Patent ID: 11869682
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. An electrical cable manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a first facing surface and a second facing surface facing each other in a first direction;
a pressing member and a vibrating member facing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
a controller configured to acquire a first distance corresponding to outer diameters of a plurality of core wires to be joined; and
a driving mechanism configured to vary an interval between the first facing surface and the second facing surface in the first direction, wherein
the first distance is larger than a maximum value between values of the outer diameters of the core wires and smaller than a sum of the maximum value and a minimum value between the values of the outer diameters of the core wires,
the electrical cable manufacturing apparatus is configured to
receive the core wires in a gap between the first facing surface and the second facing surface with the interval set at the first distance, and
join the core wires by ultrasonic vibration applied to the core wires by the vibrating member while sandwiching the core wires between the pressing member and the vibrating member.