Wiring material and method for manufacturing the same

A method for manufacturing a wiring material comprising a plurality of flat cables, end portions of the flat cables being connected to a common connector, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming, in the end portions of the respective conductors of the flat cables, terminal fixing portions smaller in width than main body portions of the respective conductors;
• superimposing the plurality of flat cables on top of one another in such a manner that the terminal fixing portions thereof are shifted in position from one another and are thereby arranged at a given pitch;
• and,
• inserting and fixing the connecting terminals to a common connector housing in such a manner that said connecting terminals are arranged at said pitch.

A wiring material, comprising:

• a first flat cable including a plurality of rectangular conductors arranged in the width direction thereof at a given pitch, the outer peripheries of the rectangular conductors being covered with an insulating body;
• a second flat cable including a plurality of rectangular conductors, the outer peripheries of the rectangular conductors being covered with an insulating body,
• wherein
• the second flat cable is superimposed on the first flat cable in such a manner that at least one of the rectangular conductors of the second flat cable is superimposed on top of any one of the rectangular conductors of the first flat cable in the thickness direction thereof, and
• the end portions of mutually superimposed rectangular conductors of the first and second flat cables are connected to a common terminal.