CN113369861A - Electronic connector lower clamping piece assembling device and method and electronic connector assembling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of electronic connectors, in particular to an electronic connector lower clamping piece assembling device and method and assembling equipment. The device comprises a lower clip feeding mechanism, a lower clip slideway, a lower clip cutting mechanism, a lower clip moving mechanism and a clip pressing mechanism; the discharge end of the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism is connected with the feeding end of the lower clamping piece slideway; the cutting end of the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism is contacted with the cutting part of the lower clamping piece material belt in the lower clamping piece slideway; the moving end of the lower clamping piece moving mechanism is respectively connected with the discharging end of the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism and a lower clamping piece assembling station of the base conveying slideway; the device reduces the labor intensity of workers and improves the installation efficiency of the elastic sheets by arranging the lower clamping sheet feeding mechanism, the lower clamping sheet slideway, the lower clamping sheet cutting mechanism, the lower clamping sheet moving mechanism and the clamping sheet pressing mechanism.

Description

Electronic connector lower clamping piece assembling device and method and electronic connector assembling equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of electronic connectors, in particular to an electronic connector lower clamping piece assembling device and method and assembling equipment.

Background

The main parts of the connector usually include colloid (plastic seat), terminal, ear buckle, etc., and in the conventional technology, the operation of inserting the terminal and inserting the ear buckle of the connector mostly adopts the manual assembly mode, and the manual assembly is not only slow, the productivity is low, but also the quality is unstable, and the human cost is high. Later, people invented the pin inserting machine to carry out the pin inserting work, for example, the processing rotating speed of the traditional pin inserting machine can reach 300-400 revolutions per minute, and compared with the production efficiency of people, the production efficiency of the machine is greatly improved.

The Chinese invention patent application (publication No. CN109787065B, published: 20191210) discloses an intelligent manufacturing and production process of an electronic connector, which comprises the following steps: (1) four conveyors are used for respectively conveying corresponding sheets to corresponding punching machines to respectively punch and form the upper row of terminals, the lower row of terminals, the clamping piece and the iron shell, and the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals are both flat-shaped; (2) conveying the upper row of terminals, the lower row of terminals and the iron shell which are subjected to punch forming to corresponding electroplating equipment for electroplating, and conveying the clamping pieces to cleaning equipment for cleaning; (3) respectively bending and molding the electroplated flat-plate-shaped upper row terminal and the electroplated flat-plate-shaped lower row terminal by using two bending machines; and then carrying out semi-finished product assembly, finished product detection and packaging.

The prior art has the following defects: 1. the bottom surface of the suction head is a plane and is provided with a suction hole which is contacted with the plane part of the upper surface of the upper terminal to suck the upper terminal; and it does not have limiting displacement to last terminal upper surface to absorb first bottom plane, receives when the absorption moves the last terminal easy to produce relative slip along absorbing first bottom plane when disturbing, is unfavorable for the last terminal accuracy to move. 2. The positioning seat driving cylinder and the cutting head driving cylinder are adopted to drive the cutting positioning seat and the cutting head respectively, so that more driving devices are needed when the redundant material belt of the lower terminal is cut off, a control device is needed to control the devices, and the control complexity of the equipment is increased. 3. A supporting cylinder is adopted to directly drive a positioning supporting head to vertically move upwards to be in contact with an upper cutting head component so as to cut off the redundant material belt of the upper clamping piece; and the driving force that needs is great that the overhead moving of support cylinder direct drive location support, need select for use the cylinder of great model, is unfavorable for reducing equipment cost. 4. The manual work is removed lower clamping piece material area and is moved to clamping piece equipment station down and the manual work is with clamping piece and last clamping piece looks lock down, has increased workman's intensity of labour, has reduced the installation effectiveness of shell fragment.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to: the lower clamping piece assembling device and the method of the electronic connector reduce the labor intensity of workers and improve the installation efficiency of the elastic pieces by arranging the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism, the lower clamping piece slideway, the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism, the lower clamping piece moving mechanism and the clamping piece pressing mechanism.

Another object of the invention is: the upper terminal is limited by arranging the lower terminal moving mechanism, so that the upper terminal is guaranteed to be accurately moved; the lower terminal cutting mechanism is arranged to drive the cutting positioning seat and the cutting head at the same time, so that the number of control devices is reduced, and the control complexity of the equipment is reduced; the driving force required for directly driving the positioning support head to move upwards is reduced by arranging the upper clamping piece cutting mechanism, so that the cost of equipment is reduced; through setting up clamping piece assembly device down, reduce workman's intensity of labour, improve the installation effectiveness's of shell fragment electronic connector equipment.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a lower clamping piece assembling device of an electronic connector comprises a lower clamping piece feeding mechanism, a lower clamping piece slideway, a lower clamping piece cutting mechanism, a lower clamping piece moving mechanism and a clamping piece pressing mechanism; the discharge end of the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism is connected with the feeding end of the lower clamping piece slideway; the cutting end of the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism is contacted with the cutting part of the lower clamping piece material belt in the lower clamping piece slideway; the moving end of the lower clamping piece moving mechanism is respectively connected with the discharging end of the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism and a lower clamping piece assembling station of the base conveying slideway; the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism and the lower clamping piece slide way are respectively used for feeding and conveying the lower clamping pieces; the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism is used for cutting off the lower clamping pieces from the lower clamping piece material belt; the lower clamping piece moving mechanism is used for moving and installing the lower clamping piece below the lower terminal and buckling with the upper clamping piece; the clamping piece pressing mechanism is used for further pressing and fixing the clamping piece.

