Patent ID: 7351085

Claim:
A joint connector comprising: a joint member for electrically connecting a plurality of wires included in a wire harness to each other; a plurality of wire-side terminals; a plurality of wire-side insulation housings for holding the wire-side terminals; and joint-side insulation housings each fitted with each of the wire-side insulation housings, wherein the joint member includes: a flexible wiring member extending in one direction and having a flexibility so as to allow winding around the wire harness with a longitudinal direction of the flexible wiring member oriented in a peripheral direction of the wire harness or in a direction inclined with respect to the peripheral direction; joint-side terminals provided in a plurality of positions aligned in the longitudinal direction of the flexible wiring member and protruding outward from an edge portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the flexible wiring member to be connected to each of the wires; and a connection circuit provided in the flexible wiring member and electrically connects specific joint-side terminals of the joint-side terminals with one another, and wherein the wire-side terminals are fixed to terminals of specified wires in the wires included in the wire harness and capable of being fitted with each joint-side terminal included in the joint member, each of the wire-side terminals is fitted with a joint-side terminal of the joint member to be electrically connected to each other, in a state where the wire-side terminals held by the wire-side insulation housings and the joint-side terminals are fitted with each other, the flexible wiring member is provided to be flexible within the positions between the wire-side insulation housings, and the joint-side terminal is held in each of the joint-side insulation housings, the joint-side terminal being fitted with a wire-side terminal held by wire-side insulation housing fitted with the joint-side insulation housing.