US 2004/0103531 A1 · Method for producing a wiring harness and an apparatus for connecting a terminal-connected wire

Abstract

A mixed wire conveying step is provided to supply a plurality of terminal-connected wires having different specifications to the same production line. A wire holding step is provided to hold a terminal of the supplied terminal-connected wire such that the terminal can be inserted at least by means of a terminal chuck. An inserter selecting step is provided to select a suitable one from a plurality of terminal inserters for inserting the terminal in an inserting step in accordance with the kind of the supplied terminal-connected wire. The inserting step is performed by the cooperation of the terminal inserter selected in the inserter selecting step and a terminal chuck. A wide range of inserting operations for inserting many kinds of terminal-connected wires TW can be performed by a single unit.

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Dependent claims

A method for producing a wiring harness, comprising the steps of:

fabricating a terminal-connected wire by connecting a terminal with an end of an insulated wire;
supplying a plurality of terminal-connected wires having different specifications along the same production line;
holding the terminal of the supplied terminal-connected wire such that the terminal can be inserted into a cavity of a connector housing at least by a terminal chuck;
selecting a suitable one from a plurality of terminal inserters for inserting the terminal into a cavity of a connector housing in accordance with the kind of the supplied terminal-connected wire;
and
inserting the terminal facing a cavity of a connector housing into the cavity by the selected terminal inserter in cooperation with the terminal chuck.

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An apparatus for connecting a terminal-connected wire, comprising:

a terminal chuck including a pair of claws for holding a terminal of a terminal-connected wire in which the terminal is connected with an end of an insulated wire beforehand, and a driving source for drivingly opening and closing the pair of claws;
a terminal-push type inserter including a pushing member for directly pushing the terminal, the terminal-push type inserter being adapted for inserting the terminal into a cavity of a connector housing by the pushing member;
a wire-holding type inserter including a pair of claws which are openable and closable to hold the insulated wire of the terminal-connected wire, the wire-holding type inserter being adapted for inserting the terminal into a cavity of a connector housing by holding the insulated wire of the terminal-connected wire by the pair of claws;
an inserter selector for selecting a suitable one from the inserters in conformity with the terminal-connected wire to be connected;
and
a driver for driving the inserter selected by the inserter selector to insert the terminal into a cavity of a connector housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for producing a wiring harness and an apparatus for connecting a terminal-connected wire

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Method for producing a wiring harness and an apparatus for connecting a terminal-connected wire

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