Preferably, the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism comprises a lower clamping piece driving assembly and a lower clamping piece cutting head; the output end of the lower clamping piece driving assembly is connected with the upper end of the lower clamping piece cutting head, and the lower end of the lower clamping piece cutting head is in contact with the cutting part of the lower clamping piece material belt.

Preferably, the lower clamping piece moving mechanism comprises a lower clamping piece left-right driving element, a lower clamping piece up-down driving element and a lower clamping piece moving head; the output end of the lower clamping piece left-right driving element is connected with the lower clamping piece up-down driving element, the output end of the lower clamping piece up-down driving element is connected with the lower clamping piece moving head, and the upper surface of the lower clamping piece moving head is in contact with the lower surface of the lower clamping piece.

Preferably, the lower clamping piece moving head comprises a clamping piece moving head body, a front groove and a rear groove of the moving head, a left groove and a right groove of the moving head and a suction hole of the moving head; the front and rear grooves of the moving head and the left and right grooves of the moving head are respectively grooves in the front and rear direction and the left and right direction and are mutually and vertically communicated, and the inner surfaces of the front and rear grooves of the moving head and the inner surfaces of the left and right grooves of the moving head are respectively contacted with the front and rear end faces and the left and right end faces of the lower clamping piece.

Preferably, the clamping piece pressing mechanism comprises a lower pressing driving assembly, a lower pressing head, an upper pressing driving assembly, an upper pressing head and a pressing positioning head; the output end of the lower pressing driving component is connected with the lower pressing head, the output end of the upper pressing driving component is respectively connected with the upper pressing head and the pressing positioning head, and the outer surface of the pressing positioning head is matched with the corresponding positioning hole of the lower pressing head; the upper surface of the lower pressing head is in contact with the lower surface of the lower terminal, and the lower surface of the upper pressing head is in contact with the upper surface of the upper terminal. The lower pressing driving assembly drives the lower pressing head in an inclined plane mode, and the upper pressing driving assembly drives the upper pressing head through the air cylinder.

In addition, the invention also discloses an electronic connector lower clamping piece assembling method, which adopts an electronic connector lower clamping piece assembling device and comprises the following steps:

1) the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism feeds the lower clamping piece material belt to the lower clamping piece slideway;

2) the lower clamping piece driving assembly drives the lower clamping piece cutting head to move downwards to cut off and discharge redundant material belts of the lower clamping piece to the lower clamping piece moving head, and the inner surfaces of the front and rear grooves of the moving head and the inner surfaces of the left and right grooves of the moving head are respectively contacted with the front and rear end faces and the left and right end faces of the lower clamping piece to position the lower clamping piece;

3) the lower clamping piece left-right driving element and the lower clamping piece up-down driving element drive the lower clamping piece moving head to move to a lower clamping piece assembling station to install the lower clamping piece below the lower terminal and be buckled with the upper clamping piece;

4) the lower pressing driving assembly and the upper pressing driving assembly respectively drive the lower pressing head to move upwards to contact with the lower surface of the lower terminal and the upper pressing head to move downwards to contact with the upper surface of the upper terminal so as to press and shape the connector and complete the lower clamping piece assembling process.

In addition, the invention also discloses electronic connector assembling equipment which comprises a workbench, and a base conveying slide way, an upper end sub-assembling device, a lower end sub-assembling device, an upper clamping piece assembling device, a lower clamping piece assembling device, a detection device and a material receiving device which are fixed on the workbench; the base conveying slide way comprises an upper end assembling station, a lower end assembling station, an upper clamping piece assembling station, a lower clamping piece assembling station, a detection station and a material receiving station; the upper terminal assembling device, the lower terminal assembling device, the upper clamping piece assembling device, the lower clamping piece assembling device, the detection device and the material receiving device are linearly distributed on corresponding stations along the machining direction; the base conveying slide way is used for conveying the base material belt to different stations; the upper terminal assembling device and the lower terminal assembling device are used for respectively assembling the upper terminal and the lower terminal to the upper end and the lower end of the base; the upper clamping piece assembling device and the lower clamping piece assembling device are used for respectively assembling the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece to the lower end of the lower terminal and the upper end of the upper terminal and mutually buckling; the detection device is used for detecting the assembled electronic connector; the material receiving device is used for collecting the qualified electronic connector material belts.

Preferably, the upper terminal assembling device comprises an upper terminal feeding mechanism, an upper terminal feeding slide way, an upper terminal cutting mechanism, an upper terminal positioning mechanism and an upper terminal moving mechanism.

Preferably, the upper terminal moving mechanism comprises a moving driving assembly, a moving suction base plate and a suction head; the output end of the moving driving component is connected with the moving absorbing bottom plate, and the absorbing head is fixed on the moving absorbing bottom plate; the suction head comprises a suction head body, a suction chute, a suction positioning hole, a suction positioning groove and a suction hole; a plurality of air suction holes penetrate through the suction head body, and two ends of each air suction hole are respectively contacted with the upper surface of the upper terminal and communicated with the vacuum device; the first protrusion of the upper terminal is accommodated by the suction chute, and the outward surface of the suction chute is attached to the inward surface of the first protrusion; the plurality of suction positioning holes are respectively matched with the outer cylindrical surfaces of the corresponding plurality of upper terminal convex columns; the suction positioning groove accommodates the second protrusion of the upper terminal and the inward surface of the suction positioning groove is attached to the outward surface of the second protrusion.

