JP5979106B2 - Wire array tool with connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector-equipped wire arrangement tool used for arranging a plurality of connector-attached wires on a rod-shaped member.

  Wire harnesses mounted on vehicles such as automobiles often include a plurality of electric wires with connectors. The electric wire with connector includes an electric wire and a connector connected to an end portion of the electric wire. The electric wire in the electric wire with connector is usually an electric wire with terminal having a terminal connected to the end. When the terminal of the electric wire with terminal is inserted into the cavity of the connector, the electric wire with connector is manufactured.

  In the assembly process of the connector-attached electric wire, the plurality of connector-attached electric wires are grouped together for each of the objects to be assembled in each of the plurality of unit processes, and transferred to the next process. In that case, the electric wire group with a connector for every unit process is put together by arranging on a rod-shaped electric wire holding member.

  The electric wire holding member is a rod-shaped member in which a plurality of electric wire holding portions that hold the ends of the electric wire portions of the electric wires with connectors are formed in a line. The electric wire holding bar shown in Patent Document 1 is an example of an electric wire holding member.

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  Conventionally, in the assembly process of the electric wire with connector, both end portions of the electric wire portion in each electric wire with connector are sequentially set in each electric wire holding portion in the electric wire holding member supported sideways. Thereby, several electric wires with a connector are hold | maintained at an electric wire clamping part in the state in which the both ends of those electric wire parts were located in a line along the linear direction.

  Moreover, the intermediate part between the both ends in the electric wire part of each electric wire with a connector hold | maintained at the electric wire holding member will be in the state hung down from the electric wire holding member. Moreover, the intermediate part of an electric wire part spreads and hangs down in the longitudinal direction of an electric wire holding member.

  By the way, when an operator tries to set the end part of each electric wire with a connector to the electric wire holding part, the part of the connector may be accidentally dropped. In this case, when the connector portion falls through the suspended wires, the connector is caught by the suspended wires even if the wire portion is pulled up. Therefore, the connector-attached electric wire tends to bend due to the drop of the connector portion.

  An object of the present invention is to prevent a connector-attached electric wire from being twisted due to dropping of a connector portion in a connector-attached electric wire arranging tool used for arranging a plurality of connector-attached electric wires on a rod-shaped member.

The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector which concerns on a 1st aspect is provided with each component shown below.
(1) A 1st component is a rod-shaped electric wire holding member in which the several electric wire clamping part which clamps the edge part of the electric wire part in an electric wire with a connector, respectively was formed in a line.
(2) A 2nd component is a support part which supports the said electric wire holding member in the state along a horizontal direction.
(3) A 3rd component is an electric wire receiving part which comprises the supporting surface which supports the said electric wire part which an upper surface extends from each said electric wire clamping part from the downward direction. The electric wire receiving portion is formed with a width over the entire arrangement range of the electric wire holding portions at a position along the electric wire holding member supported by the support portion, and laterally from a position along the electric wire holding member. It is formed to protrude in a shape that gradually decreases in width.

  The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the second aspect is an aspect of the electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the first aspect. In the electric wire arranging tool with a connector according to the second aspect, the upper surface of the electric wire receiving portion is formed such that the central portion between them is recessed rather than the edge portions at both ends in the width direction.

  The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the third aspect is one aspect of the electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the first aspect or the second aspect. In the electric wire arranging tool with a connector according to the third aspect, the electric wire receiving portion has a shape in which the width gradually decreases from a position along the electric wire holding member toward a position biased to one end side of the electric wire holding member on the side. Is formed.

  In each of the above aspects, the portion of the electric wire in each of the electric wires with connectors held by the rod-like electric wire holding member is supported from below by the upper surface of the electric wire receiving portion. Therefore, the electric wire extending from each of the electric wire holding portions of the electric wire holding member does not hang down below the electric wire holding member. That is, the operator can set the end portion of the electric wire portion to the electric wire holding portion of the electric wire holding member in a state where the electric wire portion of the electric wire with connector is placed on the electric wire receiving portion.

