JPH10283856A - Electric bundle assembly supporting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To handle a large number of types of electric bundles, provide high work efficiency, and lower the erroneous wiring of electric wires by reading out coordinate data which show wiring routes of a plurality of electric wires, projecting electric wire holding tools out of a form board, and visually displaying the electric wiring routes on the form board based on the data read out of the memory elements attached to the electric wires. SOLUTION: The coordinate data on a form board 10 which show the wiring routes of a plurality of electric wires are stored in a memory apparatus 3, input of electric wire bundle assembling number corresponding to the types of wire harness to be assembled is carried out, the form information corresponding to the number is read out, and holding rods 22 of electromagnetic studs 31 are selectively projected on the form board 10 to show the configuration of package of the electric wires. Further, the information of such as electric wire number recorded on magnetic cards 1 attached to respective electric wires 33 are read out by a card reader 2, the coordinate data are read out of the memory apparatus 3, and only necessary LED 30 are lighted to visually display the wiring routes of respective electric wires 33 and terminal apparatuses.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire bundle assembly support device used for assembling a wire bundle (wire harness).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when assembling a wire bundle (wire harness), a jig called a foam board is used to indicate a wiring route of each wire forming the wire harness and a terminal position of each wire at both ends of the wiring route. Is used.

[0003] For example, a foam board shown in FIG. 3 has a wire bundle loading shape 102 which represents a wiring path of a plurality of wires in a real size on a wooden board 101 as a main body, and a terminal number P1 which indicates a terminal position of each wire. To P3, TB1 to TB3, and GND, and a long nail 103 is driven as a wire holder into a peripheral portion such as a branch point or a terminal end in a wiring path.

[0004] When assembling a wire harness using this foam board, an information tag 105 describing a wire number and a terminal number is attached to each wire 104 constituting the wire harness in advance. Compares the contents described in the information tag 105 with the wire bundle packing shape 102 and the terminal number drawn on the form board to check the wiring route and the terminal position of the electric wire 104, and from one terminal position to the other terminal. The electric wires 104 are wired so as to crawl between the nails 103 toward the position.

[0005] The above operation is repeated for all the electric wires 104 constituting the wire harness, and finally, the desired electric wire harness is obtained by bundling the electric wires laid on the foam board. Note that the wire number or the like may be directly printed on the wire 104.

[0006] In addition to such a wooden foam board, a foam board as shown in FIG. 4 is used. In this method, a bundle of electric wires 203 is drawn on a thin resinous paper called a mylar sheet 202 by baking by photographing using a completed wire harness or by hand copying, etc., and is attached to an iron plate 201. Then, a magnet rod 20 having a magnet mounted on a pedestal on which a long pin is attached from above the mylar sheet 202.
4 is attached as an electric wire holder. Also when using the foam board, the worker looks at the information tag 206 attached to the electric wire 205 and lays out the electric wire 205 while checking the wiring route and the terminal position of the electric wire 205 on the foam board.

[0007]

As described above, the wiring harness has conventionally been assembled using a wooden foam board or a foam board using a mylar sheet. However, in the case of a wooden foam board, a different foam board is required for each type of wire harness, and it takes time and effort to manufacture the foam board, such as drawing a wiring path and driving a nail serving as an electric wire holder. There was a problem that a large number of formboard storage locations were required.

[0008] On the other hand, in the case of a foam board using a mylar sheet, although a storage space is not troublesome as compared with a wooden foam board, a different mylar sheet must be manufactured for each type of wire harness. Requires a large number of manufacturing man-hours and a long manufacturing period, and furthermore, when the Mylar sheet is actually attached to an iron plate and used as a foam board, the magnetic rod of the wire holder must first be installed in a predetermined part. was there.

