Patent ID: 7806720

Claim:
A wire harness comprising: a wire harness main body configured with a plurality of wires; and a joint connector electrically shorting a plurality of wire terminals to one another, each of the plurality of wire terminals being respectively provided at ends of the plurality of wires included in the wire harness main body; the joint connector comprising: a joint terminal contacting each of the wire terminals, and thereby shorting the wire terminals to one another; and a connector housing internally housing and holding the joint terminal and each of the wire terminals respectively; the joint terminal comprising: a plurality of electrical contact portions aligned in a direction substantially orthogonal to an axial direction of the wires connected to the wire terminals; and a short-circuit portion extending in a direction of the alignment of the electrical contact portions, and being contiguous with each of the electrical contact portions; the connector housing comprising: an external wall surrounding a terminal chamber which is configured to house each of the wire terminals and is open to the outside; and a plurality of terminal locking tabs integrally formed with the external wall, and each locking a respective one of the wire terminals housed in the terminal chamber while maintaining contact with the joint terminal, each of the terminal locking tabs being configured to deflect between a locking position that locks each of the wire terminals and an unlocking position that unlocks each of the wire terminals, by retracting outwardly of the external wall from the locking position, wherein, the joint connector is fixed onto a peripheral surface of the wire harness main body while an outer surface of the external wall of the connector housing faces and contacts the peripheral surface of the wire harness main body, the outer surface of the external wall of the connector housing being provided with the terminal locking tabs.