  Moreover, the electric wire receiving part is formed so as to protrude in a shape in which the width gradually decreases laterally from a position along the electric wire holding member. Therefore, the operator can easily access the electric wire holding member from the side where the electric wire receiving portion exists without standing by the narrow portion in the electric wire receiving portion without causing the electric wire receiving portion to get in the way.

  According to each said aspect, even if an operator drops the connector part of the electric wire with a connector in positions other than an electric wire receiving part, a connector part does not fall between the electric wires on an electric wire receiving part. In addition, when the operator drops the connector part of the electric wire with connector on the wire receiving part, the wire receiving part must fall further downward between the wires on the wire receiving part. prevent.

  Therefore, according to each said aspect, when the some electric wire with a connector is arranged on a rod-shaped member, the twist of the electric wire with a connector resulting from the fall of a connector part can be prevented. This is the same when a plurality of electric wires with connectors arranged on the electric wire holding member is removed from the electric wire holding member.

  Further, in the second aspect, the upper surface (support surface) of the wire receiving portion is formed such that the central portion between them is recessed rather than the edge portions at both ends in the width direction. Thereby, it is prevented that the part of the electric wire in an electric wire with a connector slips off from on an electric wire receiving part.

  Further, in the third aspect, the wire receiving portion is formed in a shape in which the width gradually decreases from a position along the wire holding member toward a position biased to one end side of the wire holding member on the side. Thereby, an operator's working space becomes wide and the operator can more easily access the electric wire clamping part close | similar to each of the both ends of an electric wire holding member from the side in which an electric wire receiving part exists.

It is a perspective view of electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a top view of the electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector. It is sectional drawing of the electric wire receiving plate with which the electric wire arrangement | sequence tool 10 with a connector is provided. It is a perspective view of the electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector by which the electric wire with a connector was set. It is a top view of 10A of electric wire arrangement tools with a connector which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiment is an example embodying the present invention, and is not an example of limiting the technical scope of the present invention.

<First Embodiment>
First, the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The electric wire arranging tool with connector 10 is used for arranging a plurality of electric wires 9 with connectors on a rod-shaped member.

  The electric wire with connector has an electric wire 91 and a connector 92 connected to the end of the electric wire 91. The electric wire 91 is usually a terminal-attached electric wire with a terminal connected to the end. In the connector-attached electric wire 9, a terminal connected to the end of the electric wire 91 is inserted into the cavity of the connector 92. In the following description, an end portion of the portion of the electric wire 91 extending from the connector 92 in the electric wire 9 with connector, that is, a portion near the connector 92 in the electric wire 91 is referred to as an electric wire end portion 910.

  The electric wire arranging tool with connector 10 includes an electric wire holding bar 1, a bar support portion 2, and an electric wire receiving portion 3.

  The electric wire holding bar 1 is a rod-like member that holds the electric wire end portions 910 of each of the plural electric wires 9 with connectors. The electric wire holding bar 1 has a rod-like base portion 11 and a plurality of electric wire holding portions 12 formed on the base portion 11 in a line. Each of the electric wire holding portions 12 is a portion that supports the electric wire end portion 910 of the electric wire 9 with a connector. The plurality of electric wire holding portions 12 are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the electric wire holding bar 1.

  The bar support part 2 is a part which supports the electric wire holding bar 1 in a state along the horizontal direction. For example, the bar support part 2 supports the electric wire holding bar 1 in a state along the horizontal direction. Here, the term “lateral direction” means that, in addition to the horizontal direction, a direction slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal direction is included.

  The bar support part 2 has a column part 21 and a fixed seat 22. The fixed seat 22 is a part that removably holds the base 11 of the electric wire holding bar 1. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the two fixing seats 22 hold the first end 111 and the second end 112 of the base 11 in the wire holding bar 1.