Regardless of which form board is used, the operator reads the information tag for each electric wire and reads the contents of the information tag and the wire bundle packing and terminal numbers drawn on the form board. It is necessary to check the wiring route and the terminal position of the electric wire against the light, so it takes time to work and the efficiency becomes poor, and the electric wire is laid in the wrong position on the form board due to the misreading of the information tag. There was fear.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and to provide an electric wire bundle assembling support device which can cope with various types of electric wire bundles, has a high work efficiency, and can reduce the wiring error of electric wires. With the goal.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a wire bundle for assembling a wire bundle by laying a plurality of wires on a foam board along a predetermined wiring route. In the assembling support device, a storage means in which wiring paths of a plurality of electric wires constituting each electric wire bundle are stored in advance as coordinate data on the form board for each type of electric wire bundle, and the wiring path can be projected from the form board onto the form board The coordinate data indicating the wiring route of each wire corresponding to the type of wire bundle to be assembled is read from the rod-shaped wire holders arranged in a matrix and the storage means, and the wire bundle is formed based on the coordinate data. An electric wire holder driving means for selectively projecting the electric wire holder from the foam board so as to hold the electric wire, and an electric wire constituting an electric wire bundle to be assembled Reading means for reading the wire type data recorded on the attached recording element; and reading coordinate data indicating the wiring route of each wire corresponding to the wire type data read by the reading means from the storage means, and reading the coordinate data. Wiring path display means for visually displaying the wiring path on the form board based on the information.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wire harness assembling support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the apparatus and a part thereof,
It is the figure which cut out and showed a part further.

This wire harness assembling support apparatus comprises a form board 10 as a main body, a computer 5, a card reader 2, a display 4, a keyboard 6, an interface 7, a form board controller 8, and a board matrix data reader 9. .

The form board 10 is used as a jig for assembling a wire bundle (hereinafter, referred to as a wire harness) for indicating the shape of the electrode bundle and the wiring route of each wire according to the type of the wire harness. 1, a wiring route display unit 13, an electric wire holding unit 14, and an electric wire bundle packing appearance reading unit 15 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wiring path display section 13 is for visually displaying the wiring paths 32 of a plurality of electric wires different for each type of wire harness on the form board 10. Multiple LEDs 30
Are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. That is, the LEDs 30 are arranged along the xy coordinates of the form board 10. In this case, according to the recorded contents of the magnetic card 1 as described later, only the specific LED 30 is turned on as shown in the enlarged portion in FIG. The wiring path 32 to be displayed is visually displayed on the form board 10. These LEDs 30 are also used to indicate a wire bundle assembly number indicating a type of a wire harness described later on a specific portion (upper left in FIG. 2) of the foam board 10. In addition, another display unit may be provided on the form board 10 for this purpose.

The wire holding section 14 is also connected to the wiring path display section 1.
3, a plurality of electrode studs 31, which are rod-shaped electric wire holders, are arranged on the form board 10 in a two-dimensional matrix. Here, each of the electrode studs 31 has a structure in which a holding rod 22 is projected by a solenoid switch 21 as shown in an enlarged portion in FIG. In this case, based on the type of the wire harness specified by the operator, only the holding rod 22 of the specific electromagnetic stud 31 is projected onto the foam board 10 so that the wire to be assembled as shown in FIG. The worker is shown the electrode bundle appearance corresponding to the harness. At this time, the holding rod 22 protruding on the foam board 10 is also used as an electric wire holder when the electric wire 33 is laid.

The electric wire bundle reading unit 15 preliminarily arranges the electric wires of the completed wire harness on the foam board 10 so that the wiring route and the terminal position of each electric wire 33 are xy on the foam board 10. This is for acquiring as coordinate data indicating coordinates, for example, a plurality of pressure sensing elements arranged in a two-dimensional matrix on the foam board 10 and an appropriate contact for arranging electric wires on the foam board 10. Consist of children.

When this wire harness assembling support device is used, it is necessary to store in advance the coordinate data on the form board 10 indicating the wiring route, the terminal position, and the like for each wire constituting the wire harness in the storage device 3.

In this case, the completed wire harness is set on the foam board 10 as described above, and the wires are arranged using the wire bundle packing appearance reading unit 15, whereby the wiring route and the terminal position of each wire are obtained. Form board 10 showing
Get the upper coordinate data. At this time, a wire number as wire type data for distinguishing each wire is input to the computer 5 by the keyboard 6.

The coordinate data indicating the wiring route and the terminal position of each electric wire 33 obtained by the electric wire bundle packing appearance reading section 15 is input to the board matrix data reader 9 as an electric wire bundle packing reading signal, and furthermore, the board matrix data reader. 9 to the computer 5 via the interface 7.

The computer 5 puts together the wire number, wire route coordinate data and terminal position coordinate data of each wire inputted from the board matrix data reader 9 via the keyboard 6 and the interface 7 as form board information. The form board information is stored in the storage device 3 by linking the form bundle information to the wire bundle assembly number indicating the type of the wire harness input by the keyboard 6.
The storage device 3 may be provided only inside the computer 5 as shown in FIG. 1, or may be separately connected outside the computer 5 as shown in FIG.

