Clocking angle setting tool for a wire harness
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsSamuel J Turner, Andrew V Mather
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Abstract
There is described a clocking angle setting tool for a wire harness having a support arm provided with a clamp for attaching a harness cable of the wire harness to the support; arm, a connector receptacle for receiving a connector provided at the end of the harness cable and a key or keyway for engaging with a complementary keyway or key of the connector. The connector receptacle is spaced from the clamp and is rotatably mounted to the support arm. A locking mechanism for locking an angular position of the connector receptacle relative to the support arm is included. The angular position of the connector receptacle relative to the support arm determines a clocking angle of the connector relative to the harness cable.
Claims10
A clocking angle setting tool for a wire harness, comprising:
- a support arm provided with a clamp for attaching a harness cable of the wire harness to the support arm;
- a connector receptacle for receiving a connector provided at the end of the harness cable and having a key or keyway for engaging with a complementary keyway or key of the connector, wherein the connector receptacle is spaced from the clamp and is rotatably mounted to the support arm;
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- a locking mechanism for locking an angular position of the connector receptacle relative to the support arm;
- wherein the angular position of the connector receptacle relative to the support arm determines a clocking angle of the connector relative to the harness cable,
- wherein the locking mechanism comprises an indexing mechanism which is configured to bias the connector receptacle to a plurality of discrete angular positions, and
- wherein the indexing mechanism is a ratchet.
A method of setting a clocking angle of a wire harness, the method comprising:
- providing a clocking angle setting tool comprising:
- a support arm and a connector receptacle which is rotatably mounted to the support arm;
- setting an angular position of the connector receptacle relative to the support arm and locking the angular position of the connector receptacle relative to the support arm with a locking mechanism comprising a ratchet which is configured to bias the connector receptacle to a plurality of discrete angular positions;
- clamping a harness cable of the wire harness to the support arm;
- attaching a connector provided at the end of the harness cable to the connector receptacle with a key or keyway of the connector engaging with a complementary keyway or key of the connector receptacle;
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- with the connector receptacle in the set angular position, affixing the harness cable to the connector to set a clocking angle of the connector relative to the harness cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.