CN216413478U

CN216413478U - Automatic crimping device of connector

Info

Publication number: CN216413478U
Application number: CN202122335810.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 盛佳伟; 肖治祥; 朱涛
Original assignee: Wuhan Jingce Electronic Group Co Ltd; Suzhou Hirose Opto Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuhan Jingce Electronic Group Co Ltd; Suzhou Hirose Opto Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-26
Filing date: 2021-09-26
Publication date: 2022-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-26

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic crimping device of a connector, which can be applied to automatic crimping of a butt-joint connector; including first plummer, second plummer, image subassembly and X to motion, Y to motion, Z to motion and theta axle motion, wherein first plummer is used for placing the crimping piece, and the second plummer is used for placing the piece of waiting to press, and the image subassembly is used for observing the crimping piece and waits to press the counterpoint relation between the piece, is convenient for adjust the relative position relation of crimping piece and the piece of waiting to press in X, Y, Z and theta directions, makes the crimping piece and the piece of waiting to press accomplish to adjust to well the crimping. The automatic crimping device of the connector is high in alignment precision, can meet the alignment requirement under the condition that the pin pitch on the connecting piece is small, avoids using other connecting wires for transitional connection, saves working procedures and manpower, and improves the connection stability.

Description

Automatic crimping device of connector

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automatic manufacturing, and particularly relates to an automatic crimping device of a connector.

Background

In the production, manufacture and use of electronic products and the connection of electronic parts, the use of connectors is indispensable. The crimping of the connector is generally accomplished by securing the two parts in two opposing fixtures, aligned with each other. For the connecting terminal with more pins, the requirement on the alignment precision of the position is high during automatic crimping, because the pins are more, the distance of the pins is very small, the pins and the corresponding connecting holes are interfered by a slight error, and even the connecting piece is damaged under the action of the crimping force.

In the burn-in and read-back of the display panel, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) on the display panel needs to be connected with a Flexible Circuit Board (FPC) for information transmission to light the panel, because of a plurality of signal lines, a connector has a plurality of pins and is dense, and a Flexible Flat Cable (FFC) is generally used as an intermediate connector for transitional connection, which increases the plugging and pulling work of the FFC, increases the labor cost and time, and because the FFC is made of a Flexible material and the heights of two sides of a pressing head cannot be guaranteed to be on the same horizontal line in the pressing-down process, the connection signal transmission attenuation between the FFC and the FPC is unstable, which causes the burn-in and read-back failure.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide an automatic crimping apparatus for a connector with high crimping accuracy.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention aims to: the automatic crimping device can meet the requirement of alignment precision, and realizes automatic alignment crimping of the connector.

In order to realize the purpose of the utility model, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides an automatic crimping device of connector, includes first plummer, second plummer, image subassembly and X to motion, Y to motion, Z to motion and theta axle motion, first plummer is used for placing the crimping piece, the second plummer is used for placing the piece of waiting to crimp, the image subassembly is used for observing the crimping piece and waits to crimp between the relation of counterpointing, X to motion, Y to motion, Z to motion and theta axle motion according to the feedback signal of image subassembly adjusts the relative position relation of crimping piece and waiting to crimp piece in X, Y, Z and theta direction respectively, makes the crimping piece and waiting to crimp piece accomplish to adjust the crimping.

The first bearing table is connected with the Y-direction movement mechanism, the Z-direction movement mechanism and the theta-axis movement mechanism and is arranged on the X-direction movement mechanism to realize X, Y, Z and theta-direction movement.

During operation, the piece to be crimped is placed on the second bearing table, the crimping piece is placed on the first bearing table, the image assembly shoots and images the crimping piece and the mutual position of the piece to be crimped, the X-direction movement mechanism on the working table, the Y-direction movement mechanism on the machine base and the theta-axis movement mechanism adjust positions according to imaging results, the crimping piece and the piece to be crimped are enabled to be completely opposite, and the Z-direction movement mechanism enables the crimping piece to move towards the direction of the piece to be crimped after receiving signals completely opposite to the Z-direction movement mechanism, so that crimping is completed. By means of the real-time feedback of the position information of the image assembly, the relative positions of the crimping piece and the piece to be crimped are convenient to adjust, the position alignment precision of the crimping piece and the piece to be crimped is improved, and the automatic crimping of the crimping piece which is high in alignment requirement, small in size and small in pin interval is realized.

