Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1982-09-24
1985-01-08
Goldberg, Howard N.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
29749, 29857, H01R 4304, B23P 1900
Patent
active
044920237
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for fabricating a plurality of electrical harnesses is disclosed. Each electrical harness includes at least one connector defined by a housing with insulation displacement type contacts loaded therein. The apparatus sequentially feeds sets of connectors to a first station wherein each set includes a plurality of housings joined together by integral, severable connecting tabs. Each set of connectors is then moved to a second station and wires are inserted into the aligned contacts. Additional functions such as drawing lengths of the wires, forming loops of differing magnitudes in the wires and removing insulation from the wires may also be performed by the apparatus. At the completion of the desired functions, the apparatus is actuated to remove the connecting tabs from between the housings thereby forming a plurality of individual harnesses. The individual harnesses are then ejected.
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Funcik Jack F.
Schneider Thomas E.
Arbes Carl J.
Goldberg Howard N.
Hecht Louis A.
Molex Incorporated
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