JP3092501B2 - Terminal insertion support 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 terminal insertion support device for assisting a user to insert a terminal of a wire terminal into a corresponding terminal receiving hole of a connector housing by hand in order to assemble a wire harness subassembly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to assemble a temporary binding circuit (wire harness subassembly) by assembling a wire with terminals into a connector housing, a terminal of a wire terminal is inserted into a terminal receiving hole of the connector housing. Traditionally, this has been done manually. In recent years, in order to increase the efficiency of such work, an automatic terminal insertion device using a robot or the like has been provided (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
See 3-170874).

[0003] The automatic terminal insertion device requires an expensive robot requiring a complicated control operation, and the manufacturing cost is high. Although the above terminal automatic insertion device can be applied to a general electric wire with a terminal, a special electric wire (for example, a splice wire, a shielded wire and a twisted wire, and a special type or a flat terminal, etc.) It is very difficult to apply this method to electric wires having terminals of a size.

Therefore, for the above-mentioned special electric wire,
At present, insertion work is still performed manually. However, in the manual operation, it is necessary for the operator to search for the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be inserted,
Work efficiency was poor. In addition, erroneous insertion of the terminal into the wrong terminal receiving hole or the like is easy to occur.

[0005] In order to solve such a problem, an indicator lamp is arranged on the back side of each terminal accommodating hole, and the lighting of the indicator lamp is recognized through the terminal accommodating hole, so that the terminal accommodating terminal can be inserted. There has been provided a terminal insertion support device in which a hole is instructed to an operator (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-96818). However, with this terminal insertion support device, the operator may erroneously or illusion the terminal receiving hole in which the lamp is lit, and it has not always been possible to prevent erroneous insertion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to assist a terminal insertion operation, which is difficult to mechanize and is performed manually, to perform efficiently and without erroneous insertion. Aim to provide assistive devices
And

[0007]

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of invention according to 請 Motomeko 1, a terminal connected to a wire terminal, co held by the connector housing holding part <br/> connector housing when inserting the required terminal receiving holes of manually and have your <br/> the terminal insertion support apparatus for supporting the insertion operation, has a guide groove for guiding the said terminal is inserted into the terminal accommodating hole Terminal insertion guide and this terminal insertion guide
To the position corresponding to the required terminal receiving hole.
Guide drive means that can be moved, and
Based on the content, move the terminal insertion guide to a position before the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be inserted next.
Control means for controlling the operation of the guide driving means.
For example, the guide groove of the terminal insertion guide, depending on the type of terminal
A plurality of guide grooves can be used alternatively.
The posture can be changed to multiple postures in order to
Drive means for changing the attitude of the terminal insertion guide
And a controller for controlling the change of the driving force.
Guide groove suitable for the next terminal to be inserted
Control the operation of the attitude change driver to switch
It is characterized by doing.

[0008] The invention according to claim 2, a terminal connected to a wire terminal, the required terminal receiving holes of the connector housing held by the connector housing holding part when inserting manually, the insertion work In the terminal insertion support device for assisting, a terminal insertion guide having a guide groove for guiding the terminal to be inserted into the terminal receiving hole, and the terminal inserting guide is sequentially moved to a position corresponding to a required terminal receiving hole. Guide driving means that can be moved to the terminal, and operation of the guide driving means to move the terminal insertion guide to a position just before the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be next inserted, based on the content stored in advance. Bei example and control means for controlling said terminal insertion guide movable relative displacement
And a pair of guide groove shapes capable of forming a guide groove between each other.
The guide groove formed of a component
The width of the guide groove
At least one guide groove forming member so as to reduce the width of
It is characterized in that a biasing means for biasing elastically is provided .

In the above configuration, the terminal insertion guide sequentially moves to a position in front of the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be next inserted. May be pushed into the terminal receiving hole and inserted. The terminal can be efficiently inserted into the terminal receiving hole without being inserted into the wrong terminal receiving hole .

