JP6024627B2 - Wire array tool with connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector-equipped wire arrangement tool used for arranging a plurality of connector-attached wires on a rod-shaped member.

  Wire harnesses mounted on vehicles such as automobiles often include a plurality of electric wires with connectors. The electric wire with connector includes an electric wire and a connector connected to an end portion of the electric wire. The electric wire in the electric wire with connector is usually an electric wire with terminal having a terminal connected to the end. When the terminal of the electric wire with terminal is inserted into the cavity of the connector, the electric wire with connector is manufactured.

  In the assembly process of the connector-attached electric wire, the plurality of connector-attached electric wires are grouped together for each of the objects to be assembled in each of the plurality of unit processes, and transferred to the next process. In that case, the electric wire group with a connector for every unit process is put together by arranging on a rod-shaped electric wire holding member.

  The electric wire holding member is a rod-shaped member in which a plurality of electric wire holding portions that hold the ends of the electric wire portions of the electric wires with connectors are formed in a line. The electric wire holding bar shown in Patent Document 1 is an example of an electric wire holding member.

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  Conventionally, in the assembly process of the electric wire with connector, both end portions of the electric wire portion in each electric wire with connector are sequentially set in each electric wire holding portion in the electric wire holding member supported sideways. Thereby, several electric wires with a connector are hold | maintained at an electric wire clamping part in the state in which the both ends of those electric wire parts were located in a line along the linear direction.

  Moreover, the intermediate part between the both ends in the electric wire part of each electric wire with a connector hold | maintained at the electric wire holding member will be in the state hung down from the electric wire holding member. Moreover, the intermediate part of an electric wire part spreads and hangs down in the longitudinal direction of an electric wire holding member.

  By the way, when an operator tries to set the end part of each electric wire with a connector to the electric wire holding part, the part of the connector may be accidentally dropped. In this case, when the connector portion falls through the suspended wires, the connector is caught by the suspended wires even if the wire portion is pulled up. Therefore, the connector-attached electric wire tends to bend due to the drop of the connector portion.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent a connector-attached electric wire from being twisted due to dropping of a connector portion in a connector-attached electric wire arranging tool used for arranging a plurality of connector-attached electric wires on a rod-shaped member.

The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector which concerns on a 1st aspect is provided with each component shown below.
(1) A 1st component is a rod-shaped electric wire holding member in which the several electric wire clamping part which clamps the edge part of the electric wire part in an electric wire with a connector, respectively was formed in a line.
(2) A 2nd component is a support part which supports the said electric wire holding member in the state along a horizontal direction.
(3) The third component includes a plurality of partitions formed with a gap through which the wire portion hanging from the wire holding member passes between each of the regions on both sides of the middle portion of the wire holding member. Part. Each of the partitioning portions partitions a space below the height at which the wire holding member is located into a first space on the wire holding member side and a second space on the opposite side.

The connector-equipped wire array devices according to the first embodiment, each upper Symbol partition portion has an insertion path forming portion and the partition base. The partition base is a portion formed along the longitudinal direction of the wire holding member at a position spaced apart from the wire holding member by the gap. The insertion path forming portion is a portion that is bent from the partition base to the side opposite to the wire holding member side and forms a side wall of the wire insertion path that leads from the second space to the intermediate portion of the wire holding member. .

Connector with wire array devices according to the second aspect is an aspect of the connector with wire array devices according to the first embodiment. In the wire arranging tool with a connector according to the second aspect, the insertion path forming portion of each of the partition portions is formed by bending in a direction in which the width of the wire insertion path gradually increases from the wire holding member side to the opposite side. ing.

  In each of the above aspects, each of the plurality of partition portions is formed with a gap through which the wire portion hanging from the wire holding member passes between each of the regions on both sides of the intermediate portion of the wire holding member. Therefore, the electric wire part which hung down from the connector part in the electric wire with a connector can be inserted into the clearance gap between a partition part and an electric wire holding member from between several partition parts.

  And the end part of an electric wire part can be set to the electric wire clamping part of an electric wire holding member in the state inserted in the clearance gap between a partition part and an electric wire holding member in the electric wire part drooping from the connector part. Thereby, the intermediate part between the both ends in each electric wire part of each electric wire with a connector held by the electric wire holding member hangs down from the electric wire holding member in the space (first space) closer to the electric wire holding member than the partition. It becomes a state.

  Moreover, a partition part partitions the space below from the height in which an electric wire holding member is located into the 1st space by the side of an electric wire holding member, and the 2nd space of the other side. Therefore, even if the operator drops the connector portion of the electric wire with connector on the second space side, the connector portion does not fall between the wires hanging down.

