CN103596807A - Wiring harness and wiring harness manufacturing system - Google Patents

Wiring harness and wiring harness manufacturing system Download PDF

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CN103596807A
CN103596807A CN201280028039.3A CN201280028039A CN103596807A CN 103596807 A CN103596807 A CN 103596807A CN 201280028039 A CN201280028039 A CN 201280028039A CN 103596807 A CN103596807 A CN 103596807A
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大村剛之
勝亦信
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A wiring harness (1) including an electric wire body (10) divided into a trunk portion (11), a plurality of branch portions (12) connected to the trunk portion, and a plurality of unbranched terminal portions (13) connected to the trunk or branch portion, and a wiring harness manufacturing system (500) arranging a protector extruder (200), a corrugate tube extruder (300), a sheet cutting machine (400), and attaching portions of protector, corrugate tube and sheet in one factory are disclosed. The trunk portion has a protector (20) including a shape holding portion (21) formed in a gutter shape along a predefined three-dimensional shape and receiving the trunk portion (11) in the shape holding portion. In some of branch portions, a corrugate tube (30) is arranged, and has a tubular portion (31) receiving the branch portion (12) and a joint portion (32) flexibly connecting the tubular portion. In all terminal portions, a pair of sheets (40) sandwiching the terminal portion (13) therebetween are arranged.

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Wire harness and wire harness manufacturing system
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of being arranged in as the wire harness in the mobile object of vehicle, and a kind of wire harness manufacturing system for the manufacture of this wire harness.
Background technology
A plurality of electric components are arranged on the vehicle as mobile object.For this reason, in vehicle, be provided for the electric power of expectation and signal to transfer to the wire harness (for example, patent documentation 1) of electric component.Such wire harness has with the electric wire main body of many wire structures and the external member of arranging around this electric wire main body.
Wire harness is arranged in each position in vehicle.For this reason, in the external member of wire harness, need to there is the function according to the position of arranging.For example; according to the wire harness shown in Fig. 8; such as have for keep having constant shapes main body electric wire maintenance function and for the protection of the external member of the hard protector of the defencive function of electric wire, be arranged in the First (1) of electric wire main body, this First (1) is positioned at the position that may contact with another member.In addition such as the external member with the bellows of crooked function, be arranged in second (2) of electric wire main body.When the member such as bellows is assemblied in vehicle, second (2) bending.In addition, such as the external member with the fixture of fixed function, be arranged in the 3rd (3) of electric wire main body.The 3rd (3) are positioned at the position that may produce mal noise because of mobile impact.And, such as the simple external member of being with, be arranged in the 4th (4) of electric wire main body.When carrying wire harness or assemble simple external member in vehicle, need protection the 4th (4) are avoided touching, stretch and are become flexible.In addition, the 4th (4) need to be maintained to the state of bundled cable main body to improve operability.In addition, as required, arrange the external member such as plate, pipe, grommet etc.
In addition, wire harness comprises various external members as discussed previously.For example, in ,Ge factory, manufacture each external member as shown in Figure 9, and provide dash number to external member, then each external member is delivered to wire harness assembling factory.Afterwards, based on dash number, collect the required external member of assembling wire harness, and the external member of assembling collection.Therefore, manufactured wire harness.
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Patent documentation
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[patent documentation 1] day disclosure application No.2007-59298
Summary of the invention
Technical matters
Above-mentioned wire harness comprises the various types of a plurality of external members according to above-mentioned each function.For this reason, the quantity of external member is a lot, and external member is arranged in each position in wire harness.Therefore, indigestion is for being attached to external member the attachment location of wire harness.Therefore, the problem of existence is, when assembling wire harness, to cause much work.
In addition, intrafascicular online, from various factories, collect various external members and described various external members are transported to wire harness assembling factory.For this reason, distribution cost occurs, and therefore productive costs increases.
Accordingly, the object of the invention is to address the above problem.Namely, the manufacturing system that the object of this invention is to provide a kind of wire harness that can easily assemble with less work and the wire harness of the cost that can reduce the distribution cost of external member and therefore can reduce wire harness is provided.
Technical scheme
The present inventor thinks that the structure of wire harness is hard.Therefore, notice, the state that the electric wire main body consisting of many wires can hierarchically be divided into be maintained at predetermined 3D shape is assemblied in stem portion in vehicle, is connected to stem portion and is assemblied in a plurality of branching portions in vehicle, is connected to a plurality of branchiess terminal part (terminal portion) of stem portion or branching portion directly or indirectly, and is constructed.In addition, find, depend on stem portion, branching portion and terminal part, the required function of external member can be unified.Therefore, of the present invention completing reaches.
More specifically, in order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a kind of wire harness, and this wire harness comprises:
The electric wire main body being formed by many wires;
A stem portion, this stem portion is arranged in described electric wire main body, and is assemblied in assembling object to be maintained at the state of predetermined 3D shape;
A plurality of branching portions, the plurality of branching portion is arranged in described electric wire main body, is connected to directly or indirectly described stem portion, and is assemblied in described assembling object with flexible state;
A plurality of without branch terminal portion, the plurality ofly without branch terminal portion, be arranged in described electric wire main body, and be connected to described stem portion or described branching portion;
Stem portion external member, this stem portion external member is arranged in described stem portion, there is the shape maintaining part that forms groove or tube shape along described 3D shape, this stem portion external member is accommodated in described stem portion in described shape maintaining part, and described stem portion is maintained in described shape maintaining part;
Branching portion external member, this branching portion external member is arranged in some or all in described branching portion, and has and take in the tube of described branching portion and the connecting part that is connected flexibly described tube; And
Plate shape terminal part external member, this plate shape terminal part external member is arranged in some or all in described terminal part, and covers described terminal part.
According to a second aspect of the invention, stem portion external member has stem portion anchor fitting, its solid shape maintaining part and assembling object, and be integrally formed with shape maintaining part.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, branching portion external member has branching portion anchor fitting, and it is tube and assembling object fixedly, and is integrally formed with tube.
