20, and is formed on one side in the plate thickness direction, that is, facing the protector main body 2 side in the locked state. The end portion 20a of the lid portion 20 is bent toward one side in the plate thickness direction of the lid portion 20. The lid-side facing surface 24 extends along the cable routing direction at the end portion 20a of the lid portion 20. The lid-side facing surface 24 faces the main body-side facing surface 14 of the protector main body 2 in the locked state.

[0029] The lid-side recess 25 is provided on the lid-side facing surface 24, is formed to be recessed in the protruding direction from the lid-side facing surface 24, and the main body-side convex portion 15 is inserted therein in the locked state. The lid-side recess 25 has a shape corresponding to the main body-side convex portion 15. Lid-side convex portions 26 are arranged on both sides of the lid-side recess 25 in the cable routing direction. The lid-side recess 25 extends in the cable routing direction at the end portion 20a of the lid portion 20, and a plurality of them are arranged at intervals on the lid-side facing surface 24 along the cable routing direction.

[0030] The lid-side convex portions 26 are provided on both sides of the lid-side recess 25 at the end portion 20a of the lid portion 20, protrude in the direction opposite to the protruding direction from the lid-side facing surface 24, and are inserted into the main body-side recess 16 in the locked state. The lid-side convex portions 26 are formed to protrude from the lid portion 20 toward one side in the plate thickness direction, that is, downward, and the apex in the vertical direction is located on the lower side of the lid-side facing surface 24. The lid-side convex portions 26 in the present embodiment are formed to extend from one end to the other end in the width direction of the lid member 3, and the length in the width direction is longer than the length in the cable routing direction. The lid-side convex portions 26 are arranged at intervals on the lid-side facing surface 24 along the cable routing direction at the end portion 20a of the lid portion 20. The lid-side convex portions 26 at one end portion 20a in the width direction of the lid portion 20 and the lid-side convex portions 26 at the other end portion 20a face each other in the width direction of the lid member 3. The lid-side convex portions 26 have lid-side inclined surfaces 26a that are inclined toward the cable space portion 5 side from the apex on the side opposite to the protruding direction toward the protruding direction.

[0031] When viewed from the cable-laying direction of the cable-laying material W in the locked state, at least a part of the lid-side inclined surface 26a is located closer to the cable-laying space portion 5 than each of the opposing wall portions 11A and 11B. The lid-side inclined surface 26a is inclined toward the lid portion 20 from one side in the width direction of the lid member 3 to the other side when viewed from the cable-laying direction. The lid-side inclined surface 26a is formed from the apex of the lid-side convex portion 26 to the inner surface of the lid portion 20 when viewed from the cable-laying direction. When the lid member 3 is viewed from the downward side, the start position of the inclination in the width direction of the lid-side inclined surface 26a is located at the end in the width direction of the lid-side convex portion 26, and the end position is located closer to the inside than the bottom surface in the width direction of the lid-side concave portion 25. In the locked state, the inclined surface at one end in the width direction of the lid-side inclined surface 26a faces the bottom surface of the main body-side concave portion 16 (FIG. 5(B)).

[0032] The lid member 3 in the present embodiment has a lid-side concavo-convex portion including one lid-side concave portion 25 and a pair of lid-side convex portions 26 provided on both sides in the cable-laying direction of the lid-side concave portion 25 at the end portion 20a of the lid portion 20 as a set. A plurality of these lid-side concavo-convex portions are connected in the cable-laying direction via the lid-side opposing surface 24. The lid-side concavo-convex portion is configured to mesh with the main body-side concavo-convex portion in the locked state. That is, the plurality of lid-side concavo-convex portions and the plurality of main body-side concavo-convex portions are configured to mesh with each other in the locked state. Therefore, even if the lid member 3 is reversed in the cable-laying direction with respect to the protector main body 2, it is possible to assemble the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2. Five lid-side concave portions 25 and ten lid-side convex portions 26 are provided on the lid-side opposing surface 24 at each end portion 20a in the width direction of the lid portion 20 in the present embodiment, but the combination is not limited to this.

[0033] The locking projection 28 constitutes a locking mechanism 4 that locks the protector main body 2 and the lid member 3 in the locked state. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the locking projections 28 are provided at both ends in the cable routing direction at the end 20a of the lid portion 20. The locking projection 28 is provided at a position corresponding to the locking hole portion 18 in the locked state. The locking projection 28 is formed to project outside the end 20a of the lid portion 20, that is, on the side opposite to the cable routing space portion 5 side, and projects and extends downward from the end 20a. The height of the lower side of the locking projection 28 is set lower than the height of the lower side of the lid-side projection 26. That is, in the operation of assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2, when viewed from the cable routing direction and the width direction, the locking projection 28 first approaches the protector main body 2. The locking projection 28 has a locking projection 28a on the outer side of the main body side wall portion 11, that is, on the surface opposite to the cable routing space portion 5 side. The locking projection 28a is locked to the locking hole portion 18 by being exposed from the lower end portion of the locking hole portion 18 when viewed from the cable routing direction in a state where the locking projection 28 is inserted into the locking hole 18a.

