CN214123584U - 3D wire harness manufacturing tool - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a 3D pencil manufacturing frock, it includes: a base; the wiring groove is erected on the base and used for placing a wiring harness; and a connector fixing bracket; the wire harness connector is supported on the base and used for fixing a wire harness. The utility model discloses 3D pencil manufacturing frock can be as required accurate control pencil three-dimensional space structure, makes pencil manufacturing result unanimous as far as possible with the design result, avoids interfering the risk when assembling, need carry out pencil shape adjustment according to the actual installation condition when avoiding the assembly, and then improves once assembly success rate.

Description

3D wire harness manufacturing tool

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to a 3D wire harness manufacturing tool.

Background

The statements herein merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not necessarily constitute prior art.

The wire harness is used for each device in the connector electronic and electrical system to realize the functions of power supply, signal transmission and the like. For complex systems such as an aircraft engine control system and the like, the connection relationship of the wire harnesses is complex, and one wire harness has more branches and is respectively connected to different devices. Generally, in the production and manufacturing of wire harnesses, a nail plate diagram is used, namely, the wire harnesses are flattened into a two-dimensional structure to be designed, the two-dimensional design drawing is printed on a plane according to the ratio of 1:1, a plurality of jigs are fixed according to the trend and the length of each branch, and then wiring and integration of the wire harnesses are carried out according to the shape and the connection relation of the wire harnesses on the nail plate diagram.

Due to the fact that the two-dimensional nail plate drawing is used for manufacturing the wiring harness, the complex three-dimensional space structure of the complex wiring harness laid in a small space is difficult to control in the manufacturing mode, the complex three-dimensional space structure comprises the wire outgoing direction of the branch position of the wiring harness, the inserting and combining direction of the connector with the bent tail, the main key position direction of the connector and the like, and particularly when the wiring harness is too many and the wiring harness is hard. Such a wire harness manufacturing method inevitably causes a series of assembly problems such as difficulty in assembly, interference of adjacent components, and the like in a subsequent assembly process. Due to the assembly problem, the wire harness needs to be returned to a factory for maintenance, the product development progress is influenced, and the cost is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

One technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is: the utility model provides a 3D pencil manufacturing frock can effectively solve and be difficult to the problem of accurate control complicated pencil three-dimensional space structure among the current pencil manufacturing technology.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a 3D wire harness manufacturing tool is provided, including: a base; the wiring groove is erected on the base and used for placing a wiring harness; and a connector fixing bracket; the wire harness connector is supported on the base and used for fixing a wire harness.

In some embodiments, the path of the wiring groove coincides with the routing path of the wiring harness and is swept along the wiring harness path in a semicircle larger than the outer diameter of the wiring harness.

In some embodiments, the harness connector includes a socket, and the connector fixing bracket is provided with a mounting hole for fixing the socket.

In some embodiments, the connector mounting bracket is provided with a positioning structure for circumferentially positioning the receptacle passing through the mounting hole.

In some embodiments, one or more positioning keys are provided on an outer wall of the positioning structure for engaging with a key slot on the socket to achieve circumferential positioning.

In some embodiments, the harness connector includes a plug, and the connector mounting bracket is provided with a dummy receptacle for mating with the plug.

In some embodiments, the wiring groove is provided with clamps at intervals for fixing the wiring harness.

In some embodiments, the connector mounting bracket is in a U-like configuration.

In some embodiments, the connector fixing bracket is provided with a main key position direction mark.

In some embodiments, the wiring slot is configured as a segmented detachable structure.

In some embodiments, the joint of the segmented detachable structure is provided with a splicing opening for splicing assembly.

In some embodiments, the connector includes a plurality of support posts disposed on the base for supporting the wiring channel and the connector mounting bracket on the base.

Through establishing wiring groove and connector fixed bolster on the base in this disclosure, can be as required accurate control pencil three-dimensional space structure, make pencil manufacturing result unanimous as far as possible with the design result, interference risk when avoiding the assembly, need carry out pencil shape adjustment according to actual installation condition when avoiding the assembly, and then improve once assembly success rate. The wire harness produced by using the tool disclosed by the invention cannot generate large stress inside the assembled wire harness, so that the service life of the wire harness is prolonged.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of some embodiments of a 3D harness manufacturing tool according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a wiring harness arranged in accordance with some embodiments of the 3D wiring harness manufacturing tool of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a portion of a fixed socket in some embodiments of a 3D harness manufacturing tool according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a positioning structure in some embodiments of a 3D harness manufacturing tool according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a wire harness receptacle;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a connector mounting bracket in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed 3D harness manufacturing tool;

FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing showing a partial structure of a connector mounting bracket mounting receptacle in accordance with some embodiments of the 3D harness manufacturing tool of the present disclosure;

figures 8 and 9 are schematic structural views of a 3D harness manufacturing tool according to some embodiments of the present disclosure before and after attachment to a harness plug;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a detachable structure with a segmented wiring channel in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed 3D harness manufacturing tool;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of a support bar support wiring channel in accordance with some embodiments of the 3D harness manufacturing tool of the present disclosure;

fig. 12 is a flow chart of a method of manufacturing a wire harness using a 3D wire harness manufacturing tool according to the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

1. Wiring grooves; 2. a wire harness; 3. a connector fixing bracket; 4. a socket; 5. a plug; 6. a dummy socket; 7. marking the direction of the main key position; 8. a support bar; 9. a base; 10. a fixed seat; 11. a support ring; 12. a pin; 13. a positioning structure; 14. a positioning key; 15. a keyway; 16. and (7) installing holes.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The description of the exemplary embodiments is merely illustrative and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. The present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of parts and steps, the composition of materials, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments are to be construed as merely illustrative, and not as limitative, unless specifically stated otherwise.

The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in this disclosure is not intended to indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element preceding the word covers the element listed after the word, and does not exclude the possibility that other elements are also covered. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

In the present disclosure, when a specific device is described as being located between a first device and a second device, there may or may not be intervening devices between the specific device and the first device or the second device. When a particular device is described as being coupled to other devices, the particular device may be directly coupled to the other devices without intervening devices or may be directly coupled to the other devices with intervening devices.

All terms used in the present disclosure have the same meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs, unless otherwise specifically defined. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

For complex wiring harnesses such as aircraft engines which need to be laid in a limited space, from the source of production and manufacturing, the following parameters need to be controlled relatively precisely: (1) the length of each branch; (2) the outgoing direction of each branch at the branch of the wire harness; (3) the insertion surface of the connector connected with the bent tail attachment faces to the direction; (4) connector primary key orientation.

As shown in fig. 1 to 11, a 3D harness manufacturing tool according to some embodiments of the present disclosure is described by taking a harness 2 having five connectors as an example, and the 3D harness manufacturing tool includes: the wiring device comprises a base 9, a wiring groove 1 and a connector fixing support 3, wherein the wiring groove 1 is erected on the base 9 and used for placing a wiring harness 2; the connector fixing bracket 3 is supported on the base 9 and used for fixing the wire harness connector on the wire harness 2.

In this schematic embodiment, through set up wiring groove 1 and connector fixed bolster 3 on base 9, can be as required accurate control pencil three-dimensional space structure, make pencil manufacturing result and design result unanimous as far as possible, interference risk when avoiding the assembly, need carry out pencil shape adjustment according to actual installation condition when avoiding the assembly, and then improve once assembly success rate. Practice shows that the wiring harness produced by using the tool disclosed by the invention cannot generate large stress inside the assembled wiring harness, so that the service life of the wiring harness is prolonged.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the path of the wiring groove 1 coincides with the laying path of the wire harness 2, and is swept along the wiring harness path in a semicircle larger than the outer diameter of the wire harness 2, which has a thickness to secure the wiring groove strength, ensuring control stability and reliability.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the connector fixing bracket 3 is designed according to the position and orientation of the connector in the harness laying model, and in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the harness connector includes a socket 4, and the connector fixing bracket 3 is provided with a mounting hole 16 for fixing the socket 4.

As shown in fig. 4 to 7, in some embodiments, the connector fixing bracket 3 is provided with a positioning structure 13 for circumferentially positioning the receptacle 4 passing through the mounting hole 16. The arrangement of the positioning structure can improve the error-proof capability during the manufacturing of the wire harness, and improve the stability and reliability. In some embodiments, the outer wall of the positioning structure 13 is provided with one or more positioning keys 14 for engaging with key slots 15 on the socket 4 to achieve circumferential positioning. The positioning keys 14 arranged according to a specific angle are arranged on the outer wall of the positioning structure 13, the positioning keys 14 can be correctly embedded into the corresponding key grooves 15 on the socket 4, the position can be ensured to be only loaded into the socket 4 with the size matched with the position and the key positions matched with the position correctly, and the socket can be only loaded according to the correct direction, so that the stable and reliable installation is ensured.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the harness connector includes a plug 5, and the connector fixing bracket 3 is provided with a dummy socket 6 for inserting the plug 5. The connector mounting bracket 3 is positioned to ensure that the harness plug 5 fits properly into the dummy socket 6 when in the position defined in the installation model. The connector fixing support 3 and the wiring groove 1 are connected into a whole, the false socket 6 fixed on the connector fixing support 3 is the same as the corresponding plug 5 in size, the key positions are consistent, and correct matching installation is guaranteed.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the connector fixing bracket 3 is provided with primary key position direction marks 7 for aligning the primary key position with the dummy socket 6 or the wire harness socket 4 when it is mounted.

In some embodiments, the wiring groove 1 is provided with clamps at intervals for fixing the wiring harness 2 so as to fix the wires and the wiring harness on the tool during the production of the wiring harness.

