Abstract: A connector assembly device includes a terminal clamping device clamping and fixing a terminal of a connector and an insertion module. The insertion module includes a housing clamping device clamping and fixing a housing of the connector, a terminal guide device having a conical guide hole guiding the terminal into the housing, and a linear moving device driving the housing clamping device and the terminal guide device to move towards the terminal. The terminal is inserted into the housing through the conical guide hole.

Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle system includes an automatic guided vehicle and a docking station for docking with the automatic guided vehicle. One of the automatic guided vehicle and the docking station has a pair of first vertical guide surfaces and the other has a pair of rows of rollers. The first vertical guide surfaces extend a predetermined length along a first horizontal direction and are spaced by a predetermined distance in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The rows of rollers are in rolling contact with the first vertical guide surfaces to guide the automatic guided vehicle to a predetermined position in the docking station.

Abstract: A terminal strip cutting and welding system includes a conveying module transporting a terminal strip to a cutting station and a welding station, a cutting module located at the cutting station and cutting a front end of a carrier strip of the terminal strip, and a welding module located at the welding station and welding the front end of the carrier strip of one terminal strip with a rear end of a carrier strip of another terminal strip. The welding connects the one terminal strip and another terminal strip into a continuous terminal strip. A distance between a pair of adjacent terminals on the continuous terminal strip is equal to a predetermined pitch.

Abstract: A binding device binds a material strip reel on which a contact material strip is wound. The binding device includes a frame, a tape supply unit installed on the frame for supplying an adhesive tape, a first damper and a second damper mounted on the frame for clamping the adhesive tape, and a first roller and a second roller installed on the frame. The first roller and the second roller push and paste the adhesive tape between the first damper and the second damper onto a pair of opposite sides of the material strip reel.

Abstract: A protective shroud includes a shroud body, a protective door movably installed on the shroud body, and a buffer mechanism connected between the shroud body and the protective door. The buffer mechanism slows down a moving speed of the protective door. The protective door is moved between an open position and a closed position in a vertical direction to open or close the shroud body.

Abstract: A cable unwinding device includes a cable clamp for clamping and fixing a cable, a core ware clamp for clamping two twisted core wires of the cable, a rotating device, and a translation device. The rotating device drives the core wire clamp to rotate around the central axis of the cable. The translation device drives the core wire clamp to move in a first horizontal direction parallel to the central axis of the cable. As the rotating device drives the core wire clamp to rotate around the central axis of the cable, the translation device drives the core wire clamp to move along the first horizontal direction, such that the two twisted core wires are untwisted and straightened.

Abstract: A material strip collection mechanism coiling fed material strip on a reel includes a vertically positioned reel bracket rotatable about a vertical axis between a first configuration and a second configuration. The mechanism further includes a first arm holding the reel and a second arm each rotatable to drive the reel and coil the material strip on the reel. With the reel bracket in the first configuration, the first arm is in a material strip collection position to allow the material strip to be coiled on each empty reel held by the first arm to form a full reel, while the second arm is in a standby position to allow the full reel held by the second arm to be replaced with a new empty reel.

Abstract: A bundling device comprises a frame, and a wire bending device and a wire twisting device each mounted to the frame. The wire bending device bends a bundling wire into an open ring to partially surround an object to be bundled, and guide the bundling wire into the wire twisting device. The wire twisting device twists two opposite end segments of the bundling wire together to bundle the object.

Abstract: A carrier transmission device comprises a slide rail, a rack and a pair of gears. The slide rail extends along a transmission direction of a carrier to be transmitted and is adapted to slidingly guide the carrier. The rack extends along the transmission direction and is connectable to, or integrally formed on, the carrier. The pair of gears are spaced by a predetermined distance in the transmission direction and are adapted to engage with the rack and drive the carrier to move in the transmission direction on the slide rail.

Abstract: A terminal detection platform for detecting terminals on a terminal strip includes a base, a first and second feeding rail mounted on the base, and at least one detection mechanism installed on the base. The first feeding rail and the second feeding rail extend parallel to each other in a first direction to define a feeding channel therebetween through which the terminal strip carrying the terminals is conveyed along the first direction. At least one of the first feeding rail or the second feeding rail is movable relative to the base such that a width of the feeding channel in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is adjustable. The at least one detection mechanism is adapted to detect the terminals on the terminal strip passing through the feeding channel to determine whether the terminals are qualified.

