US3800389A - Electrical lead and harness manufacturing - Google Patents

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US3800389A
US3800389A US00249016A US3800389DA US3800389A US 3800389 A US3800389 A US 3800389A US 00249016 A US00249016 A US 00249016A US 3800389D A US3800389D A US 3800389DA US 3800389 A US3800389 A US 3800389A
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R Brehm
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/04—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for forming connections by deformation, e.g. crimping tool
    • H01R43/048—Crimping apparatus or processes
    • H01R43/052—Crimping apparatus or processes with wire-feeding mechanism
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5136—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work
    • Y10T29/5137—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station
    • Y10T29/5139—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to sever work prior to disassembling
    • Y10T29/514—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to sever work prior to disassembling comprising means to strip insulation from wire
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/51—Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
    • Y10T29/5136—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work
    • Y10T29/5137—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station
    • Y10T29/5142—Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on work including assembling or disassembling station and means to sever work from supply
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53004—Means to assemble or disassemble with means to regulate operation by use of templet, tape, card or other replaceable information supply
    • Y10T29/53017—Web or strand-carried information supply
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
    • Y10T29/532—Conductor
    • Y10T29/53209—Terminal or connector
    • Y10T29/53213—Assembled to wire-type conductor
    • Y10T29/53235—Means to fasten by deformation

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  • FIG. 7 is an exploded, perspective view of one of the applicators forming a portion of the machine of the present invention with the stroke adjusting plate illustrated in broken lines.
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view ofa portion of the machine shown in FIG. 4 taken about line 88.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates bench press 20 having associated therewith, individual applicators 100, 102, and 104, which are selectively shiftable as an assembly so as to have one unit in alignment with the line of action of the main press ram 116 and Coupled thereto.
  • a press base or bed 130 mounted on the table and forming the base of the press 20, is a press base or bed 130 which has fixed to its upper flattened surface, a T-shaped guide block 132.
  • a sliding plate 134 reciprocates along a horizontal path beneath the press ram 116, the plate 134 including a recess 136, FIG.
  • the present invention is further directed to the individual applicators 100, 102, 104, 106, 108 and l 10, which are identical and which are respectively positioned within the slots 141 of plate and movable therewith.
  • Reference to FIGS. 3 and 7 illustrates one of the unit applicators such as applicator 100 and its mode of operation with respect to the otherwise conventional bench press 20 or 22.
  • a coil spring 230 surrounds a centering pin 232 which extends upwardly from the U-shaped member 222, spring 230 therefore biasing the drag plate into contact with the terminal strip 92 which acts as a frictional restraint during feed of the strip 92 in a forward or feed direction during cyclic operation of the machine while preventing retrograde movement and insuring proper positioning of the terminal once advancement of the strip occurs prior to crimping to the inserted lead (not shown).
  • the present invention is directed to the simplified mechanism for achieving the desired motion to the strip advancing means and to permit adjustment of both the feed stroke and the point of initiation of the stroke of feed finger 234.
  • the basic feed motion is imported by cam surface 236 which goes up and down with the applicator ram 182, and in fact forms a portion of the same. In going up or down, it permits a rotary disc cam follower 238 to longitudinally move a cam follower link or slide 240 carrying the same against the bias of a coil spring 242 positioned within bore 244 of a linkage guide block 246 at the right hand end of the machine.
  • Block 246 is fixed between side plates 170 and 172.
  • a threaded plug 248 permits adjustment of the compression of spring 242.
  • any shifting of the cam follower link or slide 240 either to the right or the left as the cam follower 238 follows cam 236 causes link 260 to shift likewise in the same direction.
  • the horizontal connecting link 260 carries a fixed pin 278 to which is pivotably coupled, one end of the finger feed lever 280.
  • the other end of the feed lever 280 pivotably supports the strip feed finger 234 via pin connection 282.
  • a circular projection 284 is received within a circular hole 286 near one apex of a triangular shaped, stroke adjustment plate 288, the circular hole and the circular projection 284 defining a floating pivot axis for feed lever 280.
  • each of the applicators is properly preset with respect to the length of terminal and desired stroke for all six terminal strips prior to operation of the machine. It is seen that through the tape control mechanism 32, selection of one of a plurality of terminals are made of each for each cyclic operation of the machine, both for the leading and trailing ends of the formed leads 60 by properly positioning a selected unit applicator of each assembly 24 and 26 in alignment with and operatively coupled to the respective press ram, and at the same time through the tape control mechanism 32, a predetermined length of wire constituting the length of the desired lead is measured and positioned within the aligned transfer arms prior to cutting and stripping.
  • each said applicator being capable of presenting a leading terminal of a respective terminal strip in a position for crimping said terminal onto the cut and stripped end of said wire,
  • each press comprises a fixed bed, fixed longitudinally extending guide means project upwardly from said bed, a slidable plate is mounted on said guide means for reciprocation along a horizontal path intersecting the center line of the press ram, said unit terminal applicators are fixedly carried by said reciprocating plate, each applicator includes a vertically extending applicator ram, a lever is pivotably coupled at one end to said plate, a plurality of reciprocating fluid motors are operatively coupled together and to the other end of said pivoted lever, said lever is pivotably mounted for pivoting about an axis intermediate of its ends, and means are provided for selectively energizing said fluid motors to variably shift said slidable plate, to position, in a selective manner, a given applicator ram in line with the center line of the press ram for depressible engagement therewith.
  • said pivotable lever is L-shaped in configuration, is pivoted at its center for oscillation about a horizontal axis, a plurality of vertically oriented air cylinders are mechanically coupled together in an in-line array by means of their extendable pistons, and one end of the array of air cylinders is fixedly located with respect to said machine and the other end is pivotably coupled to the end of the lever not coupled to said horizontally slidable plate.
  • An apparatus for selectively applying one of several terminals to the end of a wire comprising:

