WIRE HARNESS WIRE END PROTECTION METHOD

A bent portion of electric wires is protected at a high versatility by a protective member having a simple shape. A wire end of a wire harness is protected. The wire harness includes a wire bundle and a connector connected therewith. The wire bundle includes the wire end, and the wire end includes a bent portion and faces the connector . First, a sheet member is folded perpendicularly to a wire lead-out surface of the connector , thereby forming, concurrently, counter sides facing the wire lead-out surface , side surface covering portions, and a tip end protection portion . Next, the side surface covering portions are folded along a top protection portion formation portion , thereby forming, concurrently, side surface protection portions , a top protection portion and an extending portion . Next, a wire end protection portion is secured, with a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or the like, to a wire bundle portion while the relative position of the counter sides with respect to the wire lead-out surface is maintained. The wire end protection portion is secured only to the wire bundle portion, but is not secured to the connector