[0010]

[0011]

In particular, according to the structure of the first aspect of the present invention, by driving the terminal insertion guide to change the posture to a posture using a required guide groove, the terminal insertion guide is connected to the next terminal to be inserted. It can be easily and quickly adapted .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the terminal is pushed into the introduction portion of the guide groove which is urged to be closed, the width of the guide groove is increased, and the terminal can be further introduced into the guide groove. The width at the back of the groove is a width suitable for the terminal width.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1, 2, and 3 are a schematic plan view, a schematic front view, and a schematic side view of a terminal insertion support device according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to these drawings, the present terminal insertion support device includes a housing-side holding mechanism 10 for holding a plurality of connector housings 1 arranged in the Y direction so as to be vertically adjustable, a terminal insertion guide 20 and Insertion guide mechanism 40 including wire clamp 30
Is provided with a terminal-side holding mechanism 50 that can move forward and backward in the X and Y directions, and a base plate 100 that supports the housing-side holding mechanism 10 and the terminal-side holding mechanism 50. 1 to 3, the vertical direction is the Z direction, the terminal insertion direction is the X direction, the direction orthogonal to the X direction and the Z direction, and the direction in which the terminal insertion guide 20 moves is the Y direction.
It is called direction.

The housing-side holding mechanism 10 includes a side wall 11 fixed on the base 100, a pair of vertically extending cylindrical support rods 13 supported on the side wall 11 via a stay 12, A Z-axis slider 13a slidably supported by a bar 13 up and down; a housing holder 14 fixed to the Z-axis slider 13a via mounting plates 13b and 13c; And a motor 1 fixed to the side wall 11 and driving the ball screw 15 to adjust the position of the housing holder 14 in the vertical direction.
6 and a lock lever 18 for gripping the support rod 13 to detach the connector housing 1 from the housing holder 14.

The housing holder 14 is made of a long member extending in the Y-axis direction, and has a holding recess 14a corresponding to a plurality of shapes of the connector housing 1, and the connector housing 1 inserted into the holding recess 14a. Hold. Reference numeral 19 denotes a cylinder for fixing the housing holder 14 via the mounting plate 13b. When the lock lever 18 is operated, the plurality of movable portions 18b are integrally driven via the rod 18a, and the connector housing 1 is held or released from the corresponding fixed portion 18c, respectively. Has become.

The terminal-side holding mechanism 50 includes: 1) a pair of support walls 51 fixed to the base 100 and separated by a predetermined distance in the Y direction; 2) spanned between these support walls 51;
3) a motor 54 fixed to one of the support walls 51 and driving the ball screw 53; 4) an X-axis on the Y-axis slider 52; A pair of support walls 55 fixed at a predetermined distance in the direction, and 5) an X-axis slider 57 slidably supported in the X direction by a support rod 56 provided between the support walls 55.
6) an air cylinder 58 interposed between the X-axis slider 57 and one of the support walls 55 to drive the X-axis slider 57 forward and backward in the X direction; and 7) fixed on the X-axis slider 57. Support plate 59
8) a support table 60 fixed on the support plate 59; 9) the terminal insertion guide 20 rotatably supported on the support table 60; and 10) a rotational position of the terminal insertion guide 20. A motor 61 to be adjusted; 11) the wire clamp 30 fixed to the support plate 59;
And

Referring to FIG. 1, an operation panel 80A is disposed near the base plate 100.
A has a part number setting SW83 for setting a part number of a wire harness subassembly to be assembled.
A step S in which the operator pushes each time the insertion operation of one terminal is completed, so that the assembling step proceeds to the next step.
W84 is arranged. In addition, an electric wire storage box 70 (see FIG. 4) and a schematic diagram 72 (see FIG. 5), which will be described later, are also arranged near the operation panel 80A.

Referring to FIG. 8, the terminal insertion guide 20
Is formed with a plurality of guide grooves 21, 22, and 23 in a radially protruding state on the upper surface thereof at equal circumferential intervals. 2 and 3, terminal insertion guide 2
Numeral 0 is connected to a driven gear 62 below the support base 60 so as to be integrally rotatable, and is rotationally driven via a middle gear 64 and the driven gear 62 by a driving gear 63 directly connected to a rotation shaft of a motor 61. , Its rotational position is adjusted. Only the required guide grooves 21 to 23 are in a state of reaching the position just before the terminal receiving hole of the connector housing 1 along the X-axis direction according to the rotational position of the terminal insertion guide 20. The operator holds the terminal held by the hand as shown in FIG. 8 in the guide groove 21 along the X-axis direction.
(22 or 23), and the terminal is inserted into the corresponding terminal accommodating hole by being slid along the guide groove and pushed in.

