JPH0142476B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a connector with a cable.

The applicant's European patent application no. A method of manufacturing a connector with a cable is described, which includes a connector housed in a plurality of cavities arranged in parallel with each other, and a plurality of cables connected to each of the terminals. In that method, each cable is aligned with the cable connection portion of a terminal of the connector in a single cable entry, and all cables are inserted into the cable connection portion at the same time in the single cable entry. .

However, since the spacing between the terminals of such connectors is extremely small, for example only 2 or 3 mm, the above method requires that the design of the tool for inserting the cable also reduces the spacing between the tools. The problem is that it is difficult because it is necessary. Moreover, because the spacing between the tools has to be reduced, the thickness of the tools is reduced, which not only makes them extremely easy to damage, but also makes cleaning and maintenance of the tools extremely difficult. Furthermore, when providing means for stripping the cables or for cutting each cable into different lengths, the design becomes even more difficult because the dimensions of such means also have to take into account the extremely small spacing between the terminals. Become.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a connector with a cable that solves the above-mentioned problems.

The present invention was made based on the fact that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by providing a plurality of cable insertion sections and connecting the cables to some of the terminals of the connector in each of the cable insertion sections. It is something.

The method of the present invention includes aligning a plurality of cables with respect to the cable insertion portions of each of the terminals of a connector comprising terminals with cable insertion portions housed in a plurality of mutually arranged cavities of an insulating housing. , a method for manufacturing a connector with a cable, in which each terminal and each cable are electrically connected by moving each cable perpendicularly to its axis and inserting it into the insertion part, feeding the cable through a plurality of cable insertion portions, and inserting the cable into the cable insertion portion of each of the terminals at each cable insertion portion, with the cable being inserted into adjacent terminals at different cable insertion portions; It is characterized by:

The device of the present invention includes a plurality of terminals arranged in a row and housed in an insulating housing, which are electrically connected to the cable by moving the cable in a direction perpendicular to its axis and inserting it into the cable insertion part. In a manufacturing device for a connector with a cable, the manufacturing device includes a connector formed by a connector formed by a cable, and a cable connected to each terminal, the cable supply means supplying a plurality of cables along a cable supply path within the same plane in a cable insertion zone; first to nth cable insertion portions disposed within the cable insertion zone; and first to nth cable insertion means disposed on one side of the plane within the cable insertion zone; - the n-th cable insertion section arranges the first to n-th connectors on the other side of the plane such that the rows of the terminals of the respective connectors are aligned in a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the first path; the first to nth connector positioning means for positioning the first to nth connectors, and the first to nth cable insertion means are directed toward the first to nth connectors along the first to nth cable insertion paths, respectively. The first to nth cable insertion means can be moved back and forth, and each group of a plurality of terminals of each connector is connected to one of the first to nth groups of terminals that are not adjacent to each other. The cables are respectively inserted into the cable insertion portions of the terminals.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

