JP2940392B2 - Connector inspection 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 connector inspection device having a function of moving a terminal fitting at a defective insertion position to a proper insertion position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A connector is generally constructed by inserting a terminal fitting fixed to the end of an electric wire into a connector housing made of synthetic resin, and the terminal fitting is inserted deeply to a regular insertion position. The lances (locking claws) provided on the terminal fittings and the connector housing are retained in a retaining state. In the case of this type of connector, if the terminal fitting is not attached to the proper insertion position and is not retained and retained by the lance, the terminal fitting may come off during use. It needs to be checked and corrected in advance.

[0003] For this purpose, the following means have conventionally been adopted. For this purpose, a retainer is used which engages separately from the lance with the terminal fitting inserted into the regular insertion position and forms a double locking means together with the lance. Prior to inserting the terminal fittings, the retainer is temporarily locked at a position where it does not hinder the insertion of the terminal fittings of the connector.After inserting the terminal fittings in this state, the retainer is moved to the final locking position and is attached to the terminal fittings. It is designed to engage. If the terminal is in the defective insertion position where it cannot reach the proper insertion position, the retainer will be caught by the terminal when attempting to move the retainer to the final locking position. Can no longer be moved. Therefore, whether or not the terminal fitting has been inserted to the normal insertion position can be determined based on whether or not the retainer can be moved to the final locking position. As a result, when it is determined that the terminal fitting has not been inserted to the regular insertion position, the operation of inserting the terminal fitting is repeated.

[0004]

