JP6448383B2 - Master / slave automatic disconnection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a wire harness assembly support device for assembling a wire harness to be routed in an automobile or the like on a wiring board while holding main parts of the wiring harness by a wiring jig, and more particularly to a wiring board. Automatic slave / slave machine that automatically connects and releases the slave machine that controls the lighting of the guide lamps installed and the master machine that is placed outside the in-line guide work of the conveyor that instructs the guide lamps to turn on. The present invention relates to a disconnection device.

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

  When assembling the wire harness, first, the sub-harnesses are assembled, and the sub-harnesses are sequentially wired to the wiring board for manufacturing the wire harness. And while attaching exterior goods, such as a protector for harnesses and a grommet for harnesses, to a predetermined location, tape is wound around the outer periphery of an electric wire, etc., and sub-harnesses are mutually assembled | attached. Thus, the wire harness is assembled.

  The wiring board includes a plate main body formed in a flat plate shape and a wiring jig installed on the plate main body. The plate body is wired (wired) by holding the wire harness, that is, the sub-harness and the electric wire on the surface, and holding each part of the wire harness on the wiring jig in a predetermined pattern. On the surface of the board main body, a pattern (so-called wiring pattern) for wiring (wiring) the wire harness on the board main body, that is, the sub-harness and the electric wire is formed.

An induction lamp is provided to indicate where the parts to be assembled to the wire harness are attached to the wire harness, that is, the sub-harness and the electric wire that are wired (wired) by holding each part of the wire harness on the wiring jig based on the wiring pattern. It has been. The induction lamp is turned on to indicate the assembly location of the parts to be assembled to the wire harness, and the worker assembles the wire harness by assembling the parts according to the lighting of the induction lamp.
That is, the worker performs inline guidance work on the conveyor by attaching components to be assembled according to the guidance lamp.

In assembling necessary parts to the wired wiring harness as described above, the assembly location of the parts to be assembled to the wire harness is indicated by lighting the guide lamp. The guide lamp is lit when the operator pulls out the control device (CB) to the connection connector provided on the lower right side of the wiring board when the assembly conveyor carries out the guidance for picking up and assembling the parts. This is done by inserting an input connector to which a plurality of electric wires are connected.
That is, when the input connector is inserted into the connection connector, the operator holds the input connector by hand and inserts and removes the work wiring board.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a light emitting element is arranged in the vicinity of each jig fixing portion of each wiring jig used in accordance with the flow of the assembly work so as to support the assembly procedure of the wire harness, A wire harness assembly support device is described that emits light to guide each wiring jig used for assembling the wire harness.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-356021

  On the other hand, the number of electronic devices mounted on automobiles tends to increase due to requests from users and the like. For this reason, the number of sub-harnesses constituting the wire harness and the number of electric wires of one sub-harness tend to increase.

In order to assemble parts into these wire harnesses, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 16, wires are wired (wired) by holding each part of the wire harness 102 on the wiring jig 101 of the wiring board 100 according to the wiring pattern. The harness 102 is inline guided on the conveyor.
In the in-line guidance work on the conveyor in the area in which the worker is in charge, the worker instructs lighting of a guide lamp (not shown) at a location designated for each wiring board 100 that continuously flows at a predetermined time interval. The input connector 104 connected to the control device (CB) 103 which is a master machine arranged outside the in-line guide operation of the conveyor is inserted into the connection connector 105 which becomes a slave machine for controlling the lighting of the guide lamp provided on the wiring board 100. The withdrawal process is repeated.

A plurality of electric wires 106 are connected to the input connector 104 connected to the control device (CB) 103, and the weight of the plurality of electric wires 106 is applied to the input connector 104, which is heavy. The worker manually inserts the input connector 104 to which the plurality of electric wires 106 are connected into the connection connector 105 provided on the wiring board 100, and cloths each part of the wire harness 102 based on the wiring pattern. The components are assembled according to a guide by a guide lamp at the assembly location of the components to be assembled to the wire harness 102 held by the wire jig 101 and wired (wired).
When the worker finishes assembling the parts to be assembled to the wire harness 102 held by the wiring jig 101 of one wiring board 100 and wired (wired), the input connector 104 is connected to the next wiring board. In order to insert into the connection connector 105 of 100, it is necessary to perform an operation of detaching from the connection connector 105 of the wiring board 100 after the operation is completed. Has a problem.

