JP2013115861A - Path maintaining wire harness, path maintaining member, and manufacturing method of path maintaining wire harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain a wire harness in the form arranged along an arrangement path more easily.SOLUTION: A path maintaining wire harness 10 maintains a wire harness 1 in the form arranged along an arrangement path. The path maintaining wire harness 10 includes: a wire harness 1; a path maintaining member 30 which has a body part 32 formed into a long shape along the arrangement path of the wire harness 1 and multiple fixing parts 42 fixing the wire harness 1 along the body part 32; and a corrugate tube 20 which has a slit formed at a part on a circumference along the axial direction and formed into a cylindrical shape covering the wire harness 1 and the multiple fixing parts 42. The body part 32 has an intercalated part 34 disposed between both end edge parts 28 of the corrugate tube 20 which face each other across the slit.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for maintaining a wire harness in a routing route.

  Conventionally, as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 4, there is a technique in which a wire harness mounted on a vehicle or the like is covered and protected by a flexible tubular exterior member such as a corrugated tube.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-86022 JP 2000-184551 A JP 2002-64917 A JP 2006-296166 A JP 2003-336789 A

  However, although the corrugated tube itself has good bendability and can be bent according to the bending form of the wire harness, it is difficult to keep the form constant.

  Accordingly, the applicant of the present application, as a technique for maintaining the wire harness in the routing route, covers the wire harness with a corrugated tube in which a slit is formed, and maintains the form of the wire harness by attaching a route maintaining member to the corrugated tube. The technology to do is proposed. As this path | route maintenance member, the structure formed in the elongate shape along the wiring path | route of a wire harness, for example, and comprising H shape in the cross sectional view orthogonal to the extension direction is employable. And the path | route maintenance member is attached to a corrugated tube by sliding from the extending direction one side etc. in the form which arrange | positions the both-ends edge part which pinched | interposed the slit of the corrugated tube in the recessed part of both sides.

  In Patent Document 5, as a technique for suppressing the opening of the slit, the split corrugated member in which a split member having a flexibility is attached to the split corrugated tube body in which the split portion is formed. A tube is disclosed.

  However, it is difficult to attach the path maintaining member to the corrugated tube while deforming the shape of the corrugated tube in which the wire harness is disposed in the wiring form. In particular, tape-wound wire harnesses and large-diameter wire harnesses are relatively rigid and difficult to bend, and it is even more difficult to attach a path maintenance member to a corrugated tube in which such a wire harness is disposed. is there.

  Then, an object of this invention is to maintain a wire harness in the form along a wiring path | route more easily.

  A 1st aspect is the path | route maintenance wire harness which maintained the wire harness in the form along the wiring path | route, Comprising: The main part formed in the elongate shape along the wiring path | route of the wire harness and the said wire harness And a path maintaining member having a plurality of fixing portions for fixing the wire harness along the main body, and a slit formed along the axial direction in a part of the circumferential direction, the wire harness and the An exterior member formed in a cylindrical shape covering a plurality of fixed portions, and the main body portion has an interposition portion disposed between both edge portions sandwiching the slit of the exterior member.

  A 2nd aspect is a path | route maintenance wire harness which concerns on a 1st aspect, Comprising: Each of these fixing | fixed part has a linear fastening part which winds and fastens the said wire harness.

  A 3rd aspect is the path | route maintenance wire harness which concerns on a 2nd aspect, Comprising: The said some fixing | fixed part is penetrated by the hole for fixing formed in the said interposition part, and the said hole for fixing And a tightening portion.

  A 4th aspect is a path | route maintenance wire harness which concerns on a 3rd aspect, Comprising: As for the said interposition part, the one end side part is arrange | positioned inside the said exterior member, The said fixing hole part is the said interposition part. It is provided in the one end side part.

  A 5th aspect is a path | route maintenance wire harness which concerns on any one 1st-4th aspect, Comprising: The said main-body part has a curve part in at least one place in the extension direction, These fixed parts Is provided at a position sandwiching at least the curved portion in the extending direction of the main body.

  A sixth aspect is a path maintenance wire harness according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the main body portion projects from both sides of the interposition portion and sandwiches the slit of the exterior member. It further has a pressing portion that can be locked from the outer peripheral side with respect to the edge portion, and is formed in a T shape in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the extending direction.

