Wire harness bundling method
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsNoriyasu Shima, Nobuyoshi Ohtani, Haruhiro Mutoh
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Abstract
One or more specific wires is placed at the middle of the wire harness cross section with double-sided adhesive tape between the specific wires and the other wires surrounding these core wires. One side of the double-sided adhesive tape adheres to these core wires while the other side adheres to the other wires surrounding the core wires. The double-sided adhesive tape thus positions and holds both the selected core wires and the surrounding other wires. A single-sided adhesive tape can be also used.
Claims15
A wire harness bundling method for making a wire harness of plural electrical wires bundled together by a binding material such that at least one specific wire is positioned at a cross sectional center of the bundle of wires, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing wires other than said specific wires in a wire holder projecting from a wire harness assembly stand;
- (b) wrapping said specific wire with a first binding means having opposite surfaces with adhesive characteristics for binding said specific wire;
- (c) placing the wrapped specific wire in said wire holder on top of the other wires so that the outside surface of said first binding means is attached to wires other than said specific wire;
- (d) moving other wires not attached to said first binding means to top and sides of said specific wire to envelope said specific wire on all sides;
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- (e) applying a second binding means for binding said electrical wires with said bound specific wire positioned at a cross sectional center of the bundle of wires.
A wire harness bundling method for making a wire harness of plural electrical wires bundled together by a binding material such that at least one specific wire is positioned at a cross sectional center of the bundle of wires, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing wires other than said specific wires in a wire holder projecting from a wire harness assembly stand;
- (b) applying a first binding means having opposite surfaces with adhesive characteristics on top of said other wires so that the bottom surface of said first binding means is attached to said other wires;
- (c) placing said specific wire on top of said first binding means;
- (d) wrapping said specific wire by said first binding means and, moving other wires not attached to said first binding means to top and sides of said specific wire to envelope said specific wire on all sides;
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- (e) applying a second binding means for binding said electrical wires with said bound specific wire positioned at a cross sectional center of the bundle of wires.
A wire harness bundling method for making a wire harness of plural electrical wires bundled together by a binding material such that at least one specific wire is positioned at a cross sectional center of the bundle of wires, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing wires including said specific wires in a wire holder projecting from a wire harness assembly stand;
- (b) wrapping said specific wire with one end portion of a binding sheet having opposite surfaces with adhesive characteristics for binding said specific wire;
- (c) rolling said binding sheet with wires other than said specific wires captured in a space between inside rolled binding sheet and outside rolled binding sheet to place said bound specific wire at a cross sectional center of the bundle of wires;
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- (d) firmly attaching an end edge of said binding sheet to the rolled binding sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.