Wire harness holding device, and wire harness holding mechanism and method using the wire harness holding device
First Claim
1. A wire harness holding device comprising:
- an electric wire holding portion for holding a predetermined portion of a wire harness;
an opening/closing member attached to said electric wire holding portion and movable between a surrounding position where said opening/closing member locks up the wire harness in said electric wire holding portion and a release position where said opening/closing member releases the wire harness from said electric wire holding portion; and
a drive unit for driving said opening/closing member to one of said positions at a predetermined time,said drive unit being adapted to drive said opening/closing member such that said opening/closing member is driven to said surrounding position when the wire harness is mounted on said electric wire holding portion in the course of a predetermined process, and such that said opening/closing member, from said surrounding position, is driven to said release position in response to a process completion signal supplied upon completion of the predetermined process.
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Abstract
According to one mode of the present invention, a wire harness holding device is disclosed. The wire harness holding device has an electric wire holding portion for holding a predetermined portion of a wire harness; an opening/closing member attached to the electric wire holding portion; and a drive unit for driving the opening/closing member to one of the positions at a predetermined timing. The opening/closing member is movable between the surrounding position where the opening/closing member locks up a wire harness in the electric wire holding portion, and the release position where the opening/closing member releases the wire harness from the electric wire holding portion. Unless the drive unit is operated, the opening/closing member is maintained at the release position or the surrounding position.
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10 Claims
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1. A wire harness holding device comprising:
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an electric wire holding portion for holding a predetermined portion of a wire harness; an opening/closing member attached to said electric wire holding portion and movable between a surrounding position where said opening/closing member locks up the wire harness in said electric wire holding portion and a release position where said opening/closing member releases the wire harness from said electric wire holding portion; and a drive unit for driving said opening/closing member to one of said positions at a predetermined time, said drive unit being adapted to drive said opening/closing member such that said opening/closing member is driven to said surrounding position when the wire harness is mounted on said electric wire holding portion in the course of a predetermined process, and such that said opening/closing member, from said surrounding position, is driven to said release position in response to a process completion signal supplied upon completion of the predetermined process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A wire harness holding method for holding a wire harness with a harness holding device including an electric wire holding portion for holding a bundle of electric wires of a wire harness, an opening/closing member attached to said electric wire holding portion and movable between a surrounding position and a release position, and a drive unit for driving said opening/closing member to said positions, said method comprising the steps of:
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holding a bundle of electric wires forming a wire harness on a drawing plate with said harness holding device; causing said drive means to drive said opening/closing member to said surrounding position to lock the bundle of electric wires to said drawing plate to hold the bundle of electric wires to said drawing plate; carrying out a processing step for executing a predetermined process on the bundle of electric wires held on said drawing plate; and
causing said drive means to drive said opening/closing member to said release position to release the bundle of electric wires in response to a process completion signal after the processing step has been finished.
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6. A wire harness holding apparatus comprising:
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a wire holding device including an electric wire holding portion for holding a predetermined portion of a wire harness, an opening/closing member attached to said electric wire holding portion and movable between a surrounding position where said opening/closing member locks a wire harness in said electric wire holding portion and a release position where said opening/closing member releases the wire harness from said electric wire holding portion, and a drive unit for driving said opening/closing member to one of said positions; means for detecting completion of assembly processes and providing a signal indicative of detected completion; and means for controlling said drive unit in response to a signal from said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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