Arrangement and method for equipping plug housings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016181740-A1
Application number	US-201514970729-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 17, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An equipping arrangement for equipping a plug housing with fitted-out cable ends of cables with an equipping unit, by which the cable ends are introduced into cells of the plug housing, includes a housing receiving device for temporary reception of the plug housings for the equipping. A cable store holding several of the cables together is temporarily received by the housing receiving device together with the temporary reception of the plug housing in the housing receiving device. A holding arm, on which the cable store is arranged, is connected at right angles with the housing receiving device. A plug-in opening into which a foot section of the cable store can be plugged is provided in the holding arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An arrangement for equipping a plug housing with fitted-out cable ends of cables by an equipping unit, by which the cable ends are introduced into cells of the plug housing, comprising:
a housing receiving device temporarily receiving the plug housing for the equipping with the fitted-out ends of the cables; and a cable store holding together the cables and temporarily received by the housing receiving device.

2 . The arrangement according to claim 1 including a holding arm connected with the housing receiving device, wherein the cable store is arranged on the holding arm.

3 . The arrangement according to claim 2 wherein the housing receiving device includes a support plate and the holding arm is oriented at right angles to a face of the support plate.

4 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the cable store is detachably connected with the housing receiving device.

5 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the cable store is adapted to be at least one of mounted on the housing receiving device and removable from the housing receiving device by a relative movement of the cable store with respect to the housing receiving device.

6 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the cable store is connected with the housing receiving device by a plug connection.

7 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the housing receiving device has a plug-in opening into which a foot section of the cable store is plugged.

8 . The arrangement according to claim 7 including securing means for securely fixing the cable store plugged into the plug-in opening of the housing receiving device.

9 . The arrangement according to claim 8 wherein the securing means includes a resiliently mounted detent lug and a corresponding recess formed in the cable store, wherein the detent lug engages in the recess when the cable store is plugged into the plug-in opening.

10 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the cable store and a housing holder on the housing receiving device for fixing the plug housing lie on a common plane when the cable store is received by the housing receiving device.

11 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the cable store has a slot-shaped cable receiving region, wherein the cable receiving region is dimensioned for receiving or arranging several of the cables lying one above the other in a row.

12 . The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the cable store has a cable receiving region, wherein at an entry side of the cable receiving region a blocking element prevents the cables already deposited in the cable store from being able to leave the cable receiving region.

13 . A method of equipping a plug housing with fitted-out cable ends of cables comprising the following steps:
depositing the cables in a cable store temporarily received by a housing receiving device; and introducing the fitted-out cable ends of the cables into cells of the plug housing with an equipping unit, wherein the plug housing is received in the housing receiving device.

14 . The method according to claim 13 wherein the cables are deposited in a cable receiving region of the cable store the deposited cables are arranged in the cable receiving region lying one above the other in a row.

15 . The method according to claim 13 wherein after termination of the equipping the cable store filled with the cables is removed, together with the plug housing equipped to a finished state, from the housing receiving device.

Assignees

• Komax Holding Ag

Inventors

• Renggli Urs
• Estermann Beat
• Liem Roland

Classifications

• H01R13/73 Primary

  Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall · CPC title

• H01R43/20 Primary

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

• H01R43/28

  for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26 · CPC title

• H01R43/16

  for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending · CPC title