The electric wire clamp 30 has a pair of clamp claws 31 which can be freely opened and closed. These clamp claws 3
1 is opened and closed by being driven by an air cylinder (not shown). On the other hand, referring to FIG. 4, electric wires with terminals 2 are accommodated in electric wire housing boxes 70 for each type. Each electric wire storage box 70 has a groove shape, is opened upward and forward, and is connected side by side. An instruction lamp 71 is provided at a lower portion of the front of each electric wire housing box 70 as an extraction electric wire instruction means for indicating an electric wire to be extracted to an operator. The electric wires are taken out of the storage box 70.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing which terminal is to be inserted among a plurality of terminals included in the splice line when the electric wire taken out of the electric wire housing box 70 is a splice line. Shows a schematic diagram plate 72 for notifying the user. In the schematic diagram board 72, the splice lines 3 are schematically displayed, and indication lamps 73 are attached to positions corresponding to terminals of a plurality of branch lines included in the displayed splice lines 3, respectively. I have. Further, a long / short indicating lamp 74 for indicating the length of the splice wire 3 is provided.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of a part which controls the operation of the support apparatus. Referring to the figure, a control unit 80 has a ROM 81 storing data such as assembly contents and an assembly order, an operation program, and the like corresponding to a part number of a wire harness subassembly.
And RAM used as a work area of the program
82, a part number setting switch 83 for the operator to input and set a part number, a step SW84 which is pressed each time the operator finishes inserting one terminal, and a disconnection detection for detecting a terminal disconnection during a terminal disconnection inspection. The switch 93 is connected.

The control unit 80 includes the instruction lamps 7.
Switches 85 and 86 for switching between lighting and extinguishing of 1, 73, respectively, and a drive circuit 8 for driving a motor 16 for adjusting the vertical position of the connector housing 1
8, a drive circuit 89 for driving a motor 54 for adjusting the position of the terminal insertion mechanism in the Y-axis direction, and air for adjusting the position of the terminal insertion mechanism in the X-axis direction and causing the wire clamp 30 to perform a pulling operation. A solenoid valve 90 for switching air supply to the cylinder 58;
A drive circuit 91 for driving a motor 61 for adjusting the rotational position of the motor and a solenoid valve 92 for switching air supply to an air cylinder for opening and closing the wire clamp 30 are connected.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the present support device. 8 and 9 are perspective views sequentially showing a terminal insertion operation using the present support device. The operation procedure will be described with reference to these drawings. First, when the operator uses the part number setting switch 83 to input the part number of the wire harness subassembly to be assembled (step S1), data such as the contents of the assembly and the order of assembly are read out (step S1). Step S2) First, an assembly step n = 1 is set based on the read data (step S3).

Next, only the required indicator lamps 71 and 73 are turned on (step S4) to instruct the operator on the electric wire or the like to be taken out, and the terminal insertion guide 20 is rotated to adjust the required guide groove 21. To 23 (step S5). Further, the relative positions of the connector housing 1 and the insertion guide mechanism 40 are adjusted (Step S6).
Specifically, the Z-axis direction is adjusted on the housing-side holding mechanism 10 side, and the X-axis direction position and the Y-axis direction position are adjusted on the terminal holding mechanism side 50.

With the preparation thus completed, the electric wires are taken out from the indicated electric wire storage box 70, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving hole by pushing the rear edge of the terminal with a finger along the guide groove of the terminal insertion guide 20 as shown in FIG. 8B (step S7). At this time, the wire clamp 30 is still open so as not to obstruct the terminal insertion.

