Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Koji Fujita

Junichi Shirakawa

Kenji Hashimoto

Yoshinobu Ohta

Masayuki Kawamura

Haruhito Kobayashi

Yoshinobu Ota

Yoshio Okura

Teiji Sakuma

Yutaka Nishide

Masao Kobayashi

Toshi Itai

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

An apparatus is provided for widening the woven conductive sheath that Surround a shielded cable. The apparatus includes opposed punches that move into Contact with the exposed conductive sheath. Forces exerted by the punches are Sufficient to cause the extreme end of the exposed conductive sheath to be flared outwardly. The punches may be moved circumferentially around the wire for successive punching operations to achieve a uniform flaring. The punches also may be moved axially further away from the flared end to perform a second series of punches to flare the conductive sheath even further. The flared conductive sheath then can be folded over the insulating sheath.

Apparatus for processing an end of a shielded cable

An apparatus and method are provided to widen a woven sheath of a wire. The apparatus and method are operative to punch an exposed woven sheath S,in radial directions by a pair of punches,to deform and widen the woven sheath. The woven sheath S,can be deformed and widened easily even if it has a multi-layer construction.

Method for processing an end of a shielded cable

Devices for treating a post-inserting terminal (31A) are disclosed. A lot of electric wires (31) laid out on a wire laying-out board (1) are fixed by a wire clamp (13), whereby the electric wires (31) project beyond the wire laying-out board (1), and also terminals (31A) caulked on ends of the electric wires (31). The electric wire of a post-inserting terminal (31A) among the terminals (31A) is detached from the wire clamp (13) by a terminal inserting device (570) and is temporarily held by a temporary holding member (147) on the wire laying-out board (1).

Temporary holding member for a wiring assembly manufacturing apparatus

The invention relates to a mechanism for inserting wired terminals into connector housings and includes a terminal moving part for detaching the front end part of the wires from a clamping part and moving the terminals adapted to inwardly return to a lay-out board, a housing holding part for holding a connector housing so that the terminal insertion ports in the connector housing confront the terminals returned to the lay-out board, and a terminal inserting part for inserting the terminals into the terminal insertion ports by bringing the connector housing and the terminals, which terminals are opposite to the terminal insertion ports of the connector housing, closer at the terminal insertion movable region.

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Koji Fujita