Patent ID: 7028401

Claim:
A method of connecting a junction box and wire harness comprising: providing an electrically conductive material in a form of strips arranged in parallel in a Y-axis direction on one surface of an insulator board; stripping insulation from one end of each of a plurality of electrical wires such that each wire includes a first end having an exposed core and a second end having a terminal; arranging groups of electrical wires aligned in a X-axis direction on another surface of the insulator board, the electrical wires being oriented so as to cross the strips; connecting the exposed cores to the strips through windows provided in the insulator board to form a circuit assembly by individually and separately welding the exposed core of each wire to a respective strip such that the wires are fixedly attached to the circuit assembly by the welded exposed cores and the terminals of the wires are flexibly unattached; gathering the wires to be connected to same connectors and inserting the terminals of the wires into the connectors so as to form multiple wire harnesses after the exposed cores are connected to the strips; and installing the circuit assembly into a case structure that comprises upper and lower case portions and orifices located on sides of the case structure, whereby the multiple wire harnesses and the connectors connected thereto extend outward and away from the case structure through the orifices located on the sides of the case structure.