Abstract: A wire transferring assembly for a wire harness assembly machine has two adjoining termination stations. First connector elements are advanced in a reciprocating nest from a supply of connector elements into contact with wires extending from a positioning head and terminated thereto. After termination, to the wires, the connector elements are drawn away in the nest from the wire feed source and the wires are cut at their ends opposite the first connector elements. The cut wires are clamped onto a moveable clamping head and maintained in a preselected order while they are transferred to a second termination location, where a row of second connector elements are advanced into contact with the wire ends and terminated thereto.

Abstract: A substrate transport path adjustment apparatus allows adjustment of the transport path of a substrate by placing a magazine between regulating members for regulating the position of the magazine provided roughly in a straight line with respect to guide members which guide a substrate along a prescribed path. The magazine is positioned with respect to the prescribed path by moving both regulating members in synchronization in the same direction after the regulating members engage the magazine by approaching each other. The substrate is pushed out from the magazine to bring the substrate between the guide members, and the guide members are driven to approach the substrate. Both guide members are moved in synchronization in the same direction to position the substrate with respect to the prescribed path.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying and mounting electronic parts is disclosed, wherein the electronic parts such as semiconductors are mounted onto a printed board (1). A plurality of pallets (6) having trays (5) thereon, said trays (5) receiving a multitude of electronic parts therein respectively, are supported in a state where the trays (5) are superposed on shelf members (35 and 36) provided on a vertical motion frame (34), and the vertical motion frame (34) is vertically movable. The printed board (1) is conveyed to a predetermined part mounting position by belt conveyors (2 and 3). A pallet moving member (15) engaging any one of the pallets (6) is laterally moved with respect to the belt conveyors (2 and 3) between a mounting position where the pallet moving member (15) overlaps the belt conveyors (2 and 3) and a retracted position for returning to the vertical motion frame (34) having the shelf members (35 and 36).

Abstract: An illuminating device for use in a terminated cable part inspection device for a stripped terminal crimping machine is of a reflected image capturing type and can ensure a satisfactory illuminance required for photographing. The stripped terminal crimping machine includes a stripping portion and a terminal crimping portion between which the terminated cable part inspection device (8) is located on a bidirectional path (P). The terminated cable part inspection device (8) includes an image pickup camera (11) having a high shutter speed, an illuminating means (12), and a detecting means (13) including first and second sensors (31, 32) for detecting the cable.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring harness including the steps of making plural kinds of electric wires each having a predetermined length for each kind in lots each having several tens to several hundreds wires, the plural kinds of wires constituting a wiring harness and including terminal-equipped wires with one or both ends connected with a terminal and terminal-free wires with both ends connected to no terminal; temporarily holding groups of wires thus made in predetermined wire holders in the order of lots; and wire arrangement accomplished by forming a set of wires for the wiring harness with the groups of wires constituting the wiring harness intensively hung on one or more wire clamps in such a manner that one wire w1 is taken out from the wire holder H1 to lock its one or both ends to predetermined one or two wire clips of the wire clamp provided with plural wire clips, and subsequently, the wires (w2, w3, . . .) are taken out in order one-by-one from each of the wire holders (H2, H3, . . .

Abstract: The present invention provides a terminal insertion device in which a wired terminal can be securely taken out without abutting against the guide arms in case the insertion is imperfectly done, and also the guide arms can be shifted upwardly without being entangled with other leading wires 6b after the perfect insertion is detected.

Abstract: An armature shaft having a cam body extending from one end thereof is inserted into a shaft-receiving transfer block of an armature lamination and shaft assembly machine so that the cam body has a desired angular orientation relative to the axis of rotation of the armature shaft. A stack of laminations with which the shaft is assembled is rotationally oriented using a rotatable support for the lamination stack and a pair of proximity detectors which sense the position of missing portions of one or more of the laminations.

