JP2656872B2 - Wire harness branch setting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire harness branch setting device for setting a wire harness branch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 10 and 11 show a conventional wire harness branch setting device 1 (hereinafter referred to as a "branch setting device"). In these figures, the branch unit setting device 1
Is a fixing part 7 fixed by the bolt 5 on the routing table 3.
And three legs 11a, 11b, and 11c provided at the tip of the leg 9, the leg 9 standing upright from the fixing portion 7, and between the hands 11a, 11b, and 11c. Is
The wiring harness W and the branch wire harness X are accommodated therein.

In order to branch the wire harness W by the branch setting device 1, the wire harness W must be
a and 11b and between the hand parts 11a and 11c. Then, the wire harness branch portion 13 is set by housing the branch wire harness X between the hand portions 11b and 11c. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X are bound at a plurality of locations by the binding tape 15.

[0004]

However, when the number of wire harnesses W and branch wire harnesses X is small, a gap S is formed between the wire harnesses as shown in FIG. For this reason, when binding with the binding tape 15, it is necessary to bundle the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X one by one, and the work of binding the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wire harness branch setting device which does not cause a gap between the wire harnesses when setting the wire harness branch in consideration of the above circumstances.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a wire harness branch setting device for setting a wire harness branch, comprising a plurality of holding members each having a movable hand at one end. And a support member having a fixed hand for holding the wire harness with the plurality of movable hands and setting a branch portion while rotatably supporting the other ends of the holding members. I have.

[0007]

In order to branch the wire harness using the wire harness branching section setting device according to the present invention, the wire harness is held by a fixed hand and a movable hand, and a part of the wire harness is fixed to the fixed hand. Hook. At this time, by rotating the holding member, it is possible to hold the wire harness without generating a gap between the wire harnesses. Further, by hooking the wire harness on the fixed hand portion and branching from another wire harness, the branch portion can be easily and reliably set. Moreover, by rotating the holding member, the position of the movable hand portion can be easily changed, and the branch wire harness can be held without any gap.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wiring harness branch setting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a wire harness branching section setting device 19 according to a first embodiment .
(Hereinafter referred to as a “branch setting device”). In the figure, the branch portion setting device 19 includes movable hand portions 21a and 21 that hold a wire harness W and a branch wire harness X.
b, 21c, and 21d, and four rotating holding members 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d, and one end of each of the rotating holding members 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d. 21c and 21d, and a support member 31 having a fixed hand portion 21e for holding the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X.

Further, the branch portion setting device 19 includes a converging means 27 for converging the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X, and a converging means 27 for converging the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X. , 23b, 23c, and 23d.

The rotation holding members 23a, 23b, 23
Each of c and 23d is a long and flat plate, and hollow movable hands 21a, 21b, 21c and 21d are respectively provided upright at one end, and a through hole through which the screw shaft 35 is inserted is provided at the other end. Each is formed.

The support member 31 includes a support block 33.
And a screw shaft 35 erected from the support block 33.
And a nut 37 screwed to the screw shaft 35. At the upper end of the screw shaft 35, a hollow fixed hand 21 is provided.
e is formed, and as shown in FIG.
The movable hands 21a, 21b, 21c, and 21d rotate around a circle. Also,
The nut 37 screwed to the screw shaft 35 is tightened, and the rotation holding members 23a, 23b, 23c, 23d are fixed at arbitrary positions.

As shown in FIG. 3, the up-and-down mechanism 29 includes a fork-shaped base portion 3 fixed on the routing table 3 with bolts 5.
9, a leg portion 41 bent upright from 9, a slide hole 33a formed in the support block 33 and through which the leg portion 41 is inserted.
It comprises a stopper 43 formed at the tip of the leg 41 and a recess 33b formed on the inner wall of the slide hole 33a.

The stopper 43 is formed by a so-called spring ball which is capable of protruding and retracting from the outer periphery of the leg 41 when the ball 45 is urged toward the outer periphery by a compression coil spring. By inserting the ball of the stopper 43 into the concave portion 33b formed in the inner wall of the slide hole 33a, the support block 33 is fixed to the upper portion of the leg portion 41, and the support block 33 is pressed downward, whereby the spring ball is pressed. Is retracted from the recess 33b, and the support block 33 is lowered by its own weight.

