Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Yoshinobu Ota

Junichi Shirakawa

Koji Fujita

Kenji Hashimoto

Michio Fukuda

Haruhito Kobayashi

Hiroshi Kagei

Shigeharu Nakahira

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

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

A terminal temporary holding jig (J) is provided for a later-inserted terminal (T). The terminal temporary holding jig (J) includes a terminal holder ( ) secured to a base (B) of an automatic terminal inserting apparatus. A lid ( ) is provided for opening and closing terminal insertion grooves ( ) that extend in forward and backward directions in the terminal holder ( ). The lid ( ) can be attached magnetically in a closed condition on the terminal holder ( ). A locking member ( ) is provided in the lid ( ) and includes a leaf spring with saw teeth that project obliquely backward into the terminal insertion grooves ( ). A later-inserted terminal (T) can be inserted through a front end opening of the terminal insertion groove ( ) in this state, and can be locked in the terminal insertion groove ( ) by the engagement of a step &ldquo;b&rdquo; of the terminal (T) with the leading end of the locking member ( ). The terminal (T) is taken out by rotating the base (B) into an inverted position, opening the lid ( ) and pushing the terminal (T) and the wire (A) down together.

Terminal temporary holding jig and an automatic terminal inserting apparatus

A bellows tube installation device comprises a first clamp mechanism 4 for holding a bellows tube T placed over a tube guide 1. The first clamp mechanism 4 is displaced toward the distal end portion of the tube guide 1 along tube guide, so that a slit of the bellows tube having reached the distal end of the tube guide 1 is enlarged. An electric wire W is inserted into the bellows tube T at the distal end portion thereof through such an enlarged slit. The bellows tube T, having the electric wire W inserted therein at the distal end portion thereof, is clampedly held by a second clamp mechanism 6. The second clamp mechanism 6 is displaced along the electric wire W toward the distal end of the electric wire by a second displacement mechanism 7, whereby the bellows tube T is entirely fitted over the electric wire W.

Bellows tube installation device

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Yoshinobu Ota