The Y-direction movement mechanism comprises a first guide rail arranged on the base and a first sliding block moving along the first guide rail; the Z-direction movement mechanism comprises a second guide rail arranged on the first slide block and a second slide block moving along the second guide rail, the theta-axis movement mechanism is a rotary table connected to the second slide block through a bearing, the first bearing table is arranged on the rotary table, and the machine base is arranged on the slide block of the X-direction movement mechanism. The four-axis movement of the crimping piece is realized by the guide rail assembly and the turntable which are connected.

Be equipped with on the first slider to the mounting panel that the workstation extends, the image subassembly connect in on the mounting panel, the mounting panel only carries out Y along with first slider to the motion, and does not carry out Z to the motion, has reduced the dead weight of Z to the motion, improves the motion accuracy, and has kept the stability of Z to the motion in-process image picture.

The image assembly comprises a camera and a plurality of connecting plates which are connected in sequence, X, Y-direction installation positions of the camera are adjusted by adjusting the connection positions among the connecting plates, for example, the connecting plates are vertically arranged, and in practice, X-direction and Y-direction installation positions of the camera relative to the installation plate can be adjusted by matching of a waist-shaped hole and threaded connection.

The camera through first even board install in on the mounting panel, be equipped with the orientation on the first board the boss of mounting panel upper surface, the mounting panel corresponds the position and is equipped with and holds the recess of boss, image subassembly and mounting panel installation location are convenient, have improved image subassembly's installation stability.

Be equipped with a set of positioning fixture on the second plummer, positioning fixture along X to sliding connection in on the second plummer, can treat the position of crimping piece on the workstation and fix a position, prevent to shift at the counterpoint in-process.

The pressing connection piece is an FPC, the to-be-pressed connection piece is a PCB, and the probe pressing head on the FPC is connected with piano keys on the PCB in a pressing mode and then electrified to achieve burning read-back of the display panel. The automatic crimping device has high alignment accuracy in the crimping process, so that the automatic crimping of burn-in and read-back of the display panel can be realized, and the FFC is not needed to be used as intermediate conduction, so that the labor is saved, and the working efficiency is improved; regard as the connector with probe pressure head and piano key, the probe has the resilience volume, can guarantee that every probe homoenergetic contacts the piano apron, has increased holistic stability, has improved work efficiency.

The FPC is detachably mounted on the first bearing table, and in the burn-in read-back test of the display panel, the display panel is tested by using the same FPC, so that the clamping process of the FPC is avoided, and the replacement of a new FPC after multiple times of compression joint damage is facilitated.

The second bearing platform is a lamp box and is used for providing a light source for the display panel in the burning and reading process.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

1. through setting up the image subassembly, to the crimping piece with treat that the concrete position of crimping piece images, the motion of being convenient for corrects relative position between them according to the image, makes it coincide completely, improves and adjusts the precision well, realizes automatic crimping.

2. The direct butt joint of the PCB and the FPC in the burn-in and read-back of the display panel is realized, and the FFC is prevented from being used as an intermediate connecting piece, so that the phenomenon that the burn-in and read-back fails due to unstable transmission attenuation of a connecting signal between the FFC and the FPC is avoided, the plugging process of the FFC is saved, the labor is saved, and the working efficiency is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a left side view of an automatic crimping apparatus of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the image assembly of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a top view of the table of fig. 1.

Reference numerals: 100-a first bearing table, 11-a first guide rail, 12-a first sliding block, 121-a mounting plate, 13-a first motor, 21-a second guide rail, 22-a second sliding block, 23-a second motor, 31-a turntable, 32-a third motor, 4-FPC, 41-a probe pressure head, 5-an image component, 51-a first connecting plate, 510-a first connecting hole, 52-a second connecting plate, 520-a second connecting hole, 53-a third connecting plate, 54-a camera, 6-PCB, 61-piano keys, 200-a second bearing table, 201-a positioning clamp and 300-a machine base.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the specific embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The first embodiment is as follows:

the following description will be given by taking the compression joint of the probe pressure head on the FPC and the piano cover plate on the PCB in the burn-in and read-back of the display panel test as an example, wherein the compression joint member is the FPC4, and the member to be compressed is the PCB 6.