Abstract: An apparatus for loading individual connectors into a wire-harness making machine includes a feed track which feeds a supply of connectors which have been separated from a connector supply chain. The lead connector is advanced into a feed channel whereupon a severing knife is advanced into the feed channel to separate the lead connector from an adjacent connector. The severing knife remains in place momentarily as a shuttle mechanism is actuated to move the severed lead connector along the feed channel, the severing knife blade forming a portion of the feed channel during the shuttling of the severed connector. Optical sensors may be mounted in proximity to the severing knife in order to verify the presence or absence of a connector prior to severing.

Abstract: To reduce manufacturing cycle times, after a stator core is transferred by a transfer carriage along a track from a winding station to a coil lead terminating station at which lead wires extending from the coils to temporary wire clamps on the transfer carriage are connected by an industrial robot to terminal members on the stator core, the stator core is clamped to the track and the transfer carriage returned to the winding station immediately after the last lead wire to be removed from a temporary wire clamp is removed so that the transfer carriage returns to the winding station while the last lead wire is being connected to terminal member on the stator core.

Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating flat flexible circuits which include a flat flexible insulating substrate having conductive circuit material thereon and electronic components mounted on the substrate. The method includes providing a continuous strip of the substrate. The strip is moved to a work station whereat the electronic components are mounted thereon. The strip, with the electronic components mounted thereon, is wound onto a reel for subsequent processing. The continuous strip of substrate is provided with a code for reading at the work station.

Abstract: A solid state, multi-use electrochemical sensor having an electrically nonconductive substrate, a working electrode, and a semi-permeable membrane covering the working electrode. The working electrode includes an electrically conductive material adhered to a portion of the substrate. A first portion of the conductive material is covered with an electrically insulating dielectric coating, and a second portion of the conductive material is covered with an active layer. The active layer includes a catalytically active quantity of an enzyme carried by platinized carbon powder particles, which are distributed throughout the active layer. A sensor package for incorporating a sensor is provided.

Abstract: The carrier opener system has a channel and guide pins for retaining and accurately positioning a carrier which has a component captured therein. A driver moves from a first to a second position and moves a carriage from a first to a second position where guide pins positively locate the carrier and release fingers enter the carrier. Motion of the driver from the second to the third position does not move the carrier, but moves the release fingers to engage in the carrier to uncaptivate the component for its subsequent removal. In this way, a carrier is accurately positioned and its component is precisely released.

Abstract: A connector 1 is provided with first leads 3--3 protruding forward from a front surface of a connector main body 2 so as to constitute a longer lead row, and second leads 4--4 shorter than the first leads 3--3 and protruding forward from the front surface of the connector main body 2 so as to constitute a shorter lead row. The longer lead row is parallel to and spaced in a vertical direction from the shorter lead row. The connector 1 is held with an installation head 6. The connector 1 is horizontally transported until the protruding distal ends of the first leads 3--3 are positioned just above an end (i.e. terminals 14--14) of a printed circuit board 11 while the protruding distal ends of the second leads 4--4 are offset from the end (i.e. terminals 15--15) of the printed circuit board 11.

Abstract: An aligning and positioning system for a bonder including a bond sensor for sensing the X, Y and .theta. coordinates of a substrate at the bonding location and a die sensor for sensing the X, Y and .theta. coordinates of the die on a die transport. A controller correlates the sensed coordinates from the sensors and adjusts the X, Y and .theta. of the die and the substrate relative to each other to place the die at a preselected bond site on the substrate. The Z coordinate of the surface of the substrate, as well as its planarity, may be sensed by a Z optical sensor. The X and Y coordinates of the substrate are adjusted and the .theta. coordinate of the die on the die transport is adjusted.A pattern recognition system is used with the die and bond sensors to determine the coordinates as well as quality control of the substrate prior to bonding, the quality of paste pattern on the die or the substrate prior to bonding and the quality of the bond and the coordinates of the die after bonding.

