Method for manufacturing a substrate-for-wiring/ wiring harness

• US 6,694,203 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2002
• Issued: 02/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: JST Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: JST Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Wada, Akio, Shimizu, Kaneyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ramesh
• Application Number:
  US10/115,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20020165632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 700/17, 700/83, 700/95, 700/96, 700/97, 700/98, 700/213, 700/115, 700/116, 298/51, 298/61, 298/53, 297/49, 292/55, 297/57, 298/66--67, 295/648, 295/644, 295/646
• US Class Current: 700/97
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2113/16 Cables, cable trees or wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/28 for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49163 with sintering of base
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49181 by deforming
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53217 Means to simultaneously assemble multiple, independent conductors to terminal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53252 Means to simultaneously fasten three or more parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53843 Tube, sleeve, or ferrule inserting or removing

Abstract

Method for manufacturing a wiring harness or a substrate for wiring wherein the wiring diagram applied to the substrate is based on the wiring harness information. Entities representing connectors, binding parts, and wiring length information of wirings are input. The wiring arrangement diagram includes lines that correspond to the wirings and do not have a length corresponding to actual length of the wirings. The wiring harness is made using the information including total length of wiring between each of the connectors, harness information generated based on the entities, and the length information of the desired wiring arrangement. Alternatively, the wiring harness information is used to draw a wiring diagram for fixing on the substrate.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a substrate for wiring, comprising the steps of:

preparing the substrate,

directly drawing a wiring diagram in actual size on the substrate, or fixing a sheet illustrating the wiring diagram in actual size on the substrate,

disposing a supporting member for wiring at least a position of locating a binding part in the wiring diagram,

wherein said wiring diagram is drawn by using harness information generated by the following steps,

inputting entities representing connectors, binding parts, wiring length information of the wirings from an input device,

inputting a desired wiring arrangement from the input device by referring to a wiring arrangement diagram generated based on the entities and the length information and displayed on the display device, wherein said wiring arrangement diagram includes lines that correspond to the wirings and do not have a length corresponding to actual length of the wirings, and

generating the harness information based on the entities and the length information of the desired wiring arrangement.

2. A method for manufacturing a wiring harness in accordance with claim 1,

wherein the wiring harness information is generated by additionally considering a connection information inputted from an apparatus for designing circuits.

3. A method for manufacturing a wiring harness using a computer having an input device and a display device, comprising steps of:

inputting entities representing connectors, binding parts, wirings length information of wiring from the input device,

inputting a desired arrangement from the input device by referring to a wiring arrangement diagram generated based on the entities and the length information and displayed on the display device, wherein said wiring arrangement diagram includes lines that correspond to the wirings and do not have a length corresponding to actual length of the wirings, and

making the wiring harness using information including a total length of wiring between each of the connectors, the harness information being generated based on the entities and the length information of the desired wiring arrangement.

4. A method for manufacturing a wiring harness in accordance with claim 3,

wherein the wiring harness information is generated by additionally considering a connection information inputted from an apparatus for designing circuits.