  A 7th aspect is a path | route maintenance member which maintains the wire harness covered with the cylindrical exterior member which has the slit formed in the circumferential direction part along the axial direction in the form along the routing path | route, A body portion that has an interposable portion that can be disposed between both edge portions sandwiching the slit of the exterior member that covers the wire harness, and is formed in an elongated shape along the wiring path of the wire harness; And a plurality of fixing portions capable of fixing the wire harness along the main body portion.

  The eighth aspect is a manufacturing of a path maintenance wire harness that maintains a wire harness covered by a cylindrical exterior member having a slit formed in a part of the circumferential direction along the axial direction in a form along the routing path. It is a method, Comprising: (a) The process which makes the said wire harness follow the said main-body part of the path | route maintenance member of Claim 7, (b) The said wire harness is attached to the said main-body part by these fixed parts. A step of fixing, and (c) a step of covering the outer periphery of the wire harness with the outer edge of the wire harness in a form in which both edge portions sandwiching the slit sandwich the interposed portion.

  According to the route maintaining wire harness according to the first aspect, the wire harness is fixed along the main body portion formed in a long shape along the routing route by a plurality of fixing portions, and the shaft is partially attached to the circumferential direction. A tubular exterior member having a slit formed along the direction covers the wire harness and the plurality of fixing portions. For this reason, it is possible to avoid the work of attaching a member for maintaining the path to the exterior member while deforming the wire harness covered with the exterior member into a form along the routing path as in the past, and the routing path by the path maintaining member The exterior member can be attached to the wire harness while maintaining the configuration along the shape of the wire harness, and the wire harness can be more easily maintained in the configuration along the routing path.

  According to the path maintenance wire harness according to the second aspect, since the plurality of fixing portions each have a linear tightening portion that winds and tightens the wire harness, the wire harness is bound by omitting tape winding. It can be fixed to the main body more reliably.

  According to the path maintaining wire harness according to the third aspect, since the plurality of fixing portions have a fixing hole portion formed in the interposition portion and a tightening portion inserted through the fixing hole portion, With a simple configuration, the wire harness 1 can be more easily maintained in a form along the routing route.

  According to the path maintaining wire harness according to the fourth aspect, since the plurality of fixing portions are provided at one end side portion disposed inside the exterior member among the interposition portions, the fastening portion can be easily attached to the exterior member. It can be attached to a position disposed inside the.

  According to the route maintaining wire harness according to the fifth aspect, since the plurality of fixing portions are provided at positions sandwiching at least the curved portion in the extending direction of the main body portion, the curved routing route in the wire harness is provided. The part to be routed can also be maintained in a form more accurately along the route form.

  According to the path maintenance wire harness according to the sixth aspect, the presser body that can be locked from the outer peripheral side with respect to the interposition part and both end edges that project from both sides of the interposition part and sandwich the slit of the exterior member Since it has a portion and is formed in a T shape in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the extending direction, the occupied area in the exterior member of the main body can be reduced, and the occupied area of the wire harness can be increased.

  According to the route maintaining member according to the seventh aspect, the wire harness can be fixed along the main body formed in a long shape along the routing route by the plurality of fixing portions. In a stage before mounting the exterior member, the wire harness can be maintained in a form along the wiring path.

  According to the method of manufacturing the path maintenance wire harness according to the eighth aspect, the outer member is arranged on the outer periphery of the wire harness in a state where the wire harness is aligned with the main body of the path maintenance member and fixed to the main body by a plurality of fixing units. Therefore, the wire harness can be more easily maintained in the form along the routing route.

It is a general view of a route maintenance wire harness. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a general view of a path | route maintenance member. It is the IV-IV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the process of making a wire harness follow the main-body part of a path | route maintenance member. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 5. It is a figure which shows the process of fixing a wire harness to a main-body part by a fixing | fixed part. It is the VIII-VIII sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the process of covering a wire harness with a corrugated tube. FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 9.

  Hereinafter, the manufacturing method of the path | route maintenance wire harness 10, the path | route maintenance member 30, and the path | route maintenance wire harness which concern on embodiment is demonstrated. This route maintenance wire harness 10 is a member that uses the route maintenance member 30 to maintain the wire harness 1 in a form along the routing route (see FIG. 1).