In addition, for achieving the above object, a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a kind of wire harness manufacturing system for the manufacture of wire harness, and described wire harness comprises:
(a) electric wire main body, this electric wire main body consists of many wires, and the state be maintained at predetermined 3D shape is assemblied in a stem portion in assembling object, is connected to described stem portion and is assemblied in a plurality of branching portions in described assembling object and is connected to a plurality of branchiess terminal part of described stem portion or described branching portion with flexible state directly or indirectly;
(b) stem portion external member, this stem portion external member has the shape maintaining part that forms groove or tube shape along described 3D shape, and this stem portion external member is taken in described stem portion and maintain in described shape maintaining part;
(c) branching portion external member, this branching portion external member has takes in the tube of described branching portion and the connecting part that is connected flexibly described tube; With
(d) plate shape terminal part external member, this plate shape terminal part external member covers described terminal part;
Described wire harness manufacturing system comprises:
The first extruder, stem portion external member described in resin material extrusion molding for this first extruder;
The second extruder, branching portion external member described in resin material extrusion molding for this second extruder;
Plate cutting machine, this plate cutting machine cuts described terminal part external member from plate substrate; With
Department of assembly, this department of assembly is assemblied in the described stem portion external member of described the first extruder for shaping in described stem portion, the described branching portion external member of described the second extruder for shaping is assemblied in described branching portion, and the described terminal part external member of described plate cutting machine cutting is assemblied in described terminal part
Wherein, described the first extruder, described the second extruder, described plate cutting machine and described department of assembly are arranged in single factory.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, described department of assembly comprises the first sub-department of assembly, and this first sub-department of assembly is attached to described stem portion by the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping, and
In described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the first connecting gear, this first connecting gear is delivered to described the first sub-department of assembly by the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping.
According to a sixth aspect of the invention, described department of assembly comprises the second sub-department of assembly, and this second sub-department of assembly is attached to described branching portion by the described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping, and
In described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the second connecting gear, this second connecting gear is delivered to described the second sub-department of assembly by the described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, described department of assembly comprises San Zi department of assembly, and Gai Sanzi department of assembly is attached to described terminal part by the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting, and
In described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the 3rd connecting gear, the 3rd connecting gear is delivered to described San Zi department of assembly by the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting.
According to a first aspect of the invention, in wire harness of the present invention, be provided with: the electric wire main body being formed by many wires; A stem portion, this stem portion is arranged in described electric wire main body, and is assemblied in assembling object to be maintained at the state of predetermined 3D shape; A plurality of branching portions, the plurality of branching portion is arranged in described electric wire main body, is connected to directly or indirectly described stem portion, and is assemblied in described assembly with flexible state; A plurality of without branch terminal portion, the plurality ofly without branch terminal portion, be arranged in described electric wire main body, and be connected to described stem portion or described branching portion; Stem portion external member, this stem portion external member is arranged in described stem portion, there is the shape maintaining part that forms groove or tube shape along described 3D shape, stem portion external member is accommodated in described stem portion in described shape maintaining part, and stem portion is maintained in described shape maintaining part; Branching portion external member, this branching portion external member is arranged in some or all in described branching portion, and has and take in the tube of described branching portion and the connecting part that is connected flexibly described tube; And plate shape terminal part external member, this plate shape terminal part external member is arranged in some or all in described terminal part, and covers described terminal part.Namely, electric wire main body is hierarchically divided into three type portions, more specifically, be mainly stem portion, branching portion and terminal part, and those parts has respectively dissimilar external member.
According to a second aspect of the invention, because stem portion external member has stem portion anchor fitting, this stem portion anchor fitting solid shape maintaining part and assembling object, and be integrally formed with shape maintaining part, so do not need to have for stem portion anchor fitting being fixed to another anchor fitting of assembling object.Therefore, the quantity of these parts can reduce.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, because branching portion external member has branching portion anchor fitting, this branching portion anchor fitting is tube and assembling object fixedly, and be integrally formed with tube, so do not need to have for stem portion anchor fitting being fixed to another anchor fitting of assembling object.Therefore, the quantity of these parts can reduce.
According to a forth aspect of the invention, wire harness manufacturing system has: the first extruder, resin material extrusion molding stem portion external member for this first extruder; The second extruder, this second extruder will be with resin material extrusion molding branching portion external member; Plate cutting machine, this plate cutting machine cuts described terminal part external member from plate substrate; And department of assembly, this department of assembly is assemblied in the described stem portion external member of described the first extruder for shaping in described stem portion, the described branching portion external member of described the second extruder for shaping is assemblied in described branching portion, and the described terminal part external member of described plate cutting machine cutting is assemblied in described terminal part.Namely, manufacturing wire harness assembles the device of required external member and the department of assembly that the external member that utilizes described device manufacture is attached to electric wire main body is arranged in single factory.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, described department of assembly comprises the first sub-department of assembly, this first sub-department of assembly is attached to described stem portion by the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping, and in described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the first connecting gear, this first connecting gear is delivered to described the first sub-department of assembly by the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping.For this reason, the stem portion external member of extrusion molding is delivered to the first sub-department of assembly by the first connecting gear.
According to a sixth aspect of the invention, described department of assembly comprises the second sub-department of assembly, this second sub-department of assembly is attached to described branching portion by the described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping, and in described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the second connecting gear, this second connecting gear is delivered to described the second sub-department of assembly by the described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping.For this reason, the branching portion external member of extrusion molding is delivered to the second sub-department of assembly by the second connecting gear.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, described department of assembly comprises San Zi department of assembly, Gai Sanzi department of assembly is attached to described terminal part by the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting, and in described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the 3rd connecting gear, the 3rd connecting gear is delivered to described San Zi department of assembly by the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting.For this reason, terminal part external member is delivered to San Zi department of assembly by the 3rd connecting gear.
Technique effect
According to the present invention, electric wire main body is graded and is divided into three parts, more specifically, is mainly stem portion, branching portion and terminal part.In the part of three types, be provided with dissimilar external member.Therefore, can reduce the type of external member and the quantity of parts, and can to external member, locate in order and regularly according to type.When therefore, the assembling of wire harness is artificial, can reduce.In addition, because external member is attached to stem portion, branching portion and terminal part successively, so can easily assemble wire harness.
In addition,, according to the present invention, the stem portion anchor fitting of solid shape maintaining part and assembling object is arranged in stem portion external member, and this cadre's anchor fitting and shape maintaining part are integrally formed.Therefore, wire harness fitting work can reduce more, and can more easily assemble wire harness.
In addition,, according to the present invention, fixedly the branching portion anchor fitting of tube and assembling object is arranged in branch's external member, and this branching portion anchor fitting and tube are integrally formed.Therefore, can reduce the quantity of parts, and wire harness fitting work can reduce more.And, can more easily assemble wire harness.
In addition,, according to the present invention, there is the external member of the required several types of assembling wire harness.For this reason, the device of manufacturing external member can be arranged in Yi Ge factory.In addition, because device and department of assembly are arranged in single factory, so need to not transport from another factory.Therefore, distribution cost can be reduced, and wire harness can be manufactured at an easy rate.
In addition, according to the present invention, because stem portion external member is delivered to the first sub-department of assembly by the first connecting gear, so number of parts that needn't management and control stem portion external member.Therefore, can reduce the management and control cost when carrying stem portion external member, and can manufacture more at an easy rate wire harness.
In addition, according to the present invention, because branching portion external member is delivered to the second sub-department of assembly by the second connecting gear, so number of parts that needn't management and control branching portion external member.Therefore, can reduce the management and control cost when carrying branching portion external member, and can manufacture more at an easy rate wire harness.