  In addition, the worker manually routes the input connector 104 to perform assembly work of components to be assembled to the wired harness 102 that is held by the wiring jig 101 of one wiring board 100 and wired. Since the operation of inserting or removing from the connection connector 105 of the board 100 is performed, it takes time to insert / remove the input connector 104 into / from the connection connector 105 and is held by the wiring jig 101 of the wiring board 10. There is a problem that it takes time to assemble the parts to the wired (wired) wire harness 102 and the productivity is poor.

  An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and provides a master-slave automatic connection release device capable of efficiently performing input connector connection to a connection connector attached to a wiring board. is there.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 1 comprises a plurality of wiring harnesses that hold each part of the wire harness on a wiring board that runs on an inline of a conveyor. Providing a tool, holding each part of the wire harness in the wiring jig, comprising an induction lamp indicating an assembly location of a part to be assembled to the wire harness, holding each part of the wire harness in the wiring jig, A slave machine that controls lighting of the induction lamp at a location instructed by the master machine based on a control signal output from the master machine while holding each part of the wire harness on the wiring jig is used as the wiring board. Wire harness that is installed and in-line guided on the conveyor to install the parts to be assembled in accordance with the guidance lamp at the location indicated by the master machine In standing support device,
After holding each part of the wire harness on the wiring jig, the wiring board is run on an inline of the conveyor, and the wiring board is attached to the wiring board when the wiring board is moved to an automatic connection position. Automatically connect the slave unit and the master unit,
When the wiring board travels on an in-line of the conveyor and the wiring board moves to a release position, the slave machine and the master machine attached to the wiring board are automatically released. Yes.

The master / slave automatic disconnection device of the present invention according to claim 2, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is the master / slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 1, wherein the master machine is:
A signal line for outputting to the slave machine, and a connector provided with a contact connected to the tip of the signal line and projecting toward the slave machine,
The connector is
A board mounted on a rail-shaped guide member provided in parallel on the in-line of the conveyor, and a board formed to be able to move on the guide member, and provided upright on the board. It consists of a connection part that connects to the slave machine,
It is configured to be able to travel on the guide member with the slave machine to the release position.

The automatic slave / cable disconnection device of the present invention according to claim 3, which is made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is the master / slave automatic connection release device according to claim 2, wherein the release position is:
A block-shaped stopper formed on the guide member is a position where the traveling of the master machine is stopped.

The automatic slave / slave device of the present invention according to claim 4, which is made to solve the above-mentioned problem, is the master / slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 1, wherein the slave unit is
The wiring board is provided at the front end of the conveyor in the running direction, and is constituted by a connector having a number of switch contacts corresponding to the signal lines connected to the master machine,
When the wiring board runs on an in-line of the conveyor and moves to the automatic connection position, the wiring board is configured to come into contact with the contact of the connector of the master machine.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to the present invention according to claim 5 is the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 3, wherein the connector of the master machine is:
After running on the conveyor in-line and abutting against the stopper provided at the release position, the connecting portion is rotated by the pressing force of the slave machine so as to fall in the in-line running direction of the conveyor. It is characterized by being made possible.

The master-slave automatic disconnection device of the present invention according to claim 6 made to solve the above-mentioned problem is the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein the slave device Is
After the connecting part of the connector of the master machine is rotated so as to fall in the in-line running direction of the conveyor by the pressing force of the slave machine, the connection part of the master machine gets over the connector of the master machine together with the wiring board. it is characterized in that which is configured to travel on the line.

  According to the present invention, a place where an operator is instructed for each wiring board that continuously flows at a predetermined time interval in his own area where a part is assembled to a wire harness by inline guidance work on a conveyor. Connection between the input connector connected to the master machine placed outside the inline guidance work of the conveyor that directs lighting of the induction lamp and the connection connector that becomes the slave machine that controls the lighting of the induction lamp provided on the wiring board The withdrawal can be performed automatically.