The device and the method for assembling the lower clamping piece of the electronic connector have the advantages that:

the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism, the lower clamping piece slideway, the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism, the lower clamping piece moving mechanism and the clamping piece pressing mechanism are arranged; the lower clamping piece material belt is cut off by a lower clamping piece cutting mechanism, the lower clamping piece is moved to a lower clamping piece assembling station and is completed by a lower clamping piece moving mechanism, and the lower clamping piece is buckled with the upper clamping piece and is completed by a clamping piece pressing mechanism; the cutting and moving of the lower clamping piece material belt, the moving of the lower clamping piece and the buckling of the lower clamping piece and the upper clamping piece are automatically completed by equipment, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the installation efficiency of the elastic pieces is improved.

The electronic connector assembling equipment disclosed by the invention has the advantages that:

1. the upper terminal moving mechanism is arranged; when the upper terminal is sucked, the outward surface of the sucking chute is attached to the inward surface of the first bulge, and the inward surface of the sucking positioning groove is attached to the outward surface of the second bulge so as to complete the positioning of the upper terminal in the left and right directions; the plurality of suction positioning holes are respectively matched with the outer cylindrical surfaces of the corresponding plurality of upper terminal convex columns to complete the positioning of the upper terminals in the front-back direction; the upper end receives the limiting displacement who absorbs the head when removing promptly to receive the easy condition that produces relative slip along absorbing head bottom plane when the disturbance when avoiding the upper end, guarantee that the upper end is accurate to be removed.

2. By arranging the lower terminal cutting mechanism; the cutting shaft simultaneously drives the first cutting cam and the second cutting cam to rotate so as to respectively drive the cutting positioning seat to move upwards and the cutting head to move downwards; the cutting positioning seat and the cutting head can be driven simultaneously only by cutting one driving mechanism of the motor, the number of control devices is reduced, and the control complexity of the equipment is reduced.

3. The upper clamping piece cutting mechanism is arranged; the cutting cam rotates to drive the cutting connecting rod to rotate around the cutting bracket, and the front end of the cutting connecting rod rotates to drive the positioning supporting head to move upwards to a cutting station; when the cutting connecting rod rotates around the cutting bracket, the positioning supporting head is driven to move upwards by utilizing the lever principle, so that the driving force required for driving the positioning supporting head to move upwards is reduced; therefore, the driving mechanism with a smaller model can drive the positioning support head to move upwards, and the equipment cost is reduced.

4. The lower clamping piece feeding mechanism, the lower clamping piece slideway, the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism, the lower clamping piece moving mechanism and the clamping piece pressing mechanism are arranged; the lower clamping piece material belt is cut off by a lower clamping piece cutting mechanism, the lower clamping piece is moved to a lower clamping piece assembling station and is completed by a lower clamping piece moving mechanism, and the lower clamping piece is buckled with the upper clamping piece and is completed by a clamping piece pressing mechanism; the cutting and moving of the lower clamping piece material belt, the moving of the lower clamping piece and the buckling of the lower clamping piece and the upper clamping piece are automatically completed by equipment, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the installation efficiency of the elastic pieces is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electronic connector assembling apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a schematic product structure diagram of the electronic connector.

Fig. 3 is a schematic product structure diagram of the upper terminal.

Fig. 4-9 are schematic structural views of the upper terminal assembly apparatus.

Fig. 10-13 are schematic structural views of the lower terminal assembly apparatus.

Fig. 14-16 are schematic structural views of the upper clip assembly.

Fig. 17-19 are schematic structural views of a lower clip assembly apparatus.

Detailed Description

The following describes in detail embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

Example 1

An electronic connector assembling apparatus as shown in fig. 1 comprises a workbench, a base conveying slide 1 fixed on the workbench, an upper end sub-assembling device 2, a lower end sub-assembling device 3, an upper clip assembling device 4, a lower clip assembling device 5, a detecting device 6 and a receiving device 7; the base conveying slide 1 comprises an upper end assembling station, a lower end assembling station, an upper clamping piece assembling station, a lower clamping piece assembling station, a detection station and a material receiving station; the upper terminal assembling device 2, the lower terminal assembling device 3, the upper clamping piece assembling device 4, the lower clamping piece assembling device 5, the detecting device 6 and the material receiving device 7 are linearly distributed on corresponding stations along the processing direction; the base conveying slide way 1 is used for conveying the base material belt to different stations; the upper terminal assembling device 2 and the lower terminal assembling device 3 are used for assembling the upper terminal and the lower terminal to the upper end and the lower end of the base respectively; the upper clamping piece assembling device 4 and the lower clamping piece assembling device 5 are used for respectively assembling the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece to the lower end of the lower terminal and the upper end of the upper terminal and mutually buckling; the detection device 6 is used for detecting the assembled electronic connector; the receiving device 7 is used for collecting the qualified electronic connector material belt.

The product flow direction of the electronic connector is: the base transport chute 1 to the upper end assembling device 2 to the lower end assembling device 3 to the upper clip assembling device 4 to the lower clip assembling device 5 to the detecting device 6 to the charging device 7.

Fig. 2 and 3 are schematic product structures of the electronic connector. The electronic connector comprises a base a, an upper terminal b, a lower terminal c, an upper clamping sheet d and a lower clamping sheet e; the upper terminal b and the lower terminal c are respectively arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the base a, and the upper clamping piece d and the lower clamping piece e are respectively arranged above the upper terminal b and below the lower terminal c and are buckled with each other; the upper terminal b comprises a first projection b1, a second projection b2 and two convex columns b3, and the two convex columns b3 are embedded with corresponding hole positions of the upper clamping sheet d.