  The path maintenance wire harness 10 includes a wire harness 1, an exterior member, and a path maintenance member 30 (see FIG. 2).

  The wire harness 1 that is the target of route maintenance is a wire harness routed in an automobile or the like, and has at least one (here, a plurality of) electric wires. And the wire harness 1 is routed along a routing route.

  Of the wire harness 1, the route maintenance target is a portion routed in a routing route including a curved route, a portion routed in a routing route in which other members are disposed in proximity, and the like. is there. The routing route includes a straight route, a curved route, or a route combining both. Hereinafter, the portion of the wire harness 1 that is the target of route maintenance may be simply referred to as the wire harness 1.

  An exterior member is a member formed in the cylinder shape which can insert and arrange the wire harness 1 inside. This exterior member also has a function of protecting the wire harness 1 disposed inside from the outside. Here, the corrugated tube 20 is employ | adopted as an exterior member (refer FIG. 1). The corrugated tube 20 is a member formed in a shape in which annular convex portions and annular concave portions along the circumferential direction are alternately provided in the axial direction. Moreover, the corrugated tube 20 has a slit formed along the axial direction in a part of the circumferential direction. And the wire harness 1 can be arrange | positioned in the corrugated tube 20 through this slit.

  However, the exterior member is not limited to the corrugated tube 20, but is also a flexible tube formed of a material such as an elastomer, and a slit formed in the circumferential direction partly along the axial direction. You may employ | adopt what has.

  The path maintenance member 30 is a part that maintains the wire harness 1 whose outer periphery is covered by the corrugated tube 20 in a form along the routing path (see FIGS. 3 and 4). The path maintaining member 30 has a main body portion 32 and a fixing portion 42.

  The main body portion 32 is a portion formed in an elongated shape along the wiring path of the wire harness 1. The main body 32 has an interposition part 34 extending along the longitudinal direction and a pressing part 36.

  The interposition part 34 is a part arrange | positioned between the both-ends edge part 28 which pinched | interposed the slit of the corrugated tube 20 which covers the wire harness 1, and is formed in the shape which can be arrange | positioned between this both-ends edge part 28 ( (See FIG. 2). More specifically, the interposition part 34 is formed in a flat plate shape along the extending direction. Then, the corrugated tube 20 is positioned in the circumferential direction in a state where the interposition part 34 is sandwiched between both end edges 28 sandwiching the slit.

  The interposition part 34 is formed with fixing holes 46 for a plurality of fixing parts 42 to be described later. The fixing hole 46 will be described later together with the description of the fixing part 42.

  The pressing portion 36 is a portion that can be locked from the outer peripheral side with respect to both end edge portions 28 across the slit of the corrugated tube 20. The presser part 36 is formed in a shape protruding from the interposition part 34 to both sides. Here, the presser portion 36 protrudes from one end portion of the interposition portion 34 to both sides. The pressing portion 36 is disposed at a position overlapping the outer peripheral side of the both end edge portions 28 in a state where the interposition portion 34 is disposed between the both end edge portions 28 with the slit interposed therebetween.

  Here, the main body portion 32 is formed in a T shape in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the extending direction. In other words, the main body portion 32 has a shape in which the interposition portion 34 protrudes from the intermediate portion of the presser portion 36 in a cross-sectional view. That is, the interposition part 34 is disposed between the both end edges 28 across the slit of the corrugated tube 20, and the presser part 36 is disposed in the outer peripheral side of the both end edges 28, and is disposed in the corrugated tube 20. The part to be done is only the end of the interposition part 34 on the side opposite to the pressing part 36.

  Moreover, the main-body part 32 is formed in the shape which has the curve part 321 in at least one place in the extending direction. FIG. 3 shows the main body 32 having a curved portion 321 at two locations in the extending direction and a straight portion 322 on each side thereof.

  The fixing | fixed part 42 is a part for fixing the wire harness 1 along the main-body part 32 (refer FIG. 3, FIG. 4). That is, the path maintaining member 30 is configured to maintain the wire harness 1 in a shape along the routing form by fixing the wire harness 1 along the main body part 32 along the routing form by the fixing portion 42. Has been.

  Here, the fixing part 42 has a linear fastening part 44 that can be wound around the wire harness 1. More specifically, the fixing portion 42 includes a fastening portion 44 that is separate from the main body portion 32, and a fixing hole portion 46 through which the fastening portion 44 formed in the main body portion 32 can be inserted. Yes.