In the above-described method using the retainer, the retainer fitted at the final locking position of the connector is not detached from the connector, and the connector is used with the retainer fitted as it is. Will be done. For this reason, the same number of retainers as the connector housing is required, and there is a problem that the number of parts is large and the cost is high. Further, the retainer only detects the presence or absence of a terminal fitting that is defectively inserted, and if it is detected that there is a terminal fitting that is defectively inserted, push the terminal fitting deeply or remove the terminal fitting. After the position is corrected by re-inserting, the retainer must be fitted again to check the insertion state of the terminal fitting, which is troublesome. In addition, if the terminal fittings are defectively inserted near the proper insertion position, it is difficult to see from the appearance which terminal fittings are in the defective insertion position, so the positions of all the terminal fittings are corrected. In particular, in the case of a multipolar connector having a large number of terminal fittings, it takes time to correct the position of the terminal fittings. For this reason, there has been a problem that the efficiency of the operation of inserting the terminal fittings is low.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of parts is reduced to reduce the cost, and the terminal fitting at the defective insertion position is properly formed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a function of moving the terminal fitting to the insertion position efficiently by providing a function of moving the terminal fitting to the insertion position, and to surely move the terminal fitting to the regular insertion position. Another object of the present invention is to provide a continuity test for a wire harness and to protect a probe used for the continuity test.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal fitting which is inserted into a defective insertion position with a relative movement of the terminal fitting with respect to the connector. To the normal insertion position, a connector pressing body for pressing the connector in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the terminal fitting by the terminal fitting pressing body, and a relative movement between the terminal fitting pressing body and the connector pressing body. The present invention is characterized in that it comprises a moving mechanism to be driven and an elastic body provided between at least one of the terminal fitting pushing body and the connector pressing body and the moving mechanism.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connector guide for movably guiding a connector into which a terminal fitting has been inserted, and a terminal fitting normally inserted into a defective insertion position with relative movement with the connector. A terminal fitting pushing body to be moved to a position, a probe holder which moves relative to the terminal fitting pushing portion, and an electric connector provided in the probe holder so as to face the terminal fitting and in contact with the terminal fitting. A probe for conducting a continuity inspection of the wire harness based on the presence or absence of continuity, and a connector pressing body that presses the connector in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the terminal fitting by the terminal fitting pressing body, the connector pressing body being Is provided on the probe holder via an elastic body, and is arranged so as to abut the connector before the probe contacts the terminal fitting. Those having features at where the structure is.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the terminal fitting pressing body and the connector pressing body are relatively moved by the moving mechanism,
The connector pressing body presses the connector, and the terminal fitting pusher moves relative to the connector from a direction opposite to the pressing direction, and the terminal fitting in the defective insertion position is pushed into the terminal fitting pusher so that the normal insertion position is obtained. Go to At this time, since the elasticity of the elastic body is acting on the connector and the terminal fitting pushing body, the positional relationship between the connector and the terminal fitting pushing body always reaches a position where the terminal fitting pushing body reaches the position where the terminal fitting is pushed deepest. State. Also, if an abnormal resistance force against the pushing force of the terminal fitting pushing body is generated in the connector, the pushing force is absorbed by the elasticity of the elastic body, so that the relative movement of the terminal fitting with respect to the connector toward the regular insertion position side is not achieved. Stop.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the probe holder moves relative to the terminal fitting pressing body, the connector pressing body presses and moves the connector.
The terminal fitting at the defective insertion position is pushed by the terminal fitting pushing body from the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the connector and moves to the normal insertion position. After the connector reaches the final movement position and stops moving, the probe holder further moves while elastically deforming the elastic body and reaches the final movement position, so that the probe contacts the terminal fitting, and in this state, A continuity test of the wire harness is performed based on the presence or absence of electrical continuity between the probe and the terminal fitting. When the probe is in contact with the terminal fitting, the movement is stopped when the connector reaches the final movement position by being pressed by the elasticity of the elastic body. The relationship, that is, the positional relationship between the terminal fitting and the probe is always constant.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when there is a terminal fitting at a defective insertion position, the terminal fitting can be moved to the normal insertion position by the terminal fitting pushing body. It is necessary to correct the position of the terminal fitting and then re-insert the retainer and check the insertion state again as in the conventional means, which only detected whether the terminal fitting was in the defective insertion position using the retainer. There is no. Moreover, since the terminal fitting push-in body can be pressed all at once for all the terminal fittings, the position of the defective fitting is close to the regular insertion position and the terminal fitting can be specified. Because of the difficulty, there is no need to take time to correct the position of the terminal fitting. Therefore,
There is an effect that the working efficiency as a whole of the operation of inserting the terminal fitting can be improved. In addition, the positional relationship between the connector and the terminal fitting pusher when the terminal fitting pusher performs the pushing operation is a certain state in which the terminal fitting pusher always reaches the position where the terminal fitting pusher pushes the terminal fitting deepest due to the elasticity of the elastic body. Therefore, there is an effect that the terminal fitting at the defective insertion position can be reliably moved to the regular insertion position. Furthermore, when an abnormal resistance force against the pushing force of the terminal fitting pushing body is generated in the connector, the relative movement between the connector and the terminal fitting is stopped by the elastic action of the elastic body. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent the inside of the connector and the terminal fitting from being damaged due to forcible relative movement. Furthermore, since the terminal fitting pushing body can be detached from the connector after the terminal fitting pushing operation, the terminal fitting positions of many connectors can be corrected using the same terminal fitting pushing body. It is not necessary to prepare the same number of retainers as the connector as in the related art. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, the presence or absence of electrical continuity between the probe and the terminal fitting with the pushing operation of the terminal fitting by the terminal fitting pushing body. The wire harness continuity test is performed based on the above, so the work efficiency is lower than the case where the work of detecting the defective insertion of the terminal fitting, the work of correcting its position, and the wire harness continuity test are performed separately. Is extremely high. Further, when the probe holder moves, the connector pressing body comes into contact with the connector before the probe comes into contact with the terminal fitting, so that the probe contacts the terminal fitting first and presses the connector. This has the effect of preventing the probe from being bent or broken due to this. Furthermore, the connector always reaches a fixed final movement position by the action of the elasticity of the elastic body, so that the positional relationship between the terminal fitting and the probe is always fixed. In addition, the contact pressure of the probe with respect to the terminal fitting is always constant, so that the probe can be prevented from being bent or broken due to an excessive contact pressure.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The connector inspection apparatus of the present embodiment includes a moving mechanism 1 having a rail 3 and a cam handle 4 provided on a board 2, and a connector guide 1 fixed on the board 2.
0, a terminal fitting pushing body 20 provided integrally with the connector guide 10, and a probe holder provided so as to move in the direction of coming and going with respect to the connector guide 10 while being guided by the rail 3 by the rotation operation of the cam handle 4. 30, a probe 40 provided on the probe holder 30, and a connector pressing body 50 also provided on the probe holder 30.

