EP 0168141 A3 19870513 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING TERMINATED WIRES INTO ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS TO FORM HARNESSES
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING TERMINATED WIRES INTO ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS TO FORM HARNESSES
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8412827 A 19840518
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0168141A2] Insulated conductor wire (11) is fed in predetermined lengths in a "Y" direction to a cutter (42) adjacent a termination station defined by a connector nest (21) mounted on an "X' axis displaceable table (25) in turn supported on a "Y" axis displaceable table (26). A wire insertion blade (33) movable in a "Z" direction to alternate depths of insertion, terminates each cut wire end in an insulation displacement terminal in a connector (24) positioned in the nest (21) with the terminal receiving slot (31) at the termination station. The terminals are arranged in spaced relation along two tiered rows (30, 37) of terminal slots (31) with adjacent slots (31) in each row interspaced by a slot (31) in the other row, whereby each terminal has a unique location in the "X" direction. Following the insertion of a wire in the first terminal slot (31) in the upper row (3), the "X" table is stepped one terminal slot (31) and the "Y" table is stepped one terminal slot (31) and the "Y" table is shifted to align the next adjacent slot (31) in the lower row (37) at the insertion station, and so on, the "X" table being shifted stepwise in a forward direction only, to carry terminated wires clear of the insertion station, and the "Y" table being shifted to-and-fro successively to align the upper and lower tiers (30, 37) of terminal slots (31) at the insertion station.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01R 43/01 (2006.01); H01R 43/28 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01R 43/01 (2013.01); H01R 43/28 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 4043017 A 19770823 - FOLK KENNETH FOSTER, et al
- [A] EP 0063908 A1 19821103 - AMP INC [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB IT LI NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0168141 A2 19860115; EP 0168141 A3 19870513; EP 0168141 B1 19891025; DE 3573966 D1 19891130; GB 8412827 D0 19840627
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 85303462 A 19850517; DE 3573966 T 19850517; GB 8412827 A 19840518