Abstract: An amorphous core/coil assembling apparatus which prevents or minimizes damage to an amorphous core of an amorphous material upon insertion of the amorphous core into a pair of coils and which is high in reliability and superior in operability. An amorphous core of an inverted U-shape is first fixed at a predetermined position, and then a coil receiving table on which a pair of coils are placed is guided to a position at which end portions of the legs of the U-shape of the amorphous core are positioned in the proximity of a pair of V-shaped openable and closeable guide caps, whereafter the guide caps are removed from the end portions of the legs of the amorphous core.

Abstract: An armature shaft having a cam body extending from one end thereof is inserted into a shaft-receiving transfer block of an armature lamination and shaft assembly machine so that the cam body has a desired angular orientation relative to the axis of rotation of the armature shaft. A stack of laminations with which the shaft is assembled is also angularly oriented.

Abstract: An armature shaft having a cam body extending from one end thereof is inserted into a shaft-receiving transfer block of an armature lamination and shaft assembly machine so that the cam body has a desired angular orientation relative to the axis of rotation of the armature shaft. A stack of laminations with which the shaft is assembled is also angularly oriented.

Abstract: A vertically movable support member is mounted on a table, and a guide plate and a holding plate are placed on this support member. The plates are accurately located by side stoppers and setting mechanisms for pushing those plates toward the side stoppers. Releasing cylinders operate to open the setting mechanisms when the plates are placed on and taken out from the support member. A backing plate which is arranged above the support member is downwardly moved to integrally press down the holding plate, the guide plate and the support member, so that a number of upright press pins arranged therebelow upwardly push chip components from the guide plate into the holding plate. Since the holding plate is prevented from deformation by the backing plate, dispersion in inserting depths of the chip components is reduced.

Abstract: In order that an air-core coil is sucked by a nozzle with its terminals being horizontal, the terminals of the air-core coil are brought into contact with horizontal regulating surface at the time of the suction or after the suction. The lower end surface of the nozzle is formed to be horizontal to serve as a regulating surface, and the upper surfaces of the terminals are brought into contact therewith. Alternatively, the upper surfaces or the undersurfaces of separately provided regulating plates serve as the regulating surfaces, and the undersurfaces of the upper surfaces of the terminals are brought into contact therewith.

Abstract: The tool has a frame and a positioner. The frame has top and bottom guide rails that are suitably sized and located to be slidingly received in guide channels of a printed circuit board receiving cage. A locking latch is provided on the frame to stationarily, but removably latch the frame to the receiving cage. The positioner is movably attached to the frame and has a working head receiving area. The working head receiving area is adapted to removably mount any one of a plurality of working heads to the positioner. The positioner is adapted to move an attached working head to a desired location for inserting and/or removing an electrical contact in an electrical connector of the cage, or inserting and/or removing an electrical connector in the cage.

Abstract: An apparatus for taping wires of a wire harness includes first and second tape application heads interconnected together and disposed proximate to a wire guiding mechanism. Both of the first and second tape application heads have hollow inner cores which communicate with a source of negative air pressure to draw a vacuum in each tape application head which causes a strip of wire tape to adhere to the outer surfaces of the application heads. One of the application heads is brought into contact with a plurality of wires guided across the head, while the second application head rotates around a common axis shared by the two heads, whereby each of the first and second application heads generally oppose each other and apply the strip of tape to the wires.

Abstract: A circuit board is conveyed from a conveyor of a previous station to a conveying mechanism of a component-mounting station where components are applied to the circuit board. Then, the circuit board is delivered to a conveyor of a subsequent station. The conveying mechanism of the component-mounting station comprises a feed conveyor, an incoming conveyor disposed at one end of the feed conveyor, and an outgoing conveyor disposed at an opposite end of the feed conveyor. The incoming conveyor is laterally adjustable to become aligned with the conveyor of the previous station for receiving a circuit board therefrom, and then shift the circuit board laterally into alignment with the feed conveyor. The outgoing conveyor is likewise laterally adjustable to receive the circuit board from the feed conveyor and then shift the circuit board laterally into alignment with the conveyor of the subsequent station.

