CN217362113U

CN217362113U - Automatic assembling equipment for connector base

Info

Publication number: CN217362113U
Application number: CN202123356406.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王晓东; 程文龙; 刘方龙
Original assignee: Kunshan Working Electronic Co ltd
Current assignee: Kunshan Working Electronic Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-29
Filing date: 2021-12-29
Publication date: 2022-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic equipment of connector base, including the base station main part, be equipped with the linear track of equipment in the base station main part, conductive terminal crimping mechanism, switch station mechanism, the linear orbital one end of equipment is equipped with rectangle pedestal feeding mechanism, the other end possesses the guide rail of unloading, be equipped with the material loading station on the linear strip groove, press the material station, switch station mechanism is including the switching microscope carrier that possesses the displacement, conductive terminal crimping mechanism is including pressing material portion, possess the feed guide rail of pressing the material guide way, the feed guide rail is connected with conductive terminal permutation feeding mechanism. The utility model discloses can realize the automatic equipment operation of connector base, satisfy and switch station precision and move smooth and easy nature demand, reduce the shutdown fault probability, improve operating stability, equipment operating efficiency obtains great promotion. The requirement of accurate alignment adjustment of the rectangular seat body and the conductive terminals in a crimping station is met, the assembly precision and the quality stability of products are improved, and the qualification rate is greatly improved.

Description

Automatic assembling equipment for connector base

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic assembly equipment of connector base belongs to the technical field of the automatic equipment of connector conductive terminal.

Background

The connector is generally referred to as an electrical connector. I.e., a device that connects two active devices, carrying a current or signal. The connector generally includes a connector base, a connector housing cover, and internal conductive terminals, and during assembly, the conductive terminals are pressed and fixed in the connector base one by one, and then the connector housing cover is pressed and assembled. Generally, a plurality of conductive terminals are disposed in a connector base, and are required to be pressed in place in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

There is certain connector base at present, and it includes the rectangle pedestal, possesses a plurality of terminal cavities on the rectangle pedestal, and every terminal intracavity all need carry on a conductive terminal, carries on the back that finishes when whole conductive terminals one by one, carries out the crimping operation of connector cap again. The requirement on the carrying position degree of the conductive terminals is higher.

The traditional process adopts manual assembly of the conductive terminals one by one, so that the assembly efficiency is very low, the assembly qualification rate is low, and neglected assembly and other conditions are easy to occur.

To this condition, the automatic equipment of rotatory tray has appeared among the prior art, sets gradually rectangle pedestal material loading station, a plurality of conductive terminal automatic feeding equipment station, equipment shaping station of unloading in the periphery of rotatory tray promptly, thereby realizes automatic equipment shaping through a plurality of stations in proper order through rotatory tray, and it mainly has following defect: the method comprises the following steps of firstly, after the conductive terminals are automatically fed, a material is picked and transferred, namely three steps of material supply, material transfer and material compression joint are caused, so that the phenomenon that the station efficiency is low and the error is easy to occur is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims at solving the not enough of above-mentioned prior art, to the low easy scheduling problem of makeing mistakes of the rotatory station automation equipment operating efficiency that switches of tradition, provide the automatic equipment of connector base.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model discloses the technical scheme who adopts is:

the automatic assembling equipment of the connector base comprises a rectangular base body and at least two conductive terminals which are carried in the rectangular base body,

comprises a base station main body, wherein the base station main body is provided with an assembled linear track with linear grooves, at least two conductive terminal crimping mechanisms which are arranged on the assembled linear track at intervals, and a station switching mechanism for switching stations of rectangular base bodies on the linear grooves in the assembled linear track,

one end of the assembled linear track is provided with a rectangular seat body supply mechanism, the other end of the assembled linear track is provided with a discharge guide rail, the discharge end of the rectangular seat body supply mechanism is provided with a pushing part used for pushing the rectangular seat body into the linear strip groove,

the linear grooves are provided with feeding stations opposite to the pushing part and pressing stations which are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the conductive terminal crimping mechanisms, the station switching mechanism comprises a switching platform deck, the switching platform deck is provided with linear reciprocating displacement along the direction of the assembled linear track and horizontal linear reciprocating displacement vertical to the direction of the assembled linear track, the switching platform deck is provided with at least three position switching material claws for clamping the rectangular base body to switch stations,

the conductive terminal crimping mechanism comprises a material pressing portion and a feeding guide rail, the material pressing portion is located at the top of the material pressing station and capable of moving up and down, the feeding guide rail is located between the material pressing portion and the material pressing station, the feeding guide rail is provided with a material pressing guide groove for the material pressing portion to penetrate through, and the feeding guide rail is connected with a conductive terminal aligning and supplying mechanism.