First, the operation of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be schematically explained mainly with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Insulated cables 14 are connected to all terminals 11 (FIG. 10) housed in housing 12 of connector 10 through one cycle of the device of this embodiment. For example, the connector 10 described in US Pat. No. 4,159,158 can be used. The housing 12 includes nine cavities 13 arranged in a row. A terminal 11 is accommodated in each cavity 13, and when the cable 14 is moved in a direction perpendicular to its axis and inserted into a slot (not shown) in the cable insertion portion 11' of the terminal 11, the cable 14 and the terminal 11 are brought into electrical contact. Further, each cavity 13 is distinguished by a number written on the side wall of the housing 12.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the device of this embodiment has first, second, and third cable insertion portions (positions) 18,
A cable insertion zone 16 consisting of 20 and 22 is provided. Each cable insertion part 18, 20, 2
2 is provided with positioning means for positioning the connector 10 at a predetermined position with respect to a cable insertion punch 44 (FIGS. 3 and 4), as will be described later. The punch 44 of each cable insertion portion 18, 20, 22 is inserted into the cable insertion portion 1 of the terminal 11 in the selected cavity of the nine cavities 13.
A cable 14 is inserted into the cable 1'. That is, the punch 44 of the first cable insertion part 18 is inserted into the cable insertion part 11' of the terminal 11 in the cavity 13 of 1, 4, and 7 of the connector 10-1 sent to the first cable insertion part 18. Insert the cable 14 into the second cable insertion part 2.
The punch 44 of No. 0 punches the connector 10-2 sent to the second cable insertion section 20 (at this time, the cable 14 is already connected to the terminals 11 in the cavities 13 of Nos. 1, 4, and 7). 2, 5, 8
The cable 14 is inserted into the cable insertion part 11' of the terminal 11 in the cavity 13 of the connector 10-3 ( At this time, the cables 14 have already been inserted into the terminals 11 in the cavities 13 of 1, 4, 7, 2, 5, and 8.) The cable insertion portion 11 of the terminal 11 in the cavities 13 of 3, 6, and 9 Insert the cable 14 into '. In FIGS. 1 and 2, for convenience of explanation, the connector 10 is shown as 10-1 when it is in the first cable insertion part 18, 10-2 when it is in the second cable insertion part 20, and 10-2 when it is in the second cable insertion part 20. 1 when it is in the cable insertion part 22
Shown as 0-3. The cables 14 are divided into three groups and sent by means as will be described later, and as shown in FIG.
The cables 14 of the second group are aligned with the cavities 13 of 1, 4, 7 of 1, 2, 5, 8.
The third group of cables 14 are aligned with cavities 13 of 3, 6 and 9.
It is aligned with 3. In this manner, the cables 14 within each group are aligned with the terminals of the corresponding group. Generally, when the number of cable insertion sections is n, there are n-1 terminals between adjacent terminals in each group, and when the total number of terminals in the connector 10 is M, The number of terminals in each group will be M/n.

Each punch 44 of each cable insertion portion 18, 20, 22 is simultaneously lowered, engages each cable 14, and forces the cable 14 in a direction perpendicular to its axis for insertion into each terminal 11. When this insertion process is completed, the cable 14 is connected to all the terminals 11 of the connector 10-3, and the connector 10-3 is removed from the device as shown in FIG. When the connector with all the cables connected is removed from the cable insertion zone 16, the first and second cable insertion sections 18,
20 connectors 10-1 and 10-2 are moved along the connector feed path 24' to the second and third cable insertion sections 20 and 22, respectively, and a new connector 10 is moved from the connector supply path 24 to the first The cable is sent to the cable insertion section 18, and the cable insertion process is repeated.

In FIG. 1, the distance between the cables 14, which are positioned in the same plane on the connector in preparation for insertion into the terminals 11, is quite large, in fact three times the distance between the terminals 11 of the connector 10. ing. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to arrange the cable insertion punches 44 (FIG. 3) on the center line, and since there is sufficient space between the punches 44, they do not get in the way of each other. This facilitates the installation of the means for stripping the insulation coating of the cable and the means for pulling out the cable to a predetermined length, as described below with reference to FIGS. 3-8.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be explained in more detail, mainly with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, each insertion portion 18, 2
At 0,22 each cable 14 is connected to the supply reel 2
6 across the guide roller assembly 28 and inserted into the cable feed shuttle assembly 30. The shuttle assembly 30 includes a rear cable guide 32, a cable clamp block 34 and a cable guide 36.
It is made up of The front cable guide 36 is coupled to the cable clamp block 34 via a resilient coupling 38 so as to be movable forwardly relative to the block 34, and is normally located at a forward distance from the block 34. ing.

In each of the insertion sections 18, 20, 22, each connector 10 is positioned by a connector transfer shuttle 66 (described in detail later), and the cable 14 inserted into the terminal 11 of the connector 10 is positioned by a fixed cable positioning guide block. 86
(described in detail later). Further, each punch 44 is lowered from the position shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 to the positions shown in Nos. 5 to 8, thereby inserting each cable 14 into a predetermined terminal 11.

With each insertion step, the cable feed shuttle assembly 30 is advanced from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. 4. When the front cable guide 36 of the shuttle assembly 30 reaches the insertion zone 16, it stops against the cable positioning guide block 86. Said cable clamp block 34 and rear cable guide 3
2 continues to advance, thereby causing each cable 14 to protrude into the cable guide slot 96 of block 86, and as shown in FIG.
Terminal 1 of connector 10 at 8, 20, 22
1. Once the punch 44 has been lowered to insert each cable 14 into the terminal 11, the cable clamp block 34 is opened as shown in FIG. 5 and the shuttle assembly 30 is returned to its original position (FIG. 6). At this time, the punch 44 is maintained in the lowered position and holds the cable 14 within the terminal 11.