It is a figure which shows the state currently attached and wired to the wiring board which attaches the slave machine of the automatic connection cancellation apparatus of the master slave which concerns on this invention to several wiring jigs. It is a figure which shows the state by which the slave machine of the automatic connection cancellation | release apparatus of the master slave which concerns on this invention was attached to the wiring board. It is an expansion perspective view which shows the single unit of the slave machine removed from the wiring board shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the master machine of the master-slave automatic connection release device shown in FIG. 3 mounted on the guide member travels from the automatic connection position to the stopper position on the guide member. It is a figure which shows the state by which the master machine of the automatic connection cancellation | release apparatus of the master slave which concerns on this invention is mounted in the guide member. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the master machine illustrated in FIG. 5 travels on a guide member from an automatic connection position and stops traveling at a release position by contacting a stopper provided on the guide member. It is a figure which shows the state which the master machine started to rotate back in response to the press to a running direction by the slave machine in the cancellation | release position shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which has the master machine of the automatic connection cancellation | release apparatus of the master slave based on this invention in an automatic connection position. It is a figure which shows the state which the slave machine of the automatic connection cancellation | release apparatus of the master slave based on this invention started mounting | wearing to a master machine. It is a figure which shows the state from which the slave machine of the automatic connection cancellation apparatus of the master slave which concerns on this invention was connected to the master machine from the state shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which the slave machine of the automatic connection cancellation | release apparatus of the master slave which concerns on this invention drive | works on the guide member in the state connected to the master machine, contact | abuts to the stopper, and stopped in the cancellation | release position. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the slave machine is pressed in the traveling direction from the state stopped at the release position illustrated in FIG. 11 and the master machine starts to rotate backward. It is a figure which shows the state which was further pressed by the slave machine from the rotation position of the master machine shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state where the master machine is pushed down by being pushed further in the traveling direction by the slave machine from the rotation position of the master machine shown in FIG. 13. It is a figure which shows the state which the slave machine slipped out behind the master machine, after pushing down the master machine with the slave machine. It is a figure which shows the state which inserts / removes the input connector of the control apparatus (CB) which is a master machine when assembling components with the conventional wire harness to the connection connector used as a slave machine.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Drawings 1-6 shows the Example of the automatic connection cancellation | release apparatus of the master slave which concerns on this invention.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a wire harness is attached to a plurality of wiring jigs on a wiring board to which a slave machine of a master-slave automatic connection release device according to the present invention is attached, and FIG. The figure which shows the state by which the slave machine of the automatic connection cancellation apparatus of the master slave which concerns on was attached to the wiring board, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view which shows the single unit of the slave machine removed from the wiring board shown in FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the master machine of the automatic connection release device of the master slave shown in FIG. 3 mounted on the guide member travels from the automatic connection position to the stopper position on the guide member, and FIG. 5 shows the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the master machine of the master-slave automatic connection release device according to FIG. 6 is placed on the guide member, and FIG. 6 shows a state where the master machine shown in FIG. It is a diagram showing a state of stopping the travel in the release position abuts on the stopper provided on de member.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a wire harness is attached to a plurality of wiring jigs on a wiring board to which a slave machine of a master-slave automatic connection release device according to the present invention is attached.
The master / slave automatic disconnection apparatus 1 includes a slave unit 2 and a master unit 3 as described later.
In FIG. 1, a slave machine 2 of a master-slave automatic connection release device 1 is attached to a wiring board 4.

The wiring board 4 is formed in a plate shape and is attached to the frame body 5. The frame 5 is configured to run on an inline conveyor. The wiring board 4 is provided with a wiring jig 6 according to a wiring pattern. A wire harness 7 is wired (wired) on the wiring board 4 while holding the main parts of the wire harness 7 on the wiring jig 6.
In accordance with this wiring pattern, an operator performs inline guidance work on the conveyor with respect to the wire harness 7 in which the main parts of the wire harness 7 are held on the wiring jig 6 of the wiring board 4 and wired (wired). Is going on.

In the in-line guidance work on the conveyor in the area that he is in charge of, the worker uses a guidance lamp (not shown) at a location indicated for each wiring board 4 flowing continuously at a predetermined time interval. Necessary parts are installed at the location where lighting is instructed.
As shown in FIG. 2, two attachment frames 8 a and 8 b are fixed to the lower surface of the wiring board 4 so as to protrude from the front end 4 a of the wiring board 4. An attachment plate 9 is attached so as to pass to the attachment frame 8a and the attachment frame 8b. As shown in FIG. 2, the slave unit 2 of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 is fixed to the lower surface of the mounting plate 9.
The two wiring frames attached to the lower surface of the wiring board 4 by running the wiring board 4 by running on the frame body 5 that fixes the wiring board 4. 8a and 8b travel, and the mounting plate 9 travels. As described above, the slave unit 2 of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 travels together with the mounting plate 9.

