Integrated wire harness batch production with double buffer assembly systems and methods
US9257808B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53243
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Automated wire harness production systems and methods that rapidly present individual circuits to an assembler operating a wire harness layout board. Automatic wire indexing, sorting, and delivery systems transfer circuits into, and retrieve circuits from, a transportable programmable, automated, indexed storage system equipped with an array of individual circuit tubes, and a script-controlled assembly system sends visual, aural, and other cues to help an assembler populate and configure a wire harness layout board with connector blocks and turn posts, and guides the assembler in building, testing, reworking, and delivering the corresponding batch of wire harnesses.
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