Patent ID: 6272746
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for producing a circuit body comprising the steps of:arranging in an arranging recess portion of a vacuum forming die a plurality of electric wires having a terminal portion attached to a connector, with the electric wires intervening between an upper film and a lower film, wherein said vacuum forming die has a lower face that is substantially flat and is provided with sucking holes and wherein said lower face is further provided with projecting ribs extending upwardly from the lower face, the ribs having a space therebetween used as the arranging recess portion;interposing a portion of an outer peripheral portion of the connector between the upper film and the lower film while not interposing another portion of the outer peripheral portion of the connector between the upper film and the lower film, the noninterposed portion being generally distal to the attached electric wires as compared to the interposed portion;vacuum sucking a gas through the sucking holes in the lower face of the vacuum forming die to bond the upper film and the lower film to each other and to hold an arrange shape of the electric wires; andfixing the connector between the upper and lower film.