The slave unit 2 has a configuration as shown in FIG.
That is, the slave device 2 has the connector 10. The connector 10 is provided with four switch contacts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d. In the present embodiment, four switch contacts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d are provided. The number of switch contacts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d differs depending on the signal from the master unit 3 of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1. , Not necessarily four.
Further, two magnets 12a and 12b are attached to the connector 10. The magnets 12a and 12b are used to ensure the connection of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1 with the master machine 3 by magnetic force. In this embodiment, two magnets 12a and 12b are used, but two magnets 12a and 12b are used to ensure the connection with the master machine 3 of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1, and the master / slave is automatically operated. The number of the disconnection devices 1 is not limited as long as the connection with the master device 3 can be reliably performed.

The connector 10 has a fixed plate 13 attached to the upper surface 10a. The fixed plate 13 is provided with four elongated holes 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d. The elongated holes 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d is fixed to the lower surface of the mounting plate 9 using bolts and nuts.
In addition, on both sides of the connector 10, introduction plates 15 a and 15 b for receiving the connector of the master machine 3 of the master-slave automatic connection release device 1 are provided. The introduction plates 15a and 15b are formed such that the tips are widened toward the end. In this way, the tip is formed so as to widen to the end. Even if the connector 10 of the slave unit 2 is slightly shifted left and right, it can be smoothly and reliably connected to the connector of the master unit 3 of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1. This is to allow connection.

The master machine 3 of the master / slave automatic disconnection apparatus 1 has a configuration as shown in FIGS. That is, the master unit 3 is connected to the control device (CB), and a signal line (not shown) for transmitting a signal to the slave unit 2 of the master slave automatic disconnection device 1 and this signal line. And a connector 16 connected to the tip of the connector.
The connector 16 is provided with four pins 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d at the center. In this embodiment, four pins 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d are provided. The number of pins 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d differs depending on the signal transmitted to the slave unit 2 of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1. It is not necessarily limited to four.
The four pins 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d are positioned so as to be connected to the four switch contacts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d of the slave unit 2 when the master unit 3 and the slave unit 2 are combined. It has become.

  In addition, two magnets 18 a and 18 b are attached to the connector 16. The magnets 18a and 18b are for ensuring the connection of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 with the slave unit 2 by magnetic force. In this embodiment, two magnets 18a and 18b are used, but two magnets 18a and 18b are used to ensure the connection with the slave unit 2 of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1, and the master / slave automatic The number of the connection release devices 1 is not limited as long as the connection with the slave device 2 can be reliably performed.

The two magnets 18a and 18b are in such a positional relationship that when the master machine 3 and the slave machine 2 are combined, the two magnets 12a and 12b of the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 are combined. That is, the connection between the slave unit 2 and the master unit 3 of the automatic connection release device 1 of the star slave is ensured by the attractive force between the magnets 18a and 18b of the connector 16 and the magnets 12a and 12b of the connector 10.
Here, the slave machine 2 and the master machine 3 are provided with magnets 12a and 12b and magnets 18a and 18b, respectively. However, either the slave machine 2 or the master machine 3 is provided with a magnet, and the opposing master machine 3 or It is also possible to attach a magnetic body to the slave unit 2.

The connector 16 has support plates 19a and 19b attached to both sides, and these support plates 19a and 19b are supported via support members 20a and 20b (the support member 20a is hidden by the support plate 19a and is not shown). The substrate 21 is rotatably attached.
The board | substrate 21 is formed on the guide member 22 formed in the shape of a flat plate, and is provided in the rail shape provided in parallel on the in-line of a conveyor, and it is formed so that movement run on this guide member 22 is possible.
The guide member 22 is attached to a long pedestal 24 fixed to the support frame 23.

Thus, the support members 20a and 20b are provided upright on the upper surface of the substrate 21, and the shaft 25 is provided through the support members 20a and 20b. The support plates 19a and 19b are rotatably attached to the shaft 25 penetrating therethrough. The support plates 19a and 19b are urged by a spring 26 so as to always stand (forward direction).
The support plates 19a and 19b are normally kept in an upright state by the spring 26. However, when a force is applied rearward to the connector 16, the support plates 19a and 19b are rotated in a direction in which the support plate 19a and 19b is tilted about the shaft 25. .

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 27 denotes a protective member that stores a cable connected to the master machine 3 and restricts protection and movement of the stored cable.
In FIG. 4, the board | substrate 21 can be made to drive | work on the guide member 22 with the drive device which is not shown in figure.