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US4087908A (en) * 1976-02-18 1978-05-09 Molex Incorporated Connector harness assembly machine
US4114014A (en) * 1975-10-30 1978-09-12 Yazaki Corporation Process and apparatus for producing a wire-harness
FR2526238A1 (fr) * 1982-04-29 1983-11-04 Inarca Spa Machine combinee pour la coupe programmee de fils electriques isoles et non isoles, le denudage des extremites et l'emmanchement et le sertissage de cosses et de protections isolantes
US4442579A (en) * 1980-12-02 1984-04-17 Adwest Engineering Limited Method of and apparatus for producing valve rotors
US4476629A (en) * 1980-11-20 1984-10-16 Yazaki Corporation Method and apparatus for producing wire harness
US4559702A (en) * 1983-11-14 1985-12-24 Amp Incorporated Harness making machine having improved wire jig
US4581796A (en) * 1983-08-12 1986-04-15 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Apparatus for automatically producing cable with crimped terminals
US4628600A (en) * 1985-01-23 1986-12-16 Amp Incorporated Method and apparatus for producing electrical harnesses having multi-contact connectors and discrete wires
US4964200A (en) * 1989-08-22 1990-10-23 Amp Incorporated Lead making machine having improved crimping presses and actuating mechanism
US5025549A (en) * 1990-08-31 1991-06-25 Amp Incorporated Lead making machine having improved wire feeding system
US5353699A (en) * 1992-11-13 1994-10-11 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Harness producing apparatus and method
US5794333A (en) * 1996-08-13 1998-08-18 Ut Automotive Dearborn, Inc. Method and a unit for changing a die during wire termination
WO2001013474A1 (de) * 1999-08-11 2001-02-22 Wolfgang Hanke Crimpwerkzeug
CN104907804A (zh) * 2015-06-23 2015-09-16 吴中区横泾博尔机械厂 全自动电料压装机的上料机构的正位装置
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US4554725A (en) * 1983-05-25 1985-11-26 Amp Incorporated Modular lead maker
FR2598859B1 (fr) * 1986-05-16 1988-09-16 Ricard Claude Procede et dispositifs pour sertir automatiquement sur des fils conducteurs des pieces de connexion fixees lateralement sur une bande.

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US4114014A (en) * 1975-10-30 1978-09-12 Yazaki Corporation Process and apparatus for producing a wire-harness
US4087908A (en) * 1976-02-18 1978-05-09 Molex Incorporated Connector harness assembly machine
US4476629A (en) * 1980-11-20 1984-10-16 Yazaki Corporation Method and apparatus for producing wire harness
US4442579A (en) * 1980-12-02 1984-04-17 Adwest Engineering Limited Method of and apparatus for producing valve rotors
FR2526238A1 (fr) * 1982-04-29 1983-11-04 Inarca Spa Machine combinee pour la coupe programmee de fils electriques isoles et non isoles, le denudage des extremites et l'emmanchement et le sertissage de cosses et de protections isolantes
US4581796A (en) * 1983-08-12 1986-04-15 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Apparatus for automatically producing cable with crimped terminals
US4559702A (en) * 1983-11-14 1985-12-24 Amp Incorporated Harness making machine having improved wire jig
US4628600A (en) * 1985-01-23 1986-12-16 Amp Incorporated Method and apparatus for producing electrical harnesses having multi-contact connectors and discrete wires
US4964200A (en) * 1989-08-22 1990-10-23 Amp Incorporated Lead making machine having improved crimping presses and actuating mechanism
US5025549A (en) * 1990-08-31 1991-06-25 Amp Incorporated Lead making machine having improved wire feeding system
EP0474152A1 (en) * 1990-08-31 1992-03-11 The Whitaker Corporation Lead making machine having improved wire feeding system
US5353699A (en) * 1992-11-13 1994-10-11 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Harness producing apparatus and method
US5794333A (en) * 1996-08-13 1998-08-18 Ut Automotive Dearborn, Inc. Method and a unit for changing a die during wire termination
WO2001013474A1 (de) * 1999-08-11 2001-02-22 Wolfgang Hanke Crimpwerkzeug
US6598452B1 (en) 1999-08-11 2003-07-29 Wolfgang Hanke Crimping tool
CN104907804A (zh) * 2015-06-23 2015-09-16 吴中区横泾博尔机械厂 全自动电料压装机的上料机构的正位装置
CN114102107A (zh) * 2021-12-12 2022-03-01 安费诺汽车连接系统（常州）有限公司 汽车电源端子自动生产设备

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