  The column portion 21 is a portion that supports the fixed seat 22 at a predetermined position. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support column 21 supports each of the plurality of fixed seats 22 at the same height. Thereby, the electric wire holding bar 1 is supported in a posture along the horizontal.

  Each of the electric wires 9 with connectors is fastened to each of the electric wire holding portions 12 in such a posture that the respective connectors 92 protrude from the electric wire holding bar 1 to the first side thereof. Therefore, the portion of each wire 91 of the connector-attached wire 9 held by the wire holding bar 1 extends from the wire holding portion 12 to the second side of the wire holding bar 1.

  For example, the electric wire clamping portion 12 includes two plate-like rubber members each having a slit into which the electric wire end portion 910 is inserted, and a frame member that holds an edge portion of the two rubber members. In this case, the electric wire clamping portion 12 supports the electric wire end portion 910 with the elastic force of the rubber member.

  Alternatively, it is also conceivable that the electric wire holding part 12 has a pair of flexible members made of synthetic resin or the like. In this case, the pair of members in the electric wire clamping unit 12 clamps the electric wire 91 by elastic force generated by elastic deformation. It is also conceivable that the electric wire holding part 12 has a pair of members to which an elastic force is applied in a direction approaching each other by an elastic body such as a spring (not shown).

  Usually, each connector-attached electric wire 9 held by the electric wire holding bar 1 has a connector 92 connected to each of both ends thereof. And the electric wire edge part 910 of the both ends in each of the some electric wire 9 with a connector is fastened to either of the electric wire clamping parts 12 in the one electric wire holding bar 1. FIG.

  The electric wire receiving portion 3 is a portion that supports the portion of the electric wire 91 extending from each of the electric wire holding portions 12 from below. The electric wire receiving portion 3 includes an electric wire support plate 31 and a plate support portion 32. The plate support portion 32 is a portion that supports the wire support plate 31 at a predetermined position.

  The electric wire support plate 31 is a member formed to protrude from the position along the electric wire holding bar 1 to the side. The upper surface of the electric wire support plate 31 forms a supporting surface that supports the electric wires 91 extending from the electric wire holding portions 12 from below.

  The electric wire support plate 31 includes a first plate portion 311 along the electric wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2, a second plate portion 312 connected to the first plate portion 311, and a third plate portion connected to the second plate portion 312. 313.

  The first plate portion 311 of the wire support plate 31 is formed with a width over the entire arrangement range of the plurality of wire holding portions 12. Further, the second plate portion 312 is formed so as to protrude from the first plate portion 311 side in a shape that gradually decreases in width to the opposite side. The third plate portion 313 is a portion that bends downward from the second plate portion 312 and hangs down.

  That is, the electric wire support plate 31 is formed with a width over the entire arrangement range of the plural electric wire holding portions 12 at a position along the electric wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2. It is formed to protrude in a shape in which the width gradually decreases from the position along the side.

  The electric wire support plate 31 in the present embodiment is formed in a shape in which the width gradually decreases from a position along the electric wire holding bar 1 toward a position biased toward the second end portion 112 side of the electric wire holding bar 1 on the side. .

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the wire support plate 31 in the II-II plane shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface of the electric wire support plate 31, that is, the upper surface of the electric wire receiving portion 3 is formed such that the central portion between them is recessed rather than the edge portions at both ends in the width direction. The width direction is the longitudinal direction of the wire holding bar 1.

<Action and effect>
Next, the operation and effect of using the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 will be described. An operator who handles the electric wire 9 with a connector stands next to the second plate portion 312 in the electric wire receiving portion 3 and sets the electric wire 9 with a connector on the electric wire holding bar 1.

  The end of the electric wire with connector 9 is moved from the position away from the electric wire arranging tool with connector 10 to the position of the electric wire holding portion 12 of the electric wire holding bar 1 by the operator who picks it up. At that time, the position of the connector-attached electric wire 9 is moved so that the portion of the electric wire 91 extending from the connector 92 is placed on the electric wire support plate 31.

