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US 11,077,586 B2Granted
Molded wire harness tool assembly
AssigneeCVG Management Corporation
InventorTed Messerly
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Abstract
A system and method of manufacturing an over molded wire harness is disclosed herein. The system and method includes designing and manufacturing a positive mold made from interchangeable and reusable modular blocks. The positive mold is used to create a negative mold tool die, whereby the wire harness can be assembled in the negative mold and overmold material can be injected into the negative mold.
Claims8
An overmold system for producing an over molded wire harness comprising:
- a positive mold including a plurality of interchangeable modular positive molds;
- a negative mold tool die produced from the positive mold and adapted to receive a wire harness and an overmold material that forms the overmold for the wire harness;
- at least one shut-off insert placed in the negative mold tool die to prevent the overmold material from overflowing from the negative mold tool die;
- an assembly board that receives the negative mold tool die;
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- at least one formable insert comprising:
- a pliable material that holds a shape once formed and substantially maintains that shape during application of the overmold material, disposed around at least a portion of a wire bundle of the wire harness to form a three dimensional shape for the wire harness that conforms to a shape of a vehicle component prior to application of the overmold material, and
- at least one notch to identify a bending point of the wire bundle,
- wherein the plurality of interchangeable modular positive molds includes at least one section that allows a portion of the wire harness to extend out over the overmold facilitating a connection to a component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.