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US 6,071,446 AGranted
Method for centering wire harness in mold
AssigneeLear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
InventorsTimothy F. O'Brien, Joseph J. Davis, Jr., Jeffrey A. Branch
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Abstract
A mold for forming a wire harness includes a trough having a concave surface. A plurality of wire supports extend into the trough for supporting a plurality of wires in the trough and spacing the wires away from the concave surface. A polymer sheath material is introduced into the trough, thereby encasing the wires.
Claims16
A method for assembling a wire harness including the steps of:
- a) routing a plurality of wires in a trough of a mold;
- b) generally centering said plurality of wires in said trough, and securing a wire bundler to said plurality of wires, said bundler disposed between a concave surface of said trough and said plurality of wires, said bundler including a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections;
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- c) introducing a polymer in said trough around said plurality of wires, said polymer flowing adjacent said bundler between said radial projections.
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A method for assembling a wire harness including the steps of:
- routing a plurality of wires in a trough of a mold,
- generally centering said plurality of wires in said trough;
- supporting said plurality of wires on at least one mold cut extending radially inwardly from a concave surface of said trough;
- forming said mold cut in a continuous spiral;
- and
- introducing a polymer in said trough around said plurality of wires, wherein said polymer is introduced adjacent said spiral mold cut, said polymer flowing to said trough via a port adjacent said spiral mold cut.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.