Abstract: An electronic component observation system includes a transparent stage for supporting thereon an electronic component which is being held by a vacuum nozzle of a transfer head, a lighting unit for illuminating outer leads of the electronic component from the above, and a camera for observing the outer leads from the underside of the transparent stage. When the electronic component being held by the vacuum nozzle is placed on the state, a deformation the outer leads is rectified. The lighting unit may include a presser portion engageable with the outer leads to force the outer leads against the stage, thereby positively shaping the outer leads into a correct form.

Abstract: This invention provides a terminal insertion apparatus which enables a wired terminal to be inserted reliably and smoothly into a connector housing. The apparatus comprises comprises terminal guide arms (3, 3') that guide the wired terminal (4) toward the connector housing (15) and front wire gripping hands (6, 6) that push the wired terminal (4) into the connector housing (15). The terminal guide arms (3, 3') are provided with large terminal guiding chamfers (2). The front wire gripping hands (6, 6) are formed with protrusions (5) that hold the wire and can be advanced between the terminal guiding chamfers (2). The longitudinal length of the protrusions (5) is made smaller than the depth of the terminal guiding chamfers (2), and the lateral width of the protrusions (5) is set smaller than the lateral width of the terminal guiding chamfers (2).

Abstract: An apparatus for rapidly and automatically handling packaged integrated circuits (ICs) during the loading or unloading of burn-in boards. The apparatus also segregates and offloads packaged ICs into a plurality of reservoirs for controlled delivery into suitable transport media on the basis of the level of functionality attained by each part during the burn-in process. The apparatus is computer controlled, with operator interface and an electronic control panel. The apparatus employs a linear induction motor drive system to rapidly, precisely and accurately move the ICs both between a loading/unloading location and a staging location, and at the staging location itself during the segregation and offloading steps. The system may be extended to operate in either the single or dual mode, employing two sorting and offloading components to unload a single device under test board.

Abstract: A wire-shifting apparatus particularly suited for use in assembling wire or cable harnesses includes a pedestal portion having a plurality of individual, elongated wire guide members thereon. The wire guide members have a channel-like cross-section and some of the wire guide members are fixed in the position upon the pedestal portion, while others of the wire guide members are mounted on the pedestal portion so as to pivot about a fixed point so that upon urging by an actuator, the movable wire guides shift laterally in unison. The shifted wire guides then convey wires between two opposing connector elements in a manner such that selected wires are terminated at locations in one connector element which are removed one location from the other connector element.

Abstract: A device and a machine for connecting connection elements into housings of connectors, the device including a body which can be moved in the direction of the connector, an insertion tool associated with the body via removable linkage means and provided with means for gripping a connection element to be inserted, and means for controlling the opening and closure of the gripping means. The device has elastic means located between the insertion tool and the gripping means which is capable of acting along the longitudinal axis of insertion of the connection element into the housing of the connector. The removable linkage means are defined by an articulation having a center of rotation which .joins the tool to the body, the center of rotation being coincident with the longitudinal axis, and indexing means associated with the body in order to act on the articulation so as to align the tool with the body.

Abstract: In order to determine the position and/or to check the separation of the leads (A) of components (B), a direct shadow of the region of the leads at one side of the component is generated on the photosensitive surface of a local resolution optoelectronic transducer (W4). If in each case one shadow is generated successively from two different directions, the coplanarity of the leads (A) may also be checked. Preferably, the local resolution optoelectronic transducer (W4) and the light sources for casting the shadow are directly secured to the equipping head (BK4). By integrating the determination system into the equipping head, the lead position can be determined and the separation and coplanarity of the leads can be checked without delay.

Abstract: A work mounting apparatus has a head drum rotated in one direction, work heads arranged on the outer periphery of the drum, each work head including a suction nozzle projecting from the work head toward a circular travel path, for moving along the travel path while keeping a fixed orientation and repeating a cycloidal motion during rotation of the head drum, a work feeder arranged on the travel path, and a movable table arranged on the travel path at a distance from the work feeder, for receiving thereon a printed board, wherein the suction nozzle of each work head sucks up a work from the work feeder and releases the sucked work at a desired release position on the travel path. The movable table is moved along a line intersecting the travel path, whereby a target point on the printed board, at which the work is to be mounted, is brought to the release position on the travel path, in cooperation with cycle control of the cycloidal motion of the work head.

