EP0332627B1 - Appareil de fabrication de cables ou de faisceaux de cable - Google Patents

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EP0332627B1
EP0332627B1 EP87907465A EP87907465A EP0332627B1 EP 0332627 B1 EP0332627 B1 EP 0332627B1 EP 87907465 A EP87907465 A EP 87907465A EP 87907465 A EP87907465 A EP 87907465A EP 0332627 B1 EP0332627 B1 EP 0332627B1
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Günter ANNACKER
Werner Maack
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/052—Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-feeding mechanism
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/05—Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-insulation stripping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/055—Crimping apparatus or processes with contact member feeding mechanism

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  • This invention relates to apparatus which can be arranged either for making electrical harnesses each comprising a plurality of electrical leads terminated at one end to a common multicontact electrical connector and the other ends of the leads being terminated to individual electrical terminals or different kinds, or for making individual electrical leads, the ends of which are terminated to electrical terminals of different kinds.
  • a lead making apparatus comprising, means for advancing a wire along a wire feed path by a distance equal to a lead length, lead severing means on said path, a rotary wire carrier having a wire clamp on said path and being mounted on one side of said wire severing means, a rotary lead carrier having a lead clamp on said path and being mounted on the opposite side of said severing means, a wire terminating station on one side of said path and on one side of said severing means, and a lead terminating station on the opposite side of said path and on the opposite side of said severing means, the carriers being arranged to be swung in opposite senses away from said path, following the severing of a lead from the wire by the lead severing means and with the wire and the lead clamped by the wire clamp and the lead clamp, respectively; to locate the severed end of the wire in the wire terminating station and the
  • each terminating station is in the form of a crimping press having a single crimping facility for crimping an electrical terminal to the severed end of each wire and the severed end of each lead that is applied to the terminating station.
  • the known apparatus is capable only of producing leads of the same kind unless the terminating stations are changed.
  • harnesses which comprise leads, which are different from one another, for example harnesses comprising a plurality of leads, one end of each of which is terminated to a multicontact electrical connector, the other ends of the leads being terminated to electrical terminals of different types, or harnesses in which for example one lead has a terminal of a first type crimped to one end and of a second type crimped to the other end, and other leads of the harness having a terminal of a third type crimped to one end and a terminal of the first type crimped to the other end.
  • the present invention is intended to provide apparatus which is capable of producing harnesses of the first mentioned kind and leads for harnesses of the second mentioned kind.
  • At least one of the terminating stations has a plurality of terminating means which are spaced from each other lengthwise of said path, the carrier associated with that terminating station being selectively adjustable stepwise and lengthwise of said path, to locate the associated wire or lead end, as the case may be, in a predetermined one of said terminating means.
  • stepwise movement of the or each carrier may be programmed, during successive cycles of operation, of the apparatus, to apply the wire ends or the lead ends, as the case may be, to the respective terminating means according to a predetermined sequence, each terminating means being supplied with electrical terminals of a different kind.
  • One of the terminating stations may have a single terminating means past which a multicontact electrical connector is indexed so that during each operating cycle of the apparatus, each wire end or lead end, as the case may be, is terminated to a different electrical contact of the multicontact connector, whereby the apparatus produces complete harnesses of the first mentioned kind.
  • the wire carrier and/or the lead carrier may be mounted for rotation on a slide carrying said wire advancing means, the slide being adjustable stepwise and lengthwise of said path.
  • Insulation severing means may be disposed on said wire path, on each side of said lead severing means, or on one side thereof, as the case may be, the or each wire/lead clamp being mounted to its carrier for movement relative thereto, towards and away from the associated insulating severing means to strip insulation from the lead end or the wire end, as the case may be, where the wire is an insulated wire.
  • the wire carrier and/or the lead carrier may be swung by means of a piston and cylinder unit mounted on its slide, the slide being movable stepwise by means of a piston and cylinder unit on means carrying said slide, and the wire or lead clamp being movable towards and away from the insulating severing means by means of a piston and cylinder unit on said carrier.
  • the harness making apparatus comprises feed rolls 2 and 2', for advancing a wire W along a wire feed path P ( Figure 1), by the length of a lead L to be produced during a cycle of operation of the apparatus, lead severing blades 4 on said path P, a rotary wire carrier 6, having a wire clamp 8 and being mounted on one side of the severing blades 4, and being movable lengthwise of the path P, a rotary lead carrier 10 having a lead clamp 12, and being mounted on the opposite side of the blades 4 and being movable lengthwise of the path P, a wire terminating station 14 on one side of the path P and on one side of the blades 4, and a lead terminating station 16 on the opposite side of the path P and on the opposite side of the blades 4. Further wire clamps 17 and 19 are also provided, one on each side of the blades 4.