Further, in the vicinity of the guide member 22 formed in a rail shape provided in parallel on the inline of the conveyor, the master of the automatic connection release device 1 of the master slave that travels on the guide member 22 so as to sandwich the guide member 22 Guide members 28 a and 28 b are provided at the automatic travel connection position of the machine 3 so as to stand upward from both ends of the rail-shaped guide member 22.
The guide members 28a and 28b are connected to the master machine 3 of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 at the automatic travel connection position, and to the slave machine of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 attached to the tip of the wiring board 4. 2 for guiding.

Guide grooves 29a and 29b are provided inside the guide members 28a and 28b. The guide grooves 29 a and 29 b fit the end portions of the fixing plate 13 provided on the upper surface 10 a of the connector 10 of the slave device 2 of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1, and join the connector 10 and the connector 16 together. This is to make the process smooth.
The guide grooves 29a and 29b are tapered so that the groove width on the side on which the fixing plate 13 provided on the upper surface 10a of the connector 10 of the slave unit 2 enters is increased. It is formed so as to be easily fitted into the guide grooves 29a and 29b.

The master machine 3 of the master-slave automatic disconnection device 1 configured as described above is guided by a rail-shaped guide member 22 provided in parallel on the inline of the conveyor, as shown in FIG. Drive on top.
Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the master machine 3 has a travel release position on the guide member 22 where the slave machine 2 stops running (actually, the connector connection of the slave machine 2 with the master machine 3 is released). The block-shaped stopper 30 is provided at the position where the movement is performed.
The master machine 3 stops traveling when guided by the rail-shaped guide member 22 and travels on the guide member 22 and the tip of the substrate 21 abuts against a block-shaped stopper 30 as shown in FIG.

The distance from the travel automatic connection position where the master machine 3 of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 starts running on the guide member 22 to the travel release position where the master machine 3 stops running on the guide member 22 is: This corresponds to an area in which the worker is in charge of performing inline guidance work on the conveyor while moving.
Therefore, the worker completes the work he / she is in charge of after the master machine 3 starts running on the guide member 22 until the master machine 3 stops running on the guide member 22. Become.

Next, the slave machine 2 is connected to the master machine 3 and travels on the guide member 22, the slave machine 2 stops traveling with the master machine 3, and the slave machine 2 is disconnected from the master machine 3. The operation up to now will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown in FIG. 8, the master machine 3 of the master / slave automatic disconnection device 1 is positioned in the vicinity of the guide members 28a and 28b that are erected upward from both ends of the rail-shaped guide member 22. 19a and 19b are normally kept upright by the spring 26.

Next, it is provided so that the slave machine 2 travels and sandwiches the guide member 22 formed in the rail shape provided in the vicinity of the guide member 22 formed in the rail shape provided in parallel on the inline of the conveyor. The connector 10 of the slave unit 2 of the master / slave automatic connection release device 1 is brought close to the guide members 28a and 28b.
Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the end of the fixed plate 13 provided on the upper surface 10a of the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 is fitted into guide grooves 29a and 29b provided inside the guide members 28a and 28b, and the slave The machine 2 is run, the end of the fixed plate 13 is slid in the guide grooves 29 a and 29 b, and the slave machine 2 is brought close to the master machine 3.

Then, the slave machine 2 is further driven, and the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 is joined to the connector 16 of the master machine 3 as shown in FIG. At the time of this joining, the magnets 12a and 12b of the connector 10 and the magnets 18a and 18b of the master machine 3 are attracted to each other. The switch contacts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d of the connector 10 and the pins 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d of the connector 16 come into contact with each other by attracting the magnets 12a and 12b of the connector 10 and the magnets 18a and 18b of the master machine 3. , The circuit is connected.
When the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 and the connector 16 of the master machine 3 are thus joined, the board 21 is driven by the driving device (not shown) to run on the guide member 22. As a result, the slave machine 2 and the master machine 3 travel on the guide member 22 in a joined state.

In the state where the slave machine 2 and the master machine 3 are joined as described above, the guide (not shown) is guided based on the signal transmitted from the master machine 3 to the slave machine 2 while traveling on the guide member 22. Attach necessary parts to the location where lighting is instructed by the lamp.
The necessary parts are attached and the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 and the connector 16 of the master machine 3 are joined to each other to run on the guide member 22. As shown in FIG. When abutting against the block-shaped stopper 30 provided above, the master machine 3 stops traveling.