When the worker who has completed the insertion presses the step SW (step S8), the electric wire clamp 30 is closed and the electric wire is clamped as shown in FIG. As shown in b), by applying a predetermined pulling load in the direction in which the wire is pulled out, a pull-out inspection is performed, and a pass / fail judgment is made based on ON / OFF of the pull-out detection switch 93 (steps S9 and S10).

If the terminal is not properly inserted due to half-fitting or the like,
The terminal pulls out due to the above tensile load,
The X-axis slider 57 turns on the disconnection detection switch 93, and is rejected. The operator will try again (steps S11, S7,...). On the other hand, the detection switch 9
If No. 3 is not turned on and the dropout inspection passes, the wire clamp 30 is opened and the process automatically proceeds to the next assembly step on condition that the final assembly step has not been reached. (Steps S11 to S14, S
4, ...).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the terminal insertion guide 20 is sequentially moved to a position before the terminal receiving hole 1a into which the terminal 2a is to be inserted next. The insertion work may be performed sequentially in the order specified by the terminal insertion guide 20. Therefore, in the terminal insertion work which is difficult to mechanize and has to rely on manually, the terminal 2a is connected to the wrong terminal receiving hole 1.
The occurrence of erroneous insertion of the terminal 2a can be reliably prevented, and the terminal 2a can be inserted efficiently.

Further, the operator is instructed from which electric wire housing box 70 the electric wire with terminal 2 should be taken out.
The terminal can be inserted more efficiently, and the terminal-attached electric wire 2 to be inserted is not mistaken. Furthermore, after inserting the terminal 2a into the terminal receiving hole 1a, the electric wire clamp 30 clamps the electric wire 2 and pulls the electric wire, whereby it is possible to reliably detect a poor insertion such as half-insertion of the terminal 2a.

In particular, by driving the terminal insertion guide 20 to change the attitude to the one of the guide grooves 21 to 23, the terminal insertion guide 20 can be easily and quickly adapted to the terminal 2a to be inserted next. Therefore, the insertion operation can be made more efficient. FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the embodiment of FIG.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the terminal insertion guide 20 switches the guide groove by adjusting the rotational position. In the present embodiment, the cartridge guide 4 having the guide grooves 4a of various widths is appropriately replaced. I did it. FIG.
0 indicates which cartridge guide 4 is to be used, and indicates a cartridge instruction section 7 for notifying an operator.
4. A plurality of types of cartridge guides 4 are arranged side by side in the cartridge indicator 74, and an indicator lamp 75 is attached to the front of each cartridge guide 4.

FIG. 11 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the figure, this embodiment is mainly different from the embodiment of FIG. 1. 1) In the embodiment of FIG. 1, adjustment of the relative position between the connector housing 1 and the insertion guide mechanism 40 is performed by holding the housing side. Although the mechanism 10 and the terminal-side holding mechanism 50 share the operation, in the present embodiment, the operation is performed only by the terminal-side holding mechanism 50A. 2) In the embodiment of FIG. Although the guide grooves 21 to 23 are provided to select the guide grooves, in the present embodiment, the guide grooves 220 are formed by a pair of guide groove forming members 20 constituting the terminal insertion guide 20A.
1, 202, and the width of the guide groove 220 is set by the mutual movement of the guide groove forming members 201, 202. 3) In the embodiment of FIG. Although the front surface of 1 (the surface on which the terminal receiving hole 1a is opened) is set to be a vertical surface, in the present embodiment, the front surface is set to be an inclined surface that is inclined upward and faces the operator's face. It was done.

The support device includes a base plate 100 inclined upward, a housing-side holding mechanism 10A disposed below the base plate 100, and a terminal-side holding mechanism 50A disposed above the base plate 100. ing. Base plate 1
The operation panel 8 similar to the embodiment of FIG.
0A is installed. Housing side holding mechanism 10A
Is comprised of a housing holder 14A formed of a rectangular parallelepiped block, and the housing 14A is provided with holding recesses for holding a plurality of connector housings. The housing holder 14A holds the connector housing 1 immovably with respect to the base 100.