  • the rolls 2 feed the wire W by said lead length so that its leading end LE, which was terminated during the previous cycle of operation, extends beyond the rolls 2', as shown in Figure 1, the rolls 2' and the clamps 8, 12, 17 and 19 being in an open position to permit the wire feeding operation.
  • the blades 4 are then closed so as to sever the lead L from the wire W, the clamps 8, 12, 17 and 19 are closed, and the rolls 2' are opened and the carriers 6 and 10 are swung in opposite senses, as shown in Figure 2, to locate the severed end SW of the wire W in the terminating station 14 and the severed end SL of the lead L in the terminating station 16.
  • the terminating stations 14 and 16 are then operated to terminate the severed ends SW and SL, respectively, after which the carriers 6 and 10 and thus the severed wire and lead ends, are swung back to their Figure 1 positions.
  • the clamps 12 and 19 are opened and the feed rolls 2' are operated to eject the finished lead L from the apparatus, the clamps 8 and 17 are opened and the feed rolls 2 are then operated again to feed the wire W, by a further lead length, along the path P so that the apparatus is ready to perform a further operating cycle.
  • wire W is insulated
  • stations 14 and 16 are designed only to accept stripped ends SW and SL
  • two pairs of insulating severing blades 18 and 20, respectively, are provided and are closed to sever the insulation of the wire W and of the lead L at a position back from their ends SW and SL, as the lead L is being severed from the wire W, and prior to the carriers 6 and 10 being swung in opposite senses as described above.
  • the clamp 8 is retracted away from the blades 18 and towards the carrier 6, so that the severed end portion of insulation is dragged from the end SW, and the wire clamp 12 is retracted towards the carrier 10 and away from the blades 20 so that the severed end portion of insulation is dragged from the end SL.
  • the wire W is drawn from an endless source (not shown) by a capstan 22 and rolls 24 and 26, a measuring roll 28 driven by the roll 24, being connected to an electronic wire length measuring system (not shown) which ensures that the capstan 22 pays out a length of the wire W which is precisely equal to one lead length, prior to each operating cycle of the apparatus.
  • the wire W forms a loop (not shown), the length of which is equal to said one lead length, just down stream of the roll 26.
  • Guide tubes 30, 32 and 34 are provided for guiding the wire W and the lead L to be severed therefrom along the path P.
  • the apparatus operates in accordance with the teaching of US-A-3,019,679 and US-A-3,612,369.
  • the clamps and the blades act vertically although they are shown in Figures 1 to 4 as being horizontally acting in the interest of illustrating their operation.
  • the wire terminating station 14 comprises a plurality of discrete wire end terminating devices which are in the form of conventional crimping presses 36, 38 and 40, operated by a common press ram 41 and being arranged to be fed, in conventional manner, with electrical terminals in strip form, by way of terminal strip guide tracks 42, 44 and 48, respectively.
  • the press 36 is fed with end to end strip form ring tongue terminals T1, the press 38, with end to end strip form larger tab receptacle terminals T2 and the press 40 with smaller side strip form tab receptacle terminals terminals T3.
  • the lead terminating station 16 as a single terminating means 50, comprising a lead end inserter 50 for inserting each severed lead end SL into a respective contact of a multicontact electrical connector MC.
  • the connectors MC are indexed down a feed track 52 to bring, during each cycle of the apparatus, one contact of a connector MC into register with the inserter 50.
  • the carrier 6 is mounted on a slide 54 which is in turn mounted in gibs 56 ( Figure 4) on the base plate, for sliding movement lengthwise of the path P.
  • the slide 54 is driven by a three position pneumatic piston and cylinder unit 58 connected to the slide 54 by means of a pin 60 riding in a slot 62 in a base plate 63, the piston 64 of the unit 58 being secured to the base plate 63 by means of a bracket 66.
  • the carrier 6 has a vertical shaft 68 connected eccentrically and by means of a pivot pin 70, to the piston rod 72 of a piston and cylinder unit 74, the cylinder of which is connected by means of a pin 76 to the slide 54.
  • the carrier 6 is swung from its Figure 1 angular position to its Figure 2 angular position by actuating the unit 74 to advance its piston rod 72 and is swung back from its Figure 2 position to its Figure 1 position by actuating the unit 74 to retract its piston rod 72.
  • the guide tube 30 is mounted to the base plate 63 by means of a bracket 78 ( Figure 4), the guide tube 32 being mounted on a block 80 which is in turn mounted to the piston rod 82 of a piston and cylinder unit 84 by means of a yoke 86 and rods 88 extending therefrom, the clamp 8 being fixedly connected to the block 80 by means of rods 90.
  • the clamp 8 can be moved towards the carrier 6 by actuating the unit 84 to retract its piston rod 82 and away from the carrier 6 by actuating the unit 84 to advance its piston rod 82.
