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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Inao, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideomi Adachi, Shizuoka, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exterior member includes a tubular body which allows one or more conductive paths to be stored and protected therein. The tubular body has no slit. The tubular body includes a plurality of protruding portions formed in an inner surface of the tubular body. Each of the plurality of protruding portions includes an R part having a substantially circular arc shape extending along a circumferential direction of an inner surface of the tubular body. Each of the plurality of protruding portions has a substantially U-shaped or V-shaped smooth surface in a cross-section cut along a tube axis of the tubular body. The plurality of protruding portions are disposed at positions on a helix around the tube axis.