  Furthermore, if the gap between the partition portion and the electric wire holding member is narrow enough not to allow the connector to pass, the connector portion of the electric wire with connector is below the first gap below the gap between the partition portion and the electric wire holding member. It can prevent falling into the space.

  Therefore, according to each said aspect, when the some electric wire with a connector is arranged on a rod-shaped member, the twist of the electric wire with a connector resulting from the fall of a connector part can be prevented. This is the same when a plurality of electric wires with connectors arranged on the electric wire holding member is removed from the electric wire holding member.

Further, in the first aspect, the insertion path forming portion of each partition portion is formed to bend from the partition base portion along the wire holding member to the opposite side of the wire holding member side, and communicates from the second space to the intermediate portion of the wire holding member. It forms the side wall of the electric wire insertion path. Thereby, the electric wire part of the electric wire with a connector hold | maintained at the electric wire holding member becomes difficult to protrude from between the partition base parts of each adjacent partition part to the 2nd space side.

Further, in the second aspect, the insertion path forming portion of each partition portion is formed to bend in a direction in which the width of the wire insertion path gradually increases from the wire holding member side to the opposite side. Thereby, the entrance of the electric wire insertion path becomes wide, and it becomes easy to insert the electric wire portion of the electric wire with connector from the electric wire insertion path into the gap between the partition portion and the electric wire holding member.

It is a perspective view of electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector concerning an embodiment. It is a top view of the electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector. It is a top view of the electric wire array tool 10 with a connector and the electric wire with a connector set to it. It is a perspective view of the electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector by which the electric wire with a connector was set. It is sectional drawing of the electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector on which the electric wire with a connector is hooked.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiment is an example embodying the present invention, and is not an example of limiting the technical scope of the present invention.

<Configuration of wire array tool with connector>
First, the configuration of the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The electric wire arranging tool with connector 10 is used for arranging a plurality of electric wires 9 with connectors on a rod-shaped member.

  The electric wire with connector has an electric wire 91 and a connector 92 connected to the end of the electric wire 91. The electric wire 91 is usually a terminal-attached electric wire with a terminal connected to the end. In the connector-attached electric wire 9, a terminal connected to the end of the electric wire 91 is inserted into the cavity of the connector 92. In the following description, an end portion of the portion of the electric wire 91 extending from the connector 92 in the electric wire 9 with connector, that is, a portion near the connector 92 in the electric wire 91 is referred to as an electric wire end portion 910.

  The electric wire arranging tool with connector 10 includes an electric wire holding bar 1, a bar support portion 2, and a plurality of partition portions 3. For example, the connector-equipped electric wire arrangement tool 10 includes two partition portions 3.

  The electric wire holding bar 1 is a rod-like member that holds the electric wire end portions 910 of each of the plural electric wires 9 with connectors. The electric wire holding bar 1 has a rod-like base portion 11 and a plurality of electric wire holding portions 12 formed on the base portion 11 in a line. Each of the electric wire holding portions 12 is a portion that supports the electric wire end portion 910 of the electric wire 9 with a connector. The plurality of electric wire holding portions 12 are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the electric wire holding bar 1.

  The bar support part 2 is a part which supports the electric wire holding bar 1 in a state along the horizontal direction. For example, the bar support part 2 supports the electric wire holding bar 1 in a state along the horizontal direction. Here, the term “lateral direction” means that, in addition to the horizontal direction, a direction slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal direction is included.

  The bar support part 2 has a column part 21 and a fixed seat 22. The fixed seat 22 is a part that removably holds the base 11 of the electric wire holding bar 1. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fixed seat 22 holds both ends of the base 11 of the wire holding bar 1.

  The column portion 21 is a portion that supports the fixed seat 22 at a predetermined position. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support column 21 supports each of the plurality of fixed seats 22 at the same height. Thereby, the electric wire holding bar 1 is supported in a posture along the horizontal.

  Each of the electric wires 9 with connectors is fastened to each of the electric wire holding portions 12 in such a posture that the respective connectors 92 protrude from the electric wire holding bar 1 to the first side thereof. Therefore, the portion of the wire 91 of each of the connector-attached wires 9 held by the wire holding bar 1 hangs down to the second side of the wire holding bar 1.

  For example, the electric wire clamping portion 12 includes two plate-like rubber members each having a slit into which the electric wire end portion 910 is inserted, and a frame member that holds an edge portion of the two rubber members. In this case, the electric wire clamping portion 12 supports the electric wire end portion 910 with the elastic force of the rubber member.

