Customizable wire harness form board sub-assembly structure having simple, quick-change wire routing exchange point capability
First Claim
1. A wire routing form sheet assembly aid, comprising:
- a work block comprising an array chambers each having a first through-diameter and a counterbore of a second diameter larger than said first through-diameter, said counterbore further comprising an end surface,a plurality of extendable and retractable pegs, each of said pegs having a shaft portion of a first diameter smaller than said first through-diameter of said chambers of said work block, and a stop feature having a diametral extent larger than said first through-diameter of said chambers of said wire routing form sheet work block, said stop feature also receivable within said counterbore,said plurality of pegs disposed within said array of chambers, andpeg lifting means, with any one of said plurality of pegs defining an extended position whereby said stop feature contacts said end surface of said counterbore of the chamber within which it is disposed.
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Abstract
A floating pin form board assembly to aid wire harness assembly includes a first embodiment with a work block and chambers containing floating pegs which may reside in retracted or extended positions based on perforations in a wire routing form sheet which allow or prevent retracted pegs from rising to extended positions. Extended pegs may be locked into their extended positions by means of a slidable latch plate, and stop features in the pegs prevent them from escaping past their extended positions.
Alternatively, a floating peg form board assembly includes a perforated sheet and first, second, plates third plates each having apertures spaced apart in congruent arrays and a plurality of floating pegs having stop features, and a slidable latch plate having an array of keyhole slots complementary to apertures in one of the other perforated plates, with the latch plate used for locking the floating pegs into retracted or extended positions.
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1. A wire routing form sheet assembly aid, comprising:
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a work block comprising an array chambers each having a first through-diameter and a counterbore of a second diameter larger than said first through-diameter, said counterbore further comprising an end surface, a plurality of extendable and retractable pegs, each of said pegs having a shaft portion of a first diameter smaller than said first through-diameter of said chambers of said work block, and a stop feature having a diametral extent larger than said first through-diameter of said chambers of said wire routing form sheet work block, said stop feature also receivable within said counterbore, said plurality of pegs disposed within said array of chambers, and peg lifting means, with any one of said plurality of pegs defining an extended position whereby said stop feature contacts said end surface of said counterbore of the chamber within which it is disposed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A floating peg form board assembly comprising:
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a perforated wire routing form sheet, first, second, plates third plates each having apertures spaced apart in congruent arrays, with said first and said second plate being perforated plates, a plurality of floating pegs, with each of said pegs comprising a shaft portion of a first diameter and a stop feature having a diametral extent larger than said first diameter of said peg, and a slidable latch plate having an array of keyhole slots complementary to any one array of apertures in any one of said perforated plates, wherein each keyhole slot is an aperture having a perimeter comprising an arcuate portion of a first diameter slightly larger than said first diameter of any one peg, and an arcuate portion of a second diameter larger than said diametral extent of said stop feature of said any one peg, and wherein apertures in said first, second, and third perforated plates are larger than said first diameter of said first diameter of any one peg. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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