Tape winding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11054236-B2
Application number	US-201916712173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2019
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A tape winding device includes a fixed plate having a fixed plate side notch, a rotation plate having a rotation plate side notch which the linear member to be inserted into or removed from when a position of the rotation plate side notch is aligned with a position of the fixed plate side notch, a tape support unit and a position regulating member configured to regulate a position of the linear member in the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch such that the linear member is located at the bottom region of the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, the position regulating member having a distal end arm portion, the distal end arm portion running across an opening of the fixed plate side notch and extending over two opposing inner edges of the fixed plate side notch at a regulation position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tape winding device comprising:
a fixed plate disposed within a plane orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of a linear member;
a rotation plate disposed adjacent to the fixed plate and configured to rotate within the plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the linear member;
wherein the fixed plate has a fixed plate side notch formed in a U shape running from an outer peripheral edge of the fixed plate toward a central region including a rotation axis of the rotation plate;
wherein the rotation plate has a rotation plate side notch formed into a U shape running from an outer peripheral edge of the rotation plate toward a central region including the rotation axis of the rotation plate, the linear member to be inserted into or removed from the rotation plate side notch and the fixed plate side notch when a position of the rotation plate side notch is aligned with a position of the fixed plate side notch;

a tape support unit configured to support a tape to be wound around the linear member and rotate together with the rotation plate with the linear member inserted in a bottom region of the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, the bottom region including the rotation axis of the rotation plate; and
a position regulating member disposed in a vicinity of a lateral side of the fixed plate and the rotation plate, the position regulating member to be positioned at a retracted position when the linear member is inserted into or removed from the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, the position regulating member to be positioned at a regulation position after the linear member is inserted into the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, and the position regulating member configured to regulate a position of the linear member in the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch such that the linear member is located at the bottom region of the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch,
wherein the position regulating member is formed into an arm-shape, the position regulating member comprising a distal end arm portion, and
wherein, at the regulation position,
the distal end arm portion extends to a direction orthogonal to a direction to which the fixed plate side notch opens within the plane orthogonal to the linear member, and
the distal end arm portion runs across an opening of the fixed plate side notch, the distal end arm portion extending over two opposing inner edges of the fixed plate side notch.

2. The tape winding device according to claim 1 further comprising:
a wiring board configured to hold the linear member in a fixed state; and
a head unit configured to move straight along the linear member held by the wiring board,
wherein the head unit comprises a slide member, the slide member being movable within a plane orthogonal to the linear member relative to the linear member held in the fixed state, the fixed plate and the rotation plate being mounted on the slide member, and the slide member configured to slide such that the linear member is inserted into or removed from the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, and
wherein the position regulating member is located at a position corresponding to the fixed plate and the rotation plate when the fixed plate and the rotation plate are in an insertion position of the linear member relative to the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, and the position regulating member being movable from the retracted position to the regulation position at the position.

3. The tape winding device according to the claim 1 further comprising:
a linear member holding mechanism provided on two sides of the fixed plate and the rotation plate in the longitudinal direction of the linear member, the linear member holding mechanism configured to hold the linear member in a vicinity of the rotation axis of the rotation plate when the linear member is inserted into the fixed plate side notch and the rotation plate side notch, and the rotation plate is being rotated.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Nakajima Hiromasa
• Inoue Ryo
• Fujimatsu Morihiro

Classifications

• H01B13/01281 Primary

  Harness wrapping apparatus · CPC title

• G01B3/1007 Primary

  Means for locking · CPC title

• G01B2003/1015

  engaging the tape in a direction transversal to the tape itself · CPC title