Method for automatically mounting a connector-housing
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorMarkus Larisch
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Abstract
A method for automatically mounting a connector housing with a contact part attached to an electrical line includes holding the contact part, determining an actual rotational position of the contact part, comparing the actual rotational position with a predetermined rotational position, and performing a rotational position correction thereby aligning the connector part to the connector housing. The connector housing is fixed to a holder and the contact part is inserted into a cavity of the connector housing by means of a movable gripper.
Claims17
A method for automatically mounting a connector housing having a contact part attached to an electrical line, wherein the connector housing is fixed to a holder and the contact part is inserted into a cavity of the connector housing by means of a movable mounting gripper, the method comprising:
- holding the contact part using an alignment gripper,
- determining, with a camera and an image processing system, an actual rotational position of the contact part in relation to a rotation axis extending in parallel to an insertion direction,
- comparing, using a control device, the actual rotational position with a predetermined rotational position based on characteristics and arrangement of the connector housing, the connector housing defining the cavity;
- performing a rotational position correction, using the alignment gripper based on the result of the comparison, thereby aligning the contact part to the connector housing prior to inserting the contact part into the cavity;
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- holding the contact part and performing the rotational position correction using a rotatable alignment gripper which is separated from the moveable mounting gripper used for inserting the contact part into the cavity.
A method for automatically mounting a connector housing having a contact part attached to an electrical line, wherein the connector housing is fixed to a holder and the contact part is inserted into a cavity of the connector housing by means of a movable mounting gripper, the method comprising:
- holding the contact part using an alignment gripper,
- determining, with a camera and an image processing system, an actual rotational position of the contact part in relation to a rotation axis extending in parallel to an insertion direction,
- comparing, using a control device, the actual rotational position with a predetermined rotational position based on characteristics and arrangement of the connector housing, the connector housing defining the cavity;
- performing a rotational position correction, using the alignment gripper based on the result of the comparison, thereby aligning the contact part to the connector housing prior to inserting the contact part into the cavity;
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- inserting a previously aligned contact part into the cavity of the connector housing at a mounting station while performing an alignment process at an alignment station, the mounting station and the alignment station spatially separated in a mounting device.
A method for automatically mounting a connector housing having a contact part attached to an electrical line, wherein the connector housing is fixed to a holder and the contact part is inserted into a cavity of the connector housing by means of a movable mounting gripper, the method comprising:
- holding the contact part using an alignment gripper,
- determining, with a camera and an image processing system, an actual rotational position of the contact part in relation to a rotation axis extending in parallel to an insertion direction,
- comparing, using a control device, the actual rotational position with a predetermined rotational position based on characteristics and arrangement of the connector housing, the connector housing defining the cavity;
- performing a rotational position correction, using the alignment gripper based on the result of the comparison, thereby aligning the contact part to the connector housing prior to inserting the contact part into the cavity;
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- placing another contact part attached to the electrical line into a supply station, the another contact part taken from a contact part supply by a movable supply gripper while performing the alignment process.
A method for automatically mounting a connector housing having a contact part attached to an electrical line, wherein the connector housing is fixed to a holder and the contact part is inserted into a cavity of the connector housing by means of a movable mounting gripper, the method comprising:
- holding the contact part using an alignment gripper,
- determining, with a camera and an image processing system, an actual rotational position of the contact part in relation to a rotation axis extending in parallel to an insertion direction,
- comparing, using a control device, the actual rotational position with a predetermined rotational position based on characteristics and arrangement of the connector housing, the connector housing defining the cavity;
- performing a rotational position correction, using the alignment gripper based on the result of the comparison, thereby aligning the contact part to the connector housing prior to inserting the contact part into the cavity;
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- holding two contact parts using a multigripper, wherein the two contact parts are subjected to a common rotational position correction using the multigripper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.