  The tightening portion 44 is a member that is set to a length dimension that can be wound around the outer peripheral portion of the wire harness 1 and that can adjust the peripheral length of the annular portion to tighten the wire harness 1. Here, a binding band is employed as the tightening portion 44. A binding band is a member having a locking part and a band part in which a plurality of locked parts are arranged in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of locking parts are formed in a state where the band part is deformed in an annular shape. This is a member capable of adjusting and maintaining the circumferential length of the annular portion by selectively locking with respect to the locked portion. In addition, as the tightening portion 44, various members such as a wire can be employed.

  The fixing hole 46 is formed in the interposition part 34 of the main body part 32. The fixing hole 46 is a hole that penetrates in the thickness direction of the interposition part 34 (the protruding direction of the presser part 36). The fixing hole 46 is formed in a size that allows the fastening portion 44 to be inserted.

  The fixing hole 46 is formed in one end side portion (a portion near the end opposite to the pressing portion 36) disposed inside the corrugated tube 20 in the interposition portion 34. Here, the pressing portion 36 side portion of the interposition portion 34 is a portion that is sandwiched between both end edge portions 28 that sandwich the slit of the corrugated tube 20. More specifically, the fixing hole 46 is provided at a position between the inner and outer dimensions of the corrugated tube 20 (annular convex portion or annular concave portion) with respect to at least the pressing portion 36 in the interposition portion 34. Yes. In other words, on both sides of the holding portion 36 of the interposition portion 34, the both edge portions 28 with the slit of the corrugated tube 20 sandwiched between the fastening portion 44 inserted through the fixing hole 46 and the holding portion 36 are arranged. Space that can be installed is secured (see FIG. 2).

  A plurality of fixing hole portions 46 (fixing portions 42) are provided at intervals in the extending direction of the path maintaining member 30. More specifically, the plurality of fixing hole portions 46 (fixing portions 42) are provided at positions sandwiching at least the curved portion 321 in the extending direction of the main body portion 32 (see FIG. 3). From the viewpoint of maintaining the path of the wire harness 1 in the entire extending direction of the path maintaining member 30, preferably, the fixing hole 46 (fixing part 42) is closer to both ends in the extending direction of the path maintaining member 30. It may be provided in each part.

  However, the configuration is not limited to the configuration in which the plurality of fixing portions 42 are provided at positions sandwiching the curved portion 321, and the plurality of fixing portions may be provided in the middle portion of the curved portion 321. Moreover, it is not restricted to when the path | route maintenance member 30 is a shape which has the curve part 321, The path | route maintenance member may be formed in linear form as a whole.

  And the route maintenance wire harness 10 has the route maintenance member 30 attached directly to the wire harness 1, and the wire harness 1 maintained in a form along the routing route by the route maintenance member 30 is covered with the corrugated tube 20. Configured. The path maintenance wire harness 10 is manufactured as follows.

  First, the wire harness 1 is placed along the main body portion 32 of the path maintaining member 30 (see step (a), FIG. 5 and FIG. 6). More specifically, the wire harness 1 is deformed in a form in which the interposition part 34 is protruded from the outer peripheral part of the wire harness 1 (that is, a form in which the fixing hole 46 penetrates along the circumferential direction of the wire harness 1). Let

  Next, the wire harness 1 along the main body portion 32 is fixed to the main body portion 32 by a plurality of fixing portions 42 (see step (b), FIG. 7 and FIG. 8). More specifically, the fastening portion 44 is wound around the wire harness 1 in a state where the fastening portion 44 is inserted through the fixing hole 46 of the interposition portion 34. In this state, the tightening portion 44 is tightened. Preferably, the wire harness 1 is fixed from the fixing portion 42 provided at a position close to the curved portion 321 in the extending direction of the main body portion 32 among the plurality of fixing portions 42. Thereby, the wire harness 1 is fixed along the main body part 32.

  Here, the wire harness 1 does not matter whether a plurality of constituent electric wires are bundled by tape winding or the like. That is, the wire harness 1 is fixed to the main body portion 32 and is maintained in a bundled state by being tightened by the tightening portion 44. When the constituent wires of the wire harness 1 are not bundled, a part of the interposition portion 34 (the end portion on the side opposite to the pressing portion 36) may enter between the wires.