As shown in fig. 4, the upper terminal assembling device 2 includes an upper terminal feeding mechanism, an upper terminal feeding chute 21, an upper terminal cutting mechanism 22, an upper terminal positioning mechanism 23, and an upper terminal moving mechanism 24; the discharge end of the upper terminal feeding mechanism is connected with the feed end of the upper terminal feeding slideway 21; the output end of the upper terminal cutting mechanism 22 is contacted with the upper terminal material belt in the upper terminal feeding slideway 21; the output end of the upper terminal positioning mechanism 23 is contacted with the base material belt in the base conveying slideway 1; the moving end of the upper terminal moving mechanism 24 is respectively connected with the discharging end of the upper terminal feeding slideway 21 and the output end of the upper terminal positioning mechanism 23; the upper terminal feeding mechanism and the upper terminal feeding slideway 21 are respectively used for feeding and conveying the upper terminal material belt; the upper terminal cutting mechanism 22 is used for cutting and separating the upper terminals from the upper terminal material belt; the upper terminal positioning mechanism 23 is used for positioning the base material belt; the upper terminal moving mechanism 24 is used for moving and assembling the upper terminal to the base; the upper terminal cutting mechanism 22 includes a first cutting member 221 and a second cutting member 222; the first cutting assembly 221 and the second cutting assembly 222 are both located on the upper terminal feeding slideway 21 and are respectively in contact with the excess material tapes at the inner and outer ends of the upper terminal.

As shown in fig. 5, the first cutting assembly 221 includes a first cutting cylinder 223, a first cutting positioning head 224, and a first cutting head 225; the output end of the first cutting cylinder 223 is connected with the upper ends of the first cutting head 225 and the first cutting positioning head 224 respectively, the lower end of the first cutting positioning head 224 is matched with the material belt positioning hole of the upper terminal, and the lower end of the first cutting head 225 is in contact with the cut-off end of the material belt inside the upper terminal.

As shown in fig. 6, the second cutting assembly 222 includes a second cutting drive element 226, a second upper cutting head 227, and a second lower receiving head 228; the output end of the second cutting driving element 226 is connected to the second upper cutting head 227 and the second lower receiving head 228; the cut end of the second upper cutting head 227 contacts the cut end of the outer tape of the upper terminal, and the receiving end of the second lower receiving head 228 contacts the lower surface of the upper terminal.

As shown in fig. 7, the upper terminal positioning mechanism 23 includes an upper terminal positioning cylinder 231, a base positioning head 232, and a base support head 233; the output end of the upper terminal positioning cylinder 231 is connected with the base positioning head 232 and the base supporting head 233 respectively; the base positioning head 232 is matched with the base material belt positioning hole, and the supporting end of the base supporting head 233 is contacted with the lower surface of the base.

As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the upper terminal transfer mechanism 24 includes a transfer drive assembly 25, a transfer suction base plate 26, and a suction head 27; the output end of the moving driving component 25 is connected with a moving absorbing bottom plate 26, and an absorbing head 27 is fixed on the moving absorbing bottom plate 26; the suction head 27 includes a suction head body 271, a suction chute 272, a suction positioning hole 273, a suction positioning groove 274, and a suction hole 275; a plurality of suction holes 275 penetrate through the suction head body 271 and both ends of the suction holes 275 are respectively in contact with the upper surface of the upper terminal and communicated with a vacuum device; the suction chute 272 accommodates the first projection of the upper terminal and the outward surface of the suction chute 272 is attached to the inward surface of the first projection; the plurality of suction positioning holes 273 are respectively matched with the outer cylindrical surfaces of the corresponding plurality of upper terminal convex columns; the suction positioning groove 274 receives the upper terminal second projection and the inward-facing surface of the suction positioning groove 274 is fitted to the outward-facing surface of the second projection; the transfer suction base plate 26 includes a first transfer base plate 261, a transfer guide slider 262, a second transfer base plate 263, and a transfer spring 264; the first moving base plate 261 is fixed on the output end of the moving driving assembly 25, the guide rail in the moving guide rail slider 262 is fixed on the first moving base plate 261, and the slider in the moving guide rail slider 262 is connected with the second moving base plate 263; the lower end of the second moving base plate 263 is connected to the suction head 27, and both ends of the moving spring 264 are respectively in contact with the upper end of the second moving base plate 263 and the corresponding protrusions of the first moving base plate 261.

The upper end sub-assembly 2, in operation: 1) the upper terminal feeding mechanism feeds an upper terminal material belt to the upper terminal feeding slideway 21; 2) the first cutting cylinder 223 extends out to drive the first cutting positioning head 224 to move downwards to cut off the redundant material belt on the inner side of the upper terminal; 3) the second cutting driving element 226 drives the second upper cutting head 227 to move downwards and the second lower receiving head 228 to move upwards to cut off the excess material belt outside the upper terminal; 4) the moving driving component 25 drives the suction head 27 to move to the position of the upper terminal after cutting, the outward surface of the suction chute 272 is attached to the inward surface of the first protrusion, the inward surface of the suction positioning groove 274 is attached to the outward surface of the second protrusion, and the plurality of suction positioning holes 273 are respectively matched with the corresponding plurality of convex cylindrical surfaces of the upper terminal to position the upper terminal; 5) the vacuum device connected to the suction hole 275 sucks the positioned upper terminal tightly, and the moving driving assembly 25 drives the upper terminal to move to the upper terminal assembling station and mount the upper terminal to the upper end of the base to complete the upper terminal assembling process.