Next, when actually assembling the wire harness on the form board 10, the keyboard 6 is used to input a wire bundle assembly number corresponding to the wire harness to be assembled.

The computer 5 reads out the form board information corresponding to the input wire bundle assembly number from the storage device 3 and outputs the wire bundle assembly number and the form board information to the form board controller 8 via the interface 7. . In addition, the computer 5 displays the bundle of wires of the wire harness on the display 4 based on the read form board information.

The form board controller 8 performs processing set in advance by the decoder unit 11 and the driver unit 12 based on the wire bundle assembly number and the form board information input from the computer 5 via the interface 7. The bundle assembly number signal and the electromagnetic stud coordinate signal are output to the form board 10. Here, the wire bundle assembly number signal is set to a lighting state for displaying the wire bundle assembly number on the form board 10 by the LED 30.
D30 is the coordinate data, and the electromagnetic stud coordinate signal is the coordinate data of the electromagnetic stud 31 that makes the holding rod 22 protrude.

The form board 10 selectively selects the LEDs 30 necessary for displaying the wire assembly number based on the wire bundle assembly number signal input from the form board controller 3 and the coordinate data indicated by the electromagnetic stud coordinate signal. The lighting is turned on, and the holding bar 22 of the electromagnetic stud 31 is selectively projected on the foam board 10.

As a result, the wire bundle assembly number of the wire harness to be assembled is visually displayed on the foam board 10 by the lit LED 30, and the wire bundle of the wire harness is projected by the holding rod 22 protruding above the foam board 10. A figure is shown.

Next, the magnetic card 1 attached to the electric wire 33 to be wired on the form board 10 is read by the card reader 2, and the electric wire number and the electric wire number of the electric wire 33 stored in the magnetic card 1 in advance are read. Get the terminal number. Note that the card reader 2 is provided on a part of the form board 10 as shown in FIG.

The wire number and the terminal number of the wire 33 read by the card reader 2 are input to the computer 5,
The computer 5 reads out the coordinate data indicating the wiring route and the terminal position of the electric wire 33 from the formboard information stored in the storage device 3 based on these, and outputs the coordinate data to the formboard controller 8 via the interface 7.

The form board controller 8 converts the wiring path signal and the electric wire terminal coordinate signal based on the coordinate data indicating the wiring path and the terminal position corresponding to the electric wire 33 input from the computer 5 via the interface 7. Output to 10

The form board 10 turns on the LED 30 corresponding to the wiring path of the electric wire 33 and the terminal position based on the wiring path signal and the electric wire terminal coordinate signal input from the form board controller 8. As a result, the wiring path and the terminal position for laying the electric wire 30 on the foam board 10 are indicated by the lit LED 30.

The operator operates the LED on the form board 30
According to the display of 30, the electric wires 3 are arranged so as to crawl between the holding rods 22 protruding on the foam board 10 from one terminal position to the other terminal position in the wiring route.
Wire 3

The above operation is repeated for all the wires 33 constituting the wire harness, and finally, the wires 33 laid on the foam board 10 are appropriately bound to obtain a desired wire harness. . In addition,
In each operation process of the form board 10 described above,
A preset status monitor signal is sequentially output from the form board 10 to the form board controller 8. The status monitor signal is input to the computer 5 via the interface 7, and the display 4 displays, for example, the current working state.

As described above, in the wire harness assembling support apparatus of the present embodiment, coordinate data on the form board indicating the wiring paths and terminal positions of a plurality of electric wires forming each wire harness is stored in advance for a plurality of types of wire harnesses. When the wire harness is stored in the device 3 and actually assembled, a wire bundle assembly number corresponding to the type of the wire harness to be assembled is input, and the form board corresponding to the wire bundle assembly number is input. Information storage device 3
And by selectively projecting the holding rods 22 of the electromagnetic studs 31 onto the foam board 10 according to the contents thereof, a wire bundle packing state is shown.

Further, information such as an electric wire number recorded on the magnetic card 1 attached to each electric wire 33 is read by the card reader 2, and a wiring route and a terminal position of each electric wire 33 corresponding to the read information are shown. By reading the coordinate data on the form board from the storage device 3 and turning on only the necessary LEDs 30 based on the read coordinate data, the wiring route and the terminal position of each electric wire 33 are visually displayed.

