KR20160038659A - Apparatus for supplying housing for connector - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for supplying a housing for a connector. The disclosed apparatus for supplying a housing for a connector, which supplies the housing into which a plurality of terminal pins are inserted to a terminal cutting inserter for cutting and inserting the terminal pins, includes: a housing storage device configured to discharge the housing to the outside; a housing classifying device configured to classify a kind of the housing supplied from the housing storage device; a first housing transport device configured to transport the housing discharged from the housing classifying device; a housing intermitting device for controlling the transport of the housing transported from the first housing transport device; a housing examining device configured to examine an appearance of the housing placed on the housing intermitting device; and a second housing transport device configured to transport the housing to the terminal cutting inserter according to whether the housing examining device performs the examination.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING HOUSING FOR CONNECTOR [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a housing supply device for a connector, and more particularly, to a housing supply device for a connector which improves connector productivity by stably supplying a connector housing.

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a connector assembly (hereinafter, referred to as 'connector') is for connecting electric wires, cables, circuit boards, and electric and electronic devices to each other. A housing (or a socket) By connecting the connector of the cable to the housing, data communication and energization are possible.

1A is a side sectional view of a typical connector, and FIG. 1B is a front view of FIG. 1A.

1A and 1B, a connector 10 includes a housing 11 made of a plastic material and a terminal pin 12 made of a metal material inserted and fixed to the housing 11.

An insertion hole is formed in the hollow space 11a of the housing 11. The insertion of the terminal pin 12 into the insertion hole in the housing 11 causes the connector 10 ) Is assembled.

The terminal pin 12 is constituted by a connection pin 12a which is bent and joined with a connector of a cable and a circuit pin 12b which is inserted and fixed to a circuit board such as an electronic apparatus.

Therefore, the connection pin 12a is exposed to the outside of the electronic device, and the connector of the cable is coupled through the empty space 11a of the housing 11.

A terminal pin assembling device capable of automatically assembling the connector 10 thus configured is already devised.

An example of such a terminal pin assembling apparatus is a " terminal cutting inserter " disclosed in Patent Publication No. 10-0946292 (Mar. 02, 2010).

The operation of the terminal cutter inserter is schematically described. First, the housing 11 is fed along a guide rail provided on the front side of the terminal cutter inserter, and the terminal pin 12 is inserted into the terminal cutter inserter Direct supply.

Then, the terminal pin 12 is cut in the above-mentioned terminal cutting inserter and then inserted into the insertion hole of the housing 11.

When a plurality of terminal pins 12 are inserted into the housing 11 as described above, when the entire terminal pin 12 assembled to the housing 11 is gripped and rotated to bend the circuit pin 12b, .

The assembled connector 10 removes foreign matter such as dust from the terminal pin 12 through a brushing process or a suction process.

The inspection is carried out using a gauge in the form of a jig whether the terminal pin 12 is properly inserted and fixed in place with respect to the circuit pin 12b of the terminal pin 12 from which the foreign substance has been removed.

In general, the number and the thickness of the terminal pins 12 are determined according to the use (or function) of the connector 10, and the size of the housing 11 and the size of the insertion hole are determined accordingly.

In the case where there is not a large difference in the number of the terminal pins 12, the housing 11 supplied to the terminal cutting inserter has little or no difference in size from other housings, , It is difficult to distinguish the types of housings by the naked eye.

That is, when assembling various kinds of connectors with the above-mentioned terminal cutting inserter, it is highly possible that various kinds of housings are mixed and it is difficult to confirm even if various kinds of housings are supplied with the terminal cutting inserter during the operation.

As described above, when a different type of housing is supplied, not only the operation failure but also the operation must be stopped immediately, and the pin inserting portion of the terminal cutting inserter may be lost.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a housing supply device for a connector, which can check whether a housing is provided before supplying the housing to a terminal cutting inserter and supply the housing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a housing supply device for a connector, which supplies a housing into which a terminal pin is inserted to a terminal cutting inserter for cutting and inserting a plurality of terminal pins, A housing storage device having a housing capable of being discharged to the outside; A housing classifying device provided to classify the housing received from the housing storing device into the housing; A first housing transfer device which is capable of transferring the housing discharged from the housing sorting device; A housing interrupter for interrupting the transfer of the housing transferred from the first housing transfer device; A housing inspecting device for inspecting the appearance of the housing placed in the housing interrupter; And a second housing transfer device for transferring the housing to the terminal cutting inserter according to whether the housing inspecting device is inspected.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the housing is inspected and supplied to the terminal cutting inserter before the housing is supplied to the terminal cutting inserter, thereby preventing the occurrence of defects during the work and improving the assembly productivity.