The upper terminal assembling device 2 solves the problem that the bottom surface of the suction head is a plane and is provided with a suction hole to contact with the plane part of the upper surface of the upper terminal to suck the upper terminal; and it does not have limiting displacement to last terminal upper surface to absorb first bottom plane, receives when the disturbance easily to produce relative slip along absorbing first bottom plane when absorbing to move the last terminal, is unfavorable for the problem that the accurate of last terminal moved. By providing the upper terminal carrying mechanism 24; when the upper terminal is sucked, the outward surface of the sucking chute 272 is attached to the inward surface of the first protrusion, and the inward surface of the sucking positioning groove 274 is attached to the outward surface of the second protrusion to complete the left-right positioning of the upper terminal; the plurality of suction positioning holes 273 are respectively matched with the outer cylindrical surfaces of the corresponding plurality of upper terminal convex columns to complete the positioning of the upper terminals in the front-back direction; that is, the upper terminal is limited by the suction head 27 when being moved, so that the situation that the upper terminal is easy to slide along the plane at the bottom of the suction head when being disturbed is avoided, and the upper terminal is guaranteed to be accurately moved.

As shown in fig. 10, the lower terminal assembling apparatus 3 includes a lower terminal feeding mechanism, a lower terminal slide 31, a lower terminal cutting mechanism 32, and a lower terminal carrying mechanism 33; the discharge end of the lower terminal feeding mechanism is connected with the feed end of the lower terminal slideway 31; the cut end of the lower terminal cutting mechanism 32 contacts with the cut part of the lower terminal material belt in the lower terminal slide way 31; the moving end of the lower terminal moving mechanism 33 is respectively connected with the cutting end of the lower terminal cutting mechanism 32 and the lower terminal assembly station in the base conveying slideway 1; the lower terminal feeding mechanism and the lower terminal slide way 31 are respectively used for feeding and conveying the lower terminal material belt; the lower terminal cutting mechanism 32 is used for cutting off and separating the lower terminal from the lower terminal material belt; the lower terminal transfer mechanism 33 is used to transfer and mount the cut lower terminal to the lower end of the base.

As shown in fig. 11 and 12, the lower terminal cutting mechanism 32 includes a cutting frame 34, a cutting motor 35, a cutting shaft 36, a first cutting cam 37, a second cutting cam 38, a cutting positioning socket 39, and a cutting head 30; the output end of the cutting motor 35 is connected with a cutting shaft 36, and a first cutting cam 37 and a second cutting cam 38 are fixed on the cutting shaft 36; the outer surface of the upper end bulge of the cutting positioning seat 39 and the outer surface of the upper end bulge of the cutting head 30 are respectively matched with the corresponding groove of the first cutting cam 37 and the corresponding groove of the second cutting cam 38; the lower end of the cutting positioning seat 39 is provided with a cutting positioning hole 391, and the lower end of the cutting head 30 is provided with a cutting positioning head 301 and a cutting head 302; driven by the first cutting cam 37 and the second cutting cam 38, the outer surface of the cutting positioning head 301 is respectively matched with the lower terminal material belt positioning hole and the cutting positioning hole 391 from top to bottom, and the lower end of the cutting head 302 is contacted with the lower terminal material belt cutting part; the outer surface of the cutting positioning head 301 is cylindrical and the lower end thereof is a conical chamfer; the cutting motor 35 is connected with the cutting shaft 36 through a belt.

As shown in fig. 13, the lower terminal transfer mechanism 33 includes a lower terminal left-right driving unit 331, a lower terminal up-down cylinder 332, and a lower terminal transfer head 333; the output end of the lower terminal left-right driving assembly 331 is connected to the lower terminal up-down cylinder 332, the output end of the lower terminal up-down cylinder 332 is connected to the lower terminal moving head 333, and the upper surface of the lower terminal moving head 333 is in contact with the lower surface of the lower terminal; the lower terminal moving head is internally provided with a lower terminal suction hole in a penetrating way, and two ends of the lower terminal suction hole are respectively connected with the vacuum device and are contacted with the lower surface of the lower terminal.

The lower terminal assembling device 3 is in operation: 1) the lower terminal feeding mechanism feeds a lower terminal strip to the lower terminal slide way 31; 2) the lower terminal left-right driving assembly 331 and the lower terminal up-down cylinder 332 drive the lower terminal moving head 333 to move to the lower part of the lower terminal cutting mechanism 32; 3) the cutting motor 35 drives the cutting shaft 36 to rotate, the cutting shaft 36 simultaneously drives the first cutting cam 37 and the second cutting cam 38 to rotate so as to respectively drive the cutting positioning seat 39 to move upwards and the cutting head 30 to move downwards, the outer surface of the cutting positioning head 301 is matched with the cutting positioning hole 391 to position the cutting head 30, and the cutting head 302 cuts off and blanks the redundant material belt of the lower terminal into the lower terminal moving head 333 below; 4) the lower terminal left-right driving assembly 331 and the lower terminal up-down cylinder 332 drive the lower terminal moving head 333 to move to the lower terminal assembling station and mount the lower terminal to the lower end of the base to complete the lower terminal assembling process.

The lower terminal assembling device 3 solves the problems that the two devices of the positioning seat driving cylinder and the cutting head driving cylinder are adopted to respectively drive the cutting positioning seat and the cutting head, so that more driving devices are needed when the redundant material belt of the lower terminal is cut off, a plurality of devices are required to be controlled by a control device, and the control complexity of equipment is increased. By providing the lower terminal cutting mechanism 32; the cutting shaft 36 simultaneously drives the first cutting cam 37 and the second cutting cam 38 to rotate so as to respectively drive the cutting positioning seat 39 to move upwards and the cutting head 30 to move downwards; namely, only one driving mechanism of the cutting motor 35 is needed to drive the cutting positioning seat 39 and the cutting head 30, so that the number of control devices is reduced, and the control complexity of the equipment is reduced.

