Wire harness and method of manufacturing the same
First Claim
1. A wire harness for an appliance, the appliance including a combination of a normally installed electrical equipment and at least one electrical system selected from a plurality of selectable electrical systems, said wire harness comprising:
- a common circuit, andat least one dedicated circuit selected from a plurality of dedicated circuits configured for respective selectable electrical systems,wherein said common circuit includes a circuit group of a power source circuit, a grounding circuit and a signal circuit associated with normally installed electrical equipment and each of said dedicated circuits includes a circuit group of a power source circuit, a grounding circuit and a system signal circuit associated with one of the selectable electrical systems, and wherein said common circuit and the dedicated circuits of the selected electrical systems are detachably joined to each other via a branch connector.
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Abstract
A wire harness for an appliance containing a combination of selectable electrical systems is separated into a common circuit which is always provided independently of presence or absence of the selectable electrical systems, and dedicated circuits one for each of the selectable electrical systems, the common circuit and the dedicated circuits of the selected electrical systems are detachably joined to each other via a branch connector to form the wire harness whereby simple production control and high production efficiency are assured and changes in production or design can be readily dealt with in the production of a wire harness.
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15 Claims
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1. A wire harness for an appliance, the appliance including a combination of a normally installed electrical equipment and at least one electrical system selected from a plurality of selectable electrical systems, said wire harness comprising:
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a common circuit, and at least one dedicated circuit selected from a plurality of dedicated circuits configured for respective selectable electrical systems, wherein said common circuit includes a circuit group of a power source circuit, a grounding circuit and a signal circuit associated with normally installed electrical equipment and each of said dedicated circuits includes a circuit group of a power source circuit, a grounding circuit and a system signal circuit associated with one of the selectable electrical systems, and wherein said common circuit and the dedicated circuits of the selected electrical systems are detachably joined to each other via a branch connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of manufacturing a wire harness for an appliance whose circuit differs depending on a combination of selectable electrical systems, said method comprising the steps of:
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separately forming a common circuit by forming a circuit group of a power source circuit, a grounding circuit and a signal circuit associated with normally installed electrical equipments, and each of dedicated circuits by forming a circuit group of a power source circuit, a grounding circuit and a system signal circuit associated with one of the selectable electrical systems, each of said dedicated circuits being configured according to a respective selectable electrical system; and detachably joining said common circuit to said dedicated circuits of the selected electrical systems using at least one branch connector. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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