Packing device for electrical connectors

Abstract

A packing device ( 1 ) is for accommodating electrical connectors ( 2 ). The packing device includes a body ( 10 ), and a plurality of cavities ( 11 ) defined in the body. Each cavity is bounded by a bottom wall having a higher front end ( 12 ) and a lower rear end ( 13 ), a front wall ( 14 ) adjacent the front end, and a rear wall ( 15 ) adjacent the rear end. A through slot ( 18 ) is defined in the front end. When the packing device filled. with electrical connectors reaches a corner or curve of an assembly line, a rearward one of two adjacent cavities tilts. The front wall at the rearward cavity bends into the slot at the rearward cavity, instead of contacting and bending or distorting the rear wall at the adjacent forward cavity. Thus, the electrical connector in the forward cavity can be reliably picked up by a suction machine of the assembly, line.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A packing device for accommodating electrical connectors therein, the packing device comprising: 
 a longitudinal body; and    a plurality of spaced cavities defined in the body for respectively accommodating the electrical connectors therein, each of the cavities being bounded by a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall of the body;    wherein a through slot is defined in the bottom wall at each of the cavities adjacent the front wall or the rear wall.    
     
     
         2 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the cavities are arranged end to end, and a gap is defined between the front wall at any one of the cavities and an opposing rear wall at an adjacent cavity.  
     
     
         3 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the bottom wall at each of the cavities comprises a higher front end and a lower rear end.  
     
     
         4 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the through slot is defined in the front end of the bottom wall at each of the cavities.  
     
     
         5 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein when the electrical connectors are accommodated in the packing device, gaps are defined between each of the electrical connectors and corresponding adjacent front and rear walls at the corresponding cavity.  
     
     
         6 . A packing device for accommodating electrical connectors therein, the packing device comprising: 
 a longitudinal body; and    a plurality of spaced cavities defined in the body for respectively accommodating the electrical connectors therein, each of the cavities being bounded by a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall of the body;    wherein one of the front and rear walls at each of the cavities can bend toward the bottom wall of the cavity.    
     
     
         7 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the cavities are arranged end to end, and a gap is defined between the front wall at any one of the cavities and an opposing rear wall at an adjacent cavity.  
     
     
         8 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the bottom wall at each of the cavities comprises a higher front end and a lower rear end.  
     
     
         9 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein a slot is defined in the front end of the bottom wall at each of the cavities.  
     
     
         10 . The packing device as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein when the electrical connectors are accommodated in the packing device, gaps are defined between each of the electrical connectors and corresponding adjacent front and rear walls at the corresponding cavity.  
     
     
         11 . A packing device assembly comprising: 
 a longitudinal body defining a lengthwise direction thereof;    a plurality of cavities defined in the body and spaced from one another along said lengthwise direction, each of said cavities defining a bottom wall with front and rear walls at two ends thereof along said lengthwise direction;    a plurality of connectors being disposed in each of said cavities, respectively;    a space being formed between the connector and the front wall of the corresponding cavity when said cavity is in a horizontal manner; wherein    a stand-by cavity of said cavities following and adjacent to a neighboring horizontal working cavity of said cavities, is obliquely, relative to the working horizontal cavity, extending along said lengthwise direction under a condition that the corresponding front wall is deflected into the corresponding space toward the corresponding connector therein, without interfering with the rear wall of said neighboring horizontal working cavity.