Assembly system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10993360-B2
Application number	US-201816169511-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2018
Priority date	Oct 25, 2017
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

An assembly system comprises a fixing device configured to fix a housing and a pressing mechanism adapted to assemble a contact into the housing. The pressing mechanism includes a fixing block having a contact guiding slot adapted to receive the contact therein and a movable block movably mounted on the fixing block and adapted to press the contact downward. The movable block is moved downward to press the contact received in the contact guiding slot into a contact installation slot of the housing in a condition in which the contact guiding slot of the fixing block is aligned with the contact installation slot of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly system, comprising:
a fixing device configured to fix a housing; and
a pressing mechanism adapted to assemble a contact into the housing and including a fixing block having a contact guiding slot adapted to receive the contact therein and a movable block movably mounted on the fixing block and adapted to press the contact downward, the movable block is moved downward to press the contact received in the contact guiding slot into a contact installation slot of the housing in a condition in which the contact guiding slot of the fixing block is aligned with the contact installation slot of the housing.

2. The assembly system of claim 1 , further comprising a rotatable table configured to be rotated about a vertical axis, the fixing device is mounted on the rotatable table and the rotatable table is adapted to rotate the fixing device to a contact assembly station where the contact installation slot of the housing fixed on the fixing device is aligned with the contact guiding slot of the fixing block on the pressing mechanism.

3. The assembly system of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of fixing devices are mounted on the rotatable table around a periphery of the rotatable table and are separated from each other, and the rotatable table is adapted to rotate the plurality of fixing devices to the contact assembly station one by one.

4. The assembly system of claim 2 , further comprising a robot adapted to grip the contact and insert the contact into the contact guiding slot of the fixing block.

5. The assembly system of claim 4 , further comprising a contact supply mechanism configured to supply the contact to be assembled.

6. The assembly system of claim 5 , further comprising a contact positioning mechanism having a contact positioning slot in which the contact is positioned.

7. The assembly system of claim 6 , wherein the contact supply mechanism includes a linear vibration guide extending in a first horizontal direction, the contact being loaded in the linear vibration guide.

8. The assembly system of claim 7 , wherein the contact positioning slot of the contact positioning mechanism is located at an end of the linear vibration guide and aligned with the linear vibration guide, and the linear vibration guide is adapted to drive the contact by vibration to move the contact toward the contact positioning slot of the contact positioning mechanism.

9. The assembly system of claim 8 , wherein the contact positioning mechanism is configured to be movable in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, the contact positioning mechanism is moved in the second horizontal direction and separated from the linear vibration guide after the contact is moved from the linear vibration guide into the contact positioning slot.

10. The assembly system of claim 9 , further comprising a contactless sensor configured to detect whether the contact in the contact positioning mechanism is qualified.

11. The assembly system of claim 10 , wherein the contactless sensor is a distance sensor, a visual sensor, or an infrared sensor.

12. The assembly system of claim 10 , wherein the contactless sensor is fixed to the contact positioning mechanism and moved together with the contact positioning mechanism in the second horizontal direction.

13. The assembly system of claim 9 , wherein the contact positioning slot of the contact positioning mechanism is adapted to position the contact in a horizontal posture.

14. The assembly system of claim 13 , wherein the robot includes a manipulator adapted to grip the contact positioned in the horizontal posture from the contact positioning mechanism.

15. The assembly system of claim 14 , wherein the robot further comprises a rotation mechanism adapted to rotate the manipulator to rotate the contact from the horizontal posture to a vertical posture.

16. The assembly system of claim 15 , wherein the robot is adapted to insert the contact in the vertical posture into the contact guiding slot of the pressing mechanism.

17. The assembly system of claim 1 , wherein the pressing mechanism further comprises a driving device configured to drive the movable block to move downward.

18. The assembly system of claim 17 , wherein the driving device is a motor, an air cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder.

19. The assembly system of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of contact guiding slots are formed in the fixing block and a plurality of contact installation slots are formed in the housing, and the pressing mechanism is adapted to simultaneously press a plurality of contacts received in the plurality of contact guiding slots into the plurality of contact installation slots.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd
• Te Connectivity Corp
• Kunshan League Automechanism Co Ltd
• Tyco Electronics Polska Sp Z O O

Inventors

• Deng Yingcong
• Kowalski Jaroslaw
• Przybylski Andrzej
• Grzebski Jaroslaw
• Zhang Dandan
• Hu lvhai
• Xie Fengchun
• Liu Yun
• Lu Roberto Francisco-Yi
• Wu Haidong
• Xiao Hui

Classifications

• H01R43/20 Primary

  for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve · CPC title

• Y10T29/53174

  Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base, or substrate · CPC title

• H05K13/0413

  with orientation of the component while holding it; Drive mechanisms for gripping tools, e.g. lifting, lowering or turning of gripping tools · CPC title

• H05K13/0406

  Drive mechanisms for pick-and-place heads, e.g. details relating to power transmission, motors or vibration damping · CPC title

• H05K13/0812

  the monitoring devices being integrated in the mounting machine, e.g. for monitoring components, leads, component placement · CPC title