Preferably, the station switching mechanism comprises a horizontal carrier with the horizontal linear reciprocating displacement, a horizontal guide slide rail arranged at the bottom of the horizontal carrier, and a horizontal carrier driving source for driving the horizontal carrier,

the switching carrier is matched and connected on the horizontal carrier in a sliding mode, and a station switching driving source in transmission connection with the switching carrier is arranged on the horizontal carrier.

Preferably, floating positioning blocks which are used for being arranged in one-to-one correspondence to the material pressing stations are arranged on the assembly linear track, guide ends which are used for adjusting the position degree of the rectangular base body are arranged on the floating positioning blocks,

and a butting boss used for being matched with the floating positioning block in a butting mode is arranged at the bottom of the switching position material claw.

Preferably, the discharge end of the conductive terminal arraying and supplying mechanism is provided with a terminal liftout portion with jacking displacement, and the supply guide rail is provided with a material pushing portion with linear displacement along the supply guide rail and a supply notch oppositely matched with the terminal liftout portion.

Preferably, the material pushing and feeding portion is provided with a terminal material cavity, and the terminal material cavity of the material pushing and feeding portion is shifted and switched between the material pressing guide groove and the material feeding open groove.

Preferably, the conductive terminal alignment and supply mechanism comprises a conductive terminal vibration cabin and a conductive terminal direct vibration supply part connected with the conductive terminal vibration cabin, and the terminal ejection part is arranged at the discharge end of the direct vibration supply part.

Preferably, the pressing part includes a terminal pressing rod for penetrating the terminal material cavity and the pressing guide groove.

Preferably, the pressing portion includes a pressing slide seat for carrying the terminal pressing rod, a pressing drive source for driving the pressing slide seat, and a pressing rod guide channel for guiding the terminal pressing rod.

Preferably, the rectangular seat body supply mechanism comprises a rectangular seat body vibration supply cabin and a rectangular seat body direct vibration supply part connected with the rectangular seat body vibration supply cabin, and the pushing part is arranged at a discharge end of the rectangular seat body direct vibration supply part.

Preferably, the pushing part comprises a pushing cylinder, and a free end of the pushing cylinder is provided with a pushing block used for pushing the rectangular base body on the discharging end of the rectangular base body direct vibration supply part to the linear strip groove feeding station.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are mainly embodied in that:

1. the automatic assembly operation of connector base can be realized, the requirements of station switching precision and smooth operation are met, the probability of shutdown faults is reduced, the operation stability is improved, and the assembly operation efficiency is greatly improved.

2. The requirement of accurate alignment adjustment of the rectangular seat body and the conductive terminals in a crimping station is met, the assembly precision and the quality stability of products are improved, and the qualification rate is greatly improved.

3. The whole layout is simple and ingenious, the operation is efficient and smooth, and the economic value is high.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the present application will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automated assembly apparatus of the connector base of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is another view structure diagram of the automated assembly equipment of the connector base of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic top view of the automated assembly equipment of the connector base of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the automated assembly equipment of the connector base of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a local default structure of the automated assembly equipment of the connector base according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the relevant portions of the related inventions are shown in the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

The utility model provides an automatic equipment of connector base, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the connector base includes rectangle pedestal 10, is used for carrying on two at least conductive terminal 20 in the rectangle pedestal.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the automated assembly equipment includes a base table main body 1, wherein the base table main body 1 is provided with an assembly linear rail 2 having a linear groove, at least two conductive terminal crimping mechanisms 3 located on the assembly linear rail and arranged at intervals, and a station switching mechanism 4 for switching stations of rectangular base bodies on the linear groove in the assembly linear rail.

