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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1995
Kazuya Akashi, Tomisato-machi, JP;
Kazuo Enomoto, Urawa, JP;
Naoki Goshima, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichirou Takahashi, Sakura, JP;
Hideki Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Hasegawa, Kuroiso, JP;
Yasuo Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Fujikura Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.