In addition, according to the present invention, because terminal part external member is delivered to San Zi department of assembly by the 3rd connecting gear, so number of parts that needn't control terminal portion external member.Therefore, can reduce the management and control cost when feeding terminal portion external member, and can manufacture more at an easy rate wire harness.
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Fig. 1 is the figure that embodiment of wire harness of the present invention is shown and utilizes the signal structure of the wire harness that wire harness manufacturing system manufactures.
Fig. 2 A is the transparent view that is arranged in the protector in the stem portion of the wire harness in Fig. 1.
Fig. 2 B is the transparent view of the protector shown in the Fig. 1 arriving from another perspective.
Fig. 3 A is the transparent view that is used to form the extruder of the protector in Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 B is the enlarged perspective of the variable mould portion of extruder in Fig. 2 A.
Fig. 3 C is the transparent view of variable mould.
Fig. 3 D is the side perspective view of variable mould.
Fig. 3 E is the figure of action of the head of the variable mould of diagram.
Fig. 4 A is the transparent view of extended configuration of bellows that is arranged in the branching portion of the wire harness in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 B is the transparent view of the case of bending of the bellows in Fig. 4 A.
Fig. 4 C is the lateral plan of attached folder that is arranged in the tube of the bellows in Fig. 4 A.
Fig. 5 A is the transparent view that is used to form the extruder of the bellows in Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C.
Fig. 5 B is the top view of the forming portion of the extruder in Fig. 5 A.
Fig. 5 C is the front elevation of the shape of the mould piece of arrangement illustrated in forming portion.
Fig. 5 D is the transparent view of mould piece.
Fig. 6 A is the transparent view that is arranged in a pair of plate in the terminal part of the wire harness in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 B is the section drawing of a pair of plate on Width.
Fig. 6 C is that diagram is attached to a pair of plate in the figure of terminal part.
Fig. 6 D is the figure that diagram is manufactured the method for a pair of plate.
Fig. 7 is the figure that the signal structure of wire harness manufacturing system of the present invention is shown.
Fig. 8 is the figure that the structure of traditional wire harness is shown.
Fig. 9 is that diagram is for assembling the figure of program of the member of traditional wire harness.
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1 wire harness
10 electric wire main bodys
11 stem portion
12 branching portions
13 terminal parts
20 protectors (stem portion external member)
21 shape maintaining parts
22 protector fixtures (stem portion anchor fitting)
30 bellowss (branching portion external member)
31 tubes
32 connecting parts
33 attached folders (branching portion anchor fitting)
40 a pair of plates (terminal part external member)
50 adaptor unions
200 protector extruders (the first extruder)
300 bellows extruders (the second extruder)
400 plate cutting machines
500 wire harness manufacturing systems
510 main belt conveyers
511 electric wire main body manufacturing department
512 protector attachment (department of assembly, the first sub-department of assembly)
513 bellows attachment (department of assembly, the second sub-department of assembly)
514 plate attachment (,San Zi department of assembly, department of assembly)
520 first sub-belt conveyers (the first connecting gear)
530 second sub-belt conveyers (the second connecting gear)
540 the 3rd sub-belt conveyers (the 3rd connecting gear)
The specific embodiment
Hereinafter, with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, explain wire harness (A) in the present invention and an embodiment of wire harness manufacturing system (B).
[example A]
First, with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, explain an embodiment of the wire harness (A) in the present invention.
In an embodiment of the present invention, explanation is arranged in to an example A of the wire harness in the vehicle of assembling object.Wire harness is connected electrically between a plurality of electric components of installing on vehicle, or between electric component and battery.Wire harness transfers to electric component by the electric power of expectation or signal.In addition, wire harness of the present invention can be assemblied in the mobile object such as aircraft or ship, and can be assemblied in fixing and install in device in position.
As shown in fig. 1, wire harness 1 there is electric wire main body 10, as the protector 20 of stem portion external member, as the bellows 30 of branching portion external member, as a pair of plate 40 and the adaptor union 50 of terminal part external member.
Electric wire main body 10 is constructed by bundling many covered electric cables.Covered electric cable has conductive core line and insulating wrapped portion.Heart yearn is made of copper, and forms by many single lines of twisting (element wire).Heart yearn can comprise a single line.Coated portion is made by insulating synthetic resin, and cladding core wire.Electric wire main body 10 is divided into stem portion 11, branching portion 12 and terminal part 13, and hierarchically constructs.
Stem portion 11 is that the state that the shape of the layout portion based on vehicle is maintained at predetermined 3D shape is assemblied in the part in vehicle.Stem portion 11 is positioned at the namely center of trunk of electric wire main body 10.A plurality of branching portion 12 described below and a plurality of terminal part 13 are from stem portion 11 branches and be provided.
In an embodiment of the present invention, stem portion 11 is parts that are positioned at the center of electric wire main body 19 and do not comprise branching portion.Yet the structure of stem portion 11 is not restricted to this.For example, stem portion 11 can be branch.If exist to be maintained under the state of predetermined 3D shape and be assemblied in the part in vehicle, the structure of stem portion 11 is optional, unless it and object of the present invention are inconsistent.In fact, depend on the structure of the vehicle that wire harness 1 is arranged in, the structure of stem portion 11 is suitably limited.
Branching portion 12 be with can be in electric wire main body 10 crooked state be assemblied in such as the part in the mobile object of vehicle.Branching portion 12 is from stem portion 11 or another branching portion 12 branches, and is provided.Therefore, branching portion 12 is connected to stem portion 11 directly or indirectly.
In an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of branching portion 12(1 are set) to 12(7).Branching portion 12(1) and 12(7) be arranged in one end of stem portion 11 and be divided into two parts.Branching portion 12(2) position is more specifically branched the position the terminal in a side of the one end except in stem portion 11 halfway, and is arranged.Branching portion 12(3) at branching portion 12(2) end side on half-way be branched, and be arranged.And be divided into two parts branching portion 12(4) and 12(5) be arranged in the other end of stem portion 11.Branching portion 12(6) be arranged in the half-way of the other end of stem portion 11, and be branched.
The structure of branching portion 12 is not limited to this.If exist to be connected to directly or indirectly stem portion 11 and to be assemblied in mobile object with the state that can be bent, the structure of branching portion 12 is optional, unless it and object of the present invention are inconsistent.The structure of the vehicle in fact, being arranged according to wire harness 1 is determined the structure of branching portion 12.
Terminal part 13 is connected to stem portion 11 or branching portion 12, and there is no branch.Terminal part 13 is positioned at the end of electric wire main body 10.One end of terminal part 13 is connected to stem portion 11 or branching portion 12.The other end of terminal part 13 is connected to adaptor union 50.Adaptor union 50 is assembled to another adaptor union of arranging in the electric component of vehicle, and is that electric wire main body 10 is electrically connected to electric component by wire harness 1.
