Patent ID: 6170152
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric wire pressure-connecting machine for a wire harness in which a plurality of electric wires for the wire harness are arranged and connected to connectors with pressure via a plurality of pressure-terminals attached to the connectors, comprising:a frame;a plurality of pressure-blades driven by a pressure connecting member and flexibly connected to a driving means attached to the frame, the plurality of pressure-blades arranged corresponding to the plurality of pressure-terminals by one-to-one, each of said pressure-blades being movable independently in a pressure-connecting direction which connects the electric wire to the pressure-terminal with pressure;a wire guide connected to the frame and having first slits into which the plurality of pressure-blades are inserted and second slits into which the electric wire is inserted;a selecting mechanism selecting at least one of predetermined pressure-blades from the plurality of pressure-blades, and wherein the selecting mechanism includes a plurality of cylinders provided in end portions side opposite to pushing end portions of the corresponding pressure-blades, and the selected pressure-blade is pushed by the operation of the cylinder corresponding to the pressure-blade, so that the selected pressure-blade protrudes by a predetermined length from the pushing end portions of non-selected pressure blade and the selected at least one predetermined pressure blades are driven by the pressure connecting member to connect the wire.