Inspecting jig for wire harness

• US 6,428,341 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2001
• Issued: 08/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Yoneyama, Junya, Kinezuka, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nino, Adolfo
• Application Number:
  US09/788,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20010020538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: 174/72.A, 174/68.1, 439/310, 439/357, 439/358, 439/372, 439/488, 324/538
• US Class Current: 439/358
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/69 of terminals at the end of a cable or a wire harness; of plugs; of sockets, e.g. wall sockets or power sockets in appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/20 for testing or measuring purposes

Abstract

An inspecting jig 1 for a wire harness for inspecting electric continuity of terminals 5 in a connector 8, comprising a jig body 10 having an opening 24 into which the connector is adapted to be inserted, a continuity checking part 11 adapted to be electrically connected to the terminals of the connector when the connector has entered into the opening, a lever member 12 swingably fitted to the jig body and including a locking portion 32 at its one end 12b which is adapted to be locked with an end face 8a of the connector 8 when the connector has entered into the opening 24, thereby to keep the terminals 5 and the continuity checking part 11 in an electrically connected state, and biasing means 13 for biasing the lever member 12 in a direction in which the locking portion 32 is locked with the end face 8a.

Claims

1. An inspecting jig for a wire harness for inspecting electric continuity of terminals in a connector, comprising;

a jig body having an opening into which said connector is insertable,

a continuity checking part electrically connectable to terminals of said connector when said connector has entered into said opening,

a lever member swingably fitted to said jig body, said lever member including a locking portion locking with an end face of said connector when said connector has entered into said opening, thereby to keep said terminals and said continuity checking part in an electrically connected state, after said locking portion has been locked with said end face, and

a spring biasing said lever member in a direction in which said locking portion is locked with said end face of said connector.

2. The inspecting jig for the wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lever member is provided with an operating portion for disengaging the lock between said locking portion and said end face, and said operating portion projects outward from an outer face of said jig body.

3. The inspecting jig for the wire harness as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locking portion projects outward from said opening in a direction of inserting said connector, and includes a slanted face which is opposed to said connector when said connectors is being inserted into said opening and gradually slanted toward an interior of said opening with respect to said inserting direction.

4. An inspecting jig for a wire harness for inspecting electric continuity of terminals in a connector, comprising;

a jig body having an opening into which said connector is adapted to be inserted,

a continuity checking part adapted to be electrically connected to terminals of said connector when said connector has entered into said opening,

a lever member swingably fitted to said jig body and including a locking portion which is adapted to be locked with an end face of said connector when said connector has entered into said opening, thereby to keep said terminals and said continuity checking part in an electrically connected state, after said locking portion has been locked with said end face, and

biasing means for biasing said lever member in a direction in which said locking portion is locked with s aid end face of said connector;

wherein said locking portion projects outward from said opening in a direction of inserting said connector, and includes a slanted face which is opposed to said connector when said connector is being inserted into said opening and gradually slanted toward an interior of said opening with respect to said inserting direction.

5. The inspecting jig for the wire harness as claimed in claim 4, wherein said lever member is provided with an operating portion for disengaging the lock between said locking portion and said end face, and said operating portion projects outward from an outer face of said jig body.