Patent ID: 8921696

Claim:
A wiring harness comprising: a plurality of insulated wires whose conductors are partly exposed; and one of a metal leaf and a metal wire, with which the exposed conductors are bound, wherein: the conductors including elemental wires have a first joining portion where the elemental wires are joined together, the conductors including the elemental wires have a second joining portion where the elemental wires and one of the metal leaf and the metal wire are joined together, the first and the second joining portions being inside the one of the metal leaf and the metal wire which is wound around the first and second joining portions, the one of the metal leaf and the metal wire is made from one of a same metal as or alloy of a same metal from which the elemental wires of the conductors are made, and both (i) the first joining portion and (ii) the second joining portion are joined together at the same time by one of ultrasonic welding and resistance welding.