Universal wire harness form board assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorWilliam S. Swindlehurst
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Abstract
A form board assembly for universal wire harness fabrication has one or two boards each including a plurality of openings within which a routing pin is situated and a reciprocally movable. The reciprocal movement is effected by an actuating assembly which selectively displaces the routing pins in their respective openings forming thereby an arrangement of displaced routing pins in accordance with a given wire harness design.
Claims21
A form board assembly for universal wire harness fabrication, comprising:
- a board including a plurality of openings;
- an equal plurality of routing pins, each situated in a respective one of the plurality of openings and reciprocally movable therein;
- and
- actuating means for selectively displacing certain ones of said plurality of routing pins within their respective openings independently of each other and to any of a plurality of selected displaced positions, forming thereby an arrangement of displaced routing pins in accordance with a given wire harness design.
A form board assembly for universal wire harness fabrication, comprising:
- a board including a plurality of openings arranged in a co-ordinate grid system;
- an equal plurality of routing pins, each situated in a respective one of the plurality of openings and reciprocally movable therein;
- locking means for locking the routing pins in a selected displaced position;
- and
- actuating means for selectively displacing certain ones of said plurality of routing pins within their respective openings independently of each other forming thereby an arrangement of displaced routing pins in accordance with a given wire harness design;
- said actuating means and said locking means being displaceable in orthogonal directions relative to said co-ordinate grid system.
A form board assembly for universal wire harness fabrication, comprising:
- support frame;
- two boards each mounted for relative pivotal movement to said support frame, each said board including a plurality of openings and an equal plurality of routing pins, each situated in a respective one of the plurality of openings and reciprocally movable therein;
- and
- actuating means for selectively displacing certain ones of said plurality of routing pins in either of said boards within their respective openings independently of each other and to any of a plurality of selected displaced positions, forming thereby an arrangement of displaced routing pins in accordance with a given wire harness fabrication.
A form board assembly for universal wire harness fabrication, comprising:
- support frame;
- two boards each mounted for relative pivotal movement to said support frame, each said board including a plurality of openings arranged in a co-ordinate grid system and an equal plurality of routing pins, each situated in a respective one of the plurality of openings and reciprocally movable therein;
- locking means associated with each board for locking the routing pins thereof in a selected displaced position;
- and
- actuating means for selectively displacing said plurality of routing pins in either of said boards within their respective openings forming thereby an arrangement of displaced routing pins in accordance with a given wire harness fabrication;
- said actuating means and said locking means associated with each board being displaceable in orthogonal directions relative to the co-ordinate grid system of each board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.