METHOD OF FABRICATING A PRECONTOURED UNITIZED ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS

摘要

A wiring harness comprised of a plurality of conductive wires each encased in a tubular nonconductive thermoplastic sheath and placed in side-by-side alignment, the plurality of conductive wires being precontoured and restrained in such condition by a plurality of transverse hinges formed from said thermoplastic sheathing and interconnecting adjacent wires of said harness. The unitized harness is employed in a wiring system particularly useful in an automotive vehicle; the system has connective blocks for joining the extremeties of said wires with an energy source or for switching purposes, each of said blocks being characterized by contacts effective to penetrate the wire sheathing and make contact with the conductive element, each of said contacts having a portion for receiving remote conductors by simple insertion.