  The portion of the electric wire 91 extending from the connector 92 slides up on the surface of the third plate portion 313 of the electric wire support plate 31 when being placed on the electric wire support plate 31. The third plate portion 313 prevents the wire 91 placed on the wire support plate 31 from being caught on the edge of the wire support plate 31.

  Furthermore, the operator sets the wire end portion 910 in the wire holding portion 12 of the wire holding bar 1 while the portion of the wire 91 is placed on the wire support plate 31. FIG. 4 shows the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 in which a plurality of connector-attached wires 9 are set as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the portion of the wire 91 in each of the connector-attached wires 9 held by the wire holding bar 1 is supported from below by the upper surface of the wire support plate 31. Therefore, the electric wires 91 extending from each of the electric wire holding portions 12 of the electric wire holding bar 1 do not hang down below the electric wire holding bar 1. That is, the operator can set the wire end portion 910 in the wire holding portion 12 of the wire holding bar 1 with the portion of the wire 91 in the wire 9 with connector placed on the wire support plate 31.

  In addition, the wire receiving portion 3 is formed so as to protrude from the position along the wire holding bar 1 gradually in a lateral direction. Accordingly, the operator can easily stand against the electric wire holding bar 1 from the side where the electric wire receiving portion 3 is present without standing by the electric wire receiving portion 3 by standing next to the narrow second plate portion 312. Accessible.

  And even if an operator drops the part of the connector 92 of the electric wire 9 with a connector to a position other than the electric wire receiving part 3, the part of the connector 92 falls between the electric wires 91 on the electric wire receiving part 3. Absent.

  In addition, when the operator drops the connector 92 portion of the electric wire 9 with connector on the wire receiving portion 3, the wire support plate 31 has a portion of the connector 92 between the wires 91 on the wire support plate 31. Prevents passing through and falling further down.

  Therefore, when the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10 is employed, when the plurality of connector-attached wires 9 are arranged on the wire holding bar 1, the connector-attached wire 9 is prevented from being twisted due to the drop of the connector 92 portion. be able to. This is the same when the plurality of connector-attached electric wires 9 arranged on the electric wire holding bar 1 are removed from the electric wire holding bar 1.

  Moreover, the upper surface of the electric wire support plate 31, that is, the upper surface of the electric wire receiving portion 3, is formed such that the central portion between them is recessed rather than the edge portions at both ends in the width direction. Thereby, it is prevented that the part of the electric wire 91 in the electric wire 9 with a connector slips off from the electric wire support plate 31.

  Moreover, the electric wire receiving part 3 is formed in the shape where a width | variety becomes narrow gradually toward the position which deviated from the position along the electric wire holding bar 1 to the one end side of the electric wire holding bar 1 in a side. Thereby, an operator's work space becomes wide and an operator can access more easily to the electric wire clamping part 12 near each of the both ends of the electric wire holding bar 1 from the side in which the electric wire receiving part 3 exists. it can.

Second Embodiment
Next, the connector-equipped wire arranging tool 10A according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 10A of electric wire arrangement tools with a connector differ in the outline shape of an electric wire support plate compared with the electric wire arrangement tool 10 with a connector shown by FIGS. In FIG. 5, the same components as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are given the same reference numerals. Hereinafter, the difference between the connector-equipped wire array tool 10A and the connector-attached wire array tool 10 will be described.

  10 A of electric wire arrangement tools with a connector are equipped with the electric wire holding bar 1, the bar support part 2, and the electric wire receiving part 3A.

  3 A of electric wire receiving parts are parts which support the part of the electric wire 91 extended from each electric wire clamping part 12 from the downward direction. The wire receiving portion 3A includes a wire support plate 31A and a plate support portion 32. The plate support part 32 supports the electric wire support plate 31A at a predetermined position.