According to embodiments of the invention, a plurality of terminal part 13(1 are set) to 13(9).In the accompanying drawings, for convenience's sake, each branch point from stem portion 11 or branching portion 12 branches is distributed to a Reference numeral.More specifically, two or three terminal parts 13 are distributed to Reference numeral 13.Terminal part 13(1) to 13(7) be divided into respectively two or three parts, and be connected to branching portion 12(1) to 12(7) each end.In addition, terminal part 13(8) position halfway that approaches stem portion 11 center in stem portion 11 is divided into three parts, and is arranged.In addition, terminal part 13(9) be arranged in and approach branching portion 12(2) the half-way of cardinal extremity in, and be divided into two parts.
The structure of above-mentioned terminal part 13 is not limited to this.If there is the part in the terminal be connected to stem portion 11 or branchiess branching portion 12 and be arranged in electric wire main body 10, the structure of terminal part 13 is optional, unless it and object of the present invention are inconsistent.In fact, the structure of terminal part 13 is determined according to the structure of arranging the vehicle of wire harness 1.
Protector 20 is arranged in the stem portion 11 of said wires main body 10, and is made by hard synthetic resin.As shown in Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B, protector 20 has shape maintaining part 21 and as the protector fixture 22 of stem portion anchor fitting.
Shape maintaining part 21 has the pair of sidewalls 21b with shape diapire 21a and the contrary edge extension from diapire 21a Width.Shape maintaining part 21 forms U-shaped.The some parts in a longitudinal direction of shape maintaining part 21 is crooked along predetermined direction, and shape maintaining part 21 is formed according to 3D shape.
Drawing slit 21c is arranged in sidewall 21b.Drawing slit 21c forms by the terminal part 13 of the half-way branch with corresponding to from stem portion 11 and the rectangular shape of branching portion 12 cutting sidewall 21b.The terminal part 13 of cutting apart from the half-way of stem portion 11 and branching portion 12 are drawn from drawing slit 21c.
Shape maintaining part 21 forms according to the shape that is incorporated in the stem portion 11 in shape maintaining part 21.More specifically, the shape of the each point of shape maintaining part 21 based on stem portion 11 and changing.For example, in shape maintaining part 21, a part of sidewall 21b is removed, and the Level Change of another part of sidewall 21b.In addition, shape maintaining part 21 is accommodated in its inside by stem portion 11.Therefore, shape maintaining part 21 protection stem portion 11 are avoided vibrations, and maintain stem portion 11 and have 3D shape.According to embodiments of the invention, because stem portion 11 is formed one without branch, so shape maintaining part 21 forms groove shape.Yet it is not restricted to this structure.For example, when stem portion 11 branch, according to the shape of stem portion 11, form shape maintaining part 21.
Protector fixture 22 is outstanding from diapire 21a and the pair of sidewalls 21b of shape maintaining part 21, and is integrally formed.Protector fixture 22 forms rectangular plate shape, and is monomer.Such as the anchor fitting of screw or rivet, be inserted into the through hole (not shown) of protector fixture 22, and anchor fitting is attached to the main body of vehicle.Therefore, protector fixture 22, more specifically, shape maintaining part 21 and the stem portion 11 being incorporated in shape maintaining part 21 are fixed in the main body of vehicle.The shape of protector fixture 22 is not limited to this.For example, its shape can form and have the shape identical with the attached folder of the bellows 30 of describing after a while.The shape of protector fixture 22 is optional, unless it and object of the present invention are inconsistent.More specifically, in the protector 20 of the external member corresponding to stem portion, corresponding to the anchor fitting of stem portion and solid shape maintaining part 21 with corresponding to the protector fixture 22 of the vehicle of assembling object, form with shape maintaining part 21.
Certainly, protector 20 does not limit such structure.For example, protector 20 can form rectangular tube or drum, rather than groove shape.If arrange to take in, depend on the stem portion 11 of 3D shape and form groove or the shape maintaining part 21 of drum, the structure of protector 20 is optional, unless it and object of the present invention are inconsistent.
Such protector 20 is by being used the synthetic resin of the shape that can maintain expectation to form, for example, by using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin (ABS resin) to utilize extrusion molding.In Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 E, an example of the extruder that is used to form protector 20 is shown.
Protector extruder 200 shown in Fig. 3 A has resin extruded portion 210, mechanical arm (robot arm) 220 and unshowned control part.Extrude the thermoplastic resin material of portion's 210 fusings and composite grain geometry, then from variable mould 211 extrusion resin materials.Mechanical arm 220 makes formed material distortion before sclerosis of extruding from variable mould 211.
As shown in Figure 3 B, variable mould 211 is arranged in the end of the extruded tube that is arranged in protector extruder 200.As shown in Fig. 3 C to Fig. 3 D, variable mould 211 have form truncated cone shape pedestal 211a, along any direction, be rotatably arranged in the head 211b at pedestal 211a place and make head 211b along direction rotation and the change motor (not shown) that is arranged in the shape of the slit 211d in head 211b of expectation.
Head 211b comprises the flat surfaces 211c that forms spherical shape.Flat surfaces 211c forms by a part of cutting head 211b.Slit 211d is positioned at the middle part of flat surfaces 211c, forms U-shaped, and through head 211b.The relative part of slit 211d, comprises variable height corresponding to the part of pair of sidewalls 21b that is.More specifically, variable height is the plan view length apart from the part that connects this relative part (that is, corresponding to diapire 21a part).Thus, the shape of slit 211d can change, and the height of sidewall 21b can change.Slit 211d is communicated with extruded tube.Molten resin material is expressed into outside from extruded tube by slit 211d.At this moment, head 211b is by motor along predetermined direction rotation, and slit 211d changes over predetermined shape.
The control part of protector extruder 200 utilizes computer construction, and portion 210 and mechanical arm 220 are extruded in the control of the control program based on definition.In the portion of extruding 210, the resin of scheduled volume is extruded, and the shape of the direction of variable mould 211 and slit 211d is changed.In addition, by mechanical arm 220, the material of moulding is supported to predetermined height, and is bent predetermined angle.Therefore, extrusion molding material formed 3D shape before sclerosis.Afterwards, predetermined shape is maintained by mechanical arm 220 until formed material sclerosis.
In addition, control part is by utilizing mechanical arm 220 that a part of sidewall 21b is cut into rectangle or round-shaped formation drawn slit 21c.Branching portion 12 and terminal part 13 are drawn from drawing slit 21c.In addition, control part cuts into U-shaped by mechanical arm 220 by diapire 21a and sidewall 21b, and forms rectangle monomer by mechanical arm 220.This monomer is externally crooked, and through hole is formed in the middle part of this monomer.Therefore, protector fixture 22 is integrally formed with shape maintaining part 21.In addition, replace monomer, a member can the mode identical with the attached folder 33 of following bellows 30 be individually formed.This member is attached to shape maintaining part 21 by glue etc.This member can be used as protector fixture 22.By this way, complete protector 20.
