Wire harness producing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11355267-B2
Application number	US-202016865002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2020
Priority date	May 10, 2019
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

A wire harness producing device configured to produce a wire harness by displaying a wire laying-out drawing in a full size in a length direction on a plurality of display devices, and laying-out electric wires along the wire laying-out drawing. The device includes a displaying control section configured to look up operation recipe information configured as a database capable of identifying wire laying-out order numbers of the electric wires, and in turn display wire laying-out position indicators configured to indicate positions of the electric wires to be laid out, on the plurality of display devices, according to a wire laying-out order of the electric wires. The operation recipe information includes coordinate information for indicating displaying positions for the wire laying-out position indicators. The displaying control section is configured to display the wire laying-out position indicators, in the displaying positions indicated by the coordinate information on the plurality of display devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wire harness assembly device comprising a plurality of display devices, the plurality of display devices are configured to display a wire laying out drawing in a full size in a length direction on the plurality of display devices, and to produce a wire harness by laying out electric wires along the wire laying out drawing, the wire harness assembly device comprising;
a display control section of a control device configured to read from a memory, operation recipe information database, and a bar code reader reads identification codes and identifies wire laying out order numbers of the electric wires, and in turn, display a wire laying out position indicator that indicates positions of the electric wires to be laid out on the plurality of display devices, in accordance with a wire laying out order of the electric wires, with the operation recipe information including coordinate information for indicating displaying positions for the wire laying out position indicators, and the display control section configured to display the wire laying out position indicators in the displaying positions indicated by the coordinate information on the plurality of display devices,
wherein the display control section, when switching the wire laying out position indicators, erases a current one of the wire laying out position indicators while displaying a next one of the wire laying out position indicators, and displays a guide indicator for indicating to an operator a displaying position for the next one of the wire laying out position indicators.

2. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation recipe information includes X and Y coordinate information of respective two end portions of the electric wires to be laid out, and the display control section configured to display the wire laying out position indicators, in the displaying positions indicated by the coordinate information, respectively, on the plurality of display devices.

3. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 1 , wherein the wire laying out position indicators include the identification codes of the electric wires to be laid out, respectively.

4. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 3 , further comprising: a time recording section of the control device configured to store, in a storage section, times at which the identification codes respectively have been read by a bar code reader.

5. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display devices have a touch panel, and include a time recording section to store, in a storage section, times at which the wire laying out position indicators respectively have been touched.

6. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide indicator is composed of an arrow extending from a displaying position for the erased one of the wire laying out position indicators to a displaying position for the next one of the wire laying out position indicators.

7. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 1 wherein the display control section displays an operation in progress indicator on a predetermined region of the plurality of display devices with the wire laying out position indicators being displayed thereon, with the operation in progress indicator indicating that the wire laying out position indicators are displayed on that plurality of display devices.

8. The wire harness assembly device according to claim 1 , wherein the wire laying out position indicators include thereon an icon indicating an operating status, respectively.

Assignees

• Hitachi Metals Ltd

Inventors

• Kawase Kenji

Classifications

• H01B13/342

  by applying marked tape, thread or wire on the full length of the conductor or cable · CPC title

• H01B13/01209 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H01B13/01245

  using a layout board · CPC title

• H01B13/01236 Primary

  the wires being disposed by machine · CPC title

• H01B13/01227 Primary

  using a layout board · CPC title