  Next, the corrugated tube 20 is put on the outer peripheral portion of the wire harness 1 in such a form that both edge portions 28 sandwiching the slit sandwich the interposition portion 34 (step (c), see FIGS. 9 and 10). More specifically, the corrugated tube 20 is attached to the wire harness 1 fixed to the path maintaining member 30 in a form that covers the wire harness 1 and the tightening portion 44 wound around the wire harness 1. Here, both edge portions 28 sandwiching the slit of the corrugated tube 20 are disposed between the pressing portion 36 and the tightening portion 44 inserted through the fixing hole 46. That is, the both end edge portions 28 are restricted in movement by the presser portion 36 on the outer peripheral side, and are restricted in movement by the tightening portion 44 or the wire harness 1 on the inner peripheral side. Thereby, the corrugated tube 20 is also maintained in the form along the routing route of the wire harness 1.

  In FIG. 9, the example arrange | positioned in this corrugated tube 20 through the wire harness 1 from the axial direction one side of the corrugated tube 20 is shown. That is, the wire harness 1 and the tightening portion 44 are inserted into the corrugated tube 20 while the interposition portion 34 of the path maintaining member 30 is inserted into the slit of the corrugated tube 20. But as shown in FIG. 10, you may arrange | position the wire harness 1 in the corrugated tube 20 from the side through a slit.

  The path maintenance wire harness 10 is manufactured through the above steps (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The wire harness 1 of the path maintenance wire harness 10 is maintained in a form along the routing path by the path maintenance member 30 and is protected from the outside by the corrugated tube 20. Further, a portion of the wire harness 1 that is not fixed by the fixing portion 42 may be supplementarily maintained by the corrugated tube 20 that is maintained in a form along the routing route by the route maintaining member 30.

  According to the route maintenance wire harness 10, the route maintenance member 30, and the route maintenance wire harness manufacturing method according to the embodiment, the wire harness 1 is formed in an elongated shape along the routing route by the plurality of fixing portions 42. The wire harness 1 and the plurality of fixing portions 42 are covered by the corrugated tube 20 that is fixed along the main body portion 32 and has a slit. For this reason, the corrugated tube 20 can be attached to the wire harness 1 in a state where the wire harness is maintained in a form along the routing route. That is, the operation | work which attaches the member for path | route maintenance with respect to the corrugated tube 20 can be avoided, deform | transforming the wire harness 1 covered with the corrugated tube 20 into the form along a wiring path | route like the past. Thereby, the wire harness 1 can be more easily maintained in the form along the routing route.

  Moreover, since the path | route maintenance member 30 is directly fixed with respect to the wire harness 1, the precision of the attachment position with respect to the wire harness 1 of the path | route maintenance member 30 improves.

  Further, according to the configuration in which the plurality of fixing portions 42 each have the linear fastening portion 44 that winds and fastens the wire harness 1, the wire harness 1 can be bound without tape winding and more reliably. The main body 32 can be fixed.

  Further, according to the configuration in which the plurality of fixing portions 42 include the fixing hole portion 46 formed in the interposition portion 34 and the tightening portion 44 inserted through the fixing hole portion 46, using a simple configuration, The wire harness 1 can be more easily maintained in a form along the routing route.

  In addition, since the plurality of fixing portions 42 are provided at one end side portion of the interposition portion 34 that is disposed inside the corrugated tube 20, the fastening portion 44 is easily disposed inside the corrugated tube 20. It can be attached to the position.

  Further, according to the configuration in which the plurality of fixing portions 42 are provided at positions sandwiching at least the curved portion 321 in the extending direction of the main body portion 32, the portion of the wire harness 1 that is routed on the curved routing route In addition, it is possible to maintain the configuration along the routing configuration more accurately.

  Further, the main body portion 32 has an interposition portion 34 and a presser portion 36 that can be latched from the outer peripheral side with respect to both end edge portions 28 that project to both sides of the interposition portion 34 and sandwich the slit of the corrugated tube 20. According to the configuration formed in a T shape in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the extending direction, the occupied area of the main body 32 in the corrugated tube 20 can be reduced, and the occupied area of the wire harness 1 can be increased.