The converging means 27 includes two rotating members 47 and 49 having one end connected to be rotatable relative to each other, and a guide rod 51 protruding from a connecting portion of these rotating members 47 and 49.
And guide rods 53 and 55 protruding from tip portions of the rotating members 47 and 49, respectively. These guide rods 5
1, 53, and 55 are the movable hands 21b, 21c,
Each is inserted into the fixing hand 21e.

Next, a procedure for branching the wire harness W using the branch setting device 19 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rotation holding member 23a,
23d is rotated in opposite directions about the fixed hand 21e. Then, the rotation holding members 23b and 23c are rotated to a position substantially orthogonal to a line connecting the rotation holding members 23a and 23d. In this state, the wire harness W routed from the tip end side of the rotation holding member 23a is fixed to the fixed hand 21e.
After being hooked on the movable hand portions 21b and 21c, the movable hand portions 21b and 21c are bent and arranged. Further, after the wire harness W routed from the tip end side of the rotation holding member 23d is hooked on the fixed hand portion 21e, the wire harness W is bent and routed between the movable hand portions 21b and 21c. Thereby, the wire harness branching portion can be set.

Next, as shown in FIG.
The guide rods 53, 55, 5
Insert 1 respectively. Then, the support block 33 is lowered along the leg 41. In this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the branch wire harness X is focused by the guide rods 51, 53, 55 of the focusing means 27.

Then, as shown in FIG.
5 is wound around the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X together with the convergence means 27 and bound.

According to the present embodiment, in the wire harness branching section setting device 19, the rotation holding members 23b and 23c
, The direction of the branch wire harness X branched from the wire harness W, that is, the branch direction can be set to an arbitrary position.

Further, the branch setting device 19 of the present embodiment comprises:
Regardless of the diameters of the wire harness W and the branch wire harness X, it is possible to converge without a gap.

In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which the four rotation holding members 23a, 23b, 23c and 23d are supported by the screw shaft 37, but the number of rotation holding members is limited to four. is not.

Although the branch setting device 19 of this embodiment has the converging means 27 and the vertical mechanism 29, these converging means 27 and the vertical mechanism 29 are not necessarily required. With the support member, the wire harness branching portion can be set.

Hereinafter, another embodiment will be described. The same parts as in the first embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals.

Second Embodiment A second embodiment shown in FIG. 8 will be described. The branch portion setting device 57 of the present embodiment includes four rotation holding members 61, 63,
Rotation angle holding means 59 for holding the rotation positions of 65 and 67
have.

The rotation holding members 61, 63, 65, 67
One end is formed in a disk shape, and circular through holes 61a, 63a, 65a, 67a are formed in the center thereof. In these through holes 61a, 63a, 65a, 67a, a screw shaft 71, which is erected from a support block 69 and to which a fixing hand (not shown) is attached, is inserted, and a nut 73 is screwed. Then, the nut 73 is tightened, and one ends of the rotation holding members 61, 63, 65, 67 are held on the screw shaft 71.

The rotation holding member 61 has a through hole 61a.
, Six positioning protrusions 61b are formed, and six positioning holes 61c are formed between these protrusions 61b and the through holes 61a. The rotation holding member 63 has six positioning protrusions 63b formed around the through hole 63a, and six positioning through holes 63c formed around it. The rotation holding member 65 has six positioning projections 65b around the through hole 65a.
Six positioning holes 65c are formed between 5b and the through hole 65a. Further, the rotation holding member 67 has 67 positioning protrusions 67b formed around the through hole 67a, and six positioning holes 67c formed around these positioning protrusions 67b.

The rotation angle holding means 59 comprises the above-described positioning projections 61b, 63b, 65b, 69b, positioning holes 61c, 63c, 65c, 67c, a screw shaft 71, and a nut 73.

The rotation holding members 61, 63, 6
Movable hands (not shown) are provided upright at the distal ends of 5, 67, respectively.

