Patent ID: 8202115
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A wire harness, comprising: a plurality of cables arranged in parallel; and a connector comprising a housing to which end portions of the plurality of cables are connected, wherein the housing comprises an air-tight block at a side thereof that the plurality of cables are connected, the air-tight block comprising a plurality of cable insertion holes formed in parallel through which the plurality of cables are inserted into the housing, wherein the cable insertion holes are formed to have a gap with a predetermined distance between the cables and the air-tight block, two adjacent ones of the cable insertion holes being formed to overlap with each other and to communicate with each other, wherein the air-tight block further comprises two closing parts for closing a space between the air-tight block and the cables at two places along a longitudinal direction of the cables, and for defining a part of the cable insertion hole, an insertion part into which a melting member formed of a resin is inserted without pressing the cables, and which communicates with the cable insertion hole between the closing parts, a press receiving part formed in an inner wall surface of the insertion part or the cable insertion hole, for allowing a forward end of the melting member inserted to be pressed, and an air escape opening part that opens from the cable insertion hole between the closing parts toward an outside of the air-tight block, and wherein air-tightness between the air-tight block and the cables is maintained by: a first step that the melting member is inserted into the insertion part, and the melting member is vibrated and pressed to the press receiving part so that a forward end portion of the melting member in contact with the press receiving part is melted into a melt resin, the melt resin is poured into the gap between the closing parts, and a periphery of the cables is covered with the melt resin; a second step that the air escape opening part is closed; and a third step that the melting member is pressed so as to be melted, so that the cables are pressed by the melt resin poured into the gap between the closing parts.