Abstract: An outer lead bonding apparatus and method bonds an outer lead of a tape carrier package to an electrode formed on a display panel. During the observation stage when positional deviations between the outer lead and electrode are detected and corrected, a pressing member presses on the outer lead to remove any warp or bend in the outer lead. The electrode includes anisotropic conductive tape which is inherently adhesive. To prevent unwanted movement of the tape carrier package during the observation and positioning process by premature sticking of the outer lead to the tape on the electrode, the tape carrier package is sandwiched firmly in place.

Abstract: In an apparatus for mounting electronic components, punched out from film carriers to a substrate, there is disclosed an upper die for punching the electronic components through a hole formed in a lower die. A take out nozzle is located under the through hole for sucking the punched out electronic component from the hole in the lower die. A transfer nozzle is provided for receiving the electronic component from the take out nozzle and for transmitting the electronic component to a substrate mounted on a movable table. Before any leadwires of the component are bonded to the electrodes of the substrate, the table is finely positioned to property align the leadwires and the electrodes.

Abstract: A cable guide for a terminal crimping apparatus includes a guide member held between support plates in a clamped state such that one end of the guide member is turnably supported while the other end of the guide member is normally biased in the upward direction by the resilient force of a coil spring. A cable is inserted through a nozzle and a slit formed through the fore end part of a restricting piece. As an arm is turned, the nozzle and the restricting piece are displaced toward a cable guide together with the arm. Thus, the cable is displaced to an optimum cable feeding position relative to an applicator while slidably moving along the upper surface of the guide member. Since the plate-shaped guide member serves to properly guide the displacement of the cable, the terminal is always securely crimped and the cable is prevented from being undesirably deformed.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically equipping printed circuit boards with components includes at least two equipping heads arranged stationarily at a distance from one another. A printed circuit board displacement apparatus moves corresponding printed circuit boards simultaneously into corresponding equipping positions relative to the equipping heads. Each equipping head is actuated when the printed circuit board allocated to that equipping head is moved into the corresponding equipping position. After the equipping program has been executed, the printed circuit boards are clocked for work by one equipping head division so that an unequipped printed circuit board is supplied to the first equipping head in the conveying direction and a completely equipped printed circuit board is discharged from the last equipping head. This spatially separate, serial equipping of the printed circuit boards enables the equipping heads to be reloaded when they are not actively engaged in executing an equipping event.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of component pick up and mounting devices that include a plurality of pick up heads. The speed of the device is improved by providing sensing of the orientation of the components picked up by the pick up devices in a common sensing station. The device also includes means whereby one of the pick up devices may pick up a component large enough to interfere with the picking up of components by the other pick up devices by precluding the picking up of components by the other pick up devices when such a component is picked up by the one pick up device. The device further increases the speed by permitting pick up, recognition and correction of component orientation and mounting either simultaneously or operation of two or more of these functions at the same time on different pick up devices.

Abstract: A chuck unit for automatically inserting a workpiece in a receiving portion, which comprises a fixed pawl, first and second movable pawls and a pusher. Both major surfaces of the workpiece are chucked by a first vertical surface of the fixed pawl and the first movable pawl, and both side edges of the workpiece are chucked by a second vertical surface of the fixed pawl being perpendicular to the first vertical surface and the second movable pawl. The pusher is vertically movable between the first vertical surface and the first movable pawl for downwardly extruding the workpiece. Since two major surfaces and two side edges of the workpiece are held by the pawls, the attitude and position of the workpiece are corrected therein. Therefore, this chuck unit is suitable for assembling a plurality of workpieces which are arranged in a thickness direction thereof in an aligned manner.

