Wire harness assembly assist device, wire harness assembly assist unit, and method of assisting assembly of wire harness

• US 20070277372A1
• Filed: 05/30/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Aida, Tetsuo, Keira, Akinori
• Granted Patent: US 7,507,113 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 29/747
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/28 for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49194 Assembling elongated conductors, e.g., splicing, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53209 Terminal or connector
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53213 Assembled to wire-type conductor

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a wire harness assembly assist device, a wire harness assembly assist unit, and a method of assisting assembly of a wire harness with a reduced time for acquiring a necessary information and a reduced operation error. The assembly assist device for assisting assembly of a wire harness on a wiring board includes: a layout information acquiring program to display a layout screen showing a wiring layout of the wire harness; a component information acquiring program corresponding to a component to be attached; an attachment position information acquiring program to indicate an attachment position of the component; a guide screen information generating program to display the acquired component information superposed on the acquired attachment position of the layout screen based on the acquired layout information and the acquired attachment position information; and a display control program to display the generated guide screen information.

Claims

1. A wire harness assembly assist device for assisting assembly of a wire harness with a component attached on a wiring board, the device comprising:

a layout information acquiring program for acquiring a layout information displaying a layout screen showing a wiring layout of the wire harness to be assembled on the wiring board;

a component information acquiring program for acquiring a component information corresponding to a component to be attached on the wiring board;

an attachment position information acquiring program for acquiring an attachment position information indicating an attachment position of the component on the wiring board;

a guide screen information generating program for generating a guide screen information, the guide screen information displaying the acquired component information superposed on the acquired attachment position of the layout screen based on the acquired layout information and the acquired attachment position information; and

a display control program for controlling display of the generated guide screen information.

2. The wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide screen information generating program generates the guide screen information displaying a label corresponding to the component information superposed on the attachment position of the layout screen.

3. The wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an attached component detection program for detecting the component attached on the wiring board, the guide screen information generating program generating the guide screen information displaying the component information superposed on the layout screen so that a visible distinction between the attached component and the component to be attached is possible.

4. The wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an assembly screen information generating program for generating an assembly screen information displaying an attachment position of a mating component to be assembled with the component, the display control program controlling display of the generated assembly screen information.

5. The wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a guide information acquiring program for acquiring a guide information to guide insertion of an electrical wire with a terminal to a hole of an associated connector when the component includes the electrical wire and the connector, the assembly screen information generating program generating the assembly screen information displaying an electrical wire information of the electrical wire with the terminal superposed on the position of the insertion hole of the connector of an insertion hole position screen.

6. The wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an insertion detection program for detecting insertion of the electrical wire with the terminal into the insertion hole of the connector, the guide screen information generating program generating the assembly screen information displaying the electrical information superposed on the insertion hole position screen so that a visible distinction between the detected inserted electrical wire and the electrical wire to be inserted is possible.

7. The wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a shortage information input program for inputting a shortage information indicating a position of shortage of the component on the layout screen, and a shortage information memory program for storing the inputted shortage information.

8. A wire harness assembly assist unit comprising the wire harness assembly assist device as claimed in claim 1 and a display device for displaying the guide screen information in response to control of the display control program of the wire harness assembly assist device.

9. A method of assisting assembly of a wire harness with a component on a wiring board, the method comprising the steps of:

acquiring a layout information of the wire harness to be wired on the wiring board;

acquiring a component information corresponding to the component to be attached on the wiring board;

acquiring an attachment position information displaying an attachment position of the component on the wiring board;

generating a guide screen information displaying the acquired component information superposed on the acquired attachment position of the layout screen based on the acquired layout information and the acquired attachment position information; and

displaying the generated guide screen information.