The connector 60 held by the connector guide 10 includes a connector housing 61 made of a synthetic resin material.
And a female terminal fitting 63 inserted into a plurality of cavities 62 formed in the connector housing 61 with openings at both front and rear ends. A male terminal fitting of a mating connector (not shown) and a probe 40 to be described later are provided in the front end face of the connector housing 61 in the cavity 6.
The entrance 66 for entering the inside of each of the cavities 62
The opening is formed every time. Connector housing 61
The rear end face is an insertion port 67 communicating with all the cavities 62 by opening a large area over the whole except for the peripheral edge portion, and the insertion port 67 is provided in a space having a certain depth. I have. The cavities 62 of the connector housing 61 are divided into two rows on the left and right, and a plurality of chambers are formed vertically in each row. Terminal fittings are inserted into the cavities 62 by pushing them in from the rear insertion openings 67, and the electric wires 64 fixed to the terminal fittings 63 extend to the rear of the connector housing 61. When the terminal fitting 63 is inserted deeply into the regular insertion position in the cavity 62, a lance (not shown) provided in the cavity 62 engages with a not-shown locking portion formed on the terminal fitting, so that the terminal fitting 63 is formed. Is held in a state in which it cannot be moved in the removal direction. On the other hand, when the terminal fitting 63 is inserted only up to the defective insertion position where the terminal fitting 63 is shallow and does not reach the regular insertion position, the terminal fitting 63 falls out of the cavity 62 because the lance does not function to prevent removal. In this case, the position is corrected by means described later so that the terminal fitting 63 moves to the normal insertion position.

The connector guide 10 is a "Duracon"
(Registered trademark) or the like, and has a U-shaped cross section opened in both front and rear directions and upwards. The space opened above and in the front and rear directions of the connector guide 10 is a holding portion 11, and the connector 60 is guided along the bottom surface 11 a of the connector 60 with its lower surface in close contact with the bottom surface 11 a of the holding portion 11. Thereby, smooth movement in the front-rear direction is possible without occurrence of rattling in the left-right direction.

On the rear end face of the connector guide 10, a U-shaped terminal fitting pushing body 20 similar to the connector guide 10 is provided.
Is fixed. The terminal fitting pusher 20 has a pair of left and right plate-like pushers 21 and 21 protruding forward from the edges along the left and right side walls of the holder 11 into the holder 11. The pushing portion 21 is adapted to enter the insertion opening 67 of the connector 60 in the holding portion 11, and when the connector 60 is at the most retracted position with its rear end in contact with the terminal fitting pushing body 20. In addition, the front end of the pushing portion 21 comes into contact with the rear end of the terminal fitting 63 inserted at the regular insertion position. Therefore, when there is a terminal fitting 63 that has been inserted only up to the defective insertion position, the pushing portion 21 is placed in the defective insertion position in a state where the connector 60 is located forward of the retreating position, that is, at a position separated from the terminal fitting pushing body 20. Abut on the terminal fitting 63. And
When the connector 60 moves backward in a state where the pushing portion 21 is in contact with the terminal fitting 63 at the defective insertion position, the terminal fitting 63 at the defective inserting position is relatively pushed by the pushing portion 21, and the connector 60 is finally moved. At the same time when the terminal fitting 63 reaches the retreat position, the terminal fitting 63 reaches the regular insertion position.

The probe holder 30 moves between a standby position (FIG. 2) separated from the connector guide 10 by rotation of the cam handle 4 and an inspection position (FIG. 5) approaching the connector guide 10 to a certain position. Probe holder 3
0 is also made of a self-lubricating synthetic resin material such as "Duracon" (registered trademark), and has a shape and size on its front surface facing the connector guide 10 so that the front end of the connector 60 can be fitted tightly. A receiving recess 31 having a tapered surface 32 formed at an opening edge is formed.

A plurality of probes 40 are provided inside the housing recess 31 so as to face the respective terminal fittings 63 of the connector 60 housed in the connector guide 10. When the probe holder 30 moves to the inspection position in a state where the connector 60 is at the rearmost position where the connector 60 comes into contact with the terminal fitting pushing body 20, the tip of the probe 40 slightly enters the cavity 62 from the entrance 66 and the normal insertion position is reached. Terminal fitting 6
3. The structure of the probe 40 is as shown in FIG. Conductive probe body 4
1 is a rear end portion in which a fitting hole 42 of the probe holder 30 is inserted.
It is provided so as to protrude into the accommodating concave portion 31 in a state of being fitted into and retractable from the inside, and is urged in the protruding direction by a compression coil spring 43, and is always fixed to a predetermined position by a retaining member 44 in the fitting hole 42. Is held at the projecting position. In the fitting hole 42, a conductive conductive pin 45 is provided with the probe main body 41.
It is fitted so as to be able to advance and retreat further behind. The conduction pin 45 is always held at a standby position at a slight distance from the probe main body 41 by the return force of the compression coil spring 46, and is electrically connected to the probe main body 41 when the probe main body 41 retreats. The conductive state is established. The probe body 41
Is in a predetermined projecting position and the conduction pin 45 is in the standby position, the probe body 41 and the conduction pin 45 are kept electrically insulated by the non-conductive cylinder 47. Further, the terminal fitting 4 is connected to the conductive pin 45 via a conductive cylinder 48 projecting rearward from the fitting hole 42.
9 is connected.

