JP4839064B2 - Electric wire convergence method and wiring jig - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electric wire converging method for converging a plurality of electric wires arranged on a wiring board to a convergence position, and to a wiring jig for use in the electric wire converging method .

  Various electronic devices are mounted on automobiles or the like as moving bodies. For this reason, the automobile or the like is wired with a wire harness in order to transmit electric power from a power source or the like or a control signal from a computer or the like to the electronic device. The wire harness includes a plurality of sub-wire harnesses. The sub-wire harness is provided for each system (system) mounted on the automobile described above. Each sub-wire harness includes a plurality of electric wires and connectors attached to ends of the electric wires.

  The electric wire includes a conductive core wire and a covering portion made of an insulating synthetic resin that covers the core wire. The electric wire is a so-called covered electric wire. The connector includes a terminal fitting and a connector housing that accommodates the terminal fitting. The terminal fitting is made of a conductive sheet metal or the like, and is attached to the end of the electric wire and electrically connected to the core wire of the electric wire. The connector housing is made of an insulating synthetic resin and is formed in a box shape. In the wire harness, the connector housing is coupled to the above-described electronic device or the like, so that each electric wire is electrically connected to the above-described electronic device via the terminal fitting, and transmits desired power and signals to the above-described electronic device. .

  When assembling the wire harness, the electric wire is first cut to a desired length by a cutting device, and then the covering portion such as the end of the electric wire is removed (peeled), and the terminal fitting is attached. Thereafter, the terminal fitting is inserted into the connector housing. Thus, the sub-wire harness described above is once assembled. Then, the assembled sub-wire harnesses are assembled to each other, and an exterior product such as a grommet or a protector is attached to a predetermined location to assemble the wire harness.

The assembly of the wire harness work, that have used the wiring board is known. On this wiring board, for example, a variety of shapes of wire hooks such as a U-shape are erected so as to follow the wiring path corresponding to the wiring plane shape indicating the final form of the wire harness. The hooking wires are arranged so that a plurality of electric wires are hung on each of the electric wire hooks. And in order to bundle this, a desired wire harness is obtained by winding a tape around a branch part etc. and removing from a jig.

Moreover, the electric wire hook for performing the tape winding operation | work and the attachment operation | work of an exterior component efficiently using the electric wire hook mentioned above is disclosed. This wire hook is configured so that the holding portion provided at the tip end portion of the support shaft can be retracted from the holding position from the protruding posture protruding to the holding position of each electric wire (Patent Document). 1).
JP 2004-79412 A

  However, when the above-described wire hook is used for branch formation of a wire harness, it is necessary to provide an electric wire hook near the branch position on the wiring board in order to branch a plurality of electric wires in a good convergence state. Since the electric wires branched in a plurality of directions are in a tension state, it is difficult to hook the electric wires on the wire hook.

Therefore, in view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an electric wire converging method and an arrangement jig that can facilitate the operation of arranging electric wires .

In order to solve the above problems, the electric wire converging method according to claim 1 made in accordance with the present invention includes a support member provided on a wiring board, a standing state standing on the wiring board, and a tilting tilting from the standing state. A plurality of wire locking members having pin members supported by the support members so as to be freely displaceable in a state, provided at a convergence position on the wiring board for converging the plurality of electric wires, and the cloth on the wiring board In the electric wire converging method for converging a plurality of electric wires to be converged at the convergence position, when each of the pin members of the electric wire locking member is in an inclined state, the plurality of electric wires are routed above the electric wire locking member. Then, each of the pin members of the wire locking member is switched to an upright state, whereby the plurality of wires are converged and held at the convergence position by the plurality of pin members.

According to the electric wire converging method of the present invention described in claim 1 above, when the pin member of the electric wire locking member provided on the wiring board is in an inclined state, a plurality of electric wires are located above the electric wire locking member. By arranging and then switching each of the pin members to the standing state, the plurality of wires are converged to the convergence position by the plurality of pins and are held. For this reason, a several electric wire can be converged on a convergence position and can be clamped only by routing an electric wire on an electric wire latching member and standing up a pin member.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the electric wire converging method according to claim 1 , all or part of the standing pin members are switched to the inclined state, and the plurality of converged electric wires are taken out. To do.