The automatic press-connection device of the connector shown in fig. 1 includes a first carrier 100 connected with an FPC4, a second carrier 200 on which a PCB6 is placed, and a base 300 mounted on an X-direction movement mechanism (not shown), wherein the base 300 is provided with a Y-direction movement mechanism, a Z-direction movement mechanism, and a θ -axis movement mechanism connected in sequence. In this embodiment, the FPC4 is detachably mounted on the first carrier 100, and a clamping process is avoided during testing. In other crimping assembly work, the clamping of the crimping piece can be performed by using a suction cup or a clamping jaw.

Specifically, the Y-direction moving mechanism includes a first guide rail 11 mounted on the base 300 and a first sliding block 12 moving along the first guide rail 11, the first sliding block 12 is driven by a first motor 13, and the first motor 13 is mounted on the base 300.

The Z-direction moving mechanism includes a second guide rail 21 mounted on the first slider 12 and a second slider 22 moving along the second guide rail 21, the second slider 22 is driven by a second motor 23, and the second motor 23 is mounted on the first slider 12.

The theta axis movement mechanism is a rotating disc 31 connected to the second sliding block 22 through a bearing, the rotating disc 31 is driven by a third motor 32, the third motor 32 is installed on the second sliding block 22, and the first bearing table 100 is installed on the rotating disc 31.

The second carrier 200 is located below the turntable 31. The X, Y and theta three-axis motion of the first bearing table 100 is used for moving the position of the FPC4, so that the probe pressing heads 41 on the FPC4 are aligned with the piano keys 61 on the PCB6, and the Z-axis motion completes the compression joint.

In the present embodiment, the first carriage 100 realizes X, Y, Z, θ four-axis motion. In another embodiment, the machine base 100 and the work table 200 may be configured to have respective axis moving mechanisms according to installation space, and may be configured to perform 4-axis movement together.

In this embodiment, the first slider 12 is provided with an attachment plate 121 extending toward the table 200, and the image module 5 is connected to the attachment plate 121 and can move in the Y direction along with the first slider 12, so that the FPC4 is always in the field of view of the image module 5. In another embodiment, the image component 5 may also be independently arranged, and real-time photographing may be achieved.

As shown in fig. 2, the image assembly 5 includes a camera 54, and a first connecting plate 51, a second connecting plate 52 and a third connecting plate 53 connected in sequence, the camera 54 is mounted on the third connecting plate 53, the first connecting plate 51 is mounted on the mounting plate 121, the first connecting plate 51 and the second connecting plate 52 are vertically disposed, and the X, Y-direction mounting position of the camera 54 is adjusted by adjusting the connecting position of the first connecting plate 51 on the mounting plate 121 and the connecting position of the third connecting plate 53 on the second connecting plate 52. In this embodiment, the first link plate 51, the second link plate 52, the third link plate 53 and the mounting plate 121 are all connected through threads, the first link plate 51 is provided with a first connecting hole 510 for connecting the mounting plate 121, the second link plate 52 is provided with a second connecting hole 520 for connecting the third link plate 53, and the first connecting hole 510 and the second connecting hole 520 are all kidney-shaped holes. The position of the camera 54 is adjusted by adjusting the mounting position of the screw on the waist-shaped hole, so that the camera 54 can shoot clear images. In other embodiments, the position of the camera 54 may be adjusted by other motion mechanisms such as cylinders, rails, linkages, and the like.

Combine fig. 1 and fig. 2 to show, be equipped with the boss towards mounting panel 121 upper surface on the first even board 51, mounting panel 121 corresponds the position and is equipped with and holds the recess of boss, during installation image subassembly 5, arrange the boss on first even board 51 in the recess on mounting panel 121, the screw passes first connecting hole 510 and carries out the lock and pay fixedly, and boss and recess design make the installation location of image subassembly and mounting panel convenient, have improved the installation stability of image subassembly 5.

As shown in fig. 3, a set of positioning fixtures 201 is disposed on the second stage 200, and the positioning fixtures 201 are slidably connected to the second stage 200 along the X direction.