One end of the assembled linear track 2 is provided with a rectangular seat body supply mechanism 5, the other end is provided with a discharge guide rail 6, and the discharge end of the rectangular seat body supply mechanism 5 is provided with a pushing part 7 for pushing the rectangular seat body into the linear strip groove.

The linear strip groove is provided with a feeding station 21 opposite to the pushing part 7 and pressing stations 22 arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the conductive terminal crimping mechanisms, the switching station mechanism 4 comprises a switching carrier 41, the switching carrier 41 has linear reciprocating displacement along the direction of the assembling linear track and horizontal linear reciprocating displacement perpendicular to the direction of the assembling linear track, and the switching carrier 41 is provided with at least three switching material claws 42 for clamping the rectangular base 10 to switch stations.

The conductive terminal crimping mechanism 3 includes a pressing portion 31 located at the top of the pressing station and having a lifting displacement, and a feeding guide rail 32 located between the pressing portion and the pressing station, the feeding guide rail is provided with a pressing guide groove 321 for the pressing portion 31 to pass through, and the feeding guide rail 32 is connected to the conductive terminal alignment supply mechanism 8.

The specific implementation process and principle description are as follows:

the rectangular seat body supply mechanism 5 continuously supplies the rectangular seat bodies 10, the rectangular seat bodies 10 at the discharge ends of the rectangular seat bodies are pushed to the feeding stations 21 in the linear strip grooves by the pushing portion 7, at the moment, the switching carrier 41 moves towards the linear assembling track 2, so that the switching material claws 42 clamp the rectangular seat bodies 10 on the corresponding stations, and then the sliding displacement switching of the rectangular seat bodies 10 on the linear strip grooves is realized through the linear displacement of the switching carrier bodies along the direction of the linear assembling track, so that the station switching of the rectangular seat bodies 10 is realized, after the current station operation is completed, the switching carrier bodies 42 deviate from the linear assembling track 2 to be displaced and then reset for circulation, so that the linear displacement switching of the rectangular seat bodies 10 from the feeding stations 21 to the discharging guide rails 6 is realized, and the requirement for automatic linear switching displacement is met.

When the rectangular seat 10 is located at the swaging station 22, the conductive terminal alignment supply mechanism 8 performs linear supply of the conductive terminals 20, the conductive terminals 20 will reach the swaging guide groove 321 along the feeding guide rail 32, and at this time, the swaging part 31 crimps the current conductive terminals 20, penetrates the swaging guide groove 321, and is pressed into the rectangular seat 10, thereby realizing automatic swaging assembly.

Adopt the mode that this linear displacement switches, satisfy rectangle pedestal 10 and last linear displacement supply demand, reduced the picking up of traditional rotatory tray and shifted the burden, the turnover switches the more smooth and easy high efficiency of station simultaneously, and spatial layout is compacter.

In one embodiment, the station switching mechanism 4 includes a horizontal carriage 43 configured to linearly reciprocate horizontally, a horizontal guide rail 431 disposed at the bottom of the horizontal carriage, and a horizontal carriage driving source 432 for driving the horizontal carriage, wherein the switching stage 41 is slidably coupled to the horizontal carriage 43, and the horizontal carriage is provided with a station switching driving source 44 in transmission connection with the switching stage.

Specifically, the horizontal guide sliding rail 431 is adopted to meet the requirement of horizontal linear displacement guide of the horizontal carrier seat 43, the horizontal carrier seat driving source 432 can realize displacement driving, and the station switching driving source 44 can realize guiding displacement driving of the switching carrier 41 on the horizontal carrier seat 43, so that the overall driving matching requirement of the switching station is met.

Of course, this embodiment is only one embodiment that can realize the displacement driving of the switching stage 41, and other similar linear displacement switching structures may also be adopted, and in the linear displacement driving process, a fixed-distance linear displacement switching manner of cam transmission may also be designed, such linear transmission or fixed-distance reciprocating switching transmission is mechanically cumbersome, for the field of mechanical transmission, similar expansion schemes are not repeated here, and only the requirement that the station switching mechanical structure of the switching stage 41 is within the protection range of the present case is met.