Abstract: A device for simultaneously receiving objects arranged in a first positional arrangement and for simultaneously delivering such objects arranged in a second positional arrangement, and a method of using such device. More particularly, the apparatus includes a plurality of movable object carriers which can slide freely relative to each other on a predetermined path and which can be brought into the position corresponding to the desired distances with a programmable positioning device. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus can be used in an installation for automatically inserting contact elements in supports for pin and socket connectors and enables the contacts of the pin and socket connectors to be mounted in positions corresponding to a freely chosen pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector housing feeding mechanism capable of rotating a plurality of connector housings around an axis along the direction in which the connector housings are juxtaposed and displacing a group of the connector housings to a predetermined terminal inserting position and housing replacing position.

Abstract: A tool for i) aligning a bore pattern on a wafer with a corresponding pattern in a connector, and ii) maintaining the alignment of the wafer bore pattern and the connector pattern as the wafer is inserted into the connector.

Abstract: An assembly station that loads heads onto a disk of a hard disk drive and allows a crash stop to be mounted to the drive unit. The assembly station includes a load arm positioner which can slide along an annular ring. Mounted to the load arm positioner is a scissor assembly tool which can engage and separate the actuator arms. The load arm positioner can be moved about the annular ring so that the scissors engage the actuator arms and load the heads onto the disk. The pivot point of the actuator arms is located at the center of the annular ring so that there is no relative movement between the scissor tool and the actuator arms when the heads are loaded onto the disk.

Abstract: A tool is disclosed for terminating conductors of a cable to insulation displacement contacts of terminals that are partially assembled to a connector housing. After termination of all of the terminals the assembly is removed from the tool and the entire strip of terminals is fully inserted into the connector housing and the carrier strip removed and discarded. The tool includes an insertion blade attached to a reciprocating ram for effecting the termination and a terminal strip feed mechanism. A comb mechanism is coupled to the insertion blade and interacts with camming surfaces fixed to the frame to engage and align the conductor between the insertion blade and the terminal by means of a combing action. The comb mechanism engages the conductor at a point away from the end thereof and then moves toward the end thereby moving the conductor into the desired alignment.

Abstract: A service mounter having a conveyor along which substrates are moved in an X direction. A plurality of mounters are mounted for movement in the X direction on opposite sides of the conveyor and pick up work pieces from feeders disposed on the sides of the conveyor. Operating sections are supported for movement on opposite sides of the conveyor along a Y axis and are adapted to receive substrates from the conveyor and position them relative to the mounters to receive the work pieces. An improved mounter construction is also disclosed that includes a servomotor to adjust the height to accommodate for variations in thickness and the various components manipulated.

Abstract: An alignment apparatus and method that provides a pick and placement tool that picks matrix leaded modules from trays, places the modules into a self-aligning nest, picks the modules from the nest and places them on a printed circuit board. The specific location and orientation of the nest with respect to a printed circuit board is known by the pick and placement tool. Once the nest has aligned the module, the tool picks the module from the nest and places it in the appropriate location on the printed circuit board. The nest has sloped sides that angle toward that bottom and are slippery. These sides funnel the module toward the bottom of the nest and correct gross misalignment. At the bottom inside of the nest are locating features into which the leads of the module fit. Between the locating features are slip surfaces so that the module leads slide into the locating features, correcting fine misalignment.

Abstract: A machine (50) is disclosed that assembles an electrical connector (10) to the edge (18) of a printed circuit board (12). The machine incorporates an actuating mechanism that requires only a single input motion to achieve a Variety of functional motions within the machine. The machine includes a carriage assembly (54) that moves substantially vertically within the frame of the machine to sense the thickness of the circuit board and then to align the centerline of the connector held on fixture (280) with the exact center plane (44) of the board. A slide member (140) then moves toward the connector, causing a pair of comb members (252, 254) to close into position in front of the moving connector. The solder tails (38,40) of the connector (10) then enter spaced slots (260) in the edges of the comb members for support and the connector housing engages the face (272) of the combs, pushing them toward the circuit board.