  • the carrier 10 has a vertical shaft 92 connected eccentrically by means of a pivot pin 94 to the piston rod 96 of a piston and cylinder unit 98, the cylinder of which is connected to the base plate 63 by means of a pin 100.
  • the unit 98 By actuating the unit 98 to advance its piston rod 96, the carrier 10 can be swung from this Figure 1 angular position to its Figure 2 angular position and back from its Figure 2 position to its Figure 1 position by actuating the unit 98 to retract its piston rod 96.
  • the guide tube 34 is mounted on a block 102 connected to the piston rod 104 of a piston and cylinder unit 106 in the carrier 10 by means of a yoke 108 and rods 110 extending therefrom.
  • the clamp 12 is fixedly connected to the block 102 by means of rods 112.
  • the clamp 12 can be moved away from the carrier 10 and by actuating the unit 106 to retract its piston rod 104, the clamp 12 can be moved towards the carrier 10.
  • Mounted intermediate the carrier 6 and the blades 18 is a wire marker 114.
  • the units 58, 74, 84, 98 and 106, the clamps 8, 12, 17 and 19 and the blades 4, 18 and 20, and the means for feeding the terminals T1, T2 and T3 and the connectors MC, as well as the electronic control system for the capstan 22, are operated under the control of a microprocessor, not shown, according to a predetermined harness making program.
  • the wire W is advanced by the rolls 2 during each cycle of operation of the apparatus, to feed the wire W by a predetermined lead length; a terminal of a predetermined strip of terminals T1, T2 or T3 is fed to its respective press 36, 38 or 40; the connectors MC are indexed to position a contact of the leading connector MC under the inserter 50; the unit 58 is actuated to shift the slide 54, and thus the carrier 6 to one of its three positions lengthwise of the path P to enable the severed wire end SW to be located in the predetermined press 36, 38 or 40 when the carrier 6 is swung from its Figure 1 angular position to its Figure 2 angular position.
  • the rolls 2', the clamps 8, 12 17 and 19 and the blades 4, 18 and 20 are opened, to allow the wire W to be advanced by said lead length by the rolls 2, the blades 4, 18 and 20 and the clamps 17 and 19 are closed; the clamps 8 and 12 are closed and are retracted to strip the wire end SW and the lead end SL; the blades 4, 18 and 20 are opened, the carriers 6 and 10 are swung from their Figure 1 to their Figure 2 angular positions; the ram 41 and the inserter 50 are driven through a working and a return stroke; the carriers 6 and 10 are returned to their Figure 1 angular positions; the clamps 12 and 19 are opened; and the finished lead L is ejected from the apparatus by means of the rolls 2'; and the rolls 2' and the clamps 8 and 17 are opened, so that the apparatus is ready for another cycle of operation.
  • the slide 54 was moved, as will be apparent from Figure 2, to a position to enable the severed wire end SW to be located by the carrier 6 and clamp 8 in the applicator 38, the strip of terminals T2 in the track 44 having been actuated by the unit 58 to position a terminal in the applicator 38 to be crimped to the wire end SW.
  • the slide 54 may be advanced to enable the carrier 6 and clamp 8 to locate the severed wire end SW in the press 36 as shown in Figure 3, the strip of terminals T1 in the track 42 having been advanced to position a terminal T1 in the press 36.
  • the slide 54 may be advanced to enable the carrier 6 and clamp 8 to locate the severed wire end SW in the press 40, the strip of terminals T3 in the track 48 having been advanced according to the program to locate a terminal T3 in the press 40.
  • the apparatus may for example be programmed so as to produce the electrical harness shown in Figure 5 in which one end of each lead L1 to L7 is terminated to a respective contact of the multicontact connector MC, the other end of the lead L1 is terminated to a terminal T1, the other end of each lead L4 and L6 is terminated to a terminal T2 and the other end of each lead L2, L3, L5 and L7 is terminated to a terminal T3.
  • the blades 18 may be omitted and the clamp 8 need not be movable towards and away from the carrier 6, and if the contacts of the connector MC are insulating piercing, the blades 20 can be omitted and the clamp 12 need not be movable towards and away from the carrier 10.
  • the terminating station 16 may be replaced by terminating station similar to the terminating station 14 and the carrier 10 may be arranged on a slide similar to the slide 54 and being similarly movable stepwise along the path P.
  • the blades 18 and 20 must be provided and the clamps 8 and 12 must be movable towards and away from their respective carrier 6 and 10, unless the terminals T1 to T3 are insulating piercing terminals.
  • the marker 114 is programmed to mark each lead produced according to the manner in which it has been terminated.
  • the marker and the wire and lead clamps may be operated by servo means (not shown).