The means for cutting and stripping the cable 14 consists of a lower block tool 46 and an upper block tool 52. The lower block tool 46 has a linear cable cutting blade 48 common to all cables 14 and a different jacket cutting blade 5 for each cable 14.
0. The respective covering cutting blades 50 are arranged at different distances from the cable cutting blade 48. The upper block tool 52 also has a cable cutting blade 48 and a coated cutting blade 5 of the lower block tool 46 in the same position as the lower block tool 46.
0 and a cable cutting blade and a sheathing cutting blade respectively cooperating with each other. Both block tools 46,
52, each cable 14 is cut, and the insulation sheath connected to the cut end is cut circumferentially. At this time, since the positions of the sheathing cutting blades 50 are different, the length of the portion where the sheathing is stripped varies depending on the cable.

Cable extraction means are provided for each cable 14. The cable extraction means consists of a vertically extending bar 54 and a roller 56 attached to the lower end of the bar 54, and the lever 5
The lower end of cable 4 is normally located above the feed path of cable 14, as shown in Figures 3-6, so that its height can be varied.

Before the end of each cycle, after the cable feed shuttle assembly 30 returns to its original position (sixth
7), each bar 54 is lowered the same distance as shown in FIG. 7 to withdraw cable 14 from cable supply reel 26. At this time, supply reel 2
The length of cable 14 pulled out from 6 is determined by the initial height of roller 56. At this point, the upper block tool 52 is lowered to the position shown in FIG. The insulation coating is then cut into circles. Next bar 54
is further lowered, thereby causing cable 1
4 is pulled, and the wire core is pulled out from the insulation coating on the cut end side of the cut.

Thereafter, the bar 54, upper block tool 52 and punch 44 are raised to their original positions, and the connector 10-
3 is taken out from the third cable insertion part 22. Also, the first and second cable insertion portions 18, 20
The inner connectors 10-1 and 10-2 are sent to the second and third cable insertion parts 20 and 22, respectively,
The new connector 10 is the first cable insertion part 1
8.

It should be noted that each of the above-mentioned parts in all the cable insertion parts are simultaneously operated as described above.

Next, the apparatus of this embodiment will be explained in more detail mainly with reference to FIGS. 9 to 18.

In addition, the cable pulling means and the means for cutting the cable and stripping the sheath are patented in Europe.
Since it is almost the same as that described in US Pat. No. 78300102.7 to US Pat. No. 4,043,017, further details will be omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 9, the apparatus of this embodiment is placed on a table 58. Each cable 14 is routed from a supply reel 26 (not shown in FIG. 9) through a guide roller assembly 28 to a common (first
(See figure 0) Cable supply shuttle assembly 3
It extends to 0. The cable cutting and stripping means is housed within a cover 60, and each cable insertion section 18, 20, 22 is housed within a cover 62. Further, the bar 54 for pulling out the cable is disposed between the cover 60 and the cover 62.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the connector 10 is connected along the connector supply path 24 and the connector feed path 24'.
The transmission means and each terminal 1 in its connector 10
Means for positioning the distal end of cable 14 relative to cable 14 (in preparation for insertion) is mounted on a base plate 64 supported on said table 58, as shown most clearly in FIG. The base plate 64 has side edges 65, 67
and edges 69, 71 (Figs. 11, 14-16)
It is equipped with As schematically shown in Figure 16,
The connector supply path 24 is connected to its base plate 64.
The connector feed path 24' extends parallel to the edges 69, 71 toward one side edge 67.
1 and extending toward the other side edge 65 along its connector feed path 24'.
- Third cable insertion portions 18, 20, 22 are arranged.

Each connector 10 is connected to a connector transfer shuttle 66 (10th to 13th, 1st
Figure 7). One shuttle 66 is used for each connector, so six shuttles 66 are used in this embodiment. Each shuttle 66 has an upper surface (a first
2). A connector positioning pin 72 is disposed within the recess 70. This positioning pin 72 is connected to the shuttle 66 by a set screw 73.
The connector is fixed in a position that can be changed in the length direction according to the length of the connector.

