Inspection method and an inspection apparatus for a temporarily bundled circuit of a wire harness

An inspection apparatus for at least one temporarily bundled plurality of wires wherein each of said wires is connected to a wire connector at one end and is provided with a terminal at its other end, said inspection apparatus comprising

• at least one wire-receiving unit for receiving said wires;
• a gate electrode at one end of each said wire-receiving unit through which said wire is adapted to pass, each said terminal on said wires adapted to contact said gate electrode as each of said wires is withdrawn from said wire-receiving unit in a downstream direction;
• an inspection connector detachably coupled to said wire connector;
• and
• a detector electrically connecting said inspection connector to each said gate electrode to sense each electrical communication between said inspection connector and each said gate electrode.

An inspection method for a temporarily bundled circuit of a wire harness in which each wire is connected to a connector at one end and is provided with a terminal at the other end, said inspection method comprising

• detachably coupling said connector to an inspection connector;
• connecting each of said terminals to each of said wires and passing said wires through a gate electrode unit which is connected through a detector to said inspection connector;
• and
• sensing each electrical communication caused by each contact between each of said terminals and said gate electrode unit when said terminals pass through said unit.