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Abstract

Pendant un cycle de l'appareil un fil métallique (W) avance le long d'un chemin d'alimentation (P) d'une longueur de câble, puis il est serré au moyen de serre-fils (8 et 12) sur des premier et second supports rotatifs de fils (6 et 10). Lorsqu'un câble (L) a été sectionné du fil métallique (W) par des lames (4), les supports (8 et 12) sont balancés dans des directions opposées pour positionner l'extrémité du fil (SW) dans une première station de terminaison (14) et l'extrémité du câble (SL) dans une seconde station de terminaison (16). La première station de terminaison (14) possède trois dispositifs applicateurs de terminaisons de fils (36, 38 et 40) espacés sur la longueur du chemin (P). Le premier support rotatif (6) de fil peut être ajusté sélectivement pas à pas et sur la longueur du chemin (P) pour positionner l'extrémité de fils (SW) dans un applicateur prédéterminé (36, 38 ou 40) de la première station de terminaison (14). La seconde station de terminaison (16) applique une extrémité de câble (SL) à un contact d'un connecteur multicontact (MC) à chaque cycle de l'appareil.

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  1. Appareil de fabrication de conducteurs ou de faisceaux comportant des moyens (2) destinés à faire avancer un fil (W) le long d'un trajet (P) d'avance de fil sur une distance égale à une longueur de conducteur, des moyens (4) de sectionnement de conducteur sur ledit trajet (P), un support rotatif (6) de fil ayant une bride (8) de fil sur ledit trajet (P) et monté sur un premier côté desdits moyens de sectionnement (4), un support rotatif (10) de conducteur ayant une bride (12) de conducteur sur ledit trajet (P) et monté sur le côté opposé desdits moyens (4) de sectionnement, un poste (14) de terminaison de fil sur un premier côté dudit trajet (P) et sur un premier côté desdits moyens de sectionnement (4), et un poste (16) de terminaison de conducteur sur le côté opposé dudit trajet (P) et sur le côté opposé desdits moyens (4) de sectionnement, les supports (6 et 10) étant agencés de façon à être déplacés en pivotant dans des sens opposés en s'éloignant dudit trajet (P), à la suite du sectionnement d'un conducteur (L) depuis le fil (W) par les moyens (4) de sectionnement de conducteurs et alors que le fil (W) et le conducteur (L) sont bridés par les brides (8, 12), respectivement, de façon à placer l'extrémité sectionnée (SW) du fil (W) dans le poste (14) de terminaison de fil et l'extrémité (SL) sectionnée du conducteur dans le poste (16) de terminaison de conducteur ; caractérisé en ce qu' au moins l'un des postes de terminaison (14 et 16) comporte plusieurs moyens (36, 38 et 40) qui sont espacés les uns des autres sur la longueur dudit trajet (P) ; et en ce que le support (6 ou 10) associé à ce poste (14) de terminaison peut être réglé sélectivement pas à pas et sur la longueur dudit trajet (P) pour placer l'extrémité de fil (SW) ou l'extrémité de conducteur (SL) associée, suivant le cas, dans l'un , prédéterminé, desdits moyens de terminaison (36, 38 ou 40).
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit support (6) de fil et/ou ledit support (10) de conducteur sont montés de façon à tourner sur un chariot (54) portant lesdits moyens d'avance (2), ledit chariot (54) étant réglable pas à pas et sur la longueur dudit trajet (P).
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que des moyens (18 et 20) de sectionnement d'isolant sont prévus sur ledit trajet (P) de fil sur un côté ou sur chaque côté desdits moyens (4) de sectionnement de conducteurs, la bride (8 ou 12) du ou de chaque support associé (6 ou 10) étant montée sur eux pour s'en rapprocher et s'en éloigner.
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le ou chaque support (6 ou 10) est agencé de façon à être déplacé en pivotant au moyen d'une unité (74 ou 98) à piston et cylindre montée sur ledit chariot (54), ledit chariot (54) pouvant être déplacé pas à pas le long dudit trajet (P) au moyen d'une unité (58) à piston et cylindre sur une base (63) portant ledit chariot (54), et en ce que la ou chaque bride (8 ou 12) peut être rapprochée et éloignée de son support associé (6 ou 10) au moyen d'une unité (84 ou 106) à piston et cylindre sur ledit support (6 ou 10).
  5. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit poste de terminaison de fil comporte plusieurs presses (36, 38 et 40) destinées chacune à sertir une borne électrique (T1, T2 et T3 respectivement) sur l'extrémité sectionnée (SW) du fil (W), le poste (16) de terminaison de conducteur comportant un dispositif d'insertion (50) destiné à insérer l'extrémité sectionnée (SL) du conducteur (L) dans un contact d'un conducteur (MC) à contacts multiples indexé à travers le dispositif d'insertion (50).
  6. Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que lesdites presses (36, 38 et 40) sont commandées par un coulisseau commun (41), les bornes (T1, T2 et T3) étant amenées sélectivement auxdites presses (36, 38 et 40).
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