In an embodiment, the assembly linear rail 2 is provided with floating positioning blocks 23 for corresponding to the pressing stations one by one, the floating positioning blocks are provided with guide ends for adjusting the position of the rectangular base, and the bottom of the material claw at any switching position is provided with an abutting boss 420 for abutting and matching with the floating positioning block.

Specifically, in general, the switching position material claw 42 adopts a clamping groove design matched with the rectangular base 10, in order to ensure smooth alignment matching, the clamping groove is slightly larger than the rectangular base 10, so as to meet the requirement of pushing alignment matching tolerance matching, and in order to ensure the alignment precision of the crimping station of the rectangular carrier 10, the floating positioning block 23 is adopted, that is, when the switching position material claw 42 clamps the switching position of the rectangular base 10 for alignment, the switching position material claw 42 has secondary displacement towards the rectangular base 10, and the displacement can press the floating positioning block to displace towards the rectangular base 10, and when the guide end of the floating positioning block is matched with a pore channel or other positioning parts on the side wall of the rectangular base, the adjustment of the guiding position degree of the conical surface is realized, the alignment adjustment requirement of the current rectangular base 10 is met, and the accuracy of the crimping position is ensured to be reliable and stable.

In one embodiment, the terminal ejecting portion 81 with a lifting displacement is disposed at the discharging end of the conductive terminal alignment feeding mechanism 8, and the feeding rail 32 is provided with a pushing portion 9 with a linear displacement along the feeding rail and a feeding slot 322 correspondingly matched with the terminal ejecting portion.

Specifically, the conductive terminals 20 are susceptible to relative contact friction during serial feeding, and therefore, a single conductive terminal 20 feeding design is used.

Specifically, when the conductive terminal alignment feeding mechanism 8 feeds the conductive terminal 20 to the discharging end, the terminal ejecting portion 81 ejects the current conductive terminal 20 to the feeding slot 32, and then the current conductive terminal 20 enters the feeding guide rail 32, and the pushing portion 9 pushes the conductive terminal 20, so that the conductive terminal 20 is pushed to the pressing guide groove 321, and at this time, the pressing of the single conductive terminal 20 is more reliable and stable.

In order to improve the pressing direction and stability of the conductive terminal, the terminal material cavity 90 is arranged on the pushing portion 9, and the terminal material cavity of the pushing portion is shifted and switched between the pressing guide groove and the feeding groove.

Specifically, when the terminal ejecting portion 81 is ejected, the current conductive terminal is ejected to penetrate through the feeding slot 322 and embedded into the terminal material cavity 90, at this time, the conductive terminal 20 is limited by the terminal material cavity 90 to achieve accurate position adjustment, and when the crimping operation is performed, the pressing portion 31 penetrates through the terminal material cavity 90 to achieve accurate guiding, aligning and crimping, so that the crimping assembly precision of the conductive terminal 20 is effectively improved, and the product assembly operation quality is more reliable and stable.

In one embodiment, the conductive terminal alignment feeding mechanism 8 includes a conductive terminal vibration chamber 82 and a conductive terminal direct vibration feeding portion 83 connected to the conductive terminal vibration chamber, and the terminal ejecting portion is disposed at a discharge end of the direct vibration feeding portion.

The design can meet the requirement of automatic supply and alignment of the conductive terminals and maintain continuous and effective operation.

In one embodiment, the pressing portion 31 includes a terminal pressing rod 311 for penetrating the terminal material cavity and the pressing guide groove. The pressing portion includes a pressing slide 312 for mounting the terminal pressing bar, a pressing drive source 313 for driving the pressing slide, and a pressing bar guide passage 314 for guiding the terminal pressing bar.

Therefore, the pressing stroke of the terminal pressing rod 311 is accurately controlled.

In one embodiment, the rectangular seat supply mechanism 5 comprises a rectangular seat vibration supply cabin 51 and a rectangular seat direct vibration supply part 52 connected with the rectangular seat vibration supply cabin, and the pushing part is arranged at the discharge end of the rectangular seat direct vibration supply part. The pushing part 7 comprises a pushing cylinder 71, and a free end of the pushing cylinder is provided with a pushing block 72 for pushing the rectangular seat body on the discharging end of the rectangular seat body direct vibration supply part to a linear strip groove feeding station.