In such protector extruder 200, by changing the control program of control part and the action of mechanical arm 220, can easily form the protector 20 of the number of different types that comprises dissimilar 3D shape.
In any branching portion 12, more specifically, at branching portion 12(1) to 12(3) and 12(6) in, be furnished with the bellows 30 of being made by synthetic resin.As shown in Fig. 4 A to 4C, bellows 30 has tube 31, connecting part 32 and as the attached folder 33 of branching portion anchor fitting.
As shown in Figure 4 A and 4 B, tube 31 forms drum to take in branching portion.In a part for tube 31, be furnished with bullport 31a.From another branching portion 12 and the terminal part 13 of the half-way branch of branching portion 12, from bullport 31a, draw.In the accompanying drawings, tube 31a forms straight tube shape, but it is not limited to this shape.For example, tube 31 can be crooked.Connecting part 32 forms bellows form along axis direction.More specifically, recess and protuberance are arranged in the peripheral wall of connecting part 32, and alternately arrange along axis direction.Therefore, connecting part 32 can be crooked.Tube 31 between connecting part 32 and two pipe portions 31 is arranged integratedly.Therefore, connecting part 32 is connected to pipe portion 31, makes the tube 31 can be crooked.In addition, connecting part 32, as tube 31, can have bullport, and another branching portion 12 or the terminal part 13 that from the half-way of branching portion 12, separate are directed this bullport.
As shown in Fig. 4 C, attached folder 33 has: the locking part 34 of the one of vertically arranging from the outer surface of tube 31; And strut member 37.
Locking part 34 is integrally formed with the outer surface of tube 31.In addition, locking part 34 has: the column riser 35 of the one of vertically arranging from the outer surface of tube 31; And pair of locking part 36.One end of locking piece 36 extends to the terminal part away from tube 31 in riser 35.Locking piece 36 extends to its other end from one end of locking piece 36, makes locking piece 36 move closer to tube 31.In addition, locking piece 36 be arranged to mutually away from, the distance between locking piece 36 is increased towards the other end gradually from the other end.Locking piece 36 can flexibly distortion in direction close to each other.Strut member 37 forms annular.The inner edge portion of strut member 37 extends to the base end part that approaches tube 31 of riser 35.Extend in the outside of strut member 37 from riser 35 to riser 35.
When attached folder 33 is when an end of riser 35 is inserted in the lock hole H the vehicle body S that is arranged in vehicle, locking piece 36 is flexibly out of shape once along another end direction close to each other.Afterwards, when another end of locking piece 36 enters into lock hole H, locking piece 36 by elastic restoring force along this another end mutually away from direction be shifted, thereby locking part 34 is locked in lock hole H.Therefore, tube 31 is fixed to vehicle body S with the branching portion 12 being incorporated in tube 31.More specifically, the fixing attached folder 33(branching portion anchor fitting of tube 31 and vehicle (assembling object)) be arranged in bellows 30(branching portion external member) in, and be integrally formed with tube 31.The structure of attached folder 33 is examples, and for example, attached folder 33 can form the shape identical with protector fixture 22 above.Unless contrary with object of the present invention, the structure of attached folder 33 is optional.In addition, bellows 30 can not comprise attached folder 33.
Bellows 30 is for example by making such as the synthetic resin of ABS resin or polycarbonate, and forms by extrusion molding.In Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 D, an example for the extruder of bellows 30 moulding is shown.
Bellows extruder 300 shown in Fig. 5 A has the portion of extruding 310, forming part 320, cooling end 330, cutting part 340 and unshowned control part.
Extrude the thermoplastic resin material of portion's 310 fusings and composite grain geometry, then from being wherein furnished with the mould of narrow annular channel, extrude described resin material.Cooling end 330 has the cooling water expansion tank in case, and the formed material being out of shape by forming part 320 by water quench.Cutting part 340 has a pair of cutting blade respect to one another on above-below direction that is positioned in, and by described, cutting blade will be cut to the length of expectation by the cooling cylindrical shape formed material of cooling end 330.Extruding portion 310, forming part 320, cooling end 330 and cutting part 340 arranges as the crow flies.
As shown in Figure 5 B, forming part 320 has a pair of endless belt 321 and a plurality of mould piece 325.Endless belt 321 is arranged to toward each other and is parallel to each other.Mould piece 325 is arranged on the outer surface of endless belt 321 abreast along the circumferencial direction of endless belt 321, and forms rectangular shape.When be arranged in a mould piece 325 on endless belt 321 between a pair of endless belt 321 be arranged in mould piece 325 on another endless belt 321 when relative, each relative surface of mould piece 325 is closely overlapping.
As shown in Fig. 5 C and Fig. 5 D, the groove forming with the shape of expecting is arranged in the relative surface of mould piece 325, and described relative surface is the anterior surface facing in Fig. 5 C.For example, on cross section, be that the groove m1 broad ways (horizontal direction in Fig. 5 C) of semi-circular shape is formed on the mould piece 325(1 that forms tube 31d) relative surface in.In addition, groove m2 and groove m3 are formed on mould piece 325(2) in, this mould piece 325(2) formed the part of arranging that in tube 31 attached folder 33 is arranged.Groove m2 forms with semicircle on cross section, and is arranged in relative surface along Width.Groove m3 is made for consistent with the profile of attached folder 33.In addition, groove m4 is formed on the mould piece 325(3 that forms connecting part 32) in.Groove m4 forms with semicircle on cross section, and is arranged in relative surface along Width.And groove m4 comprises along the jut of circumferencial direction and depressed part.Jut and depressed part broad ways are alternately arranged on the side face of groove m4.Internal placement at depressed part has unshowned vacuum hole, and this vacuum hole is connected to unshowned vacuum machine in the accompanying drawings.Mould piece 325(3) projection forms the depressed part of above-mentioned connecting part 32, and mould piece 325(3) depressed part form the jut of above-mentioned connecting part.And except these, because bullport 31a is formed in tube 31, so for example, blade can be arranged in the inside of the groove of arranging in a mould piece 325 and form with semi-circular cross-section on Width to cut away cylindrical shape formed material.Optionally, according to the shape of the bellows 30 of moulding, construct the structure of mould piece 325.
Before sclerosis, the cylindrical shape formed material extruded from the portion of extruding 310 is sandwiched in forming part between mould piece 325 respect to one another.Thus, resin material forms the shape of the groove of mould piece 325.
The control part of bellows extruder 300 utilizes computer construction, and portion 310, forming part 320 and cutting part 340 are extruded in the control of the control program based on definition.In the portion of extruding 310, the resin of scheduled volume is extruded, and cylindrical shape formed material is formed.Then, in forming part, endless belt is with the speed rotation of expectation, and the cylindrical shape formed material that utilization is extruded formed tube 31, connecting part 32 and attached folder 33 before sclerosis.Afterwards, cylindrical shape formed material hardening by process cooling end 330.In cutting part 340, the cylindrical shape formed material of hardening is cut to the length of expectation.By this way, manufactured bellows 30.
