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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Tohru Aoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichi Doshita, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsunori Tsunoda, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Slidable-contact portions of a fixing tool are engaged with the concave grooves of a corrugated tube which is circular in section so that the corrugated tube is supported rotatably in its circumferential direction by the fixing tool . Where the corrugate tube is oval in section, it is fixed inside a rotating member with a circular outer periphery, and the rotating member is held rotatably in its circumferential direction inside a body of the fixing tool . The rotating member may be moved along a cam groove, or may hold the corrugated tube in a state decentered in an oblique direction. The fixing tool is composed of a receiving part and covering part which have slidable-contact supporting portions to be engaged with the concave grooves of the corrugated tube . The receiving part and the covering part may be provided with curved walls which serve to rectify the corrugated tube in its curved state, thereby preventing the corrugated tube and internal electric wires from being buckled. In this configuration, when a wire harness with a corrugated tube is flexed along a vehicle body, its twisting, buckling or damaging can be prevented.