  Alternatively, it is also conceivable that the electric wire holding part 12 has a pair of flexible members made of synthetic resin or the like. In this case, the pair of members in the electric wire clamping unit 12 clamps the electric wire 91 by elastic force generated by elastic deformation. It is also conceivable that the electric wire holding part 12 has a pair of members to which an elastic force is applied in a direction approaching each other by an elastic body such as a spring (not shown).

  Usually, each connector-attached electric wire 9 held by the electric wire holding bar 1 has a connector 92 connected to each of both ends thereof. And the electric wire edge part 910 of the both ends in each of the some electric wire 9 with a connector is fastened to either of the electric wire clamping parts 12 in the one electric wire holding bar 1. FIG.

  Accordingly, when each of the wire end portions 910 adjacent to each of the connectors 92 at both ends of the single wire 9 with connector is supported by each of the two wire holding portions 12 at a distance in the wire holding bar 1, The portion spreads and hangs down in the lateral direction (longitudinal direction of the electric wire holding bar 1).

  The partition part 3 restricts that the intermediate part of the electric wire 91 hanging from the electric wire holding bar 1 in the electric wire with connector 9 held by the electric wire holding bar 1 protrudes beyond a certain distance from the electric wire holding bar 1 to the second side. To do.

  Each of the partition portions 3 includes a partition plate 31 and a partition plate support portion 32 that supports the partition plate 31 at a predetermined position. For example, the partition plate 31 is a transparent plate-like member.

  The partition plate 31 of each of the partition portions 3 is formed with a gap 41 through which a portion of the wire 91 hanging from the wire holding bar 1 passes between each of the regions on both sides of a part of the intermediate portion 110 in the wire holding bar 1. Yes.

  More specifically, in each partition part 3, the partition plate 31 includes a partition base part 311 and an insertion path forming part 312 connected to the partition base part 311.

  The partition base 311 is a portion formed along the longitudinal direction of the electric wire holding bar 1 at a position where the gap 41 is separated from the electric wire holding bar 1. In each of the partition portions 3, the partition base portion 311 partitions the space below the height where the wire holding bar 1 is located into a first space 51 on the wire holding bar 1 side and a second space 52 on the opposite side.

  On the other hand, the insertion path forming portion 312 is a portion formed by bending from the partition base portion 311 to the side opposite to the electric wire holding bar 1 side. The insertion path forming part 312 of each partition part 3 forms a wire insertion path 42 leading to the intermediate part 110 of the wire holding bar 1 between the insertion path forming part 312 of the adjacent partition part 3.

  That is, the insertion path forming portion 312 of each partition 3 forms the side wall of the wire insertion path 42 that leads from the second space 52 to the intermediate portion 110 of the wire holding bar 1.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 1-4, the insertion path formation part 312 of each partition part 3 is bent and formed in the direction where the width | variety of the electric wire insertion path 42 expands gradually from the electric wire holding bar 1 side to the other side.

<Action and effect>
Next, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, operations and effects of using the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the connector-equipped electric wire arraying tool 10 and the connector-attached electric wire 9 set therein. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 in which the connector-attached wire 9 is set. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 on which the connector-attached wire 9 is hooked.

  As FIG. 3 shows, the edge part of the electric wire 9 with a connector is moved to the position of the electric wire clamping part 12 of the electric wire holding bar 1 from the position by the side of the 2nd space 52 with respect to the partition part 3 by the operator who picked it. It is. At that time, the portion of the wire 91 that hangs down from the connector 92 is inserted into the gap 41 between the partition base portion 311 and the wire holding bar 1 from the wire insertion path 42 between the adjacent partition portions 3. The position of the electric wire 9 is moved.

  Then, the wire end 910 is set in the wire holding portion 12 of the wire holding bar 1 in a state where the portion of the wire 91 hanging from the connector 92 is inserted into the gap 41 between the partition base 311 and the wire holding bar 1. Is done. Thereby, the intermediate part between the both ends in each of the electric wires 91 of the electric wires 9 with connectors held by the electric wire holding bar 1 is in the first space 51 on the electric wire holding bar 1 side with respect to the partition base 311. It will be in a state of hanging from. FIG. 4 shows this state.

  As described above, the partition base 311 partitions the space below the height at which the wire holding bar 1 is located into the first space 51 on the wire holding bar 1 side and the second space 52 on the opposite side. Therefore, even if the operator drops the connector 92 portion of the electric wire 9 with connector on the second space 52 side, the connector 92 does not fall between the electric wires 91 in which the connector 92 hangs down.

