A test apparatus detects the presence of a connector such as a body clip within a holder of a wiring harness assembly board and is configured to confirm at least one characteristic of the connector defined by a positional relationship between two features of the connector. The holder has a receiving section for receiving the connector, and first and second contact elements that are engaged by the first and second features of the connector when it is inserted in the holder. The first and second contact elements are operative to activate a signal generator. The first and second contact elements have a positional relationship corresponding to the desired characteristic of the connector and are configured such that the signal generator is only operated when the first and second contact elements are contacted simultaneously by the first and second features of the connector.

A sintering composition, consisting essentially of: a solvent; and a metal complex dissolved in the solvent, wherein: the sintering composition contains at least 60 wt. % of the metal complex, based on the total weight of the sintering composition; and the sintering composition contains at least 20 wt. % of the metal of the metal complex, based on the total weight of the sintering composition.

An adhesive tape particularly for wrapping cables comprises a textile carrier and a pressure-sensitive adhesive applied on at least one side of the carrier, where starting materials used for the textile carrier comprise fibres of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, where the fraction of the fibres is at least 50 wt % and where the fibres are staple fibres or continuous filaments or are processed to form yarns.

A multi-core cable core aligning device is composed of a temporary holding mechanism, which is configured to arrange tips of a plurality of cores exposed at one end of a multi-core cable in a row along a predetermined arranging direction, and temporarily hold each one of the plurality of cores in such a manner as to be movable along the predetermined arranging direction, a transferring mechanism, which is configured to transfer the plurality of cores one by one while separating the plurality of cores held by the temporary holding mechanism one by one from other ones of the plurality of cores, and an aligning mechanism, which is configured to align and hold the plurality of cores with a predetermined space between adjacent ones of the plurality of cores while holding the plurality of cores transferred by the transferring mechanism one by one at spaced intervals.

A resin composition, containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A); and 15 to 30 mass parts of a bromine-based flame retardant (B), 5 to 15 mass parts of antimony trioxide (C), 6 to 12 mass parts of a benzimidazole-based aging retardant (D), 2 to 4 mass parts of a phenol-based aging retardant (E), 2 to 4 mass parts of a thioether-based aging retardant (F), 0.5 to 2 mass parts of a copper inhibitor (G), and 3 to 6 mass parts of a crosslinking aid (H), with respect to 90 to 100 mass parts of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A); a vehicle wire harness; and, a method of producing a vehicle wire harness.

A wire harness includes: an electrical wire including a core wire and an insulating covering for covering the core wire; and a sheet material in which the electrical wire is disposed on a resin main surface, and a part of the main surface having contact with the electrical wire is welded to the insulating covering of the electrical wire, thereby forming an electrical wire fixing part. A thickness dimension of a first covering part in the insulating covering on a side of the electrical wire fixing part in relation to the core wire is formed smaller than a thickness dimension of a second covering part located on an opposite side of the core wire.

Systems and methods for designing and assembling form boards with attached wire routing devices for use in wire bundle assembly. The assembly method comprises: (a) establishing a coordinate system of a form board having a multiplicity of holes; (b) using a computer system to determine locations of form board devices of different types with reference to the coordinate system of the form board based on engineering data specifying a wire bundle configuration; and (c) fastening the form board devices of different types to respective holes of the form board having centers closest to respective locations determined in step (b). The form board devices may be inserted robotically or manually.

A wire harness including: an electric wire including a core wire and an insulating cover that covers the core wire; and a tube that surrounds the electric wire, wherein: the electric wire further includes a covered portion in which the core wire is covered by the insulating cover, and an exposed portion in which the core wire is exposed from the insulating cover, the exposed portion includes a bend that is bent so as to protrude in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the core wire, and the bend is provided outside of the tube.

A wire harness including: an electric wire; and a tube that surrounds the electric wire, wherein: the electric wire includes: a first electric wire portion including a core wire and an insulating cover that covers the core wire, and a second electric wire portion connected to a lengthwise end of the core wire, the second electric wire portion includes a flexible portion having a higher flexibility than the first electric wire portion, the flexible portion includes a bend that is bent so as to protrude in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the second electric wire portion, and the bend is provided outside of the tube.

Methods and apparatus for temporarily holding one end of a wire on a harness form board during automated transfer from one robot to another robot. The apparatus includes a wire holding device which is designed to facilitate the transfer of a wire end from a first end effector of a first robot to a second end effector of a second robot. The wire holding devices have different structures, but share the common feature that opening of the wire holding device (to enable wire insertion) involves applying a contact force which overcomes a spring force that urges the wire holding device to be closed. The end effectors are designed and their movements are controlled in a manner such that the moving end effector applies the contact force necessary to overcome the closure-inducing spring force being exerted.