  The electric wire support plate 31A includes a first plate portion 311A along the electric wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2, a second plate portion 312A connected to the first plate portion 311A, and a third plate portion connected to the second plate portion 312A. 313.

  The first plate portion 311A is formed with a width over the entire arrangement range of the plurality of electric wire clamping portions 12. Further, the second plate portion 312A is formed so as to protrude from the first plate portion 311A side in a shape that gradually decreases in width to the opposite side. The third plate portion 313 is a portion that bends downward from the second plate portion 312 and hangs down.

  The wire support plate 31 </ b> A in the present embodiment is formed in a shape in which the width gradually decreases from a position along the wire holding bar 1 toward the center side of the wire holding bar 1.

  Even when the wire array tool with connector 10 </ b> A is used, an operator who handles the wire with connector 9 stands next to the second plate portion 312 </ b> A in the wire receiving portion 3 </ b> A and sets the wire 9 with connector on the wire holding bar 1.

  Even when the wire arranging tool with connector 10A is adopted, the same effect as that when the wire arranging tool with connector 10 is adopted can be obtained.

  However, when the electric wire holding bar 1 is particularly long in the electric wire arranging tool with connector 10A, the operator may need to change the standing position according to the position of the electric wire holding portion 12 to be accessed. That is, the operator may need to change the standing position from one of the first end 111 side and the second end 112 side of the electric wire holding bar 1 to the other with respect to the second plate portion 312A.

<Application example>
In the electric wire arranging tools with connectors 10, 10A, it is also conceivable that the bar support portion 2 is supported by a transfer mechanism that sequentially moves the bar support portion 2 to the position of the next step. In this case, the transfer mechanism moves the bar support portion 2 to a predetermined position, thereby moving the wire holding bar 1 supported by the bar support portion 2 along the first plate portions 311 and 311A of the wire receiving portion 3. Position to position.

  Moreover, the part which supports the electric wire 91 in the electric wire receiving part 3 from the downward direction is not necessarily plate-shaped. For example, it is conceivable that the portion of the wire receiving portion 3 that supports the wire 91 from below is a sheet-like member.

  In addition, the electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to the present invention can be freely combined with each of the embodiments and application examples shown above within the scope of the invention described in each claim, or each of the embodiments and application examples. It is also possible to configure by appropriately modifying or omitting a part.

10, 10A Electric wire arrangement tool with connector 1 Electric wire holding bar (electric wire holding member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Base part of electric wire holding bar 111 First end part of electric wire holding bar 112 Second end part of electric wire holding bar 12 Electric wire holding part 2 Bar support part 21 Supporting part 22 Fixing seat 3, 3A Electric wire receiving part 31 Electric wire support plate 311 311A First plate portion 312, 312A Second plate portion 313 Third plate portion 32 Plate support portion 9 Electric wire with connector 91 Electric wire 910 Electric wire end portion 92 Connector

Claims (3)

A rod-shaped electric wire holding member in which a plurality of electric wire holding portions for holding the end portions of the electric wire portions in the electric wires with connectors are formed in a row,
A support part for supporting the electric wire holding member in a state along the lateral direction;
At the position along the electric wire holding member supported by the support portion, the width is formed over the entire arrangement range of the electric wire holding portions, and the width gradually decreases from the position along the electric wire holding member to the side. An electric wire arranging tool with a connector, comprising: an electric wire receiving portion that forms a supporting surface that supports the electric wire portion that extends from the lower side, and has an upper surface extending from each electric wire holding portion. It is an electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to claim 1,
The electric wire arrangement tool with a connector, wherein the upper surface of the electric wire receiving portion is formed such that the central portion between them is recessed rather than the edge portions at both ends in the width direction. It is an electric wire arrangement tool with a connector according to claim 1 or 2,
The electric wire receiving tool with a connector, wherein the electric wire receiving portion is formed in a shape in which the width gradually decreases from a position along the electric wire holding member toward a position biased to one end side of the electric wire holding member on the side.

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