The terminal-side holding mechanism 50A is a known three-axis moving mechanism similar to the embodiment of FIG. 1 described above, and is an X-axis slider that slides in the X direction which is a vertical direction parallel to the base plate 100. 101, a Y-axis slider 102 that slides along a Y-axis direction that is a horizontal direction parallel to the base plate 100, and a Z-axis slider 10 that slides along a direction orthogonal to the base plate 100 (terminal insertion direction).
3 is provided.

Further, the Z-axis slider 103 is provided with a terminal insertion guide 20A so as to be integrally movable, and is provided with an X1-axis slider 104 slidable in the X1-axis direction parallel to the X-axis direction. This X1-axis slider 10
4 is equipped with the above-described electric wire clamp 30A.
Next, FIG. 12 is a side view showing a terminal insertion step using the terminal insertion guide 20A, FIG. 13 is a principle view of a mechanism for operating a pair of guide groove forming members 201 and 202 constituting the terminal insertion guide 20A, and FIG. The terminal insertion guide 20A will be described with reference to FIG. 14 which is a perspective view of a main part of the insertion guide 20A.

Referring to FIG. 13, the pair of guide groove forming members 201 and 202 are provided with an X-axis slider 1 as a support.
The rack 205 is supported so as to be able to advance and retreat in the Y direction with respect to the same pinion gear 204.
When the two guide groove forming members 201 and 202 open and close,
The center position C between the two 201 and 202 is kept at a fixed position. That is, the center position of the guide groove 220 is always kept constant.

One of the guide groove forming members 201 and 202 is
It is urged in the closing direction by a compression coil spring 207 that urges in a direction to narrow the interval between the two. In addition, an air cylinder 208 is provided which opens one of the guide groove forming members 201 and 202 by pressing one of the guide groove forming members 201. Referring to FIG. 14, both side walls 209 and 210 forming guide groove 220 are also provided.
Is configured such that the width of the introduction portion 221 of the guide groove 220 gradually decreases as it goes in the insertion direction,
Portions ahead of the introduction portion 221 are parallel walls 222 and 223.
It has become. Normally, the guide groove 220 is largely opened as shown in FIG. 14 (a) due to the extension of the rod of the air cylinder 208.
As shown in (b), the two guide groove forming members 201 and 202 urged by the compression coil spring 207 approach each other and elastically contact the terminal 2a with the center position of the terminal 2a kept constant. .

The operation procedure of this embodiment will be described below. 1) Each of the shaft sliders 101 to 104 is moved to a predetermined position, and the terminal insertion guide 20A is moved to a required position. 2) The air cylinder 208 that opens the two guide groove forming members 201 and 202 is decompressed, and the two guide groove forming members 20
1202 closes. 3) The terminal gripped by hand is set in the guide groove 220, and when the terminal is pushed along the guide groove 220, the guide groove 220 is opened appropriately. 4) Further push the terminal into the terminal receiving hole 1a. 5) Release your hand from the terminal and press step SW84. 6) Referring to FIG. 12, open wire clamp 30A
Is closed, and the wire 2 is clamped. 7) The electric wire clamp 30A is lifted up of the Z-axis slider 103 and a dropout inspection is performed. 8) If the inspection passes, the wire clamp 30A opens and the wire 2
Release. 9) Air is supplied to the air cylinder 208 and the guide groove 220
Fully opens. 10) The terminal insertion guide 20A rises and retreats along the X-axis direction. 11) The guide groove 220 is closed, and the terminal insertion guide 20A is moved to the next terminal insertion position.

According to this embodiment, in addition to the same operation and effect as the embodiment of FIG. 1, the width of the guide groove 220 can be automatically adjusted according to the terminal to be inserted. It can be realized with a simple mechanical structure. Moreover,
The insertion width can be adjusted steplessly, making it highly versatile. In the present embodiment, by forming at least one of the guide groove forming members 201 and 202 with a leaf spring, the compression coil spring 207 can be omitted, and in this case, the structure can be simplified.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the scope of the present invention.

[0041]

According to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the terminal insertion guide automatically and sequentially moves to a position before the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be inserted next. It is sufficient to perform the insertion operation sequentially in the order specified by the terminal insertion guide. Therefore, in the terminal insertion work which is difficult to mechanize and has to rely on manually, it is possible to insert the terminal efficiently and to ensure that the terminal is inserted into the wrong terminal receiving hole, and that erroneous insertion occurs. Can be prevented.