Abstract: A test apparatus for testing a cable assembly includes a first air tightness tester, a second air tightness tester and an electrical tester. A first test device is operably connected to the first air tightness tester and the electrical tester, and a second test device is operably connected to the second air tightness tester and the electrical tester. With a first cable connector and a second cable connector of a cable installed on a respective one of the first test device and the second test device, an air tightness test and an electrical test are performed on the first cable connector and the second cable connector simultaneously.

Abstract: A pin wheel includes an outer wheel having an inner cavity extending through the outer wheel along an axial direction and a plurality of radial through-holes communicated with the inner cavity, an inner wheel assembled in the inner cavity to rotate together with the outer wheel, a plurality of pins respectively and movably installed in the radial through-holes, and a plurality of springs making the pins floatable in the radial through-holes. A first end of each of the pins extends out of one of the radial through-holes to engage with a positioning hole of a terminal material strip. A plurality of grooves are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner wheel. The grooves of the inner wheel respectively correspond to a second end of each of the pins to allow the second ends of the pins to each enter one of the grooves.

Abstract: A cable clamping device includes a first clamping device having a first fixture for clamping a cable and a second clamping device having a second fixture for clamping the cable. The first fixture clamps at a predetermined location on the cable. The cable has an extension section extending a predetermined length forward from the first fixture. The second fixture clamps on the extension section of the cable to align the extension section of the cable with a cable processing module.

Abstract: A loading workstation comprises a docking station including a first transmission device adapted to transmit a carrier for loading components, and a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle includes a second transmission device, a feeding device and a loading device. The second transmission device is adapted to dock with the first transmission device to allow the carrier to be continuously transmitted on the first transmission device and the second transmission device. The feeding device is adapted to supply components to be loaded. The loading device is adapted to load the supplied components onto the carrier that has been transferred to the second transmission device.

Abstract: A platform for processing a workpiece includes a transmission mechanism, a plurality of workstations and a plurality of movable vehicles. The transmission mechanism transports the workpiece to be processed to one of the plurality of workstations. Each movable vehicle includes a processing module and a docking interface adapted to connect with a docking station of each workstation. The movable vehicles are each adapted to move in and out of each workstation, and each processing module is adapted to process the workpiece transmitted to the workstation after the movable vehicle is moved in and positioned in the workstation.

Abstract: An object pickup system includes an object pickup device and a calculation device. The object pickup device includes a first bracket, a suction cup installed on the first bracket and adapted to be affixed to a top surface of an object, and a distance sensor installed on the first bracket and adapted to rotate with the first bracket to scan the top surface of the object. The calculation device is operatively connected to the distance sensor. The calculation device is adapted to calculate a distance from the top surface of the object to the distance sensor and a position of an edge of an opening on the top surface of the object based on the distance data collected by the distance sensor during a scanning operation.

Abstract: An electrical test device for testing electrical characteristics of a cable assembly with a plurality of cable connectors includes a frame having a test platform, and an electrical tester mounted on the frame for testing the electrical characteristics of the cable assembly. A cable connecting and holding mechanism is provided on the test platform and includes a plurality of connector carriers, wherein each connector carrier holds one of the plurality of cable connectors of the cable assembly and electrically connecting the one cable connector to the electrical tester.

Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a cable assembly into a housing comprises a cable control module and a housing control module. The cable control module includes a terminal clamping device adapted to clamp to two terminals of the cable assembly, and a core wire clamping device adapted to clamp to two core wires of the cable assembly on which the terminals are crimped. The housing control module includes a housing clamping device adapted to hold the housing while the two terminals are inserted into the housing.

Abstract: A cutting device for cutting an initial product into a plurality of products comprises a base, a cutter seat and a cutter. The initial product includes an insulator and a plurality of groups of terminals fixed on the insulator. The base of the cutting device includes a plurality of slots arranged side by side, and a first positioning slot formed on an inner sidewall of each of the slots of the base and adapted to position one of the terminals of the initial product. The cutter seat is inserted into one of the plurality of slots and defines a blade slit. The cutter is adapted to be inserted into the blade slit to cut off the insulator of the initial product to form the product.

Abstract: A carrier transmission device comprises a slide rail, a rack and a pair of gears. The slide rail extends along a transmission direction of a carrier to be transmitted and is adapted to slidingly guide the carrier. The rack extends along the transmission direction and is connectable to, or integrally formed on, the carrier. The pair of gears are spaced by a predetermined distance in the transmission direction and are adapted to engage with the rack and drive the carrier to move in the transmission direction on the slide rail.