Wire harness assembly holding device

• US 10,388,436 B1
• Filed: 08/07/2017
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Design Ready Controls, Inc.
• Inventors: Hansen, Kaitlin Paige, Mackedanz, Christopher Tom, Coviello, Mario Daniel, Rausch, Zachary Tyler, Schmidtke, Troy
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Anita M
• Application Number:
  US15/670,556
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 13/01209 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 13/01227 using a layout board
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 13/01245 using a layout board
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 13/01272 Harness tying apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/049 the other leads being perpendicular to the base
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/055 the leads having a passage through the base H01L23/057 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/045 provided with perforations or slots permitting introduction or exit of wires
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/263 Installation, e.g. suspension, of conduit channels or other supports
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/32 using mounting clamps
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/301 by means of a mounting structure H05K3/325 takes precedence

Abstract

A peg apparatus is described that is suitable for use with an electrical wire harness peg board. The pegs are utilized on a wire harness peg board during the assembly of a wire harness, and are particularly well suited for use in an automated assembly of the electrical wire harness where a constant upward, downward or lateral tension is desired without altering the free ends of each wire of an assembled wire harness.

Claims

1. A wire retaining device for a wire harness assembly peg board, said device comprising:

a base having a bottom portion suitable for coupling to a wire harness peg board;

a main body extending upward from a top portion of said base, said main body having a channel extending through the main body, wherein a first inner sidewall and second inner sidewall of the main body define a portion of the channel and wherein said first inner sidewall opposes said second inner sidewall;

a first wire retaining members joined to said first inner sidewall and a second wire retaining member joined to the second inner sidewall of the main body, said first and second wire retaining members positioned within said channel of said main body; and

a first coupling having a first joint portion formed within the first inner sidewall of the main body and a second joint portion formed onto the first wire retaining member, wherein the first joint portion and second joint portion of the first coupling join together the main body and the first wire retaining member; and

a second coupling having a first joint portion formed within the second inner sidewall of the main body and a second joint portion formed onto the second wire retaining member, wherein the first joint portion and second joint portion of the second coupling join together the main body and the second wire retaining member; and

wherein the first and second wire retaining members project outward from corresponding first and second inner sidewalls at acute angles from corresponding first and second sidewalls of the main body.

2. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second members project outwards at opposing acute angles.

3. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 2, wherein said wire retaining members restrict movement of a wire through the main body in only one lateral direction.

4. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 2, wherein said first joint portion and second joint portion of each of the first and second couplings are of a modified tongue and groove type.

5. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 1, wherein said wire retaining members are constructed of a pliable material.

6. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 1, wherein said wire retaining members include a triangular cross section.

7. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 1, wherein said main body includes outer sidewalls that form an arc extending between opposing ends of the main body.

8. A wire retaining device for a wire harness assembly peg board, said device comprising:

a base having a bottom portion suitable for coupling to a wire harness peg board;

a main body extending from atop portion of said base, said main body having a channel extending through the main body, wherein a first inner sidewall and second inner sidewall of the main body define a portion of the channel and wherein said first inner sidewall opposes said second inner sidewall;

wire retaining members that are joined to said first inner sidewall and second inner sidewall of the main body, said wire retaining members positioned within said channel of said main body, wherein said wire retaining members project outward at acute angles from corresponding first and second sidewalls of said main body; and

a coupling having a first joint portion formed within said main body and a second joint portion formed onto the wire retaining members, wherein the first joint portion and second joint portion join together the main body and the wire retaining members.

9. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 8, wherein said wire retaining members restrict movement of a wire through the main body in only one lateral direction.

10. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 8, wherein said first joint portion and second joint portion are of a modified tongue and groove type.

11. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 8, wherein said wire retaining members are constructed of a pliable material.

12. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 8, wherein said wire retaining members include a triangular cross section.

13. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 8, wherein said main body includes outer sidewalls that form an arc extending between opposing ends of the main body.

14. A wire retaining device for a wire harness assembly peg board, said device comprising:

a base having a bottom portion suitable for coupling to a wire harness peg board;

a main body having first and second opposing columns extending from a top portion of said base, said opposing columns defining a wire receiving channel between the two opposing columns;

first and second wire retaining members that are joined to corresponding first and second columns, said wire retaining members positioned within said wire receiving channel, wherein said wire retaining members project outward from corresponding first and second columns of said main body at acute angles, and further wherein said wire retaining members restrict movement of a wire through the wire receiving channel in a first lateral direction and allows movement in a second lateral direction that is opposite the first lateral direction; and

a coupling having corresponding first joint portions formed within said first and second columns and second corresponding joint portions formed on ends of the wire retaining members, wherein the first joint portions and second joint portions join together the columns and the wire retaining members.

15. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 14, wherein said first joint portions and second joint portions are of a modified tongue and groove type.

16. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 14, wherein said wire retaining members are constructed of a pliable material.

17. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 14, wherein said wire retaining members include a triangular cross section.

18. The wire retaining device as recited in claim 14, wherein said first and second opposing columns each includes an outer sidewall that forms an arc extending between opposing ends of the column.