JP2015050145A - Implement for arrangement of connector-provided wire - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an implement for arrangement of connector-provided wires which is used in arranging a plurality of connector-provided wires on a rod-like member and prevents entanglements of the connector-provided wires due to falling of connector parts.SOLUTION: An implement 10 for arrangement of connector-provided wires is provided with a wire holding bar 1 which is composed of a plurality of wire holding parts 12 for holding end parts of parts of a wire 91 in the individual connector-provided wires 9 aligned in a single row. The implement 10 for arrangement of connector-provided wires is provided with a bar support part 2 supporting the wire holding bar 1 so as to be along the vertical direction.

Description

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

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

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

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

JP 2013-8552 A

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

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

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

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

  The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector which concerns on a 1st aspect is provided with each component shown below. A 1st component is a rod-shaped electric wire holding member in which the some electric wire clamping part which clamps the edge part of the electric wire part in an electric wire with a connector, respectively was formed in a line. A 2nd component is a support part which supports the said electric wire holding member in the state along a vertical direction.

  The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the second aspect is an aspect of the electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the first aspect. In the electric wire arranging tool with a connector according to the second aspect, the support portion supports the electric wire holding member in a state along a vertical direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

  The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the third aspect is one aspect of the electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the first aspect or the second aspect. The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the third aspect further includes a partition portion. The partition part partitions a space below the height of the lower end of the electric wire holding member supported by the support part into a space where the electric wire hangs down from the electric wire holding member and a space opposite to the electric wire holding member.

  When both ends of the electric wire with connector are held by the electric wire holding portion of the rod-like electric wire holding member, the intermediate portion between the both ends of the electric wire portion of the electric wire with connector is two electric wire holding portions for holding the both ends of the electric wire It spreads horizontally and hangs down by the horizontal distance.

  In each of the above aspects, the rod-shaped electric wire holding member is supported in a state along the vertical direction. In this case, the horizontal distance between the plurality of electric wire clamping portions is extremely small, and the lateral spreading width of the electric wires hanging from the electric wire holding member is extremely small. Therefore, when an operator drops the connector part of the electric wire with connector, the possibility that the connector part falls between the hanging wires is very low.

  Therefore, according to each aspect described above, when a plurality of connector-attached wires are arranged on the rod-shaped member, it is possible to prevent the connector-attached wires from being twisted due to the drop of the connector portion with a high probability. This is the same when a plurality of electric wires with connectors arranged on the electric wire holding member is removed from the electric wire holding member.

  By the way, if the rod-shaped electric wire holding member is supported in a state along the vertical direction, the horizontal distance between the plural electric wire holding portions becomes zero, and the possibility that the connector portion falls between the hanging electric wires is the lowest. .

  Moreover, generally an electric wire clamping part pinches the electric wire part of an electric wire with a connector from the both sides along the longitudinal direction of an electric wire holding member. Therefore, when the electric wire holding member is supported in a state along the vertical direction, the electric wire portion of the electric wire with connector is set to the electric wire holding portion by being pressed against the electric wire holding portion along the horizontal direction. If the force for pressing the electric wire is applied from the side to the standing electric wire holding member, the support state of the electric wire holding member tends to become unstable.

  Therefore, in the second aspect, the electric wire holding member is supported in a state along the vertical direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction. In this case, the force for pressing the electric wire is applied obliquely downward with respect to the electric wire holding member. As a result, the support state of the wire holding member that stands up diagonally is unlikely to become unstable.

  Moreover, in the 3rd aspect, the partition part has divided the space below the height of the lower end of an electric wire holding member into the space where an electric wire hangs down from an electric wire holding member, and the space on the opposite side with respect to an electric wire holding member. The partition portion prevents the operator who sets the electric wire with the connector from being in contact with the electric wire hanging from the electric wire holding member, and the end of the electric wire with the connector is detached from the electric wire holding member by the operator's contact with the electric wire. To prevent.

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

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

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

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

  The electric wire arranging tool with connector 10 includes an electric wire holding bar 1, a bar support portion 2, and a partition portion 3.

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

  The bar support part 2 is a part which supports the electric wire holding bar 1 in a state along the vertical direction. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bar support portion 2 supports the electric wire holding bar 1 in a state along the vertical direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction. The inclination angle of the electric wire holding bar 1 with respect to the vertical direction is desirably less than 45 degrees, and for example, it is conceivable that it is within a range of 20 degrees to 30 degrees.

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

  The column portion 21 is a portion that supports the fixed seat 22 at a predetermined position. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support column 21 supports the plurality of fixed seats 22 at different heights. Thereby, the electric wire holding bar 1 is supported in a posture along a direction slightly inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

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

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

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

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

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

  The partition portion 3 is provided to prevent an operator who sets the connector-attached electric wire 9 on the electric wire holding bar 1 from touching the electric wires 91 hanging from the electric wire holding bar 1.

  The partition part 3 has the partition plate 31 and the partition plate support part 32 which supports the partition plate 31 in a predetermined position. For example, the partition plate 31 is a transparent plate-like member.

  The partition plate 31 of the partition portion 3 is opposite to the space where the wire 91 hangs down from the wire holding bar 1 and the wire holding bar 1 below the height of the lower end 111 of the wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2. It is divided into a space on the side.