As shown in fig. 14, the upper clip assembling device 4 includes an upper clip feeding mechanism, an upper clip transporting chute 41, an upper clip cutting mechanism 42, and an upper clip moving mechanism 43; the discharging end of the upper clip feeding mechanism is connected with the feeding end of the upper clip conveying slideway 41, and the cutting end of the upper clip cutting mechanism 42 is contacted with the cutting part of the redundant material belt of the upper clip in the upper clip conveying slideway 41; the moving end of the upper clamping piece moving mechanism 43 is respectively connected with the discharging end of the upper clamping piece cutting mechanism 42 and the lower clamping piece assembling station of the base conveying slideway 1; the upper clamping piece feeding mechanism and the upper clamping piece conveying slide rail 41 are respectively used for feeding and conveying the upper clamping piece material belt; the upper clamping piece cutting mechanism 42 is used for cutting off the redundant material belt of the upper clamping piece; the upper clip moving mechanism 43 is used for moving and mounting the upper clip with the excess material tape cut off above the upper terminal.

As shown in fig. 15, the upper clip cutting mechanism 42 includes a cutting motor 421, a cutting cam 422, a cutting bracket 423, a cutting link 424, a positioning support head 425, and a cutting head assembly 426; the output end of the cutting motor 421 is connected with the cutting cam 422; the middle end of the cutting connecting rod 424 is hinged with the cutting bracket 423, the outer surface of the projection at the rear end of the cutting connecting rod 424 is in sliding fit with the corresponding groove of the cutting cam 422, and the projection at the front end of the cutting connecting rod 424 is in sliding fit with the corresponding sliding groove at the lower end of the positioning supporting head 425; the upper surface of the positioning support head 425 contacts the lower surface of the upper jaw and engages the cut end of the cutting head assembly 426; the cutting head assembly 426 is used to cut the upper clip from the upper clip web.

As shown in fig. 16, the positioning support head 425 includes a resection positioning head 427 and a resection support head 428; the cutting positioning head 427 is matched with the upper clip material belt positioning hole, and the upper surface of the cutting supporting head 428 is contacted with the lower surface of the upper clip; the resection head assembly 426 includes a resection cylinder 4261 and a resection head 4262; the output end of the cutting cylinder 4261 is connected with a cutting head 4262, and the cutting end of the cutting head 4262 is in contact with the cutting part of the upper clip material belt.

As shown in fig. 14, the upper clip transfer mechanism 43 includes an upper clip transfer drive assembly 431 and an upper clip transfer head 432; the output end of the upper clip moving drive component 431 is connected with the upper end of an upper clip moving head 432, and the lower end of the upper clip moving head 432 is contacted with the upper surface of the upper clip; the upper clip transfer driving assembly 431 includes an upper clip left-right driving element 433 and an upper clip up-down driving element 434; the output end of the upper-clip left-right driving element 433 is connected to the upper-clip up-down driving element 434, and the output end of the upper-clip up-down driving element 434 is connected to the upper end of the upper-clip moving head 432.

The upper clip assembling device 4 comprises: 1) the upper clamping piece feeding mechanism feeds the upper clamping piece material belt to the upper clamping piece conveying slide rail 41; 2) the cutting motor 421 drives the cutting cam 422 to rotate so as to drive the cutting connecting rod 424 to rotate around the cutting support 423, the front end of the cutting connecting rod 424 rotates so as to drive the positioning support head 425 to move up to the cutting station, the cutting cylinder 4261 extends out to drive the cutting head 4262 to move to the cutting station so as to cut and blank the excessive material belt of the upper clip to the cutting support head 428; 3) the upper clip moving driving assembly 431 drives the upper clip moving head 432 to move to the cutting station to suck the upper clip and then move to the upper clip assembling station to mount the upper clip above the upper terminal to complete the upper clip assembling process.

The upper clamping piece assembling device 4 solves the problem that the supporting cylinder is adopted to directly drive the positioning supporting head to vertically move upwards to contact with the upper cutting head component so as to cut off the redundant material belt of the upper clamping piece; and the driving force that the overhead needs of support cylinder direct drive location support is great, needs select for use the cylinder of great model, is unfavorable for reducing equipment cost's problem. By providing the upper clip cutting mechanism 42; the cutting cam 422 rotates to drive the cutting connecting rod 424 to rotate around the cutting support 423, and the front end of the cutting connecting rod 424 rotates to drive the positioning support head 425 to move upwards to the cutting station; when the cutting connecting rod 424 rotates around the cutting bracket 423, the positioning supporting head 425 is driven to move upwards by utilizing the lever principle, so that the driving force required for driving the positioning supporting head 425 to move upwards is reduced; therefore, the smaller-size driving mechanism can drive the positioning support head 425 to move upwards, and the equipment cost is reduced.

As shown in fig. 17, the lower clip assembling device 5 includes a lower clip feeding mechanism, a lower clip sliding path 50, a lower clip cutting mechanism 51, a lower clip moving mechanism 52, and a clip pressing mechanism 53; the discharge end of the lower clip feeding mechanism is connected with the feed end of the lower clip slideway 50; the cutting end of the lower clip cutting mechanism 51 is contacted with the cutting part of the lower clip material belt in the lower clip slideway 50; the moving end of the lower clip moving mechanism 52 is respectively connected with the discharging end of the lower clip cutting mechanism 51 and the lower clip assembling station of the base conveying slideway 1; the lower clip feeding mechanism and the lower clip slideway 50 are respectively used for feeding and conveying the lower clips; the lower clip cutting mechanism 51 is used for cutting the lower clips from the lower clip material belt; the lower clip moving mechanism 52 is used for moving and mounting the lower clip below the lower terminal and buckling with the upper clip; the clamping piece pressing mechanism 53 is used for further pressing and fixing the clamping pieces; the lower clip severing mechanism 51 includes a lower clip driving assembly 54 and a lower clip severing head 55; the output end of the lower clip driving component 54 is connected with the upper end of a lower clip cutting head 55, and the lower end of the lower clip cutting head 55 is contacted with the cutting part of the lower clip material belt; the lower clip moving mechanism 52 includes a lower clip left and right driving element 521, a lower clip up and down driving element 522, and a lower clip moving head 523; the output end of the lower-clip left-right driving element 521 is connected to the lower-clip up-down driving element 522, the output end of the lower-clip up-down driving element 522 is connected to the lower-clip moving head 523, and the upper surface of the lower-clip moving head 523 contacts with the lower surface of the lower clip.