During work, the display panel and the PCB6 are placed on the second bearing platform 200 manually or by a manipulator, the positioning clamp 201 is adjusted to clamp the PCB6 on the display panel, and the piano keys 61 are fixed in position on the second bearing platform 200; the first bearing table 100 enables the piano keys 61 and the probe pressing heads 41 to appear in the visual field of the camera 54 under the driving of the X-direction and Y-direction motion mechanisms, the crimping device drives the piano keys 61 and the probe pressing heads 41 to move in the X-direction, the Y-direction and the theta-axis according to the shot images, so that the piano keys 61 and the probe pressing heads 41 are completely aligned, then the Z-direction motion mechanisms are started to complete crimping, and the burning and reading back of the display panel are realized after power-on. In the present embodiment, to realize the burn-in and read-back of the display panel, the second bearing platform 200 is a light box for providing a light source for the display panel.

The automatic crimping device of the connector provided by the utility model can also be used for crimping other connectors.

The automatic crimping device for connector provided by the present invention is described in detail above, and the structure and the operation principle of the present invention are explained by applying specific examples, and the above description of the embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, it is possible to make various improvements and modifications to the present invention without departing from the principle of the present invention, and those improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic crimping device of a connector comprises a first bearing table (100) and a second bearing table (200), wherein the first bearing table (100) is used for placing a crimping piece, the second bearing table (200) is used for placing a piece to be crimped, and the automatic crimping device is characterized by further comprising an image component (5) for observing the alignment relation between the crimping piece and the piece to be crimped, and an X-direction moving mechanism, a Y-direction moving mechanism, a Z-direction moving mechanism and a theta-axis moving mechanism, wherein the X-direction moving mechanism, the Y-direction moving mechanism, the Z-direction moving mechanism and the theta-axis moving mechanism respectively adjust the relative position relation of the crimping piece and the piece to be crimped in X, Y, Z and theta directions according to a feedback signal of the image component (5), so that the crimping piece and the piece to be crimped are aligned and crimped.

2. The automatic crimping device of a connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the first carrier (100) is connected to a Y-axis movement mechanism, a Z-axis movement mechanism and a theta-axis movement mechanism, and is mounted on the X-axis movement mechanism to realize X, Y, Z and theta movements.

3. The automatic crimping device of a connector according to claim 2, characterized in that the Y-direction moving mechanism includes a first guide rail (11) mounted on a housing (300) and a first slider (12) moving along the first guide rail (11); the Z-direction movement mechanism comprises a second guide rail (21) installed on the first sliding block (12) and a second sliding block (22) moving along the second guide rail (21), the theta-axis movement mechanism is a rotating disc (31) connected to the second sliding block (22) through a bearing, the first bearing table (100) is installed on the rotating disc (31), and the machine base (300) is installed on a sliding block of the X-direction movement mechanism.

4. The automatic crimping device of a connector according to claim 3, wherein a mounting plate (121) extending toward the second stage (200) is provided on the first slider (12), and the image module (5) is attached to the mounting plate (121).

5. The automatic crimping device of a connector according to claim 4, characterized in that the image component (5) comprises a camera (54) and a plurality of connecting plates connected in sequence, and the X, Y-direction installation position of the camera (54) is adjusted by adjusting the connection position between the connecting plates.

6. The automatic crimping device of a connector according to claim 5, characterized in that the camera (54) is mounted on the mounting plate (121) through a first connecting plate (51), the first connecting plate (51) is provided with a boss facing the upper surface of the mounting plate (121), and the mounting plate (121) is provided with a groove for accommodating the boss at a corresponding position.

7. The automatic crimping device of the connector according to claim 1, characterized in that a set of positioning clamps (201) is provided on the second carrying stage (200), and the positioning clamps (201) are slidably connected to the second carrying stage (200) along the X-direction.

8. The automatic crimping device of connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the crimping piece is FPC (4), the piece to be crimped is PCB (6), and the burn-in read-back of the display panel is realized by electrifying after the probe pressure head (41) on the FPC (4) is crimped with the piano keys (61) on the PCB (6).

9. Automatic crimping device of connectors according to claim 8, characterized in that said FPC (4) is removably mounted on said first carrier (100).

10. The automatic crimping device of connector according to claim 8, characterized in that the second carrying stage (200) is a light box for providing a light source for the display panel.