# US 5,345,978 A · Electrical interconnection assembly, process of and apparatus for manufacturing the same and wire laying jig therefor

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- Number: US 5,345,978 A
- Document ID: US5345978A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/128,130
- Filed: 1993-09-29
- Granted: 1994-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 1990-11-06
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Osamu Okafuji; Akiyoshi Sato; Akio Yamaguchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5345978A

## CPC

- H01R 43/28: for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
- H01R 29/00: Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, {programmable connectors}
- H02B 1/202: {Cable lay-outs}
- H01R 9/2458: {Electrical interconnections between terminal blocks}
- H01R 43/01: for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges
- Y10T 29/49162: by using wire as conductive path
- Y10T 29/5149: to sever electric terminal from supply strip
- Y10T 29/53243: Multiple, independent conductors
- Y10T 29/53265: with work-holder for assembly
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H02B: BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An electrical interconnection assembly which prevents a slack of insulated wire pieces interconnecting wire receiving terminals and is high in reliability in electric connection between them and suitable for high density wiring. The assembly comprises an insulating support body, a plurality of wire receiving terminals mounted on the insulating support body and each having a wire receiving slot formed at an end portion thereof, each of the wire receiving terminals having a terminal portion at the other end thereof, an insulated wire selectively received in the slots of the wire receiving terminals and cut into a plurality of wire pieces in such a manner as to form a predetermined wiring pattern, and a plurality of wire holding bosses provided on the insulating support body for holding intermediate portions of the wire pieces extending between the wire receiving terminals to retain the insulated wire in the predetermined wiring pattern. Also a process of and an apparatus for manufacturing such electrical interconnection assembly and a wire laying jig for use with such process and apparatus are disclosed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wire laying jig, comprising a pin board having a plurality of wire laying pins provided uprightly thereon, and a wire laying pallet having a plurality of pin holes formed therein such that said wire laying pins are fitted for sliding movement in said pin holes to transfer an insulated wire arranged on said wire laying pins to a wiring plate body, said pin board having a plurality of rotatable plates disposed thereon, said pin board further having a plurality of rotatable elements disposed thereon for rotation at eccentric positions of said rotatable plates, said wire laying pins being provided on said rotatable elements such that they can be positioned at the centers of rotation of said rotatable plates.