Wiring harness assembling board

• US 5,715,882 A
• Filed: 11/07/1996
• Issued: 02/10/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Suehiro, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Larson, Lowell A.
• Application Number:
  US08/745,069
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 140/92.1, 29/720, 29/755
• US Class Current: 140/92.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 13/01227 using a layout board
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53087 with signal, scale, illuminator, or optical viewer

Abstract

To enable inspection of a taped state at a junction portion of a wiring harness without lifting the wiring harness at a wiring harness assembling board used for the manufacturing of an automotive wiring harness. A wiring harness assembling board is provided with a board main body 1a and a plurality of wire retainers 3 which include a shaft and a wire retaining portion 3b at the leading end of the shaft and stand in specified positions of the board main body 1a. A flat mirror member 11 for reflecting the rear side of a wiring harness W/H is disposed in the vicinity of at least one wire retainer 3 corresponding to a junction portion of the wiring harness W/H.

Claims

1. A wiring harness assembling board, comprising:

a board main body (1a),

at least one wire retainer (3) being arranged at a predeterminable position on the board main body (1a), and

at least one mirror member (11;

13;

15;

17;

     25) capable of reflecting at least partly a portion of a wiring harness (W/H) arrangeable on the wire retainer (3).

2. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mirror member (11;

13;

15;

17;

     25) is disposable in proximity to a portion of the wire retainer (3) at a junction portion (A;

B;

C;

D) of the wiring harness (W/H).

3. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 2, wherein the mirror member (11;

17;

     25) comprises at least one substantially planar mirror portion (11a;

18a, 19a, 20a;

25a).

4. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 2, wherein the mirror member (13;

15) has a substantially curved, mirror portion (13a;

15a), with a predetermined magnification factor.

5. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 1, further comprising orientation adjusting means (27) for adjusting an orientation of the mirror member (11;

13;

15;

17;

     25) with respect to the board main body (1a).

6. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 1, wherein the mirror member (17) comprises at least two members (18, 19, 20) being pivotally connected with one another, wherein the members (18, 19, 20) are adjustable relative to one another.

7. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 6, wherein the mirror member (16) comprises first, second and third members (18, 19, 20) being substantially flat, the second and third members (19, 20) being pivotally connected with the first member (18), and wherein orientation or angles of inclination of the second and third members (19, 20) with respect to the first member (18) are adjustable independently from each other.

8. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 7, wherein the members (18, 19, 20) are pivotally connected with one another by means of at least one hinge (21A, 2lB).

9. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 1, wherein the mirror member is at least partly deformable.

10. A wiring harness assembling board according to claim 1, further comprising suspension means (27) for displaceably supporting the mirror member (25), wherein the mirror member (25) is displaceable in a plurality of dimensions.