Protective, locatable sleeve and method of construction thereof

A protective sleeve assembly for protecting an electrical member and a wire harness extending therethrough, comprising:

• a semi-rigid, multi-layer tube extending longitudinally along an axis between opposite ends;
• an end cap disposed over one of said opposite ends, the end cap having an opening for receipt of the wire harness therethrough to allow assembly and disassembly of the protective sleeve assembly along the wire harness and about the electrical member;
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• the semi-rigid, multilayer tube including an inner tube and an outer tube, the inner tube being a solid, impervious, polymeric wall including a plurality of radially outwardly extending ribs extending into abutment with the outer tube to form a plurality of encapsulated chambers between the inner tube and the outer tube.

A method of constructing a protective sleeve assembly for protecting an elongate member extending therethrough, comprising:

• forming a semi-rigid, multi-layer tube extending longitudinally along an axis between opposite ends;
• providing an end cap having at least one finger that extends radially inward generally toward the axis disposed over one of the ends, with the at least one finger being resiliently flexible in opposite axial directions;
• constructing the semi-rigid, multilayer tube including an inner tube and an outer tube, and constructing the inner tube having a semi-rigid tubular polymeric, impervious wall including radially outwardly extending ribs;
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• constructing the outer tube as a textile tube disposed about the inner tube.