[0042]

In particular, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by driving the terminal insertion guide to change the posture to one guide path, the terminal insertion guide can be easily and quickly adapted to the terminal to be inserted next. You. Therefore, the insertion operation can be made more efficient. In the invention according to claim 2 ,
The width of the guide groove can be automatically adjusted according to the terminal to be inserted, and this can be realized with a simple mechanical structure. Moreover, the insertion width can be adjusted steplessly, and the versatility is high.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a terminal insertion support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the terminal insertion support device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the terminal insertion support device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the electric wire housing box.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a schematic diagram plate.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical schematic configuration of the support device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow of the support device.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are perspective views sequentially showing steps of a terminal insertion operation.

FIGS. 9A and 9B are perspective views sequentially showing the steps of a dropout inspection.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a cartridge indicator according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view of a terminal insertion support device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a side view of a main part of the terminal insertion support device showing a terminal insertion process in the embodiment of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing the operation principle of the terminal insertion guide in the embodiment of FIG.

14 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a terminal insertion guide in the embodiment of FIG. 11, wherein (a) is in an open state,
(B) shows a closed state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connector housing 1a Terminal accommodation hole 2 Electric wire 2a Terminal 3 Splice wire 4 Cartridge guide 4a Guide groove 14, 14A Housing holder 20, 20A Terminal insertion guide 21, 22, 23 Guide groove 30, 30A Electric wire clamp 16, 54 Motor (drive means) ) 58 Air cylinder (clamp drive means) 61 Motor (attitude change drive unit) 70 Electric wire accommodation box 71 Indication lamp (extraction wire instruction means) 72 Schematic drawing 73, 75 Indication lamp 74 Cartridge instruction unit 80 Control unit 80A Operation panel 83 Part number setting SW 84 Step SW 201, 202 Guide groove forming member 207 Compression coil spring (biasing means) 220 Guide groove

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kazumitsu Fukada 1-14 Nishisuehiro-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. (56) References JP 8-162249 (JP, A) JP 3-283285 (JP, A) JP-A-7-169550 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H01R 43/20

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A terminal connected to an end of an electric wire is connected to a connector.
When inserting manually to the required terminal receiving holes of the connector housing held by the housing holding part, the terminal insertion support apparatus for supporting the insertion operation, for guiding the said terminal is inserted into the terminal accommodating hole guide a terminal insertion guide having a groove, hand the terminal insertion guide, corresponding to the required terminal receiving holes
Guide drive hand that can be sequentially moved to the previous position
Move the terminal insertion guide to a position just before the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be next inserted, based on the step and the content stored in advance.
Control means for controlling the operation of the guide driving means so that
And the guide groove of the terminal insertion guide is formed according to the type of terminal.
Number of guide grooves and make each guide groove available for use alternatively.
It is possible to change the posture to a plurality of postures as much as possible, and the guide driving means changes the posture of the terminal insertion guide.
The control means includes an attitude change drive unit for causing the
In order to switch to a guide groove suitable for the terminal to be inserted,
A terminal insertion support device for controlling an operation of the attitude change drive unit . 2. A terminal insertion support device for assisting an insertion operation when a terminal connected to a terminal of an electric wire is manually inserted into a required terminal receiving hole of a connector housing held by a connector housing holding portion. A terminal insertion guide having a guide groove for guiding the terminal to be inserted into the terminal receiving hole, and a guide drive capable of sequentially moving the terminal inserting guide to a position corresponding to a required terminal receiving hole. Means, and control means for controlling the operation of the guide driving means so as to move the terminal insertion guide to a position just before the terminal receiving hole into which the terminal is to be next inserted, based on the content stored in advance. for example, the terminal insertion guide between each other a free relative displacement
A pair of guide groove forming members capable of forming a guide groove,
The guide groove formed has a width that increases in the insertion direction.
It is narrowed, and furthermore, the width of the guide groove is reduced.
Elastically urges at least one of the guide groove forming members
A terminal insertion support device provided with an urging means .