Patent ID: 7476113

Claim:
A joint member for electrically connecting a plurality of wires included in a wire harness to each other, the joint member comprising: 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 that electrically connects specific joint-side terminals of the joint-side terminals with one another, wherein the joint-side terminals are configured so that, when connected to one or more wire side terminals, a male end of at least one of the joint-side terminals or at least one of the wire-side terminals is compatible with a female end of a respective at least one of the wire-side terminals or at least one of the joint-side terminals, the joint-side terminals are arranged in a single layer, wire-side terminals that are connected to the joint-side terminals are connected in a single layer, and respective joint-side terminals and wire-side terminals are aligned along a common longitudinal axis when connected.