[0034] In the protector 1 and the wire harness WH in the present embodiment, in the operation of assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2, before assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2, a plurality of cable materials W are routed in the cable routing space portion 5 of the protector main body 2.

[0035] When one of the plurality of cable materials W routed in the cable routing space portion 5 of the protector main body 2 is located on the protruding direction side from the main body side facing surface 14, a part of the cable material W may enter between the main body side facing surface 14 and the lid side facing surface 24 (FIG. 6(A)).

[0036] When a part of the cable routing member W intrudes between the main body side facing surface 14 and the lid side facing surface 24, when the tip of the locking convex portion 28 on the downward side starts to be inserted into the locking hole 18a, the tip of the lid side convex portion 26 or the outer end portion of the lid side inclined surface 26a abuts against a part of the cable routing member W and pushes it downward. At this time, a part of the cable routing member W is pushed downward and comes into contact with the tip of the main body side convex portion 15 on the upward side and the main body side inclined surface 15a in this order ((B) in FIG. 6). That is, in a state where the lid member 3 is closing the opening / closing opening 13 of the protector main body 2, as the intersection point where the main body side inclined surface 15a and the lid side inclined surface 26a intersect when viewed from the cable routing direction moves to the cable routing space portion 5 side, a part of the cable routing member W moves from between the main body side facing surface 14 and the lid side facing surface 24 to the cable routing space portion 5 side.

[0037] When the locking state is achieved, the opening / closing opening 13 of the protector main body 2 is closed by the lid member 3, and a part of the cable routing member W moves to the cable routing space portion 5 side ((C) in FIG. 6). Thereby, it is possible to prevent the pinching of a part of the cable routing member W and suppress the biting-in of the part of the cable routing member W in the locking state.

[0038] The protector 1 and the wire harness WH described above have the following configurations. The protector 1 and the like in the present embodiment include a protector main body 2, a lid member 3 that closes the opening / closing opening 13 of the protector main body 2, and a locking mechanism 4 that locks the protector main body 2 and the lid member 3 in the closed state. The protector main body 2 includes a main body side opposing surface 14 on the main body side wall portion 11, a main body side convex portion 15 that protrudes in the protruding direction of the main body side wall portion 11 from the main body side opposing surface 14, and a pair of main body side concave portions 16 that are provided on both sides with the main body side convex portion 15 interposed therebetween and that are recessed on the side opposite to the protruding direction from the main body side opposing surface 14. The lid member 3 includes a lid side opposing surface 24 that opposes the main body side opposing surface 14 in the locked state, a lid side concave portion 25 that is recessed in the protruding direction from the lid side opposing surface 24 and into which the main body side convex portion 15 is inserted in the locked state, and a pair of lid side convex portions 26 that are provided on both sides with the lid side concave portion 25 interposed therebetween, that protrude on the side opposite to the protruding direction from the lid side opposing surface 24, and that are inserted into the main body side concave portions 16 in the locked state. The lid side convex portion 26 has a lid side inclined surface 26a that inclines toward the wiring space portion 5 side from the apex on the side opposite to the protruding direction. The lid side inclined surface 26a is at least partially located on the wiring space portion 5 side rather than the main body side wall portion 11 when viewed from the wiring direction of the wiring material W in the locked state.

[0039] With the above configuration, in the operation of assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2, even when the wiring material W wired to the protector main body 2 is located on the protruding direction side from the main body side opposing surface 14, at the moment when the lid member 3 closes the opening / closing opening 13 of the protector main body 2, a part of the wiring material W is moved to the wiring space portion 5 side by the lid side inclined surface 26a so as to regulate the intrusion of a part of the wiring material W between the main body side opposing surface 14 and the lid side opposing surface 24. As a result, in the operation of assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2, it is possible to prevent the pinching of a part of the wiring material W and suppress the biting-in of a part of the wiring material W in the locked state.

[0040] Further, in the protector 1 of the present embodiment, when viewed from the cable laying direction of the cable laying material W, the main body side convex portion 15 has a main body side inclined surface 15a that inclines toward the opposite side of the cable laying space portion 5 from the opposite side of the protruding direction toward the apex of the protruding direction. Thereby, in the operation of assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2, until the lid member 3 is locked to each other by the locking mechanism 4 while closing the opening / closing opening 13 of the protector main body 2, the intersection where the main body side inclined surface 15a and the lid side inclined surface 26a intersect moves toward the cable laying space portion 5 when viewed from the cable laying direction, so that a part of the cable laying material W moves from between the main body side facing surface 14 and the lid side facing surface 24 toward the cable laying space portion 5. Thereby, compared with the case of only the main body side inclined surface 15a, it is possible to surely prevent the cable laying material W from being pinched when assembling the lid member 3 to the protector main body 2.

