US 12,451,271 B2
Multi-station machine for producing hybrid electrical wiring
Riccardo Francesco Robone, Turin (IT); and Stefano Zuin, Turin (IT)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L., Turin (IT)
Filed by TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l., Turin (IT)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,482.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000028505 (IT), filed on Nov. 26, 2020; and application No. 102021000024221 (IT), filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0223321 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01B 13/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01); H01R 43/05 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 13/0003 (2013.01) [H01B 13/0036 (2013.01); H01R 43/0482 (2013.01); H01R 43/05 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49174 (2015.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine, comprising:
a first feeding station configured to feed at least one electrical wire;
a crimping station having at least one crimping tool, the crimping station is connected to the first feeding station by a track;
an insulation displacement connection (IDC) connection station connected to the crimping station by the track; and
a holding and transfer device that is movable along the track, the holding and transfer device having;
at least one actuator, the holding and transfer device configured to receive the at least one electrical wire from the first feeding station and transferring one or both ends of a first wire from the first feeding station to one or both of the crimping station and the IDC; and
a holder comb disposed on the holding and transfer device, the holder comb having:
a frame;
a plurality of seats disposed on the frame and sized so as to accommodate electrical wires; and
a temporary storage area, the temporary storage area includes two seats of the plurality of seats placed at a first distance, a spring is positioned between the two seats of the temporary storage area and a width between the two seats is dynamically adjusted by the spring when introducing the electrical wires into the two seats.