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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Douglas L Heisner, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Peter Ingwersen, Gilberts, IL (US);
Lawrence M Kurek, Elgin, IL (US);
Thomas P Pellegrino, Lisle, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A wire harness-making machine for producing wire harnesses of the type in which multiple wires extend between opposing first and second electrical connector elements. The machine includes a feeding assembly which separates successive first wire connectors and a transfer nest which shuttles the first array of connectors from a first connector advancement track to a first termination station. Multiple wires are fed to the first termination station where first free ends thereof are terminated to the first connector. Once terminated to the multiple wires, the first connector is shuttled back to the first connector advancement track. The first connector is then advanced along a feedpath and a set of second free ends of the wires are transferred to a second termination station while maintaining the order of the wires. A second connector is advanced from a second feed track into the second termination station where it is terminated to the second wire free ends at the same time a succeeding first set of wire free ends is terminated at the first termination station.