Figure 1a is a side cross-sectional view of a typical connector.
Figure 1B is a front view of Figure 1A.
FIG. 2A is a front view showing a configuration of a terminal pin assembling apparatus to which a housing supply apparatus for a connector according to the present invention is applied; FIG.
Figure 2b is a plan view of Figure 2a.
Figure 3a is a detail view of the main part of Figure 2a.
Figure 3b is a detail view of the main part of Figure 3a.
4A is a detailed front view of the first housing transfer device of FIG.
Figure 4b is a side view of Figure 4a.
Figure 4c is a top view of Figure 4a.
Fig. 5A is a detailed front view of the housing interrupter of Fig. 2A. Fig.
FIG. 5B is a plan view of FIG. 5A. FIG.
6 is a photograph showing an example of the display device of FIG. 2;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing the construction of a terminal pin assembling apparatus to which a housing supply apparatus for a connector according to the present invention is applied, FIG. 2B is a plan view of FIG. 2A, And Fig. 3B shows the detail of the main portion of Fig. 3A.

4A is a detailed front view of the first housing transfer device of FIG. 2A, FIG. 4B is a side view of FIG. 4A, and FIG. 4C is a top view of FIG. 4A.

FIG. 5A is a detailed front view of the housing interrupter of FIG. 2A, FIG. 5B is a plan view of FIG. 45, and FIG. 6 is an example of the display of FIG.

1A to 6, a housing supply device for a connector according to the present invention includes a terminal cutting inserter (not shown) for cutting and inserting a plurality of terminal pins 12 as described above with reference to FIGS. 1A and 1B 104 to the housing 11 into which the terminal pin 12 is inserted.

This will be described in more detail.

The housing supply device for a connector according to the present invention comprises a base 101 and a housing storage device (not shown) provided on one side of the base 101 and having a housing 11 of the connector 10, A housing classifying device provided on the other side of the base 101 and capable of classifying the housing 11 supplied with the housing 11 from the housing storing device 11; And a first housing transfer device (140) capable of transferring the discharged housing (11).

The housing supply device for a connector according to the present invention further includes a housing intermittent device 160 for interrupting the transfer of the housing 11 transferred from the first housing transfer device 140 to the housing intermittent device 160, And a second housing transfer device 170 for transferring the housing 11 to the terminal cutting inserter 104 depending on whether the housing inspecting device is inspected or not .

Further, the housing storage device 110 is provided so that the housing 11 can be discharged to the outside by vibration.

The housing sorting device includes a case 121, a circular rail 122b that is rotatably installed in the case 121 and is classified and sized to be discharged, and a housing (not shown) 11 to be placed on the rails 122b.

4A to 4C, the first housing transfer device 140 includes a first base member 141 and a second base member 141 which are installed on the first base member 141, A first guide rail 143 having a rail groove 143a for connecting the housing 11 to the housing intermittent device 160 and the other end connected to the housing intermittent device 160 and a guide rail 143 installed on one side of the guide rail 143, And a rail device for allowing the housing (11) in the rail (143) to be transported.

The rail device includes a first driving part 144 provided on the first base member 141 and a rail 144a rotated by the first driving part 144 and rotating in the first guide rail 143. [ And a plurality of pulleys.

5A and 5B, the housing intermittent device 160 includes a base frame 161, an upper housing 161 disposed on the base frame 161 and being transferred from the first housing transfer device 140 And a transfer control device for transferring the housing 11 sequentially to the housing inspection device after stopping the transfer of the housing 11.

The transfer control device includes a sliding member 165 mounted on the base frame 161 and operated to move forward and backward and to slide in the left and right direction, And a pusher 167 for closing or stopping the housing 11 or pushing it toward the second housing transfer device 170.

And a sliding driving unit for providing a driving force to move the sliding member 165 forward, backward, and right and left.

The sliding driving unit includes a driving control unit 166 and an LM guide 164 mounted on the driving control unit 166.

6, the housing inspecting apparatus includes a photographing apparatus 150 for photographing a recognition mark (kind of ID) displayed on the housing 11, a housing 11 photographed by the photographing apparatus 150 A control unit (not shown) for reading the recognition indication of the housing 11 and determining whether the housing 11 is being conveyed and operating the second housing transfer unit 170, ).

