Patent ID: 7441327

Claim:
A terminal inserting apparatus for inserting terminal fittings connected to electric wires into terminal-receiving holes of a connector housing, said terminal inserting apparatus comprising: an electric wire holder for holding electric wires connected to the terminal fittings; a terminal-inserting unit for removing the electric wires from the electric wire holders and inserting the terminal fittings connected to the electric wires into the terminal-receiving holes of the connector housing, a housing retainer for retaining the connector housing; an elevating unit for vertically supporting the housing retainer, and a controller connected to the terminal-inserting unit and the elevating unit; wherein after all the terminal fittings to be inserted are inserted into the terminal-receiving holes, the controller directs the terminal-inserting unit to hold the electric wire of the lastly inserted terminal fitting, move the electric wires with the connector housing to the electric wire holder, and make the electric wire holder hold the electric wires, and wherein while said terminal insertion unit holds the electric wire connected to the lastly inserted terminal fitting of the connector housing retained by the housing retainer, said elevating unit, at the direction of the controller, moves the housing retainer down, relative to the terminal-inserting unit, so as to remove the connector housing from the housing retainer.