Patent ID: 6612021
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G01R,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire mount control apparatus for controlling a mounting of wires in at least first and second connectors, each said connector being formed with a plurality of insertion holes, said apparatus comprising:a plurality of wire supplying means for supplying wires, each said wire having opposite first and second ends, at least first and second wire insertion-detecting jigs for accommodating the first and second connectors respectively, each said wire insertion-detecting jig comprising an accommodation portion having an open end into which one of said connectors is mountable, probes provided partly in the accommodation portion, each said probe having a conductive barrel and a non-conductive plunger slideably mounted in the barrel and projecting into the accommodation portion, the plungers corresponding respectively to the insertion holes of the connectors, and being biased toward the open end of the accommodation portion, each said probe further having a conductive rod biased into electrical contact with the conductive barrel for holding the probe at a first potential, the plunger being configured for displacement in response to insertion of the wire into the insertion hole, and the displacement of the plunger moving the conductive rod out of engagement with the conductive barrel such that the probe is switched to a second potential different from the first potential, guiding indicators provided in one-on-one correspondence with the probes for indicating the insertion hole of the connector for the selected wire, and control means comprising: a first indicating section for indicating one of said wire supplying means from which one said wire should be taken in accordance with an assembling order based on information registered in a storage means and for indicating a proper single insertion hole of the first connector for receiving the first end of the selected wire by controlling the guiding indicator corresponding to the proper insertion hole, a second indicating section for detecting the wire that has the first end mounted in the first connector and indicating a proper one of said insertion holes of said second connector for receiving the second end of the selected wire, said indicating being carried out by controlling the guiding indicator corresponding to the proper insertion hole based on the detecting result and information in the storage means.