According to the electric wire converging method of the present invention described in claim 2 , the convergence is achieved by switching some or all of the standing pin members holding the plurality of electric wires converged in the standing state to the tilted state. The plurality of electric wires that have been removed are removed.

The invention according to claim 3 is the electric wire converging method according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the converging position is a branching position of the plurality of electric wires, and the plurality of the electric wires are converged by the standing pin member of the wiring jig. The electric wires are converged and pinched in a branched state.

According to the electric wire converging method of the present invention described in claim 3 above, since the electric wire is converged and held in a branched state by the pin member switched to the standing state, the electric wire locking member in the tilted state is held. By arranging the electric wires so as to form a wiring path, the electric wires can be converged to a branched state in accordance with the switching of the pin member to the standing state.

The wiring jig according to claim 4 made according to the present invention to solve the above problems is a wiring jig for use in the electric wire convergence method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The wiring board, and the plurality of electric wire locking members provided at the convergence position on the wiring board so as to hold the plurality of electric wires by each of the standing pin members. It is characterized by.

According to the wiring jig of the present invention described in claim 4 , the convergence position on the wiring board is arranged so that the wire locking member is clamped by the plurality of pin members when it is in the standing state. Therefore, by arranging the electric wire above the tilted pin member and switching the pin member to the standing state, the electric wire to be wired can be held by the wiring jig.

As described above, according to the electric wire converging method of the present invention described in claim 1 , when the pin member of the electric wire locking member provided on the wiring board is in an inclined state, the upper side of the electric wire locking member . A plurality of electric wires are routed to each other, and each of the pin members is switched to the standing state, so that the plurality of electric wires are converged and held at the convergence position by the plural pin members. A plurality of electric wires can be converged at a convergence position and pinched only by arranging the pin member upright by wiring up. Accordingly, since the wire hooking operation with respect to the jig is not required when wiring the wires, the wiring operation can be simplified and the plurality of wires can be easily converged. Moreover, since the wiring work in the state where the electric wire is hooked on the jig can be reduced, the efficiency of the wiring work can be improved. Furthermore, if the pin member is tilted by the addition via the electric wire , unnecessary interference between the electric wire and the electric wire locking member can be prevented even if the electric wire is locked to the pin member.

According to the invention described in claim 2 , in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 , a part or all of the standing pin member holding the plurality of electric wires converged in the standing state is tilted. Since the plurality of converged electric wires can be easily removed by switching to, work efficiency can be improved.

According to the invention of the third aspect , in addition to the effect of the invention of the first or second aspect , the electric wire is converged and pinched in a state of being branched by the pin member switched to the standing state. By arranging the wires so that they are routed to the wire locking member, it is possible to perform convergence and branching for a plurality of wires at the same time simply by switching the pin member to an upright state. The efficiency of wire work can be further increased.

As described above, according to the wiring jig of the present invention described in claim 4 , the electric wire locking member is placed on the wiring board so that the electric wire is clamped by the plurality of pin members when standing. Since the electric wire is routed above the tilted pin member and the pin member is switched to the standing state, the electric wire to be wired can be held by the electric wire locking member . Therefore, when the electric wire is wired, the wire hooking operation with respect to the jig becomes unnecessary, so that the wiring operation can be simplified. Moreover, since the wiring work in the state where the electric wire is hooked on the jig can be reduced, the efficiency of the wiring work can be improved. Furthermore, if the pin member is tilted by the addition via the electric wire, unnecessary interference between the electric wire and the wiring jig can be prevented even if the electric wire is locked to the pin member.

  Next, the best mode which shows an example in the case of using the wiring jig which concerns on this invention for a wiring board is demonstrated with reference to drawings of FIGS. 1-4.

  FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view showing a configuration example of the wiring jig of the present invention. 2A and 2B are explanatory views for explaining the operation of the wiring jig shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A shows the tilted state of the pin member and FIG. 2B shows the standing state of the pin member. FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the standing state of the pin member. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example in which a plurality of electric wires are arranged in the wiring jig.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wiring jig 10 has a known wiring board 1 and is used for wiring of a known electric wire 3. The wiring jig 10 is supported by the support member 11 so as to be freely displaceable between a support member 11 provided on the wiring board 1, a standing state standing on the wiring board 1, and a tilting state tilting from the standing state. And a plurality of electric wire locking members 13A to 13D (four in the example of FIG. 1).

  The support member 11 includes a fixing portion 11a that is fixed to the wiring board 1 and a locking piece 11b that is erected from the fixing portion 11a and is locked to the pin member 12. The supporting member 11 is engaged with the fixing portion 11a. The stop piece 11b is formed by bending or pressing a plate-like metal member. The fixing part 11a has a convex part 11c (see FIG. 2) on the surface facing the wiring board 1, and the convex part 11c is fixed by being penetrated through a through-hole provided in the wiring board 1 (not shown). Thus, each of the wire locking members 13 </ b> A to 13 </ b> D is fixed to the wiring board 1.

Each of the locking pieces 11b is provided with a shaft hole 11d at an opposing position, and each of the shaft-like shaft members 14 provided on both side surfaces of the pin member 12 is rotatably passed through each of the shaft holes 11d. By doing so, it is rotatably supported from the tilted state shown in FIG. 2 (a) to the standing state shown in FIG. 2 (b).

  The pin member 12 is formed in a cylindrical bar shape by a metal member, and the length thereof is longer than the distance (height) from the surface of the wiring board 1 to the electric wire 3 when the electric wire 3 is wired. Is set to The pin member 12 is not limited to metal, and can be formed of a synthetic resin or the like or can be formed by combining a metal member and a synthetic resin as long as the pin member 12 can cope with the hooking of the electric wire 3. Moreover, if the length of the pin member 12 is formed so as to be extendable / contractable, it is possible to easily cope with various products.

  The pin member 12 has a hole 12b extending from the inside to the surface of the pin member 12, and a ball plunger 14 is provided in the hole 12b. The ball plunger 14 is always biased toward the locking piece 11b. Moreover, the hole corresponding to the ball plunger 14 is formed in the inner surface facing the pin member 12 of the latching piece 11b which will be in the standing state where the pin member 12 stands on the wiring board 1.

  With such a configuration, when the pin member 12 is in an upright state, the ball plunger 14 is fitted into the concave portion 11e of the locking piece 11b, whereby the pin in the upright state shown in FIG. The member 12 is positioned at the standing position, and the standing state of the pin member 12 is maintained. Moreover, about a tilting state, you may rotate by a supporting member until the front-end | tip of the pin member 12 contact | abuts on the surface of the wiring board 1, and like the standing state, the latching piece 11b corresponding to a tilting state is sufficient. You may make it form a hole in the said contact surface.

  Further, since the pin member 12 is positioned by the ball plunger 14 and the concave portion 11e, unless a predetermined amount of force is applied to the pin member 12 through the electric wire 3 in the tilting direction or the like in the standing state, Since the pin member 12 is not switched to the tilted state, the pin member 12 can be prevented from falling during the wiring work of the electric wire 3. Further, if a lock mechanism or the like that is unlocked by an operator's operation is used as the mechanism that maintains the standing state, the standing state of the pin member 12 can be more reliably maintained.

  Moreover, although this best form demonstrates the case where a standing state crosses the wiring board 1 substantially perpendicularly, this invention is not limited to this, It stands up so that it may become diagonal with respect to the wiring board 1. It can be made into various different forms, for example.