The shuttle 66 is slidably supported on the upper surface of the shuttle support plate 74, as shown most clearly in FIGS. 12, 13, and 17. This shuttle support plate 74 is formed by L-shaped support guide plates 76, 76' (FIGS. 14 and 15) and spacer blocks 78 (FIG. 15) disposed adjacent to the side edges 67, 65 of the base plate 64. Tsute base plate 6
4 and parallel to its base plate 64.

The connector supply path 24 and the connector feed path 24' are connected to the edges 69, 7 of the base plate 64.
Guide plates 80, 82, 8 extending parallel to 1
4 (Figs. 12 and 13).
The three guide plates 80, 82, 84 are spaced apart from each other, and the opposing vertical surfaces of the guide plates 80, 82 form the connector supply path 24, and the opposing vertical surfaces of the guide plates 82, 84 The vertical plane forming the connector feed path 24'. These three guide plates 80, 82,
84 is fixed to the base plate 64 as shown. The guide plate 80 has a first plate on its upper surface.
It includes a flange 81 extending to the left as viewed in Figure 2 and overlying the shuttle 66 to confine the shuttle 66 within its transfer path. The guide plate 82 also includes a similar flange 83.

Each cable 14 is aligned with each terminal 11 of connector 10 by a cable positioning guide block 86. The cable positioning guide block 86 is fixed to the upper surface of the central guide plate 82 by a fixing means 88 and extends to the left (as viewed in FIG. Connector feed path 24'
It covers the inner shuttle 66 and guide plate 84. The cable positioning guide block 86 also has a lower flange 90 on the right side (as viewed in FIG. 12). The flange 90
abuts the shuttle 66 in the connector feed passage 24 to retain and guide the shuttle 66 within the connector feed passage 24. In addition, a connector feed path 2 is provided on the bottom surface of the cable positioning guide block 86.
A recess 92 is provided for passing the upwardly projecting portion of the connector 10 that is fed along 4'.

The free end (the left end in FIGS. 12 and 13) 94 of the cable positioning guide block 86 is enlarged to have a cable guide slot 96 extending therein. The inner end 98 of the slot 96 is aligned with the right end (as viewed in FIG. 13) of the connector 10 directly below the slot 96. The slot 96 is open in the lower surface 99 of the cable positioning guide block 86 so that the end of the cable 14 can move from the slot 96 into the cable insertion portion 11' of the terminal 11. .

In addition, each slot 96 has an entrance having an angled top surface 100 for guiding the end of the cable 14 into the slot 96 so that the end of the cable 14 is positioned as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 16, the connector 10 is loaded into the shuttle 66 on the connector supply path 24 at a position 101 adjacent to one end 65 of the base plate 64. Shuttle 66 is initially connected to connector supply path 2
4 toward the other side edge 67 of the base plate 64, and is now fed laterally at a position 103 adjacent to the side edge 67, and the connector feed path 2
It is placed on 4'. Furthermore, each shuttle 66 has a first
The cables are passed through the second and third cable insertion sections 18, 20, and 22 one after another. The shuttle 66 that has passed through the third cable insertion section 22 is returned to the position 101 again, and here the connector 10 to which all cables are connected is taken out from the shuttle 66.

Next, referring to FIGS. 14 and 15, the shuttle 66
Connector supply path 24 and connector feed path 2
The mechanism for feeding along 4' will be explained. The shuttle 66 is fed along the connector feed path 24 by a first slide member 102 and along the connector feed path 24' by a second slide member 10.
2'. First slide member 10
2 is reciprocatably attached within a recess formed by the support guide plate 76 and the guide plate 80. As shown in FIG. 17, a plate 105 is fixed in a recess provided at one end of the first slide member 102, and a hook member 104 is attached to the plate 105. The hook member 104 is urged upward by a spring 108, and a portion thereof protrudes upward from a slot 107 provided in the shuttle support plate 74. The upwardly projecting portion is sized to fit within a notch 112 provided near the right edge (as viewed in FIG. 17) of the underside of the shuttle 66. As is clear from Figure 17,
The first slide member 102 can be moved to the left from the position shown, and as the first slide member 102 is moved to the left, the hook member 104 is inserted into the notch 112.
It slips off the bottom surface of the shuttle 66 and engages with the notch 112 of the next shuttle 66. Slide 1
02 moves to the right, the hook member 104 causes the shuttle 66 to move to the right along the connector supply path 24. The shuttle 66 has a similar notch 110 near the left end of its lower surface, and a similar hooking member 104' allows the shuttle 66 to be fed along the connector feed path 24'.

