Fujikura Limited

Contec Corporation

Atsushi Hamada

Takeshi Hasegawa

Hideki Kawamura

Yasuo Takemura

Kazuya Akashi

Naoki Goshima

Moritaka Gotoh

Taketaro Doi

Kenichirou Takahashi

Yuitsu Sakuraba

Kazuo Enomoto

Hidetaka Yamazaki

A wire harness includes a flat cable having a trunk portion formed by covering a plurality of parallel electric wires with an insulating coating by integral molding, a plurality of branch portions formed by branching the trunk portion, and a joint device for connecting not less than two electric wires of the plurality of electric wires constituting the trunk portion to electrically short-circuit the branch portions. A wire harness manufacturing method includes the step of tearing an end portion of a trunk portion of a flat cable in accordance with the number of branch portions required, and cutting off unnecessary portions, thereby forming branch portions, the trunk portion being formed by covering a plurality of electric wires with an insulating coating by integral molding, the step of mounting a connector on the distal end of each branch portion, and the step of mounting a joint device on the trunk portion to electrically short-circuit not less than two electric wires of the electric wires of the trunk portion.

Wire harness and method of manufacturing the same

Terminal device for an electric connector

An electrical connector is disclosed which includes first and second connector housings for holding first and second terminals, respectively, a short-circuiting element accommodated in the first housing in electrical contact with two first terminals, a sliding element arranged on the second housing, and an urging element for urging the sliding element in a direction forward from the second housing. The first housing includes a pair of resiliently-deformable engaging arms each having an engaging protrusion. The second housing, releasably fitted to the first housing, includes a pair of first guide grooves for receiving the engaging arms. Each first guide groove has an engaging portion with which the engaging protrusion is held in engagement and a stepped wall portion formed adjacent to the front end of the second housing. The sliding element has a front tongue engageable with the short-circuiting element to disengage the same from the two first terminals. The engaging arms and the first guide grooves are constructed so that upon fitting of the connector housings, the engaging arms are resiliently deformed by the stepped wall portions to be brought into abutment with the sliding element to move the same towards the rear end of the second housing, whereas upon completion of the fitting, the engaging arms are restored to a released position where the engaging protrusions are held in engagement with the engaging portions of the first guide grooves, while permitting the sliding element to move in a direction forward from the second housing.

Electrical connector

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Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Hamada