Method and apparatus for automatically inserting an electrical contact into an electrical connector
CA 1182624 A · Owner: Bendix Corporation (The) · Inventors: Waghorn, Robert D.
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Two embodiments of apparatus and method for automatically inserting electrical contacts into an electrical connector (31) are disclosed. Each electrical contact (14) is of the type having a retaining shoulder (21) and the electrical connector is of the type adapted to retain the contacts in cavities (62) formed in the connector. The apparatus includes a vibrating bowl (12 112) which orients the contacts by vibrating and releases the oriented contacts one at a time. In the first embodiment, a rotary indexer (26), having a plurality of contact receiving passages (40) formed about its outer periphery receives the oriented contacts, rotates about its axis (27) and releases the reoriented …
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- Granted February 19, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 19, 2002.
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