In addition, each of the wire locking members 13A to 13D having the above-described configuration is provided on the wiring board 1 so as to sandwich the wire 3 by each of the standing pin members 12. In this best mode, as shown in FIG. 1, the plurality of electric wires 3 are provided at a convergence position on the wiring board 1 that is branched and converged. In addition, the convergence position is a branch position where the plurality of electric wires 3 are converged and branched on a wiring path corresponding to a wiring plane shape indicating the final form of a wire harness or the like.

  In this best mode, in order to branch the plurality of electric wires 3 in a trifurcated manner by the electric wire locking members 13A to 13D, the four electric wire locking members 13A to 13D are substantially cross-shaped around the branch position in the wiring plane shape. Is arranged. And the distance between electric wire latching members 13A-D is set according to the diameter etc. of the electric wire group (bundle) when the some electric wire 3 is converged. Thus, arrangement | positioning of the electric wire latching members 13A-D differs according to the electric wire shape etc. in a convergence position, for example, when pinching several electric wires 3, arrange | position two electric wire latching members. Therefore, when branching, the number of wire locking members corresponding to the number of branches is arranged.

  Next, an example of a case where the electric wires are converged and held using the electric wire locking members 13A and 13B of the wiring jig 10 will be described with reference to the drawing of FIG. The basic operation of each of the wire locking members 13A and 13C, the wire locking members 13C and 13D, and the wire locking members 13B and 13D is the same, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, when the pin members 12 of the pair of wire locking members 13A, B are tilted, the plurality of wires 3 are routed on the pair of wire locking members 13A, B. Then, each of the pin members 12 is moved in the direction of the arrow A and switched to the standing state shown in FIG. 2B, whereby the plurality of electric wires 3 are connected to the electric wire locking members 13A, 13A by the pair of pin members 12. B is converged between B and clamped as an electric wire group 30. And when work, such as tape winding with respect to the electric wire group 30, is complete | finished and a wire harness is completed, each pin member 12 will be removed by switching to an inclined state.

  According to the wiring jig 10 described above, the wire locking member 13 is provided on the wiring board 1 so that the plurality of electric wires 3 are clamped by the plurality of pin members 12 when standing. Therefore, the electric wire 3 to be wired can be clamped with the wiring jig 10 by routing the electric wire 3 above the pin member 12 in a tilted state and switching the pin member 12 to an upright state. Therefore, when the electric wire 3 is wired, the hooking operation of the electric wire 3 with respect to the jig becomes unnecessary, so that the wiring operation can be simplified. Moreover, since the wiring work in the state which hooked the electric wire 3 on the jig | tool can be reduced, the efficiency of the wiring work can be aimed at. Further, since the pin member 12 is tilted by the addition via the electric wire 3, even when the electric wire 3 is locked to the pin member 12, unnecessary interference between the electric wire 3 and the wiring jig 10 can be prevented. Can do.

  Next, an example of the electric wire convergence method for branching the plurality of electric wires 3 into three parts by the four electric wire locking members 13A to 13D shown in FIG. 1 will be described below.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when each pin 12 of the four electric wire locking members 13A, B, C, D is in a tilted state, a plurality of electric wires hooked on a known electric wire hook 30 on the wiring board 1 3 is routed so as to form a wiring path corresponding to the wiring plane shape above the four electric wire locking members 13A, B, C, and D.

  Each pin member 12 of the wiring jig 10 is switched from the tilted state to the standing state according to the completion of the routing of the plurality of electric wires 3. In accordance with this switching, as shown in FIG. 1, the plurality of wires 3 are converged and sandwiched as a wire group 30 by the pair of pin members 12 of the pair of wire locking members 13 </ b> A and B, and the pair of wire members Arbitrary wires 3 in the wire group 30 are branched from the wire group 30 by the pin members 12 of the stop members 13A and C, converged and sandwiched as a branch wire group 31, and a pair of wire locking members 13C, An arbitrary electric wire 3 in the electric wire group 30 is branched from the electric wire group 30 by each pin member 12 of D and converged and sandwiched as a branched electric wire group 32, and each pin of the pair of electric wire locking members 13B and D An arbitrary electric wire 3 in the electric wire group 30 is branched from the electric wire group 30 by the member 12 and converged and held as a branched electric wire group 331. And when removing from the wiring board 1, the whole wiring jig | tool 10 or a part of pin member 12 is switched to an inclined state, and is removed.