To facilitate the machining of the mounting holes and the mounting of the dummy socket 6, as shown in fig. 6 to 9, in some embodiments, the connector fixing bracket 3 has a U-like structure.

In order to save space, the modular design, such as storage and transportation, can be used to disassemble the tool, and in use, the wiring trough 1 can be assembled by splicing, as shown in fig. 10, and in some embodiments, it is configured as a detachable structure with a sectional type. In some embodiments, the joint of the segmented detachable structure is provided with a splicing opening for splicing assembly. The splice opening is easy to disassemble and assemble and has high feasibility, and in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, the splice opening comprises a wedge-shaped groove.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 11, the 3D harness manufacturing tool further includes a plurality of support rods 8 disposed on the base 9 for supporting the wiring groove 1 and the connector fixing bracket 3 on the base 9. 8 one end of bracing piece and wiring groove 1 or connector fixed bolster 3 department structural connection are fixed, and the other end is connected fixedly with base 9, increases whole pencil frock intensity. As shown in fig. 11, the 3D harness manufacturing tool further includes a fixing seat 10, a support ring 11 and a pin 12, one end of the support rod 8 is connected to the wiring groove 1 through the support ring 11, the other end of the support rod is connected to the base 9 through the fixing seat 10, the support ring 11 and the wiring groove 1 are integrated, and when the tool is used, the support rod 8 is inserted into the structure fixing seat 10 and the support ring 11 and is fixed through the pin 12.

Compared with the prior art, this patent has following advantage:

1) accurately controlling a three-dimensional space structure of the wiring harness from a manufacturing source, wherein the three-dimensional space structure comprises a branch outgoing line direction, a connector insertion surface facing direction, a main key position and the like;

2) the length of the wiring harness is accurately controlled by fixing the position of the connector and the branch point;

3) by using the complex wire harness manufactured by the tool, the manufacturing result is close to the laying design model to the maximum extent, the structural interference risk is reduced, the trial assembly link is not needed, and the one-time assembly can be successful;

4) can use the frock to assist and carry out pencil structure and size acceptance check, need not to carry out pencil branch length measurement and main key position angle measurement, simplify the acceptance check link, improve acceptance check efficiency.

As shown in fig. 12, when manufacturing the wire harness, a wire harness manufacturing tool is prepared, the socket 4 and the plug 5 of the wire harness connector are fixed on the connector fixing bracket 3, the wires are arranged in the wiring groove 1 according to the wiring relation, the wires are twisted into a bundle, and the wire outlet direction at the branch position is adjusted so as to be perfectly attached to the tool. And finally, carrying out post-treatment of the wiring harness, such as protective layer winding or weaving. If the wiring harness needs a plurality of protective layers, the wiring harness needs to be placed on the tool again for shape correction when one protective layer is added.

Thus, various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail. Some details that are well known in the art have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the present disclosure. It will be fully apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description how to practice the presently disclosed embodiments.

Although some specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail by way of example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing examples are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in the above embodiments or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.

Claims (12)

1. The utility model provides a frock is made to 3D pencil which characterized in that includes:

a base (9);

the wiring groove (1) is erected on the base (9) and used for placing the wiring harness (2); and

a connector fixing bracket (3); and the wire harness connector is supported on the base (9) and used for fixing the wire harness (2).

2. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, wherein the 3D harness is manufactured by a computer

The path of the wiring groove (1) coincides with the laying path of the wire harness (2), and is swept along the wire harness path in a semicircle larger than the outer diameter of the wire harness (2).

3. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, wherein the harness connector comprises a socket (4), and a mounting hole (16) for fixing the socket (4) is formed in the connector fixing support (3).

4. The 3D harness manufacturing tooling according to claim 3, wherein the connector fixing bracket (3) is provided with a positioning structure (13) for circumferentially positioning the socket (4) passing through the mounting hole (16).

5. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 4, characterized in that one or more positioning keys (14) are arranged on the outer wall of the positioning structure (13) and are used for being embedded into key slots (15) on the socket (4) so as to realize circumferential positioning.

6. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, wherein the harness connector comprises a plug (5), and a dummy socket (6) for plugging the plug (5) is arranged on the connector fixing support (3).

7. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, characterized in that clamps are arranged on the wiring groove (1) at intervals for fixing the harness (2).

8. The 3D harness manufacturing tooling according to claim 1, wherein the connector fixing bracket (3) is of a U-like structure.

9. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, wherein the connector fixing bracket (3) is provided with a main key position direction mark (7).

10. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, wherein the wiring groove (1) is configured as a segmented detachable structure.

11. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 10, wherein a splicing opening for splicing and assembling is formed at a joint of the segmented detachable structure.

12. The 3D harness manufacturing tool according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of support rods (8) arranged on the base (9) for supporting the wiring groove (1) and the connector fixing bracket (3) on the base (9).

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