By doing so, a single wire harness assembling support device can perform many types of wire harness assembling operations. There is no need to create a mylar sheet. Therefore,
There is no need to spend time and effort in creating the foam board itself, and there is no need to worry about storage space like a wooden foam board.

Also, the appearance of the bundle of wires in the wire harness is shown by protruding the holding rod of the electromagnetic stud onto the foam board, and this protruding rod is also used as a wire holder. Therefore, it is not necessary for the worker to draw the wire bundle on the foam board by himself or draw the wire bundle on the mylar sheet by photographing or hand-drawing, unlike the conventional case. Since there is no need to perform time-consuming and time-consuming tasks such as nailing against and installing a magnetic bar on the Mylar sheet,
As a result, the efficiency of the entire operation can be increased.

Further, based on the result of reading the recorded contents of the magnetic card attached to each electric wire with a card reader, necessary wiring paths and terminal positions are automatically set to necessary LED.
This is different from the conventional method in which the worker himself looks at the information tag attached to the wire to check the wiring route and terminal position, unlike the conventional method of laying the wire on the foam board. Mistakes and the like can be greatly reduced.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, coordinate data on a form board is stored for each wiring route of a plurality of wires constituting each wire bundle for each type of wire bundle. When assembling a bundle, first read the coordinate data indicating the wiring route of each wire corresponding to the wire bundle to be assembled, and selectively protrude the wire holder from the foam board so as to hold each wire. When laying the wires on the foam board, read the wire type data recorded on the recording element attached to the wires and read out the coordinate data indicating the wiring route of the wires according to the result. Based on the coordinate data, the wiring route of the electric wire is visually displayed on the form board.

As a result, the wire holder corresponding to the wire bundle to be assembled can be automatically formed on the foam board, and at the same time, the wire bundle package is projected by the wire holder protruding on the foam board. Can be shown. That is, it is possible to assemble a plurality of types of electric wire bundles with one foam board without providing a foam board for each type of electric wire bundle as in a conventional wooden foam board or a mylar sheet foam board. In addition, since the wire holder is automatically projected onto the foam board in accordance with the type of wire bundle to be assembled, the work can be made more efficient.

Furthermore, the wiring path corresponding to each electric wire is automatically and visually displayed on the form board simply by reading the recorded contents of the recording element attached to each electric wire. Unlike the case where the user himself / herself confirms the wiring route by looking at the information tag attached to the electric wire, it is possible to greatly reduce wiring mistakes of the electric wire.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wire harness assembly support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the appearance of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a conventional wooden foam board.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a conventional foam board using a mylar sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Magnetic card 2 ... Card reader 3 ... Storage device 4 ... Display 5 ... Computer 6 ... Keyboard 7 ... Interface 8 ... Form board 9 ... Board matrix data reader 10 ... Form board 11 ... Decoder unit 12 ... Driver unit 13 ... Wiring path Display unit 14: Wire holding unit 15: Wire bundle figure reading unit 21: Solenoid switch 22: Holding rod 30: LED 31: Electromagnetic stud 32: Wiring path 33: Electric wire

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Illumination Iwata Lighting 10 Oecho, Minato-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. No. 10 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Nagoya Aerospace System Works

Claims (1)

[Claims] An electric wire bundle assembling apparatus for assembling an electric wire bundle by laying a plurality of electric wires on a foam board along a predetermined wiring route, wherein each electric wire bundle has a different type of electric wire. Storage means for storing in advance the respective wiring paths of the plurality of electric wires constituting the bundle as coordinate data on the form board; and a rod-shaped arrangement arranged on the form board in a matrix so as to be protrudable from the form board. An electric wire holder, reading coordinate data indicating a wiring route of each electric wire corresponding to the type of the electric wire bundle to be assembled from the storage means, and holding the electric wires constituting the electric wire bundle based on the coordinate data. An electric wire holder driving means for selectively projecting the electric holder from the foam board; and an electric wire holder driving means attached to the electric wire constituting the electric wire bundle to be assembled. Reading means for reading the electric wire type data recorded in the recording element; reading coordinate data indicating the wiring route of each electric wire corresponding to the electric wire type data read by the reading means from the storage means, based on the coordinate data And a wiring path display means for visually displaying the wiring path on the form board.