Impact and cut-through resistant, self-locating, multilayered textile sleeve and method of construction thereof

A wire harness assembly, comprising:

• a wire harness having a plurality of wires connected to an electrical member;
• a sleeve disposed about the plurality of wires;
• a tubular textile wall having an outer surface extending lengthwise along a central axis between opposite open ends, one of said opposite open ends being disposed about said electrical member with said tubular textile wall extending away from said electrical member to the other of said opposite open ends;
• and
• a tubular braided wall having a first region fixed to said outer surface and a second region detached from said outer surface, wherein said second region is extendible about said central axis beyond one of said opposite open ends of said tubular textile wall into engagement with said sleeve.

A method of constructing a protective member for a wire harness and electrical member fixed thereto, comprising:

• interlacing yarn to form a tubular textile wall extending between opposite open ends about a central axis;
• braiding a tubular wall;
• and
• fixing a first region of the braided tubular wall to a first portion of an outer surface of the tubular textile wall and leaving a second region of the braided tubular wall in detached relation from an underlying second portion of the outer surface, such that the first region is fixed against movement relative to the first portion, while the second region is axially collapsible relative to the second portion toward the first region, and axially extendible relative to the second portion away from the first region to allow the second region to be extended away from the tubular textile wall about the central axis.