US 12,107,376 B2
Device and method for assembling an electrical plug connector
Manfred Sorg, Ulm (DE)
Assigned to Metzner Holding GmbH, Ulm (DE)
Appl. No. 17/599,704
Filed by Metzner Holding GmbH, Ulm (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057692
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200827, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 108 322.2 (DE), filed on Mar. 29, 2019; application No. 10 2019 110 163.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 17, 2019; application No. 10 2019 110 572.2 (DE), filed on Apr. 24, 2019; application No. 10 2019 113 050.6 (DE), filed on May 17, 2019; application No. 10 2019 114 166.4 (DE), filed on May 27, 2019; application No. 10 2019 114 178.8 (DE), filed on May 27, 2019; application No. 10 2019 116 252.1 (DE), filed on Jun. 14, 2019; application No. 10 2019 117 031.1 (DE), filed on Jun. 25, 2019; application No. 10 2019 117 035.4 (DE), filed on Jun. 25, 2019; application No. 10 2019 119 662.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 19, 2019; application No. 10 2019 119 724.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 22, 2019; application No. 10 2019 119 726.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 22, 2019; application No. 10 2019 120 487.9 (DE), filed on Jul. 30, 2019; application No. 10 2019 127 749.3 (DE), filed on Oct. 15, 2019; application No. 10 2019 127 760.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 15, 2019; application No. 10 2019 128 918.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 25, 2019; and application No. 10 2019 130 317.6 (DE), filed on Nov. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0200224 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 43/20 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01); H01R 43/05 (2006.01); H01R 43/052 (2006.01); H01R 43/28 (2006.01); H02G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/20 (2013.01) [H01R 43/048 (2013.01); H01R 43/05 (2013.01); H01R 43/052 (2013.01); H01R 43/28 (2013.01); H02G 1/1253 (2013.01); H02G 1/1265 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53209 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for assembling an electrical plug connector on a cable end of an electrical cable that has one or more inner conductors, the apparatus for assembling an electrical plug connector on a cable end of an electrical cable comprising:
a feed device for feeding the cable end of the electrical cable along a feed direction (X) to a processing station (B); and
a module group that comprises the processing station (B), a transport device for moving processing modules along a module transport direction (M) to and from the processing station (B), and at least two processing modules for assembling the electrical plug connector on the cable end of the electrical cable; and
the transport device of the module group feeds the at least two processing modules of the module group along the module transport direction (M) to the processing station (B) for processing the cable end of the electrical cable; and wherein
the feed device moves the cable end of the electrical cable in a direction counter to the feed direction (X) after the processing of the cable end by the at least two processing modules in the processing station (B); and wherein
the feed direction (X) is not the same as the module transport direction (M).