When the slave machine 2 tries to travel further in such a state, the slave machine 2 presses the master machine 3. If the pressing force of the slave machine 2 is greater than the urging force of the spring 26 attached to the shaft 25 passing through the support members 20a and 20b of the connector 16 of the master machine 3, as shown in FIG. The support plates 19a and 19b, which are rotatably attached, start to rotate in a direction that falls around the shaft 25.
Further, when the pressing force of the slave machine 2 is applied to the connector 16 of the master machine 3, the joined state of the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 and the connector 16 of the master machine 3 starts to be released as shown in FIG.

Then, when the pressing force of the slave unit 2 is further applied to the connector 16 of the master unit 3, as shown in FIG. 14, the force that the magnets 12a and 12b of the connector 10 and the magnets 18a and 18b of the master unit 3 attract each other exceeds. The connector 10 of the slave unit 2 and the connector 16 of the master unit 3 are released.
Further, when the pressing force of the slave machine 2 is further applied to the connector 16 of the master machine 3, the connector 10 of the slave machine 2 travels over the connector 16 of the master machine 3 as shown in FIG.

  In addition, the present invention can of course be modified in various ways within the scope not changing the gist of the present invention.

1 ……………………… Master / slave automatic disconnection device 2 ……………………… Slave machine 3 ………………………… Master machine 4 …………………… … Wiring board 6 ……………………… Wiring jig 7 ……………………… Wire harness 8a, 8b …………… Mounting frame 9 ……………………… Mounting plate 10 ……………… Connectors 11a to 11d ………… Switch contact 12a, 12b ……… Magnet 13 …………………… Fixing plate 15a, 15b ……… Introduction plate 16 ………… ……………… Connectors 17a to 17d ……… Pins 18a, 18b ……… Magnets 19a, 19b ……… Support plate 21 …………………… Substrate 22 …………………… Guide member 24 …………………… Base 26 …………………… Spring 27 …………………… Protective members 28a, 28 b ……… Guide members 29a, 29b ……… Guide groove 30 …………………… Stopper

Claims (6)

A plurality of wiring jigs for holding each part of the wire harness are provided on the wiring board that runs on the inline of the conveyor, each part of the wire harness is held on the wiring jig, and a part to be assembled to the wire harness Based on a control signal output from the master machine while holding each part of the wire harness in the wiring jig and holding each part of the wire harness in the wiring jig. A slave machine that controls lighting of the guide lamp at a location designated by the master machine is provided on the wiring board, and in-line guidance work on a conveyor is performed for mounting components to be assembled according to the guidance lamp at the location designated by the master machine. In the wire harness assembly support device performed in
After holding each part of the wire harness on the wiring jig, the wiring board is run on an inline of the conveyor, and the wiring board is attached to the wiring board when the wiring board is moved to an automatic connection position. Automatically connect the slave unit and the master unit,
The slave machine and the master machine attached to the wiring board are automatically released when the wiring board runs on an in-line of the conveyor and the wiring board moves to a release position. Master / slave automatic disconnection device. In the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 1,
The master machine is
A signal line for outputting to the slave machine, and a connector provided with a contact connected to the tip of the signal line and projecting toward the slave machine,
The connector is
A board mounted on a rail-shaped guide member provided in parallel on the in-line of the conveyor, and a board formed to be able to move on the guide member, and provided upright on the board. It consists of a connection part that connects to the slave machine,
A master-slave automatic connection release device characterized by being configured to be able to travel on the guide member with the slave machine to the release position. In the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 2,
The release position is
The master-slave automatic connection release device, wherein the master-slave is stopped by a block-shaped stopper formed on the guide member. In the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 1, 2, or 3,
The slave machine is
The wiring board is provided at the front end of the conveyor in the running direction, and is constituted by a connector having a number of switch contacts corresponding to the signal lines connected to the master machine,
The master-slave automatic connection release, wherein the wiring board is configured to come into contact with a contact of a connector of the master machine when the wiring board travels on the conveyor in-line and moves to the automatic connection position. apparatus. In the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 3 ,
The connector of the master machine is
After running on the conveyor in-line and abutting against the stopper provided at the release position, the connecting portion is rotated by the pressing force of the slave machine so as to fall in the in-line running direction of the conveyor. A master-slave automatic disconnection device characterized by being formed as possible. In the master-slave automatic disconnection device according to claim 2, 3, 4, or 5,
The slave machine is
After the connecting part of the connector of the master machine is rotated so as to fall in the in-line running direction of the conveyor by the pressing force of the slave machine, the connection part of the master machine gets over the connector of the master machine together with the wiring board. A master-slave automatic disconnection device characterized by being configured to run on an in-line.

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