The photographing apparatus includes a camera and a lighting device, and a control device for controlling the operation of the camera.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the second housing transfer device includes a second base 171, a lift block 173 vertically movable up and down from the second base 171, And a pushing device which is slidably installed on the lifting block 173 and pushes the housing 11 with the terminal cutting inserter to transfer the housing 11 to the terminal cutting inserter.

The pushing device includes a first ELM guide 172 installed between the lifting block 173 and the second base 171, a second slide member 175 lifted and lowered by the lifting block, A second LM guide 174 for allowing the second slide member 175 to slide left and right and a second pusher 176 provided at the end of the second slide member 175.

Hereinafter, the operation of the housing supply device for a connector according to the present invention will be described.

Referring to the drawings again, a housing supply device for a connector according to the present invention is characterized in that the housing supply device for a connector according to the present invention comprises a terminal pin insertion inserter 104 for cutting and inserting a plurality of terminal pins 12, (11) into which the housing (12) is inserted.

First, when the housing 11 is discharged from the housing storage device 11, the housing 11 is transferred to the housing sorting device. When the housing 11 is classified to some extent in the size and shape of the housing 11, ).

Then, the housing interrupter 160 stops the transfer of the housing 11, which is transferred from the first housing transfer device 140, and is transferred again.

That is, when the photographing apparatus 150 of the housing inspecting apparatus photographs the recognition display of the housing 11 and transmits the photographing data to the display device 130 when the housing interrupter 160 is stopped, Is displayed on the display device 130 as shown in FIG.

The recognition mark is a cavity number written on a plastic injection mold and is a kind of ID of the housing 11. [

The controller and the operator simultaneously determine whether the housing 11 is the housing 11 to be inserted into the assembly work of the connector 10 at the same time.

If it is determined that the housing 11 is to be inserted into the assembling operation by the recognition on the recognition display, the second housing transfer device 170 operates to move the housing 11 to the terminal cutting inserter 104 .

A terminal 11 is inserted into the housing 11 by a second housing transfer device 170 so that the terminal pin 12 is inserted into the housing 11 in front of the terminal cutter inserter 104, A housing gripping device 105 is disposed.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. . Therefore, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

10. Connector
11. Housing
12. Terminal pin
12a. Connection pin
12b. Circuit pin
110. Housing storage device
140. First housing transfer device
160. Housing interrupter
170. Second housing transfer device

Claims (5)

A housing supply apparatus for a connector for supplying a housing into which a terminal pin is inserted to a terminal cutting inserter for cutting and inserting a plurality of terminal pins,
A housing storage device having the housing removably installed therein;
A housing classifying device provided to classify the housing received from the housing storing device into the housing;
A first housing transfer device which is capable of transferring the housing discharged from the housing sorting device;
A housing interrupter for interrupting the transfer of the housing transferred from the first housing transfer device;
A housing inspecting device for inspecting the appearance of the housing placed in the housing interrupter;
And a second housing transfer device for transferring the housing to the terminal cutting inserter according to whether the housing inspecting apparatus is inspected or not. The method according to claim 1,
The first housing transfer device comprises:
A first guide rail having one end connected to the housing dividing device and the other end connected to the housing interrupting device to transfer the housing;
And a rail device installed at one side of the guide rail for allowing the housing in the guide rail to be transported. The method according to claim 1,
The housing interrupter includes:
A base frame;
A sliding member installed on the base frame and moving forward and backward and left and right sliding;
A pusher installed at an end of the sliding member and pushing the housing on the first housing transfer device to stop or push the housing toward the second housing transfer device;
And a sliding driving unit for providing a driving force to move the sliding member forward, backward, and leftward and rightward, respectively. The method according to claim 1,
The housing inspection apparatus includes:
A photographing device photographing a recognition mark displayed on the housing;
A display device for receiving and displaying the recognition indication photographed by the photographing device;
And a control unit for reading out the recognition indication and determining whether the housing is transferred or not to operate the second housing transfer device. The method according to claim 1,
The second housing transfer device comprises:
A second base;
A lift block vertically movably installed on the second base;
And a pushing device slidably installed on the elevating block, the pushing device being configured to push the housing with the terminal cutting inserter to transfer the housing to the terminal cutting inserter.

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