Harness making apparatus
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsHiromi Tanaka, Shigeru Naka
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Abstract
A harness making apparatus comprises a length measurement section to measure the length of a plurality of wires fed from a wire feeder and an insulation displacing section for insulation displacing the wires to a connector fed from a connector feeder. Additionally, the harness making apparatus is provided with a fusing section disposed adjacent to the insulation displacing section for fusing and intercoupling a plurality of wires in such a manner that adjacent wires substantially abut against one another.
Claims7
A harness making apparatus for making a harness by connecting to a connector a plurality of electrical wires fed thereto with a predetermined distance from one another, comprising:
- a length measurement section for measuring the length of the plurality of electrical wires fed from electrical wire feeders;
- an insulation displacing section for insulation displacing the plurality of electrical wires to the connector fed from a connector feeder;
- and
- a fusing section disposed adjacent to said insulation displacing section for fusingly coupling said electrical wires to one another by substantially contacting or positioning the electrical wires adjacent to one another.
A method of making an electrical harness comprising the steps of:
- terminating leading ends of a plurality of electrical wires to electrical contacts of an electrical connector;
- clamping onto the electrical wires adjacent the connector;
- measuring a length of the electrical wires;
- and
- securing the wires together at a location spaced from the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.