  In addition, the interposition part 34 determines the circumferential posture of the corrugated tube 20, the holding part 36 and the fastening part 44 of the fixing part 42 prevent the opening of the slit of the corrugated tube 20 and the internal wire harness 1. Exposure is prevented.

  So far, the example has been described in which the main body 32 of the path maintaining member 30 is formed in a T shape in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the extending direction, but the main body is formed in another shape such as an H shape in a cross sectional view. May be.

  Further, the fixing portion 42 has been described as an example constituted by the fastening portion 44 that is separate from the main body portion 32 and the fixing hole portion 46 formed in the interposition portion 34, but is not limited thereto. Absent. For example, the fixing part may be integrally molded with a main body part and a tightening part as the fixing part. That is, the fixing portion is configured such that the tightening portion extends from the side portion of the interposition portion. Further, the fixing portion may have a C-shaped fitting portion instead of the tightening portion 44. That is, the fitting portion is formed so as to be fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the wire harness, and fixes the wire harness to the main body portion 32 in the fitted state. This fitting portion may also be formed separately from the main body portion or may be formed integrally.

  As mentioned above, although the manufacturing method of the path | route maintenance wire harness 10, the path | route maintenance member 20, and the path | route maintenance wire harness was demonstrated in detail, above-described description is an illustration in all the aspects, Comprising: This invention is limited to it. Is not to be done. The various modifications described above can be applied in combination as long as they do not contradict each other. And it is understood that the countless modification which is not illustrated can be assumed without deviating from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wire harness 10 Path | route maintenance wire harness 20 Corrugated tube 28 Edge part 30 Path | route maintenance member 32 Main-body part 321 Curved part 34 Interposition part 36 Presser part 42 Fixing part 44 Fastening part

Claims (8)

A route maintenance wire harness that maintains the wire harness in a form along the routing route,
A wire harness,
A path maintaining member having a main body formed in an elongated shape along the wiring path of the wire harness, and a plurality of fixing sections that fix the wire harness along the main body;
An exterior member formed in a cylindrical shape that has a slit formed in the circumferential direction partly along the axial direction and covers the wire harness and the plurality of fixing portions;
With
The said main-body part is a path | route maintenance wire harness which has the interposition part arrange | positioned between the both-ends edge part which pinched | interposed the said slit of the said exterior member. The path maintenance wire harness according to claim 1,
Each of the plurality of fixing portions is a path maintaining wire harness having a linear tightening portion that winds and tightens the wire harness. The route maintenance wire harness according to claim 2,
The plurality of fixing portions are path maintenance wire harnesses having fixing holes formed in the interposition portions and the tightening portions inserted through the fixing holes. It is a path maintenance wire harness according to claim 3,
One end side portion of the interposition part is disposed inside the exterior member,
The fixing hole is a path maintenance wire harness provided in one end side portion of the interposition part. It is a path maintenance wire harness as described in any one of Claims 1-4,
The main body has a curved portion in at least one place in the extending direction;
The plurality of fixing portions are path maintenance wire harnesses provided at positions sandwiching at least the curved portion in the extending direction of the main body portion. The path maintenance wire harness according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The main body portion further includes a pressing portion that protrudes on both sides of the interposition portion and can be locked from the outer peripheral side with respect to both edge portions sandwiching the slit of the exterior member, and is a cross section orthogonal to the extending direction. A path maintaining wire harness that is formed in a T-shape when viewed. A path maintenance member for maintaining a wire harness covered with a cylindrical exterior member having a slit formed along an axial direction in a part of a circumferential direction, in a form along a routing path,
A main body formed in an elongated shape along the wiring path of the wire harness, having an interposable portion that can be disposed between both edge portions sandwiching the slit of the exterior member covering the wire harness;
A plurality of fixing portions capable of fixing the wire harness along the body portion;
A path maintaining member. A method of manufacturing a path maintenance wire harness that maintains a wire harness covered with a cylindrical exterior member having a slit formed along an axial direction in a part of a circumferential direction, in a form along a routing path,
(A) the step of causing the wire harness to follow the body part of the path maintaining member according to claim 7;
(B) fixing the wire harness to the main body by the plurality of fixing parts;
(C) A step of covering the outer periphery of the wire harness with the outer edge of the wire harness in a form in which both end edges sandwiching the slit sandwich the interposition part;
A method of manufacturing a path maintaining wire harness.

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