In such bellows extruder 300, by changing the structure of mould piece 325, for example, the type of mould piece 325 or layout, can easily be formed on the Length Quantity of tube 31, position of connecting part 32, attached folder 33 etc. different a plurality of various types of bellowss 30 in aspect.
As shown in Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 C, the terminal part 13 of electric wire main body 10 comprises a pair of plate 40 of being made and had flexibility by synthetic resin.This pair of plate 40 has by the plate main body 41 of making such as the synthetic resin of polyvinylchloride (PVC).The thickness of plate main body 41 is 0.070mm to 0.250mm.Plate main body 41 forms film belt like shape.The length of the terminal part 13 that the length of plate main body 41 is attached with plate main body 41 is identical, and its width is formed terminal part 13 is sandwiched between plate main body 41.One in a pair of plate 40 comprises binding part 42, and in this binding part 42, cohesive material broad ways is applied to two edges of plate main body 41.Thus, described to plate 40 by between terminal part 30 clamping plate 40 state adhere to each other, and cover terminal part 13.
As shown in Fig. 6 D, a pair of plate 40 is manufactured by the plate cutting machine 400 that comprises a blade C and bonding forming portion N.Blade C in the vertical direction is arranged relative to one another.Bonding forming portion N is arranged to approach blade C.More specifically, there is the plate substrate K that the thickness of expectation and width and the roll shape of usining be wound around and by a blade C, cut into the length depending on as the terminal part 13 of mounting object.Therefore, plate main body 41 is formed.If desired, in bonding forming portion N, cohesive material broad ways is applied to two edges of plate main body 41, and forms binding part 42.Then, manufacture a pair of plate 40.
In an embodiment of the present invention, plate 40 comprises the plate main body 41 of being made by PVC, but it does not limit this kind of situation.For example, plate main body 40 can be made by polypropylene (PP), and can form with ply wood, and in described ply wood, the elastic layer of being made by expanded polypropylene is laminated on skin covering of the surface.The structure of plate 40 is optional, unless contrary with object of the present invention.In addition, replace 40, one plates of a pair of plate to be wrapped on terminal part.
Then, an example of the assembly method of above-mentioned wire harness 1 will be explained.
Electric wire main body 10 above, protector 20, bellows 30 and a pair of plate 40 respectively in advance by each independently technique manufacture.
The stem portion 11 of electric wire main body 10 is incorporated in the shape maintaining part 21 of protector 20, and branching portion 12 and terminal part 13 are drawn from shape maintaining part 21 and the two ends of drawing slit 21c.Therefore, stem portion 11 is maintained the 3D shape with expectation.In addition because protector 20 remains to wire harness 1 3D shape of expectation, and be also the assembling fixture of wire harness 1, so assembling becomes easy after a while.
Then, by the branching portion 12(1 of electric wire main body 10)-12(3), 12(6) be inserted in the bellows 30 forming according to the shape of branching portion.Be arranged in the end of branching portion and another branching portion 12 and the terminal part 13 of half-way are drawn from end and the bullport 31a of bellows 30.
Then, the terminal part 13(1 of electric wire main body 10)-13(9) by a pair of plate 40 forming according to the length of terminal part, clamped, and plate 40 is employed and makes plate 40 bonded to one another.By this way, completed wire harness 1.
As mentioned above, according to embodiment, the electric wire main body 10 of wire harness 1 has a stem portion 11, a plurality of branching portion 12 and a plurality of terminal part 13.Stem portion 11 is graded ground bifurcated, and is assemblied on vehicle to be maintained at the state of the 3D shape of expectation.Branching portion 12 is connected to stem portion 11 directly or indirectly, and is assemblied on vehicle with flexible state.Terminal part 13 is connected to stem portion 11 or branching portion 12, and is not branched.Stem portion 11 has protector 20, and this protector 20 comprises the shape maintaining part 21 forming with groove shape along 3D shape, and stem portion 11 is accommodated in shape maintaining part 21.Bellows 30 is arranged in some or all in branching portion 12, and has the tube 31 of taking in branching portion 12 and the connecting part 32 that is connected to flexibly tube 31.In addition a pair of plate 40, terminal part 13 being clipped between them is arranged in terminal part 13.Namely, electric wire main body 10 by by level be divided into three parts, more specifically, be mainly stem portion 11, branching portion 12 and terminal part 13.In the portion of three types, be respectively arranged with protector 20, bellows 30 and a pair of plate 40 as the external member corresponding to them.
Therefore, the type of external member and the quantity of part can reduce, and external member can be located in order and regularly according to type.Therefore, when the assembling of wire harness is artificial, can reduce, and wire harness 1 can easily assemble, because protector 20, bellows 30 and a pair of plate 40 are sequentially attached to stem portion 11, branching portion 12 and terminal part 13.
In addition, protector 20 has the protector fixture 22 of the vehicle body of solid shape maintaining part 21 and vehicle, and is integrally formed with shape maintaining part 21.Therefore, the quantity of part can reduce.In addition, can further reduce the assembling of wire harness 1 when artificial, and can more easily assemble wire harness 1.
And bellows 30 has the fixedly attached folder 33 of the vehicle body of tube 31 and vehicle, and is integrally formed with tube 31.Therefore, the quantity of part can reduce.In addition, can further reduce the assembling of wire harness 1 when artificial, and can more easily assemble wire harness 1.
In embodiment mentioned above, bellows 30 is arranged in some branching portions 12 of branching portion 12, yet it does not limit this kind of situation.For example, bellows 30 can be arranged in all branching portions 12.In addition, a pair of plate 40 is arranged in all terminal parts 13 in this embodiment, but it is not limited to this kind of situation.For example, plate 40 can be arranged in some terminal parts 13 in a plurality of terminal parts 13.
[example B]
Secondly, with reference to Fig. 7, explain an embodiment of wire harness manufacturing system of the present invention (B).
As shown in Figure 7, wire harness manufacturing system 500 there is main belt conveyer 510, electric wire main body manufacturing department 511, protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513, sub-belt conveyer the 530, the 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540 of the sub-belt conveyer 520, second of plate attachment 514, first, as the protector extruder 200 of the first extruder, bellows extruder 300, plate cutting machine 400 and unshowned control unit as the second extruder.
In this embodiment, wire harness manufacturing system 500 is placed in Yi Ge factory.Certainly, it is not restricted, for example, wire harness manufacturing system 500 can two rooms of Yi Ge factory between.Namely, each portion is positioned in can Yi Ge factory close to each other, makes to manufacture stream not separated.
