Universal wire harness retainer clip holding system
First Claim
1. A family of retainer clip holders for assembly of retainer clips on a wire harness comprising:
- at least three holders, each of said three holders incorporating a retainer clip holder portion, a frame for mounting said retainer clip holder portion at a desired location, a base for mounting said frame on a jig for assembly of a wire harness, and said frame incorporating circuitry to provide a signal indicating the presence of a retainer clip in said retainer clip holder portion;
1) a first holder having moving parts allowing selective adjustment of the vertical height of said retainer clip holder portion relative to said base, and also the adjustment of the angular orientation of said retainer clip holder portion in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis relative to said base;
2) a second holder having moving parts allowing adjustment of the horizontal position of said retainer clip holder portion relative to said base, and also the adjustment of the angular orientation of said retainer clip holder portion in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis relative to said base;
3) a third holder having moving parts allowing the adjustment of the angular orientation of said retainer clip holder portion in a vertical plane relative to said base; and
said first, second and third holders being utilized together to construct a wire harness.
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Abstract
A family of retainer clip holders can each be adjusted to properly position a retainer clip at a desired location on a wire harness. In the past, it has sometimes been complicated to properly position a retainer clip holder relative to the base, and mount the holder base on a jig for assembling wire harnesses. There have typically been too many fixtures required on the jig. Thus, the prior art has attempted to assemble the retainer clips by individually tailoring hundreds of retainer clip holders for the particular orientation demanded by the particular retainer clip application. The inventive family of retainer clip holders allows the selection of the proper adjustable retainer clip holders and the adjustment of that retainer clip holder to accommodate the particular retainer clip application demanded. In this way, the invention replaces the hundreds of previously required holders with seven basic tools.
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12 Claims
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1. A family of retainer clip holders for assembly of retainer clips on a wire harness comprising:
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at least three holders, each of said three holders incorporating a retainer clip holder portion, a frame for mounting said retainer clip holder portion at a desired location, a base for mounting said frame on a jig for assembly of a wire harness, and said frame incorporating circuitry to provide a signal indicating the presence of a retainer clip in said retainer clip holder portion; 1) a first holder having moving parts allowing selective adjustment of the vertical height of said retainer clip holder portion relative to said base, and also the adjustment of the angular orientation of said retainer clip holder portion in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis relative to said base; 2) a second holder having moving parts allowing adjustment of the horizontal position of said retainer clip holder portion relative to said base, and also the adjustment of the angular orientation of said retainer clip holder portion in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis relative to said base; 3) a third holder having moving parts allowing the adjustment of the angular orientation of said retainer clip holder portion in a vertical plane relative to said base; and said first, second and third holders being utilized together to construct a wire harness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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