Patent 7293972 was granted and assigned to Yazaki on November, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The mold for molding an electric wire protection cap includes an outer mold and an inner mold for forming a cap body of the electric wire protection cap, the inner mold including a first mold member and a second mold member, the first mold member including a projecting wall and a shaft, the second mold member including a notch for fitting the projecting wall thereinto and a hole for passing the shaft therethrough, wherein a gap for forming a locking lance is formed between an end surface of the projecting wall and an end surface of the notch, the second mold member can come off along the shaft, and the first mold member is rotatable around the shaft.