Main belt conveyer 510 is that transmission is along the device of the working tray of the fitting work of fitting work process execution wire harness 1.In the end of the top of main belt conveyer 510 operation, be provided with electric wire main body manufacturing department 511.Towards bottom operation, set gradually protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514.Protector attachment 512 is for protector 20 being attached to the working space of the stem portion 11 of electric wire main body 10.Bellows attachment 513 is for bellows 30 being attached to the working space of the branching portion 12 of electric wire main body 10.Plate attachment is for a pair of plate 40 being attached to the working space of the terminal part 13 of electric wire main body 10.
Electric wire main body manufacturing department 511 has the working robot who manufactures electric wire main body 10 with many covered electric cables.Protector attachment 512 has the working robot who protector 20 is attached to stem portion 11.Bellows attachment 51 has the working robot who bellows 30 is attached to each branching portion 12.Plate attachment 514 has the working robot who a pair of plate 40 is attached to each terminal part 13.Replace working robot, can arrange for carrying out the attached workman of each external member.Protector attachment 512 is corresponding to the first sub-department of assembly in claim, and bellows attachment 513 is corresponding to the second sub-department of assembly in claim, and plate attachment 514 is corresponding to the San Zi department of assembly in claim.In addition, the assembly in claim is with protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514 structures.
Main belt conveyer 510 is carried working tray from electric wire manufacturing department 511 towards bottom operation.When protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514 arrive the working tray such as bench board, main belt conveyer 510 allows working tray stop until the attached work in each attachment completes.Namely, the action of main belt conveyer 510 stops (time-out of conveying) temporarily.
The first sub-belt conveyer 520 is corresponding to the first conveying mechanism in claim, and is arranged between protector extruder 200 and protector attachment 512.In addition, the first sub-belt conveyer 520 is by by utilizing the protector of manufacturing 20 of protector extruder 200 extrusion moldings to be delivered to protector attachment 512.
The second sub-belt conveyer 530 is corresponding to the second conveyor structure in claim, and is arranged between bellows extruder 300 and bellows attachment 513.In addition, the second sub-belt conveyer 530 is delivered to bellows attachment 513 by the bellows 30 of being manufactured by bellows extruder 300.
The 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540 is corresponding to the 3rd conveying mechanism in claim, and is arranged between plate cutting machine 400 and plate attachment 514.In addition, the 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540 is delivered to plate attachment 514 by the plate 40 of being manufactured by plate cutting machine 400.
Control unit for example utilizes computer construction, and is connected to main belt conveyer 510, protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513, sub-belt conveyer the 530, the 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540 of the sub-belt conveyer 520, second of plate attachment 514, first, the protector extruder 200 as the first extruder, the bellows extruder 300 as the second extruder, plate cutting machine 400.Control unit is operatively connected to its each portion by transmission and reception control signal between each portion and control unit.More specifically, the mode of operation of control unit monitoring electric wire main body manufacturing department 511, protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514.In addition; control unit is adjusted the moving velocity of the working tray in main belt conveyer 510 in response to mode of operation; to each external member is supplied to each attachment 512,513,514, and so that the manufacture of each external member in protector extruder 200, bellows extruder 300 and plate cutting machine 400.
Then, an example of the action of wire harness manufacturing system 500 will be explained.
First, in electric wire main body manufacturing department 511, bundle many covered electric cables, and those ends are attached to adaptor union 50.Therefore, manufactured electric wire main body 10.Meanwhile, the protector 20 corresponding to the stem portion 11 of electric wire main body 10 by the predetermined resin material manufacture of protector extruder 200 use.In addition, by the predetermined resin material of bellows extruder 300 use, make the bellows 30 corresponding to the branching portion 12 of electric wire main body 10.In addition the multipair plate 40 corresponding to the terminal part 13 of electric wire main body 10 by the 400 use plate substrate manufactures of plate cutting machine.
Afterwards, utilize assembling fixture to be temporarily fixed on working tray electric wire main body 10, and working tray is delivered to protector attachment 512 by main belt conveyer 510.Meanwhile, the protector 20 of being manufactured by protector extruder 200 is delivered to protector attachment 512 by the first sub-belt conveyer 520.
In protector attachment 512, protector 20 is attached to the stem portion 11 of electric wire main body 10.Complete attached after, by main belt conveyer 510, working tray is delivered to bellows attachment 513.Meanwhile, by the second sub-belt conveyer 530, a plurality of bellowss 30 are delivered to bellows attachment 513.
In bellows attachment 513, bellows 30 is attached to respectively the branching portion 12 of electric wire main body 10.Complete attached after, by main belt conveyer 510, working tray is delivered to plate attachment 514.Meanwhile, by the 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540, a plurality of plates that utilize plate cutting machine 400 to manufacture are delivered to plate attachment 514 to 40.
In plate attachment 514, paired plate 40 is attached to respectively the terminal part 13 of electric wire main body 10.Complete attached after, by main belt conveyer 510, working tray is delivered to bottom stage (bottom step), and the appended electric wire main body 10 of receiving of various types of external members is removed from working tray.Therefore, completed wire harness 1.
Therefore,, according to embodiments of the invention, be arranged in as the electric wire main body 10 in the wire harness 1 of manufacturing object and there is a stem portion 11, a plurality of branching portion 12 and a plurality of without branch terminal portion 13.Stem portion 11 is cut apart with being graded, and is assemblied on vehicle under the state of 3D shape that is maintained at expectation.Branching portion 12 is connected to stem portion 11 directly or indirectly, and is assemblied on vehicle with flexible state.Terminal part 13 is connected to stem portion 11 or branching portion 12, and is not branched.In addition, stem portion 11 has protector 20, and this protector 20 comprises the shape maintaining part 21 that forms groove shape along 3D shape, and stem portion 11 is taken in and maintained in shape maintaining part 21.Bellows 30 is arranged in some or all in branching portion 12, and has the tube 31 of taking in branching portion 12 and the connecting part 32 that is connected to flexibly tube 31.In addition, the paired plate 40 of covering terminal part 13 is arranged in all terminal parts 13.In other words, being arranged in as the electric wire main body 10 in the wire harness 1 of manufacturing object and being divided into three parts with being graded, more specifically, is mainly stem portion 11, branching portion 12 and terminal part.In the portion of three types, be respectively arranged with protector 20, bellows 30 and a pair of plate 40 as the external member corresponding to them.
In addition, from resin material by the protector extruder 200 of protector 20 extrusion moldings, from resin material by the bellows extruder 300 of bellows 30 extrusion moldings, from plate substrate, cut into the plate cutting machine 400 to plate 40, protector 20 by 200 extrusion moldings of protector extruder is arranged on to the protector attachment 512 in stem portion 11, bellows 30 by 300 extrusion moldings of bellows extruder is arranged on to the bellows attachment 513 in branching portion 12, and the plate attachment that the pair of panel 40 by 400 cuttings of plate cutting machine is arranged in terminal 13 is arranged in Yi Ge factory.In other words, be respectively used to manufacture the device of protector 1, bellows 30 and pair of panel 40; Protector attachment 512; Bellows attachment 513; Be arranged in Yi Ge factory with plate attachment 514.Protector 1, bellows 30 and plate 40 are the required external members of assembling wire harness 1, and protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514 are attached to electric wire main body 10 by each external member of being manufactured by each device.
