Wire harness exterior member and wire harness
View Patent ↗A wire harness exterior member has a plurality of specified sections set along a tubular body longitudinal direction of a body portion, and the body portion has, for each specified section, a resin characterized portion molded using a resin material having characteristics adapted to the corresponding specified section.
1. A wire harness exterior member made of resin, the wire harness exterior member comprising:
a tubular body portion covering at least one conducting path, at least a portion of the tubular body portion in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body portion being arranged at a vehicle underfloor portion,
wherein the tubular body portion includes a plurality of specified sections along the longitudinal direction of the tubular body portion,
wherein each of the specified sections is formed from a resin material according to a predetermined requirement for each of the specified sections, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of specified sections is formed of a first resin material having different characteristics than a second resin material used for an other of the plurality of the specified sections based on the different predetermined requirement associated with different specified sections.
2. The wire harness exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the specified sections are continuously provided and each of the specified sections are connected in a watertight manner.
3. The wire harness exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion comprises:
a flexible tube portion and an inflexible tube portion attached to the flexible tube portion,
wherein the specified sections are provided in the inflexible tube portion or in the flexible tube portion and in the inflexible tube portion.
4. The wire harness exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion includes a corrugated tube or a non-corrugated tube.
5. The wire harness exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion includes a combination of a corrugated tube portion and a non-corrugated tube portion, and
the specified sections are provided in the non-corrugated tube portion or in both the corrugated tube portion and the non-corrugated tube portion.
6. A wire harness comprising a wire harness exterior member, and at least one conducting path covered by the wire harness exterior member,
wherein the wire harness exterior member is made of resin, the wire harness exterior member comprising:
a tubular body portion covering the at least one conducting path, at least a portion of the tubular body portion in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body portion being arranged at a vehicle underfloor portion,
wherein a plurality of specified sections are set along the tubular body longitudinal direction of the body portion, and
wherein each of the specified sections is formed from a resin material according to a predetermined requirement for each of the specified sections, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of specified sections is formed of a first resin material having different characteristics than a second resin material used for an other of the plurality of the specified sections based on the different predetermined requirement associated with different specified sections.