Abstract: At least first and second adjacent parts supply tables of a parts supply apparatus are controlled so as to avoid unnecessary movement of a one of the parts supply tables not being used in successive parts supply operations, while at the same time, ensuring that the parts supply tables are sufficiently close to one another at the time of switching over between the parts supply tables to thereby reduce the duration of the switching operation. Alternately, the two parts supply tables are moved together from one position to another to maintain an interval therebetween which allows for a rapid switch-over between the parts supply tables when necessary. However, the rate at which the parts supply table in use is moved is greater than the rate at which the parts supply table not in use is moved, whereby the two parts supply tables come to a rest at different times to thereby reduce impact vibrations.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for feeding a printed wiring board automatically sets a feeding stroke with respect to different types of printed wiring boards and sequentially feeds the boards. In the apparatus for sequentially feeding a printed wiring board to a predetermined position, a sensor is provided for detecting information on the printed wiring board including the size, shape, color, and type of the printed wiring board, whereby a feeding stroke with respect to each of the printed wiring boards is set based upon the information.

Abstract: An electronic component observation system includes a transparent stage for supporting thereon an electronic component which is being held by a vacuum nozzle of a transfer head, a lighting unit for illuminating outer leads of the electronic component from the above, and a camera for observing the outer leads from the underside of the transparent stage. When the electronic component being held by the vacuum nozzle is placed on the state, a deformation the outer leads is rectified. The lighting unit may include a presser portion engageable with the outer leads to force the outer leads against the stage, thereby positively shaping the outer leads into a correct form.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism for inserting wired terminals into connector housings and includes a terminal moving part for detaching the front end part of the wires from a clamping part and moving the terminals adapted to inwardly return to a lay-out board, a housing holding part for holding a connector housing so that the terminal insertion ports in the connector housing confront the terminals returned to the lay-out board, and a terminal inserting part for inserting the terminals into the terminal insertion ports by bringing the connector housing and the terminals, which terminals are opposite to the terminal insertion ports of the connector housing, closer at the terminal insertion movable region.

Abstract: A pick and place device for populating a circuit board is operated manually. One or more pickup heads in a carriage is lowered to engage a component by vacuum, raised for carrying the component to a desired position over the circuit board and lowered to set the component. The component can be rotated, and the vacuum is operated automatically during pick and place movements, accomplished with one hand via a rotatable handle arrangement. A hand rest places the user's fingers in range of the handle and assists in coarse positioning of the carriage. The handle and hand rest are mountable on opposite lateral sides of the carriage head assembly. Finger controlled fine positioning guides also support the carriage for movement relative to the coarse guide. Coarse guidance is by a telescoping arm and lateral rail or the like. Fine guidance is by a short span two-axis slide block coupling the carriage to the telescoping arm. The handle lifts or lowers a control plate and is coupled to convey rotation.

Abstract: A multi-tool bonder having a plurality of die heads flexibly mounted on a conveyor which spaces and moves the heads along a path which includes a plurality of die processing stations. An alignment mechanism is provided at each stationary processing station for aligning the head at a fixed position along the path at the station. A controller controls the conveyor to position the plurality of heads at the stations and controls operation of the heads at the stations.

Abstract: Disposable tools for locating a power receptacle or a power pin within the corresponding port therefor in a header housing are disclosed. The tool for positioning a receptacle within a port includes a base having a positioning contour and a plug having an axis therethrough extending from the base. The plug is sized such that when the positioning contour on the base is engaged against at least two opposed lead-in surfaces about the port the plug extends into the barrel of the first receptacle to align the axis of the same with the axis of the port.The tool for positioning a pin within a port includes a sleeve having a central bore extending therethrough and an outer positioning surface thereon. The power pin is receivable in and retainable by the sleeve. The sleeve is sized such that when the positioning surface thereon engages against at least two opposed surfaces of the port the axis of the pin is retained in a predetermined relationship with the housing.