As shown in fig. 18, the lower clip transfer head 523 includes a clip transfer head body 524, a transfer head front-rear recess 525, a transfer head left-right recess 526, and a transfer head suction port 527; the front and rear moving head grooves 525 and the left and right moving head grooves 526 are respectively grooves in the front and rear direction and the left and right direction and are vertically communicated with each other, and the inner surfaces of the front and rear moving head grooves 525 and the inner surfaces of the left and right moving head grooves 526 are respectively contacted with the front and rear direction end faces and the left and right direction end faces of the lower clip.

As shown in fig. 19, the clip pressing mechanism 53 includes a lower pressing drive assembly 531, a lower pressing head 532, an upper pressing drive assembly 533, an upper pressing head 534, and a pressing positioning head 535; the output end of the lower pressing driving component 531 is connected with the lower pressing head 532, the output end of the upper pressing driving component 533 is respectively connected with the upper pressing head 534 and the pressing positioning head 535, and the outer surface of the pressing positioning head 535 is matched with the corresponding positioning hole of the lower pressing head 532; the upper surface of the lower clamping head 532 contacts the lower surface of the lower terminal, and the lower surface of the upper clamping head 534 contacts the upper surface of the upper terminal; the lower compaction drive assembly 531 drives the lower compaction head 532 in a ramp fashion and the upper compaction drive assembly 533 drives the upper compaction head 534 with an air cylinder.

The lower clip assembling device 5 is in operation: 1) the lower clip feeding mechanism feeds the lower clip material belt to the lower clip slideway 50; 2) the lower clamping piece driving component 54 drives the lower clamping piece cutting head 55 to move downwards to cut off and blank the redundant material belt of the lower clamping piece to the lower clamping piece moving head 523, and the inner surface of the front and rear groove 525 of the moving head and the inner surface of the left and right groove 526 of the moving head are respectively contacted with the front and rear end surfaces and the left and right end surfaces of the lower clamping piece to position the lower clamping piece; 3) the lower-clip left-right driving element 521 and the lower-clip up-down driving element 522 drive the lower-clip moving head 523 to move to a lower-clip assembling station to mount the lower clip below the lower terminal and fasten with the upper clip; 4) the lower pressing driving component 531 and the upper pressing driving component 533 respectively drive the lower pressing head 532 to move upwards to contact with the lower surface of the lower terminal and the upper pressing head 534 to move downwards to contact with the upper surface of the upper terminal, so that the connector is pressed and shaped, and the lower clamping piece assembling process is completed.

Lower clamping piece assembly device 5 has solved the manual work and has removed lower clamping piece material area excision and move to clamping piece equipment station down and the manual work is with clamping piece and last clamping piece looks lock down, has increased workman's intensity of labour, has reduced the installation effectiveness's of shell fragment problem. The lower clip loading mechanism, the lower clip slideway 50, the lower clip cutting mechanism 51, the lower clip moving mechanism 52 and the clip pressing mechanism 53 are arranged; the lower clip material belt is cut off by a lower clip cutting mechanism 51, the lower clip is moved to a lower clip assembling station and is completed by a lower clip moving mechanism 52, and the lower clip and the upper clip are buckled by a clip pressing mechanism 53; the cutting and moving of the lower clamping piece material belt, the moving of the lower clamping piece and the buckling of the lower clamping piece and the upper clamping piece are automatically completed by equipment, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the installation efficiency of the elastic pieces is improved.

Claims (10)

1. A lower clamping piece assembling device of an electronic connector is characterized by comprising a lower clamping piece feeding mechanism, a lower clamping piece slideway (50), a lower clamping piece cutting mechanism (51), a lower clamping piece moving mechanism (52) and a clamping piece pressing mechanism (53); the discharge end of the lower clip feeding mechanism is connected with the feed end of a lower clip slideway (50); the cutting end of the lower clip cutting mechanism (51) is contacted with the cutting part of the lower clip material belt in the lower clip slideway (50); the moving end of the lower clip moving mechanism (52) is respectively connected with the discharging end of the lower clip cutting mechanism (51) and the lower clip assembling station of the base conveying slideway; the lower clamping piece feeding mechanism and the lower clamping piece slide way (50) are respectively used for feeding and conveying the lower clamping pieces; the lower clamping piece cutting mechanism (51) is used for cutting off the lower clamping piece from the lower clamping piece material belt; the lower clamping piece moving mechanism (52) is used for moving and installing the lower clamping piece below the lower terminal and buckling with the upper clamping piece; the clip pressing mechanism (53) is used for further pressing and fixing the clips.

2. The electronic connector lower clip assembling device according to claim 1, wherein the lower clip severing mechanism (51) comprises a lower clip driving assembly (54) and a lower clip severing head (55); the output end of the lower clip driving component (54) is connected with the upper end of a lower clip cutting head (55), and the lower end of the lower clip cutting head (55) is contacted with the cutting part of the lower clip material belt.

