Patent ID: 7673383

Claim:
An apparatus in combination with a plurality of partial harnesses, the apparatus for manufacturing a complete wire harness from the plurality of partial harnesses, the apparatus in combination with the plurality of partial harnesses comprising: a first transferring unit which transfers a wire clamping bar which holds an initial one of the partial harnesses having a plurality of electric wires to a wire-harness fabricating station; an inserting unit which inserts terminals disposed at ends of the plurality of electric wires into predetermined terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined ones of a plurality of connectors set on a connector receiving jig in the wire-harness fabricating station; and wherein ensuing ones of the partial harnesses are manufactured so as to form the complete wire harness by the first transferring unit and the inserting unit, the apparatus further comprising a second transferring unit which transfers a proper connector fitted in advance to ends of predetermined ones of the electric wires of each of the partial harnesses to the connector receiving jig in the wire-harness fabricating station.