Patent ID: 6124548
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H01B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire harness assembly apparatus comprising:a plurality of separate wires, each said wire having at least one end, a conductive core extending continuously along each said wire from said end, a sheath surrounding the conductive core of each said wire, the sheath defining an outside diameter, a portion of each said sheath along a selected length from said end being removed for exposing said conductive core;at least one wire retaining portion having opposed parallel front and rear walls, a plurality of cavities having entrances in said front wall and extending to said rear wall, each said cavity being cross-sectionally dimensioned for receiving a section of one said wire with the sheath thereon, a sheath contact member mounted in each said cavity of said wire retaining portion and being spaced from said rear wall a distance greater than the length of the exposed conductive core at the end of the respective wires, said sheath contact members being configured for releasably engaging said sheaths and for releasably retaining said wires in the respective cavities, whereby the wires can be bound in proximity to said wire retaining portion and subsequently released from the wire retaining portion with the respective ends substantially aligned.