In order to branch the wire harness by such a branch portion setting device 57, the rotation holding members 61, 6
3, 65, 67 at desired positions, ie between the movable hands,
The rotation holding members 61, 63, 65, and 67 are rotated so that the wire harness and the branch wire harness can be converged without a gap between the movable hand portion and the fixed hand portion. In this case, the positioning projection 69b of the support block 69 is fitted into the positioning hole 61c of the rotation holding member 63, and the positioning projection 63b of the rotation holding member 63 is
5 is fitted into the positioning hole 65c. Further, the positioning projection 63b of the rotation holding member 63 is fitted into the positioning hole 65c of the rotation holding member 65, and the positioning projection 65b is fitted into the positioning hole 67c of the rotation holding member 67.

By tightening the nut 73 from this state, one end of each of the rotation holding members 61, 63, 65, 67 is held on the support block 69. Then, the wire harness and the branch wire harness are hooked on the movable hand portion and the fixed hand portion, and the wire harness is branched to set a wire harness branch portion. After setting the wire harness branch portion, the wire harness and the branch wire harness are bound with a binding tape.

According to the present embodiment, each rotation holding member 61,
63, 65 and 67 can be reliably held at predetermined positions by the rotation angle holding means 59.

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The branch setting device 75 according to the present embodiment includes a single rotation holding member 77.
Is an example supported by the support block 79 so as to rotate and slide freely.

As shown in FIG. 9, the rotation holding member 77 is
A long hole 81 is formed on one side, and a movable hand portion 83 stands upright on the other end. Four positioning holes 85 are formed on both sides of the long hole 81, respectively.

On the support block 79, a screw shaft 87 provided with a fixed hand (not shown) is provided upright. The nut 91 is screwed into the screw shaft 87 after being inserted into the long hole 81 of the rotation holding member 77. The rotation support member 77 is fixed to the support block 79 by tightening the nut 91. Eight positioning projections 89 are protruded around the screw shaft 87, and are fitted into positioning holes 85 of the rotation holding member 77.

In order to branch the wire harness using such a branch setting device 75, a rotation holding member 77 is required.
Is moved in the longitudinal direction of the long hole 81 (the direction of arrow a in the drawing) to change the distance between the fixed hand and the movable hand 83 so that the wire harness or the branch wire harness can be converged without a gap. Further, the turning holding member 77 is turned around the screw shaft 87 to set the branching direction of the wire harness. In this case, the rotation holding member 77 is positioned by fitting the positioning protrusion 89 of the support block 79 into the positioning hole 85.

After setting the position of the movable hand portion 83 in this way, the wire harness and the branch wire harness are hooked on the fixed hand portion and the movable hand portion 83, thereby setting the wire harness branch portion. Then, the wire harness and the branch wire harness are bound by the binding tape.

[0038]

As described above, according to the apparatus for setting a branch portion of a wire harness according to the present invention, when the wire harness is held by the fixed hand portion and the movable hand portion, the holding member is rotated. The wire harness can be held without a gap, and the work of binding the wire harness becomes easy. Also, by hooking the wire harness on the fixed hand and branching off from another wire harness, the branching portion can be easily and reliably set,
In addition, the position of the movable hand portion can be easily changed by rotating the holding member, whereby the branch wire harness can be held without a gap, thereby facilitating the work of binding the wire harness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a wire harness branching portion setting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a wire harness branching portion setting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an up-and-down mechanism of the branch section setting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state where the wire harness is branched by the branch setting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a guide rod of the focusing means is engaged with a hollow portion of a hand portion of the rotation holding member.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the wire harness focused by the focusing means.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a wire harness and a branch wire harness collected by a collecting unit and a binding tape.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a turning angle holding means for holding a turning position of a turning holding member in the branch portion setting device of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a branch portion setting device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional wire harness branching portion setting device.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where a wire harness is branched by a conventional wire harness branching section setting device.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a state where the wire harness is branched by a conventional wire harness branch setting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

19, 57, 75 Wire harness branch portion setting device (branch portion setting device) 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 83 Movable hand portion 21e Fixed hand portion 23a, 23b, 23c, 23d Rotation holding member (holding member) 31 Support Member 61, 63, 65, 67 Rotation holding member 77 Rotation holding member W Wire harness X Branch wire harness

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A wire harness branching portion setting device for setting a wire harness branching portion, comprising: a plurality of holding members each having a movable hand at one end; and rotatably supporting the other ends of the holding members. And a supporting member having a fixed hand for holding the wire harness with the plurality of movable hands and setting the branch.