Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Kenji Hashimoto

Junichi Shirakawa

Koji Fujita

Yoshinobu Ota

Nobuyuki Itaya

Toshi Itai

Akihito Otani

A process and system for mounting terminals with electric wires in cavities of connector housings. Press-connecting terminals are initially loaded in cavities arranged in an upper surface of a connector jig and electric wires are press-connected on the terminals in the jigs. Then, the terminals with electric wires are transferred from the connector jig to cavities arranged in a lower surface of a inserting jig by pins arranged to contact and push the terminals from below in the transfer direction. Then, the terminals are loaded from the inserting jig to cavities of connector housings from the back by blades arranged to contact and push the terminals from one end in the inserting directing.

System for mounting terminals with electric wires in a connector housing

An apparatus and method are provided to perform an insulation-displacement connecting operation and a cover mounting operation efficiently, and hence to improve a yield for insulation-displacement joint connectors having many contacts. The apparatus includes a press unit () with a slide unit () for carrying connection-assisting parts, such as a wire-checking device for checking a housing of an insulation-displacement joint connector, a wire pushing device and a cover holder. A wire checking operation, a wire pushing operation and a cover mounting operation are performed continuously by switching the slide unit () by means of a switching device () and successively driving the connection-assisting parts by means of one press ().

Insulation-displacement connector connecting apparatus and method

Process for mounting terminals with electric wires in cavities of connector housings

A printing apparatus is provided for precisely applying identifying indicia to wires connected with connectors without causing any displacement of position and orientation. The printing apparatus is provided with a palette which is moved while being guided by slide rails a wire receiving portion on which wires drawn from a connector are placed, a wire correcting device and a holder The wire fed to a marking section is pressed from above and is straightened in its longitudinal direction by the correcting device The holder holds the straightened wire in the center of the marking section. In this state, printing is applied to the wire by a laser marker

Wire printing method and apparatus

There is disclosed a device and method for measuring a crimp height which eliminates the step of re-holding a wire to readily accomplish the application thereof to an automatic wiring assembly fabricating apparatus. The crimp height measuring device includes: a measuring base for placing thereon a crimp terminal of the wire conveyed in a predetermined wire conveying direction by a wire conveying device holding the wire with the crimp terminal projecting in a direction crosswise to the wire conveying direction; a clamp device adapted to displace to a fixing position allowing the crimp terminal to be clamped on the measuring base and to an open position allowing the crimp terminal to be conveyed in the wire conveying direction; and a control device for displacing the clamp device to the open position to allow the crimp terminal to be conveyed when the wire is conveyed.

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Kenji Hashimoto