Thus meeting the continuous supply requirement of single pushing supply in place of the rectangular seat body.

Can discover through the above description, the utility model discloses connector base's automatic equipment can realize connector base's automatic equipment operation, satisfies switching station precision and the smooth and easy nature demand of operation, has reduced the shutdown fault probability, has improved operating stability, and equipment operating efficiency obtains great promotion. The requirement of accurate alignment adjustment of the rectangular base body and the conductive terminals in the process of crimping the station is met, the product assembling precision and the quality stability are improved, and the qualified rate is greatly improved. The whole layout is simple and ingenious, the operation is efficient and smooth, and the economic value is high.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other similar term are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

So far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, a person skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or substitutions to the related technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or substitutions will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Automatic equipment of connector base, the connector base includes the rectangle pedestal, is used for carrying on two at least conductive terminals in the rectangle pedestal, its characterized in that:

the linear strip groove is provided with a feeding station opposite to the pushing part and a pressing station which is used for being arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the conductive terminal crimping mechanisms, the switching station mechanism comprises a switching carrier, the switching carrier is provided with linear reciprocating displacement along the direction of the assembled linear track and horizontal linear reciprocating displacement vertical to the direction of the assembled linear track, the switching carrier is provided with at least three switching position material claws used for clamping the rectangular base body to switch stations,

the conductive terminal crimping mechanism comprises a pressing portion and a feeding guide rail, the pressing portion is located at the top of the pressing station and provided with lifting displacement, the feeding guide rail is located between the pressing portion and the pressing station, the feeding guide rail is provided with a pressing guide groove for the pressing portion to penetrate through, and the feeding guide rail is connected with a conductive terminal alignment supply mechanism.

2. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the station switching mechanism comprises a horizontal carrier seat with the horizontal linear reciprocating displacement, a horizontal guide slide rail arranged at the bottom of the horizontal carrier seat, and a horizontal carrier seat driving source for driving the horizontal carrier seat,

3. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 2, characterized in that:

the assembly linear track is provided with floating positioning blocks which are arranged corresponding to the material pressing stations one by one, the floating positioning blocks are provided with guide ends for adjusting the position degree of the rectangular seat body,

4. Automated assembly equipment for a connector base according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the conductive terminal arraying and supplying mechanism is characterized in that a terminal ejecting part with jacking displacement is arranged at the discharging end of the conductive terminal arraying and supplying mechanism, and a material pushing part with linear displacement along the material supplying guide rail and a material supplying groove matched with the terminal ejecting part in an opposite mode are arranged on the material supplying guide rail.

5. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 4, characterized in that:

the terminal material cavity of the pushing and feeding part is in displacement switching between the material pressing guide groove and the feeding groove.

6. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 4, characterized in that:

the conductive terminal arraying and supplying mechanism comprises a conductive terminal vibration cabin and a conductive terminal direct vibration supplying part connected with the conductive terminal vibration cabin, and the terminal ejecting part is arranged at the discharging end of the direct vibration supplying part.

7. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 5, characterized in that:

the material pressing part comprises a terminal material pressing rod which penetrates through the terminal material cavity and the material pressing guide groove.

8. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 7, characterized in that:

the material pressing portion comprises a material pressing sliding seat used for carrying the terminal material pressing rod, a material pressing driving source used for driving the material pressing sliding seat, and a material pressing rod guide channel used for guiding the terminal material pressing rod.

9. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the rectangular seat body supply mechanism comprises a rectangular seat body vibration supply cabin and a rectangular seat body direct vibration supply part connected with the rectangular seat body vibration supply cabin, and the pushing part is arranged at the discharge end of the rectangular seat body direct vibration supply part.

10. Automated assembly equipment of a connector base according to claim 9, characterized in that:

the pushing part comprises a pushing cylinder, and a free end of the pushing cylinder is provided with a pushing block used for pushing the rectangular base body on the discharging end of the rectangular base body direct vibration supply part to the linear strip groove feeding station.