US 11,673,176 B2
Servo-driven Z-shape bending device for terminal
Fengchun Xie, Shanghai (CN); Jaroslaw Kowalski, Bydgoszcz (PL); Andrzej Przybylski, Bydgoszcz (PL); Dandan Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Lvhai Hu, Shanghai (CN); Yingcong Deng, Shanghai (CN); Jian Cao, Shanghai (CN); Radoslaw Mrozik, Bydgoszcz (PL); Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US); and Haidong Wu, Kunshan (CN)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); Kunshan Leagure Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan (CN); and Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. z.o.o, Warsaw (PL)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN); Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. z.o.o., Warsaw (PL); TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan (CN)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,700.
Claims priority of application No. 201922061453.6 (CN), filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0154720 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 43/16 (2006.01); B21D 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 5/02 (2013.01) [H01R 43/16 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A servo-driven Z-shape bending device, comprising:
a base, the base further comprising a terminal loosening mechanism disposed on the base, the terminal loosening mechanism including a loosening jig and a loosening block, wherein the loosening jig is configured to push a portion of a terminal to be bent from a carrier to the loosening block;
a Z-shape bending module disposed on the base and configured to perform a bending operation on the terminal to be bent to form a Z-shaped terminal;
a servo-drive mechanism disposed on the base and configured to servo-drive the Z-shape bending module to perform the bending operation; and
a terminal feeding mechanism disposed on the base and configured to feed the terminal to be bent to the Z-shape bending module, further comprising a Z-shape shaping sub-mechanism configured to fine tune a degree of bending of a preliminary shaped terminal and shape the preliminary shaped terminal into the Z-shaped terminal.