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

  The operator performs an operation of setting the connector-attached electric wire 9 in the electric wire holding portion 12 in a posture facing the upper end 112 at the position on the lower end 111 side of the electric wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the end of the electric wire 9 with a connector is connected to the end of the electric wire holding portion 12 of the electric wire holding bar 1 from a position opposite to the electric wire holding bar 1 side of the partition portion 3 by an operator who picks it up. Moved to position. At that time, the position of the connector-attached electric wire 9 is moved such that the portion of the electric wire 91 that hangs down from the connector 92 bypasses the side of the partition plate 31.

  Then, the wire end portion 910 is set to the wire holding portion 12 of the wire holding bar 1 in a state where the portion of the electric wire 91 that hangs down from the connector 92 is transferred to the wire holding bar 1 side of the partition plate 31. Thereby, the intermediate part between the both ends in the electric wire 91 of each electric wire 9 with a connector 9 held by the electric wire holding bar 1 hangs down from the electric wire holding bar 1 in the space closer to the electric wire holding bar 1 than the partition plate 31. It becomes a state. FIG. 4 shows this state.

  In the electric wire arranging tool 10 with a connector, the electric wire holding bar 1 is supported in a state along the vertical direction. In this case, the horizontal distance between the plurality of wire holding portions 12 is extremely small, and the width of the wire 91 hanging from the wire holding bar 1 is extremely small. Therefore, when the operator drops the connector 92 portion of the connector-attached electric wire 9, the possibility that the connector 92 falls between the hanging electric wires 91 is extremely low.

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

  Moreover, generally the electric wire clamping part 12 clamps the electric wire edge part 910 of the electric wire 9 with a connector from the both sides along the longitudinal direction of the electric wire holding bar 1. FIG. 1 to 4 also sandwich the wire end portion 910 from both sides along the longitudinal direction of the wire holding bar 1.

  Therefore, if the electric wire holding bar 1 is supported in a state along the vertical direction, the electric wire end portion 910 of the electric wire 9 with a connector is pressed against the electric wire holding portion 12 by being pressed against the electric wire holding portion 12 along the horizontal direction. Will be set. If the force for pressing the wire end portion 910 is applied from the side to the standing wire holding bar 1, the supporting state of the wire holding bar 1 tends to become unstable.

  On the other hand, in the electric wire arranging tool 10 with a connector, the electric wire holding bar 1 is supported in a state along the vertical direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction. In this case, a force pressing the wire end 910 is applied obliquely downward with respect to the wire holding bar 1. As a result, the support state of the wire holding bar 1 standing upright is not likely to become unstable.

  Further, in the electric wire arranging tool 10 with a connector, the partition portion 3 has a space below the height of the lower end 111 of the electric wire holding bar 1 opposite to the electric wire holding bar 1 side and the space where the electric wires 91 hang down from the electric wire holding bar 1. It is divided into a space.

  Therefore, the partition part 3 prevents the operator who sets the connector-attached electric wire 9 on the electric wire holding bar 1 from touching the electric wires 91 hanging from the electric wire holding bar 1. As a result, the wire end 910 of the connector-attached wire 9 is prevented from falling off the wire holding bar 1 due to the operator's contact with the wire 91.

<Application example>
In the wire arranging tool with connector 10, it is also conceivable that the bar support portion 2 is supported by a transfer mechanism that sequentially moves the bar support portion 2 to the position of the next step. In this case, the transfer mechanism is positioned at a position near the lower end 111 of the electric wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support unit 2 by moving the bar support unit 2 to a predetermined position.

  Moreover, the part which partitions off the space in the partition part 3 is not necessarily plate-shaped. For example, the part which partitions the space in the partition part 3 may be a net-like member or a lattice-like member.

  Further, in a state where the wire holding bar 1 is supported by the bar support portion 2, each of the wire holding portions 12 extends along the direction in which the wire end portion 910 of the connector-attached wire 9 is closer to the horizontal than the longitudinal direction of the wire holding bar 1. It is also conceivable to have a structure sandwiched from both sides.

  When the electric wire holding part 12 having the above structure is adopted, the electric wire end part 910 of the electric wire 9 with a connector is set to the electric wire holding part 12 by being pressed against the electric wire holding part 12 along a direction closer to the vertical direction. Will be. In this case, the support state of the standing electric wire holding bar 1 becomes more stable.

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

10 Wire arrangement tool with connector 1 Electric wire holding bar (electric wire holding member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Base part of electric wire holding bar 111 Lower end of electric wire holding bar 112 Upper end of electric wire holding bar 12 Electric wire clamping part 2 Bar support part 21 Supporting part 22 Fixing seat 3 Partition part 31 Partition plate 32 Partition plate support part 9 Electric wire with connector 91 Electric wire 910 Wire end 92 connector

Claims (3)

A rod-shaped electric wire holding member in which a plurality of electric wire holding portions for holding the end portions of the electric wire portions in the electric wires with connectors are formed in a row,
A wire arranging tool with a connector, comprising: a support portion that supports the wire holding member in a state along the vertical direction. It is an electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to claim 1,
The said support part is an electric wire arrangement tool with a connector which supports the said electric wire holding member in the state along the vertical direction inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction. It is an electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to claim 1 or 2,
A partition part that partitions a space below the lower end height of the electric wire holding member supported by the support part into a space in which the electric wire hangs down from the electric wire holding member and a space opposite to the electric wire holding member; Wire array tool with connector.

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