The probe 40 has a terminal fitting 49.
Is connected to a continuity inspection circuit of a wire harness (not shown). An electric wire 64 of a terminal fitting 63 mounted on a connector 60 assembled as a wire harness is connected to the continuity inspection circuit. In the continuity inspection circuit, the presence or absence of electrical continuity between the terminal fitting 63 and the probe 40 is detected, and this is displayed by a display unit (not shown) such as lighting of a lamp. , Connector 60
A continuity test is performed to determine whether the correct terminal fitting 63 is inserted into each of the cavities 62.

In the housing recess 31, a pair of elongated connector pressing bodies 50, 50 facing the upper and lower ends of the connector 60 housed in the connector guide 10 are provided. This connector pressing body 50 is, as shown in FIG.
The guide tube 52 is provided so as to protrude into the accommodating recess 31 with the rear end portion fitted in the guide tube 52 attached to the fitting hole 51 of the probe holder 30 so as to be able to move forward and backward.
The guide cylinder 52 is always urged in the projecting direction by an elastic body 55 formed of a compression coil spring housed therein.
The rear end locking portion 54 is locked to a stopper 53 formed by reducing the diameter of the inside inward, so that it is held at a predetermined projecting position.

Regarding the positional relationship between the connector pressing body 50 and the probe 40 in the normal direction in the normal state, when the probe holder 30 is moved closer to the connector 60 accommodated in the holding portion 11, the probe 4
0 before the tip of the connector pressing body 50 contacts the terminal fitting 63 at the regular insertion position.
1 is in contact with the front end face.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
The connector 60, to which the terminal fitting 63 is attached and which forms the wire harness, is held from above the connector guide 10 by the holding portion 1
1 and closely attached to its bottom surface 11a. At this time, the connector 60 does not need to be located at a position where the pushing portion 21 of the terminal fitting pushing body 20 enters the insertion opening 67 at the rear end thereof, but may be located at a position (FIG. 2) in front of that position. In addition, the electric wire 64 extending from the connector 60 is extended to the rear of the connector guide 10 through the space between the pushing portions 21 and 21.

In this state, when the probe holder 30 is moved closer to the connector guide 10 by rotating the cam handle 4, the connector housing 61 is slightly fitted into the housing recess 31 when the connector housing 61 is slightly inserted into the housing recess 31.
The connector pressing body 50 abuts on the front end face (FIG. 3), and presses the connector 60 with the elastic body 55 slightly elastically compressed. At this time, the probe 40 is not in contact with the terminal fitting 63, and the connector 60 moves rearward along the bottom surface 11a of the holding unit 11 only by the pressing force from the connector pressing body 50.

The moved connector 60 is inserted into its insertion port 67.
The movement is stopped when the push-in portions 21 and 21 are relatively advanced to reach the last retreat position where they come into contact with the terminal fitting push-in body 20 (FIG. 4). During this time, if there is a defectively inserted terminal fitting 63, the rear end of the terminal fitting 63 comes into contact with the pushing portion 21, and the terminal fitting 63 is pressed by the pushing portion 21 so that the terminal fitting 63 is relatively positioned with respect to the connector 60. As a result, the connector 60 reaches the normal insertion position at the same time when the connector 60 reaches the retreat position, and is held in the same state as the other terminal fittings 63 by the lance.

Even after the connector 60 reaches the last retreat position and stops moving, the probe holder 30 continues to move and stops moving when it reaches a predetermined inspection position (FIG. 5).
Accordingly, the elastic body 55 of the connector pressing body 50 is further elastically contracted, and the probe 40 contacts the front end of the terminal fitting 63 through the entrance 66 of the connector 60 to slightly elastically compress the compression coil spring 43. Then, the probe main body 41 is retracted and comes into contact with the conductive pin 45.