The first slide member 102 is the base plate 6
It is reciprocated by a piston/cylinder unit 116 (FIG. 14) mounted on 4. The piston/cylinder unit 116
The piston rod 114 is threaded into a crosshead 118 which projects to the left (as viewed in FIG. 14) from an opening 122 provided in the guide plate 80. The crosshead 118 has a fixing means 120
is fixed to the first slide member 102 by.

The second slide member 102' is reciprocated by the piston/cylinder unit 116 via a pinion 126 mounted between the L-shaped support guide plates 76, 76', as shown in FIG. . The pinion 126 meshes with a rack tooth 124 on the left side edge of the first slide member 102 and a lock tooth 124' on the right side edge of the second slide member 102'. Therefore, when the piston rod 114 is retracted from the position shown in FIG. 14 to the position shown in FIG. Advancing along the connector feed path 24', the first slide member 102 is slid toward the other side edge 67 of the base plate 64 to move the shuttle 66 along the connector feed path 24.
move forward along the At this time, the hook member 1
04' is the base plate 6 as shown in FIG.
The shuttle 66 is engaged with the shuttle 66 closest to the side edge 67 of 4.

Base plate 64 of connector supply path 24
The shuttle 66 that has reached the end on the side edge 67 side of the base plate 64 is moved laterally toward the edge 71 of the base plate 64 by the transfer plate 128, and the shuttle 66
It is placed on 4'. The transfer plate 128 is the fifteenth
When moving from the retracted position shown in the figure to the forward position shown in FIG. Transfer to connector feed path 24'. A plate 132 (FIG. 13) is fixed on each of the pins 130 to hold down the shuttle 66 and support the connector 10 in the shuttle 66 during transportation, and also allows the notch 110 of the shuttle 66 to be attached to a hook member. The shuttle 66 is positioned on the connector feedway 24' so as to engage the connector feedthrough 104'.

Transfer plate 128 is reciprocated via pinion 138 between the position shown in FIG. 14 and the position shown in FIG. The pinion 138 meshes with a rack tooth 136 provided on one side edge of the transfer plate 128 and is further provided in a crosshead 142 slidable between guides 137 and 139 as shown in FIG. It also meshes with a rack tooth 140 installed in the recess.
Its crosshead 142 is threaded onto one end of a piston rod 144 of a piston/cylinder unit 146. As the piston rod 144 is retracted into the cylinder of the piston/cylinder unit 146, the pinion 138 is rotated clockwise, thereby moving the transfer plate 128 to the position shown in FIG. Conversely, when the piston rod 144 moves forward, the transfer plate 128 moves to the position shown in FIG.

A similar transfer plate 128' having a pair of upwardly rising pins 130' is attached to the base plate 6.
4 is also arranged on the side edge 65 side.

When the transfer plate 128' is moved from the position shown in FIG. 15 to the position shown in FIG. 14, the shuttle 66 at the end of the connector feed path 24' on the side edge 65 side is moved to the position 101 (FIG. 16); The connector 10 in the shuttle 66 (to which all cables are connected) is then disconnected from the shuttle 66.

Transfer plate 128' is also reciprocated by piston/cylinder unit 146. A portion 144' of the piston rod 144 of the piston/cylinder unit 146, which projects from the cylinder towards the side edge 65 of the base plate 64, is screwed onto another crosshead 142'. The crosshead 142', like the crosshead 142 previously described, houses a rack with teeth 140' that mesh with the pinion 138'.
The pinion 138' also meshes with a lock tooth 136' on one end of the transfer plate 128'.

As shown in FIG. 18, each punch 44 is integrally formed with a mounting block 148. Its mounting block 148 is located within the cover 62 shown in FIG.
It is fixed at 50.

