Patent ID: 7770290

Claim:
A method of electrically connecting plural coaxial wires, comprising the steps of: preparing plural coaxial wires each having a center conductor, an inner insulator provided on an outer periphery of said center conductor, a shield provided on an outer periphery of said inner insulator, and an insulator jacket provided on an outer periphery of said shield, said plural coaxial wires being arranged in parallel so that longitudinal directions thereof are respectively matched while being integrated individually or with a common insulating jacket that functions as an insulating jacket of each coaxial wire; exposing parts of said shield in said plural coaxial wires by removing parts of said insulating jackets thereof along a predetermined direction crossing said plural coaxial wires that are arranged in parallel; placing a metal adhesive material having a shape extending along the predetermined direction and comprised of a low melting point metal on exposed portions of said shields in said plural coaxial wires along the predetermined direction; melting said metal adhesive material by irradiating said metal adhesive material with laser light; and electrically connecting exposed portions of said shields in said plural coaxial wires via a common conductive member by placing said common conductive member having at least a length capable of connecting between shields in the coaxial wires adjacent to each other via said metal adhesive material that is melted by being irradiated with the laser light on the exposed portions of said shields in said plural coaxial wires.