Exterior member and electric wire wiring structure
View Patent ↗An exterior member which covers the circumference of an electric wire, which is wired between electrical components, along the electric wire, and is supported by a supporting body while one side in a circumferential direction is exposed, includes an exterior member body that is formed into a long cylindrical shape and which has a predetermined background color, and an identifying mark that is provided on the outer surface of the exterior member body and which has another predetermined color different from the background color. The exterior member body is formed with at least one bent part which is bent at a middle position in a longitudinal direction, and the identifying mark is provided to face the one side while the exterior member is supported by the supporting body.
1. An exterior member which covers the circumference of an electric wire, which is wired between electrical components, along the electric wire, and is supported by a supporting body, the exterior member comprising:
an exterior member body that is formed into a long cylindrical shape and which has a first background color; and
an identifying mark that is provided on an outer surface of the exterior member body and which has a second color different from the background color,
wherein the exterior member body is formed with at least one bent part which is bent at least at one end of a middle part of the exterior member in a longitudinal direction, and
the identifying mark is provided to face away from the supporting body,
wherein the identifying mark comprises linear marks arranged so that when the exterior member is formed with the at least one bent part, the linear marks are provided in parallel.
2. An electric wire wiring structure comprising:
an electric wire that is wired in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle under a floor of the vehicle; and
the exterior member according to claim 1 that covers the circumference of the electric wire,
wherein the exterior member is supported by the floor of the vehicle and is exposed downward, and
the identifying mark is provided to face a lower side while the exterior member is supported by the floor of the vehicle.
3. The exterior member according to claim 1 wherein, the identifying mark is provided only on a portion of the outer surface of the exterior member body that faces away from the supporting body.
4. The exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the linear marks are not provided in parallel when the exterior member is not formed with the at least one bent part.
5. The exterior member according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior member body is bent to have a shape corresponding to a shape of the supporting body, and
wherein the identifying mark is arranged on the exterior member body based on the shape of the supporting body before the exterior member body is bent, so that the identifying mark is provided to face a lower side away from the supporting body after the exterior member body is bent.