  Further, the gap 41 between the partition base 311 and the wire holding bar 1 is formed so narrow that it does not allow the connector 92 to pass through. Therefore, even when the operator drops the connector 92 immediately before setting the wire end portion 910 of the wire with connector 9 to the wire holding portion 12, the connector 92 is connected to the wire holding bar 1 as shown in FIG. The base 11 and the upper end of the partition base 311 are caught.

  That is, the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 also has a structure that prevents the connector 92 of the connector-attached wire 9 from dropping into the first space 51 below from the gap 41 between the partition portion 3 and the wire holding bar 1. Yes.

  Therefore, if the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 is employed, when the plurality of connector-attached wires 9 are arranged on the wire holding bar 1, the connector-attached wires 9 can be prevented from being twisted due to the drop of the connector 92. it can. This is the same when the plurality of connector-attached electric wires 9 arranged on the electric wire holding bar 1 are removed from the electric wire holding bar 1.

  Moreover, in the electric wire arranging tool 10 with a connector, the insertion path forming portion 312 of each of the partition portions 3 forms a side wall of the electric wire insertion path 42 that leads from the second space 52 to the intermediate portion 110 of the electric wire holding bar 1. Thereby, the part of the electric wire 91 of the electric wire 9 with a connector 9 held by the electric wire holding bar 1 is unlikely to protrude from between the partition base portions 311 of the adjacent partition portions 3 to the second space 52 side.

  Furthermore, in the electric wire arranging tool 10 with a connector, the insertion path forming portion 312 of each partition portion 3 is formed to bend in a direction in which the width of the electric wire insertion path 42 gradually increases from the electric wire holding bar 1 side to the opposite side. . Thereby, the inlet of the electric wire insertion path 42 becomes wide, and the portion of the electric wire 91 of the electric wire 9 with connector 9 can be easily inserted from the electric wire insertion path 42 into the gap 41 between the partition base 311 and the electric wire holding bar 1.

<Application example>
In the wire arranging tool with connector 10, it is also conceivable that the bar support portion 2 is supported by a transfer mechanism that sequentially moves the bar support portion 2 to the position of the next step. In this case, the transfer mechanism moves the bar support portion 2 to a predetermined position, thereby separating the wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2 from the partition base portion 311 with a predetermined gap 41. Position it at the correct position.

  Moreover, the part which partitions off the 1st space 51 and the 2nd space 52 in the partition part 3 is not necessarily plate-shaped. For example, the part which partitions off the 1st space 51 and the 2nd space 52 in the partition part 3 is also considered to be a net-like member or a lattice-like member.

  In addition, the electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the present invention can be freely combined with the above-described embodiments and application examples within the scope of the invention described in each claim, or the embodiments and application examples as appropriate. It is also possible to constitute by changing or omitting a part.

10 Wire arrangement tool with connector 1 Electric wire holding bar (electric wire holding member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Base part of electric wire holding bar 110 Intermediate part of electric wire holding bar 12 Electric wire clamping part 2 Bar support part 21 Supporting part 22 Fixed seat 3 Partition part 31 Partition plate 311 Partition base part 312 Insertion path formation part 32 Partition plate support part 41 Gap 42 Electric wire Insertion path 51 First space 52 Second space 9 Wire with connector 91 Wire 910 Wire end 92 Connector

Claims (2)

A rod-shaped electric wire holding member in which a plurality of electric wire holding portions for holding the end portions of the electric wire portions in the electric wires with connectors are formed in a row,
A support part for supporting the electric wire holding member in a state along the lateral direction;
A space below the height at which the electric wire holding member is formed, with a gap through which the electric wire portion hanging from the electric wire holding member passes between each region on both sides of a part of the intermediate portion of the electric wire holding member. A plurality of partition portions that divide the first space on the electric wire holding member side and the second space on the opposite side thereof ,
Each of the partitions is
A partition base formed along the longitudinal direction of the wire holding member at a position spaced from the gap with respect to the wire holding member;
An insertion path forming portion that is bent from the partition base portion to the opposite side of the electric wire holding member side and forms a side wall of an electric wire insertion path that leads from the second space to the intermediate portion of the electric wire holding member. Attached wire arrangement tool. It is an electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to claim 1 ,
The wire arrangement tool with a connector, wherein the insertion path forming portion of each of the partition portions is formed by bending in a direction in which the width of the wire insertion path gradually increases from the wire holding member side to the opposite side.

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