The required external member of assembling therefore, as the wire harness 1 of manufacturing object with lesser amt.Therefore the plate cutting machine 400 of, manufacturing the protector extruder 200 of the required external member of the assembling of wire harness 1, manufacture the bellows extruder 300 of the required external member of the assembling of wire harness 1 and manufacturing the required external member of the assembling of wire harness 1 can be arranged in Yi Ge factory.In addition, because protector extruder 200, bellows extruder 300, plate cutting machine 400, protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514 are arranged in Yi Ge factory, so need to not carry from another factory.Therefore, distribution cost can be reduced, and wire harness can be manufactured at an easy rate.
In addition, due to the protector 20 of being manufactured by the first sub-belt conveyer 520 extrusion moldings is delivered to protector attachment 512, so number of parts that needn't management and control protector 20.Therefore, can reduce the management and control cost when carrying protector 20, and can manufacture more at an easy rate wire harness 1.
In addition, due to the bellows 30 of being manufactured by the second sub-belt conveyer 530 extrusion moldings is delivered to bellows attachment 513, so number of parts that needn't management and control bellows 30.As a result of, can reduce the management and control cost when carrying bellows 30, and can manufacture more at an easy rate wire harness 1.
In addition, due to a pair of plate attachment 514 that is delivered to that plate 40 is manufactured by the 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540 cuttings, so without the number of parts of a pair of plate 40 of management and control.Therefore, can reduce the management and control cost when carrying a pair of plate 40, and can manufacture more at an easy rate wire harness 1.
In above embodiment, the first sub-belt conveyer 530 of sub-belt conveyer 520, second and the 3rd sub-belt conveyer 540 are set, but it is unrestricted.For example, replace those sub-belt conveyers, sliding rack can be set.When using sliding rack, can automatically carry or by manual feed protector 20, bellows 30 and a pair of plate 40.
In addition, in above embodiment, main belt conveyer 510 is set, and along main belt conveyer 510, electric wire main body manufacturing department 511, protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514 is set, yet it is not restricted.For example, main belt conveyer 510 can be set, and electric wire main body manufacturing department 511, protector attachment 512, bellows attachment 513 and plate attachment 514 can be positioned in distance close to each other.In addition, can arrange and merge protector attachment 512(, the first sub-department of assembly), bellows attachment 513(, the second sub-department of assembly) and plate attachment 514(be ,San Zi department of assembly) Yi Ge department of assembly.
Although described fully by reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention by example, need to understand, various changes and modification will be obvious for a person skilled in the art.Therefore, unless such change and modification depart from the scope of the present invention of definition hereinafter, otherwise they should be interpreted as being included within the scope of the invention.

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1. a wire harness, comprising:
The electric wire main body being formed by many wires;
A stem portion, this stem portion is arranged in described electric wire main body, and is assemblied in assembling object to be maintained at the state of predetermined 3D shape;
A plurality of branching portions, the plurality of branching portion is arranged in described electric wire main body, and the plurality of branching portion is connected to described stem portion directly or indirectly, and is assemblied in described assembling object with flexible state;
A plurality of branchiess terminal parts, the plurality of terminal part is arranged in described electric wire main body, and is connected to described stem portion or described branching portion;
Stem portion external member, this stem portion external member is arranged in described stem portion, and has the shape maintaining part that forms groove or tube shape along described 3D shape; This stem portion external member is accommodated in described stem portion in described shape maintaining part, and described stem portion is maintained in described shape maintaining part;
Branching portion external member, this branching portion external member is arranged in some or all in described branching portion, and has and take in the tube of described branching portion and the connecting part that is connected flexibly described tube; And
Plate shape terminal part external member, this plate shape terminal part external member is arranged in some or all in described terminal part, and covers described terminal part.
2. wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described stem portion external member has stem portion anchor fitting, the fixing described shape maintaining part of this stem portion anchor fitting and described assembling object, and form with described shape maintaining part.
3. wire harness as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, described branching portion external member has branching portion anchor fitting, the fixing described tube of this branching portion anchor fitting and described assembling object, and form with described tube.
4. for the manufacture of the wire harness manufacturing system of wire harness,
Described wire harness comprises:
(a) electric wire main body, this electric wire main body consists of many wires, and the state be maintained at predetermined 3D shape is assemblied in a stem portion in assembling object, a plurality of branchiess terminal part that is connected to described stem portion and is assemblied in a plurality of branching portions in described assembling object and is connected to described stem portion or described branching portion with flexible state directly or indirectly;
(b) stem portion external member, this stem portion external member has the shape maintaining part that forms groove or tube shape along described 3D shape, and this stem portion external member is taken in described stem portion and maintain in described shape maintaining part;
(c) branching portion external member, this branching portion external member has takes in the tube of described branching portion and the connecting part that is connected flexibly described tube; With
(d) plate shape terminal part external member, this plate shape terminal part external member covers described terminal part;
Described wire harness manufacturing system comprises:
The first extruder, stem portion external member described in resin material extrusion molding for this first extruder;
The second extruder, branching portion external member described in resin material extrusion molding for this second extruder;
Plate cutting machine, this plate cutting machine cuts described terminal part external member from plate substrate; With
Department of assembly, this department of assembly is assemblied in the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping in described stem portion, described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping is assemblied in described branching portion, and the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting is assemblied in described terminal part
Wherein, in single factory, arrange that described the first extruder, described the second extruder, described plate cutting machine and described department of assembly are arranged in single factory.
5. wire harness manufacturing system as claimed in claim 4, wherein,
Described department of assembly comprises the first sub-department of assembly, and this first sub-department of assembly is attached to described stem portion by the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping, and
In described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the first connecting gear, this first connecting gear is delivered to described the first sub-department of assembly by the described stem portion external member by described the first extruder for shaping.
6. the wire harness manufacturing system as described in claim 4 or 5, wherein,
Described department of assembly comprises the second sub-department of assembly, and this second sub-department of assembly is attached to described branching portion by the described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping, and
In described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the second connecting gear, this second connecting gear is delivered to described the second sub-department of assembly by the described branching portion external member by described the second extruder for shaping.
7. the wire harness manufacturing system as described in any one in claim 4 to 6, wherein,
Described department of assembly comprises San Zi department of assembly, and Gai Sanzi department of assembly is attached to described terminal part by the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting, and
In described wire harness manufacturing system, be also furnished with the 3rd connecting gear, the 3rd connecting gear is delivered to described San Zi department of assembly by the described terminal part external member by described plate cutting machine cutting.
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