In this state, the connector 60 is always pushed rearward by the elastic force of the elastic body 55 of the connector pressing body 50.
It will surely reach the last retreat position where it comes into contact with zero.
Accordingly, the positional relationship between the connector 60 and the terminal fitting pushing body 20 becomes constant, and when the terminal fitting 63 of the defective insertion is pushed by the terminal fitting pushing body 20 and moves, the terminal fitting 6 is moved.
The final correction position of No. 3 is definitely the normal insertion position. In addition, for example, when an excessive resistance force against the pressing force from the connector pressing body 50 acts because the lance in the cavity 62 and the terminal fitting 63 at the defective insertion position are abnormally caught, the probe holder 30 is During the movement, the elastic body 55 is elastically contracted, so that the connector 6
0 stops moving at a position before the last retreat position. As a result, the terminal fitting 63 at the defective insertion position is not pushed into the normal insertion position side, and the lance or the terminal fitting 6 is not pushed due to the forcible pushing of the terminal fitting 63.
3 is prevented from being damaged.

When the probe holder 30 is moved, the connector pressing body 50 comes into contact with and moves the connector 60 before the probe 40 comes into contact with the terminal fitting 63. Since the 40 comes into contact with the terminal fitting 63 and pushes and moves the connector 60, there is no possibility that the components of the probe 40 are destroyed. Further, since the connector 60 always reaches the rearmost position by the elasticity of the elastic body 55, the positional relationship between the probe 60 and the connector 60 when the probe holder 30 stops at the inspection position, that is, the probe 40 and the terminal The positional relationship with the metal fitting 63 becomes constant. Accordingly, the contact pressure when the probe 40 comes into contact with the terminal fitting 63 is also constant, and there is no fear that an excessive pressing force acts on the constituent members of the probe 40. The component can be prevented from being broken. When the probe holder 30 stops at the inspection position, power is supplied to the continuity inspection circuit, and it is detected whether or not electrical continuity occurs between each terminal fitting 63 and the probe 40.
The result is displayed. According to the display result, the connector 6
It is checked whether or not the correct terminal fitting 63 is inserted into each of the cavities 0. If any of the terminal fittings 63 is not inserted into the correct cavity, the insertion is retried.

As explained by the above operation, the connector inspection apparatus of the present embodiment corrects the position of the terminal fitting 63 of the defective insertion to the normal insertion position, so that the retainer which remains attached to the connector is used. Unlike the case where only the defective insertion is detected, the cost can be reduced by reducing the number of components, and the re-inspection after the correction of the position of the terminal fitting is unnecessary, so that the working efficiency is high. Further, when the position of the terminal fitting 63 of the defective insertion is corrected, the connector pressing body 50 presses the connector 60 via the elastic body 55, so that the positional relationship between the connector 60 and the terminal fitting pushing body 20 is constant. As a result, the terminal fitting 63 can be reliably moved to the proper insertion position, and the hooked portion of the terminal fitting 63 in the connector 60 can be prevented from being broken by excessive pushing. Further, in the present embodiment, since the continuity inspection of the wire harness can be performed simultaneously with the insertion inspection of the terminal fitting 63 by using the probe 40, the working efficiency is improved. In this continuity test, since the probe 40 does not have to move the connector 60 by pressing, the probe 40 is prevented from being broken due to an excessive force acting on the probe 40, and the elastic body 55 As a result, the positional relationship between the connector 60 and the probe holder 30 becomes constant, so that the contact pressure of the probe 40 with respect to the terminal fitting 63 can be made constant.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

