Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1974-08-07
1976-05-11
Jones, Jr., James L.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
228115, H01R 4300, H05K 1304, H01R 4304
Patent
active
039552756
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for closing and bonding initially open clam-shell housings about articles such as electrical terminals or the like. The housings are initially in strip form, a plurality of the initially open clam-shell housings being interconnected to each other by hinge members which extend outwardly from either the ends or the sides of opposed housing parts. A leading housing of the strip is initially disposed at an assembly station and an article is conveyed laterally into the housing. Subsequently the housing is partially closed by engaging one of the housing parts of a clam-shell housing adjacent the leading housing and moving it towards its opposed housing part to cause corresponding movement of the housing parts of the leading clam-shell housing. A bonding tool now engages and moves a housing part of the partially closed leading housing into a closed position with respect to the other housing part, and it is then bonded to said other housing part to secure the housing parts to each other about an article. The interconnecting hinge members are sheared from the closed clam-shell housing and the assembly is then discharged from the assembly station.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3245135 (1966-04-01), Netta et al.
patent: 3380140 (1968-04-01), Champ
patent: 3416212 (1968-12-01), Bustler et al.
Loomis Phillip Eugene
Morgan Joe Pierce
AMP Incorporated
Jones Jr. James L.
Kita Gerald K.
Watson Robert C.
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