Thus, according to the electric wire convergence method, when the pin member 12 of the wiring jig 10 provided on the wiring board 1 is tilted, the plurality of electric wires 3 are arranged above the wiring jig 10. Since each of the pin members 12 is switched to the standing state and the plurality of electric wires 3 are converged and held at the convergence position by the plural pin members 12, the electric wires 3 are placed on the wiring jig 1. It is possible to converge the plurality of electric wires 3 at the convergence position simply by arranging the pins 12 to stand up. Therefore, when the plurality of electric wires 3 are wired, the operation of hooking the electric wires 3 with respect to the jig becomes unnecessary, so that the wiring operation can be simplified and the plurality of electric wires 3 can be easily converged. . Moreover, since the wiring work in the state which hooked the electric wire 3 on the jig | tool can be reduced, the efficiency of the wiring work can be aimed at.

  Further, since the plurality of electric wires 3 are converged and sandwiched in a state where they are branched by the pin member 12 switched to the standing state, the plurality of electric wires 3 are formed so as to form a wiring path with respect to the inclined wire locking member 13. Can be converged and branched simultaneously with respect to the plurality of electric wires 3 only by switching the pin member 12 to an upright state, thereby further improving the efficiency of the wiring work.

  Furthermore, the plurality of converged electric wires 3 can be easily removed by switching some or all of the standing pin members 12 holding the plural electric wires 3 converged in the standing state to the tilted state. Therefore, work efficiency can be improved.

  In the above-described best mode, the case where a plurality of electric wires 3 are sandwiched by the wiring jig 10 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when one electric wire 3 is wired. It can also be used.

  Moreover, in this best mode, as shown in FIG. 3, although the case where both the well-known wire hook 30 and the wiring jig 10 of this invention were provided on the wiring board 1 was demonstrated, this invention It is possible to perform wiring by providing a plurality of the wiring jigs 10 on the wiring board 1.

  The best mode described above is merely a representative example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this. Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. can do.

It is an expansion perspective view which shows the structural example of the wiring jig | tool of this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of the wiring jig | tool shown in FIG. 1, (a) has each shown the inclination state of the pin member, (b) The standing state of the pin member. It is a cross-sectional enlarged schematic diagram for demonstrating the standing state of a pin member. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating an example which wired the some electric wire to the wiring jig | tool.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wiring board 3 Electric wire 10 Wiring jig 11 Support member 12 Pin member 13A-D Electric wire locking member

Claims (4)

A plurality of electric wires comprising: a support member provided on the wiring board; and a pin member supported by the support member so as to be displaceable in a standing state standing on the wiring board and in a tilting state tilting from the standing state. In the electric wire converging method of providing a locking member at a converging position on a wiring board for converging a plurality of electric wires and converging a plurality of electric wires arranged on the wiring board to the converging position,
When each of the pin member of the wire engaging member is reclined, and arranging the plurality of electric wires above the wire locking member, then each of the pin members of the wire engaging member in the standing state By switching, the plurality of wires are converged and pinched at the convergence position by a plurality of pin members. The wire converging method according to claim 1 , wherein all or part of the standing pin members are switched to the tilted state, and the plurality of converged electric wires are taken out. The convergence position is a branch position of the plurality of electric wires, according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamping converge in a state in which branches the plurality of electric wires by the pin member the standing state of the wire engaging member Or the electric wire convergence method of 2. A wiring jig for use in the electric wire convergence method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The wiring board;
A plurality of electric wire locking members provided at the convergence position on the wiring board so as to hold the plurality of electric wires by each of the standing pin members. jig.

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