Auxiliary carrier, carrier assembly and carrying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214442-B2
Application number	US-202017069270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	Oct 25, 2019
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

An auxiliary carrier includes a first base, a first supporting base mounted on the first base and having a plurality of receiving grooves receiving a plurality of components of an electrical connector, and a first coupling portion mounted on the first base or the first supporting base. The first coupling portion is adapted to be coupled with a second coupling portion of a main carrier so that the auxiliary carrier is movable along with the main carrier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An auxiliary carrier, comprising:
a first base;
a first supporting base mounted on the first base and having a plurality of receiving grooves receiving a plurality of components of an electrical connector; and
a first coupling portion mounted on the first base or the first supporting base, the first coupling portion adapted to be coupled with a second coupling portion of a main carrier so that the auxiliary carrier is movable along with the main carrier.

2. The auxiliary carrier of claim 1 , wherein the receiving grooves include a terminal receiving groove adapted to receive a connection terminal of the electrical connector.

3. The auxiliary carrier of claim 2 , wherein the receiving grooves include a housing receiving groove adapted to receive a housing of the electrical connector.

4. The auxiliary carrier of claim 3 , wherein the receiving grooves include a plurality of wire receiving grooves adapted to receive a plurality of wires of a cable.

5. The auxiliary carrier of claim 1 , wherein the first coupling portion has a cantilever mounted on the first base and a fork portion provided on the cantilever.

6. The auxiliary carrier of claim 1 , wherein the first supporting base is detachably mounted on the first base.

7. The auxiliary carrier of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of step portions are provided on an upper portion and a lower portion of the first base.

8. A carrier assembly, comprising:
an auxiliary carrier including a first base, a first supporting base mounted on the first base and having a plurality of receiving grooves receiving a plurality of components of an electrical connector, and a first coupling portion mounted on the first base or the first supporting base; and
a main carrier assembled with the auxiliary carrier so that the auxiliary carrier is movable along with the main carrier.

9. The carrier assembly of claim 8 , wherein the main carrier includes a second base, a movable mechanism mounted on the second base to drive the carrier assembly to be moved, a second supporting base mounted on the second base and provided with a holding mechanism for holding a cable, and a second coupling portion provided on a side of the second supporting base opposite to the movable mechanism and adapted to be coupled with the first coupling portion of the auxiliary carrier.

10. The carrier assembly of claim 9 , wherein the movable mechanism includes a plurality of rollers arranged vertically on the second base in at least two rows.

11. The carrier assembly of claim 9 , wherein the second supporting base has at least one driven rack mechanism engaged with a rack of a conveyor belt, the main carrier is driven to move by the conveyor belt.

12. The carrier assembly of claim 11 , wherein the second supporting base has an elastic mechanism configured to elastically urge the driven rack mechanism toward the rack of the conveyor belt to maintain an engagement of the driven rack mechanism with the rack of the conveyor belt.

13. The carrier assembly of claim 9 , wherein the holding mechanism includes a pair of half bodies configured to move towards or away from each other to clamp or release the cable.

14. The carrier assembly of claim 13 , wherein the holding mechanism includes a driving mechanism adapted to drive the pair of half bodies away from each other.

15. The carrier assembly of claim 14 , wherein the holding mechanism includes an elastic holding mechanism, the driving mechanism drives the pair of half bodies away from each other against an elastic force of the elastic holding mechanism so that the pair of half bodies move toward each other by the elastic force of the elastic holding structure.

16. A carrying apparatus, comprising:
a carrier assembly including an auxiliary carrier and a main carrier assembled with the auxiliary carrier, the auxiliary carrier includes a first base, a first supporting base mounted on the first base and having a plurality of receiving grooves receiving a plurality of components of an electrical connector, and a first coupling portion mounted on the first base or the first supporting base, the main carrier has a movable mechanism driving the carrier assembly to move, the auxiliary carrier is movable along with the main carrier;
a first frame on which the first base is movably mounted; and
a second frame facing the first frame, the movable mechanism is mounted on the second frame.

17. The carrying apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the second frame has a plurality of rows of guide rails on which a plurality of rows of rollers of the movable mechanism are mounted.

18. The carrying apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a first positioning mechanism mounted on the first frame and configured to position the auxiliary carrier.

19. The carrying apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a second positioning mechanism mounted on the second frame and configured to position the main carrier.

20. The carrying apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a conveyor belt disposed on the second frame and having a plurality of racks engaged with a driven rack mechanism of the main carrier to drive the main carrier to move.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd
• TE Connectivity Services Gmbh
• Kunshan League Automechanism Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang An
• Hu lvhai
• Zhang Dandan
• Lu Roberto Francisco-Yi
• Cao Jian
• Liu Yun
• He Yuting
• Wu Haidong
• Xiao Hui

Classifications

• H01R43/00 Primary

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors (of trolley lines B60M1/28) · CPC title

• B65G17/14 Primary

  with two spaced connections to traction element · CPC title

• B65G17/323

  Grippers, e.g. suction or magnetic · CPC title

• B65G2201/02

  Articles · CPC title