Patent · US Expired

Method of manufacturing electrical harnesses

US4888867A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

AMP LLC · US

Inventors

Werner Maack · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
Michael Gerst · Worms, DE
Manfred Liedloff · Dieburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 1985
Grant date	Dec 26, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49185
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing electrical harnesses is disclosed in which wires are fed through a loading zone and then clamped in the loading zone in side-by-side parallel relationship in an array. The wires are then cut and the clamped array of wires is moved laterally of the axes of the wires past a succession of crimping machines or the like. At each of the machines, a preselected wire is moved axially from the array so that its end is presented to the machine and a terminal is crimped onto the wire. The method of the invention is capable of producing harnesses comprising a plurality of discrete wires having different types of discrete terminals on their ends.

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