[0041] In addition, in the above embodiment, the main body side convex portion 15 has the main body side inclined surface 15a, but is not limited thereto, and may not have the main body side inclined surface 15a. Even when the main body side convex portion 15 does not have the main body side inclined surface 15a, as described above, a part of the cable laying material W can be moved toward the cable laying space portion 5 by the lid side inclined surface 26a to regulate so that a part of the cable laying material W does not enter between the main body side facing surface 14 and the lid side facing surface 24.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0042] 1 Protector 2 Protector main body 3 Lid member 4 Locking mechanism 5 Cable laying space portion 10 Base portion 11 Main body side wall portion 11A, 11B Opposing wall portions 13 Opening / closing opening 14 Main body side facing surface 15 Main body side convex portion 15a Main body side inclined surface 16 Main body side concave portion 17 Insertion opening 18 Locking hole portion 18a Locking hole 20 Lid portion 24 Lid side facing surface 25 Cover-side recess 26 Cover-side protrusion 26a Cover-side inclined surface 28 Locking protrusion 28a Locking projection WH Wire harness

Claims

1. A protector body having a base portion, a pair of opposing wall portions protruding from the base portion and facing each other along an opposing direction, a cable routing space portion formed by the base portion and the pair of opposing wall portions, in which a cable is routed, and an opening portion formed by ends of the pair of opposing wall portions on a side opposite to the base portion side; A lid member that closes the opening portion; A locking mechanism that locks the protector body and the lid member in a closed state where the lid member closes the opening portion, and The protector body Has a main body side opposing surface provided on a side opposite to the base portion in the opposing wall portion, A main body side convex portion protruding in a protruding direction of the opposing wall portion from the main body side opposing surface, and A pair of main body side concave portions provided on both sides sandwiching the main body side convex portion and recessed in a direction opposite to the protruding direction from the main body side opposing surface, and The lid member Has a lid side opposing surface that opposes the main body side opposing surface in a locked state where the protector body and the lid member are locked by the locking mechanism, A lid side concave portion that is recessed in the protruding direction from the lid side opposing surface and into which the main body side convex portion is inserted in the locked state, and A pair of lid side convex portions provided on both sides sandwiching the lid side concave portion, protruding in a direction opposite to the protruding direction from the lid side opposing surface, and inserted into the main body side concave portion in the locked state, and The lid side convex portion Has a lid side inclined surface that inclines toward the cable routing space portion side from a vertex on a side opposite to the protruding direction, The lid side inclined surface In the locked state, when viewed from a cable routing direction of the cable, at least a part thereof is located on a side of the cable routing space portion with respect to the opposing wall portion, The main body side convex portion Has a main body side inclined surface that inclines toward a side opposite to the cable routing space portion from a side opposite to the protruding direction toward a vertex of the protruding direction when viewed from a cable routing direction of the cable, A protector characterized by the above.

2. A cable having conductivity, and A protector attached to the cable to protect the cable, and The protector Has a protector body having a base portion, a pair of opposing wall portions protruding from the base portion and facing each other along an opposing direction, a cable routing space portion formed by the base portion and the pair of opposing wall portions, in which a cable is routed, and an opening portion formed by ends of the pair of opposing wall portions on a side opposite to the base portion side; A lid member that closes the opening portion; A locking mechanism that locks the protector body and the lid member in a closed state where the lid member closes the opening portion, and The protector body has a body-side facing surface provided on the side opposite to the base portion in the opposing wall portion, a body-side convex portion protruding in the protruding direction of the opposing wall portion from the body-side facing surface, and a pair of body-side concave portions provided on both sides sandwiching the body-side convex portion and recessed in the direction opposite to the protruding direction from the body-side facing surface, The lid member has a lid-side facing surface facing the body-side facing surface in a locked state where the protector body and the lid member are locked by the locking mechanism, a lid-side concave portion recessed in the protruding direction from the lid-side facing surface and into which the body-side convex portion is inserted in the locked state, and a pair of lid-side convex portions provided on both sides sandwiching the lid-side concave portion, protruding in the direction opposite to the protruding direction from the lid-side facing surface, and inserted into the body-side concave portion in the locked state, The lid-side convex portion has a lid-side inclined surface inclined toward the cable routing space portion side from the apex on the side opposite to the protruding direction toward the protruding direction, The lid-side inclined surface is at least partially located on the cable routing space portion side of the opposing wall portion when viewed from the cable routing direction of the cable, in the locked state, The body-side convex portion has a body-side inclined surface inclined toward the side opposite to the cable routing space portion from the side opposite to the protruding direction toward the apex of the protruding direction when viewed from the cable routing direction of the cable, characterized in that it is a wire harness.

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