Patent ID: 6230404
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for producing a flat wiring harness, comprising:providing a plurality of wire supplies, each said supply having a wire;feeding the wires substantially in parallel with each other from the supplies to a connector connecting unit;lifting the wires by a wire lifting device downstream from the connector connecting unit;setting at least one connector under the wires in the connector connecting unit while the wires are lifted;connecting the respective wires with a connector set in the connector connecting unit;moving the connector parallel to the wires connected thereto to a connector fixing unit such that the wires are substantially linearly arranged and substantially in parallel with each other in a single plane;providing a wire length adjusting tool having a plurality of steps, the steps being offset from one another by uniform distances selected to enable said wires to be bent through a curve in a plane such that the wires are substantially parallel through the curve;moving the wire length adjusting tool against the wires such that the steps engage different respective wires and such that a single movement of the wire length adjusting tool sets different loosened lengths for the respective wires;lowering the wires lifted by the wire lifting device after the loosened lengths of the wires are set bv the wire length adjusting tool;connecting the wires with a second connector set in the connector connecting unit; andcutting the wires upstream of the second connector.