Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a complete wire harness from a plurality of wire harnesses have a first transferring unit, an inserting unit and a removing unit. The first transferring unit transfers a wire clamping bar, which holds a partial harness having a plurality of electric wires, to a wire-harness fabricating station. The inserting unit inserts terminals disposed at ends of the plurality of electric wires into predetermined terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined connectors set on a connector receiving jig. The removing unit removes the emptied wire clamping bar.

Abstract: A wire harness is made up of a plurality of partial harnesses. Each of the partial harnesses is arranged such that opposite end portions of a plurality of electric wires having terminals at ends thereof are retained in advance in U-shapes with predetermined intervals provided so as to correspond to a plurality of connectors into which the terminals are inserted, by a plurality of wire clamps juxtaposed at equal pitches on a wire clamping bar. The terminals at the ends of the plurality of electric wires in each of the partial harnesses are inserted into terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined connectors selected from the plurality of connectors, thereby aggregating the partial harnesses into a combined unit.

Abstract: A micrometer (1) includes an anvil (3) and a spindle (4) having a flat plate-like distal end. The anvil (3) includes a small-diameter pin (3C) of a predetermined length formed on a distal end portion of a rod-like anvil body (3A), and a detection portion (5) of a tubular shape fitted on the anvil body (3A) to be slidably moved along the anvil body (3A), a distal end of the detection portion (5) being formed into a plate-like shape, a pin insertion hole being formed in a central portion of the distal end of the detection portion (5), and the pin being inserted in the pin insertion hole. The anvil (3) further includes a dial gauge (10) which is contacted at its distal end with the detection portion (5), and indicates a plus value and a minus value in accordance with the movement of the detection portion (5).

Abstract: An end structure for a shielding wire is provided with a covering part 20 for covering an end portion 18b of a braided wire 18. In arrangement, an end 19a of an outside insulating rind 19 is positioned so as to recede from an end 18a of the braided wire 18. The covering part 20 is welded to an inside insulating rind 17 in the vicinity of the end portion 18b of the braided wire 18. Owing to the provision of the covering part 20, it is possible to prevent the braided wire 18 from being loosen from the end portion 18b.

Abstract: A wire harness is made up of a plurality of partial harnesses. Each of the partial harnesses is arranged such that opposite end portions of a plurality of electric wires having terminals at ends thereof are retained in advance in U-shapes with predetermined intervals provided so as to correspond to a plurality of connectors into which the terminals are inserted, by a plurality of wire clamps juxtaposed at equal pitches on a wire clamping bar. The terminals at the ends of the plurality of electric wires in each of the partial harnesses are inserted into terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined connectors selected from the plurality of connectors, thereby aggregating the partial harnesses into a combined unit.

Abstract: A wire harness is made up of a plurality of partial harnesses. Each of the partial harnesses is arranged such that opposite end portions of a plurality of electric wires having terminals at ends thereof are retained in advance in U-shapes with predetermined intervals provided so as to correspond to a plurality of connectors into which the terminals are inserted, by a plurality of wire clamps juxtaposed at equal pitches on a wire clamping bar. The terminals at the ends of the plurality of electric wires in each of the partial harnesses are inserted into terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined connectors selected from the plurality of connectors, thereby aggregating the partial harnesses into a combined unit.

Abstract: A wire harness and a method of and apparatus for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The present wire harness comprises a plurality of electric wires, constituting its trunk line portion and branch line portions, laid on a wiring board so as to form a desired pattern and a clamp chain, formed of a plurality of wire clamps arranged in parallel at predetermined pitches, attached to the edge portion at least at one side of the wiring board, in which the electric wires are locked to specific wire clamps of the clamp chain, and thereby, both end portions of the electric wires are arranged so as to be in parallel at predetermined pitches and projecting from the edge portion.

Abstract: Described herein is a method and an apparatus which permit terminal-carrying ends of wire units to be automatically inserted into a connector housing in a reliable manner almost irrespective of the type and size of the terminal elements to be inserted. This is attained by providing a transfer plate which is movable to a position confronting a selected one of a plurality of connector housings set on an assembling table. An assembling head is mounted on the transfer plate movably in vertical directions and also in directions toward and away from the transfer plate. A wire-embracing terminal portion and a wire portion of the wire unit are gripped by means of openable and closable paired terminal gripping pawls and wire gripping pawls which are vertically movably supported on the assembling head. The posture of the terminal element is adjusted by lowering a terminal presser plate which is vertically movably provided between the paired terminal gripping pawls.

Abstract: A wire harness and a method of and apparatus for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The present wire harness comprises a plurality of electric wires, constituting its trunk line portion and branch line portions, laid on a wiring board so as to form a desired pattern and a clamp chain, formed of a plurality of wire clamps arranged in parallel at predetermined pitches, attached to the edge portion at least at one side of the wiring board, in which the electric wires are locked to specific wire clamps of the clamp chain, and thereby, both end portions of the electric wires are arranged to as to be in parallel at predetermined pitches and projecting from the edge portion.

Abstract: A method of making specified-length wires for wire harness from continuous wires consists of the steps of: fixing a front end of the U-bent continuous wire and pulling the U-bent wire to pay out a predetermined amount thereof; and cutting the U-bent, pulled wire at a portion almost opposite to the fixed front end. An apparatus for putting the above method into practice comprises: a rotatable wire bending head for holding the front end of a continuous wire by wire clamp plates and bending the wire in a U-shape; a wire pulling head for engaging or holding the U-shaped portion and pulling it in the axial direction of the wire to pay out a predetermined amount thereof; and a cutting blade for cutting the U-bent, pulled wire at a position almost opposite to the front end.