Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Hideaki Ito

Toshiyuki Kuramoto

Teiji Sakuma

Kazumitsu Fukada

Shigeru Kato

Masaaki Fujii

Kouichi Ueda

Yasutoshi Takemoto

Masakazu Kashiwase

To position a wire-connected terminal TW and cope with a multitude of kinds of wire-connected terminals TW, a block 30 is provided for each wire-connected terminal TW. The block 30 includes recesses 34, 37 for detachably accommodating the wire-connected terminal TW. A part of the accommodated wire-connected terminal TW is exposed such that it can be gripped by hands 51, 52. The block 30 also includes a positioning means 38 for positioning the terminal TW accommodated in the recesses 34, 37 with respect to the hands 51, 52. Since the terminal TW is securely positioned in a transferring step of transferring the wire-connected terminal TW to the hands 51, 52, the succeeding step performed by the hands 51, 52 can be securely performed.

Block and retainer for wire-connected terminals and wire connection

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Hideaki Ito