As is clear from the fact that the heights of the upper ends of the respective bars 54 are different in FIG.
The length of the cable connected to the terminal 11 of 0 can be changed for each terminal. Further, the roller 5
6 facilitates the withdrawal of the cable 14 from the supply reel 26 and serves to prevent damage to the cable 14 when the cable 14 is withdrawn.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the coated cutting blade 50 includes a mounting block 152. As shown in FIGS. The mounting block 152 is adjustable in position within a groove 156 provided in the block tool 46 by fixing means 154. As described above, the distance of the sheathing cutting blade 50 from the cable cutting blade 48 determines the length of the portion of the end of the cable 14 to be stripped.

A roller 51 is attached to the right end of the block tool 46 (as viewed in FIG. 10). 7th, 8th
As is clear from the figure, when the cable 14 is pushed downward by the bar 54, the friction applied to the insulation coating of the cable 14 is reduced by the roller 51.

The cable feed shuttle assembly 30 is reciprocated relative to the cable inserts 18, 20, 22 by, for example, a piston/cylinder unit (not shown). The shuttle assembly 30 is moved forward from the position of FIG. 3 to the position of FIG. 4 and back from the position of FIG. 5 to the position of FIG. 6 by means of suitable guide means (not shown). Then, as shown by the chain line 158 in FIGS. 4 and 6, the cutting blades 48 and 50 are escaped upwardly so as not to hit them.

As shown in FIG. 8, the cable guide 36 is pushed downward as the upper block tool 52 is lowered to the position shown in FIG. The guide means may be provided with cam means for tilting the cable guide 36 downwards.

Terminal 1 of connector 10 as shown in FIG.
1 are arranged close to each other with a center-to-center distance of approximately 2.54 mm. However, in the apparatus of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 18, the spacing between each punch 44 can be much greater than the distance between its terminals, and the mounting block 148 for each punch 44 can also be significantly larger. can. If the distance between the punches 44 is made equal to the distance between the terminals, there is a risk that the punches 44 will be damaged during use. Furthermore, if the roller 54 attached to the cable pull-out bar 54 were to be made to match the distance between the terminals, the thickness would be approximately 2.54 mm, making it impractical. However, in the present invention, the cable insertion part is divided into multiple parts, and cables are inserted into adjacent terminals at different insertion parts. Therefore, the dimensions described above can be made sufficiently large.