3. The lower clip assembling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lower clip moving mechanism (52) comprises a lower clip left and right driving element (521), a lower clip up and down driving element (522), and a lower clip moving head (523); the output end of the lower clamping piece left-right driving element (521) is connected with the lower clamping piece up-down driving element (522), the output end of the lower clamping piece up-down driving element (522) is connected with the lower clamping piece moving head (523), and the upper surface of the lower clamping piece moving head (523) is contacted with the lower surface of the lower clamping piece.

4. The lower clip assembling apparatus of claim 3, wherein the lower clip moving head (523) comprises a clip moving head body (524), a moving head front and rear groove (525), a moving head left and right groove (526), and a moving head suction hole (527); the front and rear moving head grooves (525) and the left and right moving head grooves (526) are respectively grooves in the front and rear direction and the left and right direction and are mutually and vertically communicated, and the inner surfaces of the front and rear moving head grooves (525) and the inner surfaces of the left and right moving head grooves (526) are respectively contacted with the front and rear direction end faces and the left and right direction end faces of the lower clamping piece.

5. The electronic connector lower clip assembling device according to claim 1, wherein the clip pressing mechanism (53) comprises a lower pressing driving assembly (531), a lower pressing head (532), an upper pressing driving assembly (533), an upper pressing head (534), and a pressing positioning head (535); the output end of the lower pressing driving component (531) is connected with the lower pressing head (532), the output end of the upper pressing driving component (533) is respectively connected with the upper pressing head (534) and the pressing positioning head (535), and the outer surface of the pressing positioning head (535) is matched with the corresponding positioning hole of the lower pressing head (532); the upper surface of the lower pressing head (532) is contacted with the lower surface of the lower terminal, and the lower surface of the upper pressing head (534) is contacted with the upper surface of the upper terminal.

6. The electronic connector lower clip assembling device of claim 5, wherein the lower pressing driving assembly (531) drives the lower pressing head (532) in a ramp manner, and the upper pressing driving assembly (533) drives the upper pressing head (534) through an air cylinder.

7. A method for assembling an electronic connector lower clip, the method using the electronic connector lower clip assembling apparatus according to claim 1, the method comprising the steps of:

1) the lower clip feeding mechanism feeds the lower clip material belt to a lower clip slideway (50);

2) the lower clamping piece driving component (54) drives the lower clamping piece cutting head (55) to move downwards to cut off and blank the redundant material belt of the lower clamping piece to the lower clamping piece moving head (523), and the inner surface of a front and rear groove (525) of the moving head and the inner surface of a left and right groove (526) of the moving head are respectively contacted with the front and rear end faces and the left and right end faces of the lower clamping piece to position the lower clamping piece;

3) the lower clamping piece left-right driving element (521) and the lower clamping piece up-down driving element (522) drive the lower clamping piece moving head (523) to move to a lower clamping piece assembling station to install the lower clamping piece below the lower terminal and be buckled with the upper clamping piece;

4) the lower pressing driving component (531) and the upper pressing driving component (533) respectively drive the lower pressing head (532) to move upwards to contact with the lower surface of the lower terminal, and the upper pressing head (534) moves downwards to contact with the upper surface of the upper terminal, so that the connector is pressed and shaped, and the lower clamping piece assembling process is completed.

8. The electronic connector assembling equipment is characterized by comprising a workbench, and a base conveying slide way (1), an upper end sub-assembling device (2), a lower end sub-assembling device (3), an upper clamping piece assembling device (4), a lower clamping piece assembling device (5), a detecting device (6) and a material receiving device (7) which are fixed on the workbench; the lower clip assembly (5) as claimed in claim 1; the base conveying slide way (1) comprises an upper end assembling station, a lower end assembling station, an upper clamping piece assembling station, a lower clamping piece assembling station, a detection station and a material receiving station; the upper terminal assembling device (2), the lower terminal assembling device (3), the upper clamping piece assembling device (4), the lower clamping piece assembling device (5), the detecting device (6) and the receiving device (7) are linearly distributed on corresponding stations along the machining direction; the base conveying slide way (1) is used for conveying the base material belt to different stations; the upper terminal assembling device (2) and the lower terminal assembling device (3) are used for respectively assembling the upper terminal and the lower terminal to the upper end and the lower end of the base; the upper clamping piece assembling device (4) and the lower clamping piece assembling device (5) are used for respectively assembling the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece to the lower end of the lower terminal and the upper end of the upper terminal and mutually buckling; the detection device (6) is used for detecting the assembled electronic connector; the receiving device (7) is used for collecting the qualified electronic connector material belt.

9. The electronic connector assembling apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the upper terminal assembling device (2) includes an upper terminal feeding mechanism, an upper terminal feeding slide (21), an upper terminal cutting mechanism (22), an upper terminal positioning mechanism (23), and an upper terminal moving mechanism (24).

10. The electronic connector assembling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the upper terminal moving mechanism (24) includes a moving drive component (25), a moving suction base plate (26), and a suction head (27); the output end of the moving driving component (25) is connected with a moving absorbing bottom plate (26), and an absorbing head (27) is fixed on the moving absorbing bottom plate (26); the suction head (27) comprises a suction head body (271), a suction chute (272), a suction positioning hole (273), a suction positioning groove (274) and a suction hole (275); a plurality of air suction holes (275) penetrate through the suction head body (271) and two ends of each air suction hole (275) are respectively contacted with the upper surface of the upper terminal and communicated with a vacuum device; the suction chute (272) accommodates the first protrusion of the upper terminal, and the outward surface of the suction chute (272) is attached to the inward surface of the first protrusion; the plurality of suction positioning holes (273) are respectively matched with the outer cylindrical surfaces of the corresponding plurality of upper terminal convex columns; the suction positioning groove (274) accommodates the upper terminal second projection and the inward surface of the suction positioning groove (274) is brought into abutment with the outward surface of the second projection.

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