(1) In the above embodiment, the terminal fitting pushing body 2
Although the case where the probe holder 30 is movably provided and the probe holder 30 is movably provided has been described, the invention of the present application is directed to a configuration in which both the terminal fitting pushing body and the probe holder are movably provided, and Conversely, there is also included a connector inspection device having a configuration in which a terminal fitting pusher is movably provided and a probe holder is fixedly provided. Even in the case of such a configuration, since the terminal fitting pusher and the probe holder are relatively moved as in the above-described embodiment, the same effects as those in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the case where the continuity inspection of the wire harness is performed at the same time as the insertion inspection of the terminal fitting is described. Devices are also included. Hereinafter, the configuration examples will be described in (2) to (5). (2) A connector in which two holding members are provided, one of the holding members is provided with a connector pressing body via an elastic body, and the other holding member is provided with a terminal fitting pressing body via an elastic body. The connector is movably arranged between the pressing body and the terminal fitting pressing body. In this case, either of the two holding members may be movable, or one of the two holding members may be movable and the other may be fixed. (3) Two holding members are provided, one of the holding members is provided with a connector pressing body via an elastic body, and the other holding member is integrally provided with a terminal fitting pressing body. The connector is movably arranged between the terminal fitting pushing bodies. In this case, either of the two holding members may be movable, or one of the two holding members may be movable and the other may be fixed. (4) Two holding members are provided, one of the holding members is provided integrally with a connector pressing body, and the other holding member is provided with a terminal fitting pressing body via an elastic body. The connector is movably arranged between the terminal fitting pushing bodies. In this case, either of the two holding members may be movable, or one of the two holding members may be movable and the other may be fixed. (5) Further, as a modified example of the configuration of (4), the connector is immovably held by one holding member, and a terminal fitting pushing body is provided on the other holding member via an elastic body. Can be relatively movable. In this case, there is no need to provide a connector pressing body. The connector inspection apparatus having the above-described constitutions (2) to (5) is characterized in that the connector pressing body and the terminal fitting pushing body relatively move, and the elasticity of the elastic body acts when correcting the position of the terminal fitting. Since this is the same as in the above embodiment, the same effect can be obtained by the same operation as in the above embodiment regarding the position correction of the terminal fitting.

(6) In the above embodiment, the terminal fitting pusher 2
The push-in portion 21 having a plurality of terminal fittings 63 has a plate shape.
Has been described at the same time as
According to the present invention, it is also possible to provide a comb-shaped terminal fitting pushing body in which the pushing portion projects separately so as to correspond to each terminal fitting.

(7) In the above embodiment, the case where the compression coil spring is used as the elastic body has been described. However, according to the present invention, the shape of the elastic body may be other than the compression coil spring, such as a tension coil spring or a leaf spring. The material of the elastic body may be metal, plastic, rubber, or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially broken side view showing a state before inspection.

FIG. 3 is a partially broken side view showing a state in which the connector pressing body is in contact with the connector.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which the position of the terminal fitting is being corrected by the connector pressing body moving the connector to the last retreat position.

FIG. 5 is a partially broken side view showing a state in which a probe is in contact with a terminal fitting and a continuity test is being performed.

FIG. 6 is a partially broken plan view showing the same state as in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view showing a structure of a probe and a connector pressing body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Moving mechanism 10 ... Connector guide 20 ... Terminal fitting pushing body 30 ... Probe holder 40 ... Probe 50 ... Connector pressing body 55 ... Elastic body 60 ... Connector 63 ... Terminal fitting

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-60-140160 (JP, A) JP-A-6-88850 (JP, A) JP-A-6-123375 (JP, A) JP-A-7-120524 (JP) JP-A-7-220847 (JP, A) JP-A-7-226277 (JP, A) JP-A-59-180687 (JP, U) JP-A-7-38978 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) C01R 31/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A terminal fitting pushing body for moving said terminal fitting inserted at a defective insertion position to a regular insertion position with a relative movement with respect to a connector into which the terminal fitting has been inserted, and said terminal fitting pushing body. A connector pressing member that presses the connector in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the terminal metal, a moving mechanism that relatively moves the terminal metal pressing member and the connector pressing member, and a terminal metal pressing member and the connector pressing member. A connector inspection device comprising: an elastic body provided between at least one of the moving mechanisms and the moving mechanism. 2. A connector guide for movably guiding a connector into which a terminal fitting has been inserted, and a terminal for moving the terminal fitting inserted into a defective insertion position to a regular insertion position with relative movement with respect to the connector. A metal fitting pusher, a probe holder that moves relative to the terminal metal fitting pressing portion, and a probe holder provided on the probe holder so as to face the terminal metal and determines whether or not there is electrical conduction in a contact state with the terminal metal. A probe for conducting a continuity test of the wire harness based on the connector pressing body that presses the connector in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the terminal fitting by the terminal fitting pressing body. The probe holder is provided via an elastic body, and the connector is connected to the connector before the probe contacts the terminal fitting. A connector inspection device, which is arranged so as to be in contact with the connector.