In addition, the number of cable insertion parts may be two,
There may be no problem with three or more. In either case,
At least one terminal to which a cable is not inserted is interposed between the terminals into which a cable is inserted in one cable insertion part.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams schematically explaining the steps of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 8 are diagrams explaining the cable insertion process of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. , FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a part of the main part of the device in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the main part of the device in FIG. The overall plan view, Figures 12 and 13 are a sectional view taken along the line XII-XII and -, respectively, in Figure 11, Figure 14 is a sectional view taken along the line XI-XI in Figure 12, and Figure 15 is a sectional view taken along the line XII-XII in Figure 11, respectively. FIG. 16 is a diagram schematically showing the transfer route of the connector; FIG. 17 is a diagram similar to FIG.
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 15, and FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 10... Connector, 11... Terminal, 14...
Cable, 18, 20, 22...Cable insertion part, 30...Shuttle assembly, 44...Punch, 46, 52...Block tool, 48...Cable cutting blade, 50...Coated cutting blade, 54...Bar , 66... Shuttle, 102, 102'... Slide member, 104, 104'... Hook member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The cable insertion portion 11' of each terminal 11 of the connector 10 in which the terminal 11 with the cable insertion portion 11' is housed in a plurality of cavities 13 arranged side by side in an insulating housing 12. The terminals 11 and the cables 14 are electrically connected by aligning a plurality of cables 14 with each other and moving each cable 14 perpendicularly to its axis and inserting it into the insertion portion 11'. In the method for manufacturing a connector with a cable, the connector 10 is inserted into a plurality of cable insertion portions 1.
8, 20, 22, said cable 14 at each cable entry 18, 20, 22 thereof.
The cable insertion portion 11' of each terminal 11
method, characterized in that the cables 14 are inserted into mutually adjacent terminals 11 at different cable insertion points 18, 20, 22. 2. At least three of the cable insertion portions 18, 20, 22 are provided, and each of the cable insertion portions 18, 2
0,22 in a row in a common cable entry zone 16, through each cable entry 18, 20, 22 from the first cable entry 18 at one end of the row to the last cable entry 22 at the other end. The connector 10 is sent intermittently to each cable insertion portion by M/n (where M is the number of terminals of the connector and n is the number of cable insertion portions).
a step of supplying a plurality of cables 14; a step of aligning the cables 14 with the cable insertion portions 11' of every n-1 terminals among the plurality of terminals 11 of the connector 10; aligning each of the cables 14; the connector 10 with the cables 14 inserted into all the terminals 11 is taken out from the final cable insertion part 22, and the other insertion parts 18,
At step 20, the connector 10 with the cable 14 inserted into the predetermined terminal 11 is sent to the next cable insertion section 20, 22, respectively, and the step of supplying a new connector 10 to the first cable insertion section 18 is continuously carried out. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that it is repeated. 3. By moving the cable 14 in a direction perpendicular to its axis and inserting it into the cable insertion part 11', a plurality of terminals 11 electrically connected to the cable 14 are arranged in a row and inserted into the insulating housing 12. The connector 10 accommodated therein and each of the terminals 1
1, a cable supplying means 30 for supplying a plurality of cables 14 along a cable supply path within the same plane within the cable insertion zone 16; 16, and first to nth cable insertion means 44 arranged at one end of the plane in the cable insertion zone 16, the first to nth cable insertion portions 18, 20,
22 positions the first to nth connectors 10 side by side on the other side of the plane so that the rows of the terminals 11 of the respective connectors 10 are aligned in a straight line in the direction perpendicular to the first path. 1~
An n-th connector positioning means 66 is provided, and the first to n-th cable insertion means 44 are moved forward and backward toward the first to n-th connectors 10 along the first to n-th cable insertion paths, respectively. The first to nth cable insertion means 44 are adapted to be movable, and each group of the plurality of terminals 11 of each connector 10 is arranged into n groups of first to nth terminals each consisting of terminals that are not adjacent to each other. A device characterized in that the cables 14 are respectively inserted into the cable insertion portions 11' of the terminals. 4 The number of terminals in each group is M/n (where M is the number of terminals in each connector), and the terminals in each group are connected to each other by n-1 terminals in other groups. 4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that they are separated. 5. Claim 3, characterized in that each said connector positioning means 66 is adapted to be fed from one of said respective cable insertion parts to an adjacent cable insertion part by means of feeding means 114, 116.
The device according to item 4 or item 4. 6. Each of the connector positioning means 66 is in the form of a shuttle, and the shuttle is adapted to be fed side by side along first and second tracks 24, 24' juxtaposed with each other, and the second A track 24' extends through each cable entry, and each shuttle 66 extends through each cable entry.
from the second track 24 to the second track 24' and from the second track 24' to the first track 24.
6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that it is adapted to be moved to. 7. The cable supply means 30, the cable insertion means, and the feeding means 114, 116 are configured such that each connector 10 is intermittently fed through each cable insertion portion, and the cable 14 is inserted in each cable insertion portion. 7. A device according to claim 5, characterized in that the device is adapted to be operated so that the steps are performed simultaneously. 8. said cable supply means 30 is a single shuttle assembly, said shuttle assembly simultaneously supplying a plurality of sets of cables 14 and connecting each cable 14 in each set to said cable of said connector 10 in said respective cable entry; 8. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that in the insertion part the cable is aligned with the cable insertion part 11' of one of the terminals 11 to be inserted. 9 A cable pull-out bar 54 having a roller 56 at a free end is arranged behind each of the cable insertion means 44 in the cable supply direction, and the cable pull-out bar 54 has a roller 56 at its free end.
Immediately after each cable 14 is inserted into the cable insertion section 11' of 1, its bar 54 is moved such that said roller 56 impinges on the corresponding cable 14 and removes it by a predetermined length from the cable supply 26. 9. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that it is adapted to pull out the cable (14). 10 A cable cutting means 48 and a sheath stripping means 50 are disposed behind the cable pull-out bar 54 in the cable supply direction, and after the pull-out bar 54 pulls out the cable 14 by the predetermined length, the cable 14 is further pulled out in the same direction. exercise and its cable 14
The cable 14 is pulled from the stripping means 50 to strip the sheath from the cut end of the cable 14, in which case the cable 14 is pulled by a roller disposed between the pull-out bar 54 and the sheath stripping means 50. 51 and thereby engages its cable 14
10. A device according to claim 9, characterized in that the friction acting on the device is reduced.