Wire harness jigboard having a plurality of wire retaining pins detachably embedded in spaced woven screen elements

Claim 1

A wire harness jigboard comprising: a first woven screen element having a plurality of openings; a second woven screen element having a plurality of openings, said second woven screen element being spaced apart from said first woven screen element; a third woven screen element having a plurality of openings, said third woven screen element being spaced apart from and intermediate said first and second woven screen elements, said third woven screen element having a plurality of openings out of alignment with said openings in said first and second woven screen elements; securing means for maintaining the relative positioning of said first, second and third woven screen elements; a plurality of wire retaining pins detachably embedded in selected openings in said first, second and third woven screen elements, said pins defining an outline of the wire harness to be formed, each of said pins having a length greater than the spacing between said first and second woven screen elements whereby each of said pins is releasably held by the out of alignment holes in said first, second and third woven screen elements for purposes of harness assembly; a first penetrable core material positioned intermediate said first and third woven screen elements; and a second penetrable core positioned intermediate said second and third woven screen elements, said penetrable core materials being formed from expanded honeycomb structure with the holes defined therethrough extending from screen element to screen element, said pins when inserted through said screen elements tending to pass through the holes in said honeycomb structures so said honeycomb structures are not damaged thereby.