Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240136775
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing in a form of a bent tube. The housing includes a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, and a bent portion connected between the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion. The first tubular portion and the second tubular portion extend at an angle of more than 0 degree and less than 180 degrees relative to each other. The housing is adapted to hold a cable extending through an interior thereof, wherein the cable is bent within the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Feng, Yuchen Yang, Ziwei (Vivi) Li, Xiao (Nichee) Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240136741
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation housing having opposite first and second sides, an array of a plurality of conductive terminals, a plurality of solder balls, and a spacer. The conductive terminals are mounted within the insulation housing, with each conductive terminal having a contact segment and an opposite solder segment. The contact segment is at least partially exposed from the first side, and the solder segment is at least partially exposed from the second side. Each solder ball is connected to the solder segment of a corresponding conductive terminal. The spacer is disposed on the second side of the insulation housing and is positioned between adjacent solder balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinlei (Tony) Li, Hailong (Sanders) Yan, Qiaoli (Cherie) Chen
  • Publication number: 20240136774
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation housing, a conductive housing assembled to the insulation housing, a plurality of conductive terminals installed within both the insulation housing and the conductive housing, and a spacer. The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of ground terminals in contact with the conductive housing to electrically connect the plurality of ground terminals together. The spacer is connected to the insulation housing such that the conductive housing is positioned between the insulation housing and the spacer. The spacer is formed with a clamping structure clamping the conductive housing and the ground terminals together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Xinlei (Tony) Li, Hailong (Sanders) Yan, Junya Tsuji, Masaaki Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20240131610
    Abstract: A welding head includes a first welding head part having a first welding end adapted to contact a welded member, and a second welding head part having a second welding end adapted to contact the welded member. The first welding head part and the second welding head part are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction and are movable relative to each other in a vertical direction. The first and second welding head parts are sized and oriented such that, when welding the welded member, a bottom surface of one of the first welding end or the second welding end abuts a top side of the welded member, and a side surface of the other of the first welding end or the second welding end abuts one side of the welded member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240131696
    Abstract: A robot operating device includes a mobile vehicle, a guide rail installed on the mobile vehicle, and a plurality of robots slidably installed on the guide rail and movable along the guide rail. The mobile vehicles each include a mobile base having a roller at a bottom thereof, and a fixed bracket installed on the mobile base. The guide rail is fixedly installed on the fixed bracket and extends in a horizontal direction. The plurality of robots are adapted to manipulate a product manufacturing machine to manufacture products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Zongjie (Jason) Tao
  • Patent number: 11966006
    Abstract: A cable detection system for detecting an end of a cable having a plurality of exposed different sections includes an illumination device and a camera. The illumination device emits an illuminating light to the end of the cable. The illumination device simultaneously emits a parallel light and a diffuse light to the end of the cable. The camera captures an image of the end of the cable. The parallel light sharpens a boundary between the different sections of the cable in the image, and the diffuse light clarifies a surface of the different sections in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Sai Tarun Kosaraju, Cong Lin, Tianshu Wu
  • Publication number: 20240128671
    Abstract: A terminal comprises a terminal body including a pair of terminal plates spaced opposite each other in a height direction, and a pair of elastic contact members arranged on respective inner sides of the pair of terminal plates. Each elastic contact member includes an elastic arm having an extension direction inclined with respect to a length direction of the terminal body. The elastic arms are adapted to clamp to a mating terminal inserted therebetween along the extension direction to achieve electrical connection between the terminal and the mating terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai)) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weidong Zhang, Wenzheng Ma, Jian Wang, Pengsheng Jiang, Zaiyun Bai
  • Publication number: 20240128729
    Abstract: A junction box includes a box body, a connector core, and a connector housing. The connector core is integrally molded with the box body. The connector housing is formed separately from the box body and the connector core and is embedded within the box body during molding of the box body and the connector core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoqiang (David) Li, Yong (Chris) Wang, Jianfei (Fencer) Yu, Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 11961638
    Abstract: A cable includes a pair of conductors extending longitudinally and spaced apart from each other, an inner insulating layer circumferentially wrapped around an outside of the conductors and fixing the conductors, a conductive shielding layer circumferentially wrapped around an outside of the inner insulating layer, and an outer insulating layer circumferentially wrapped around an outer peripheral surface of the conductive shielding layer. At least one of the conductive shielding layer and the outer insulating layer includes a pair of diametrically opposed circumferential halves. Each circumferential half surrounds a part of a circumference of the inner insulating layer and extends longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiwei (Jack) Guo, Hainan (Harlan) Lu
  • Patent number: 11945658
    Abstract: A platform for processing a workpiece includes a transmission mechanism, a plurality of workstations and a plurality of movable vehicles. The transmission mechanism transports the workpiece to be processed to one of the plurality of workstations. Each movable vehicle includes a processing module and a docking interface adapted to connect with a docking station of each workstation. The movable vehicles are each adapted to move in and out of each workstation, and each processing module is adapted to process the workpiece transmitted to the workstation after the movable vehicle is moved in and positioned in the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Qingdao) Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, An (Joshua) Yang, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Wenhe Ma, Peng Ji, Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Tao Xu
  • Publication number: 20240106141
    Abstract: An electrical connection terminal includes a welding part welded to a solder pad of a battery pack cell to be electrically connected to the battery pack cell, a press fitting part pressed into a hole on a battery pack signal acquisition board to be electrically connected to the battery pack signal acquisition board, and an elastic part connected between the welding part and the press fitting part. The press fitting part is elastically floated in a length direction of the electrical connection terminal relative to the welding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi (George) Fu, Wei (Rock) Lv, Wei Zhang, Dingbing (Frank) Fan, Xiang Li
  • Publication number: 20240106175
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes an installation seat having a pair of first installation holes and a second installation hole, a pair of first connectors respectively detachably inserted into the first installation holes, and a second connector detachably inserted into the second installation hole. Each of the first connectors has a power terminal. The second connector has a signal terminal and a grounding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuexiu Li, Xiao (Nichee) Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240099542
    Abstract: A system adapted to detect rotation of at least two spray arms of a household appliance spaced along a longitudinal axis of the appliance includes a first detection magnet, a second detection magnet and a magnetic sensor. The first detection magnet is arranged on a first spray arm of the at least two spray arms. The second detection magnet is arranged on a second spray arm of the at least two spray arms. A magnetic field direction of the second detection magnet is different from a magnetic field direction of the first detection magnet. The magnetic sensor is arranged in the household appliance and is adapted to sense a motion status of the first detection magnet and the second detection magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Bian, Yongyao Cai, Shaoyong Wang, Lei Pan, Nicholas Langston, Stephen Descioli, Richard T. Shell
  • Publication number: 20240101370
    Abstract: An object pickup system includes an object pickup device and a calculation device. The object pickup device includes a first bracket, a suction cup installed on the first bracket and adapted to be affixed to a top surface of an object, and a distance sensor installed on the first bracket and adapted to rotate with the first bracket to scan the top surface of the object. The calculation device is operatively connected to the distance sensor. The calculation device is adapted to calculate a distance from the top surface of the object to the distance sensor and a position of an edge of an opening on the top surface of the object based on the distance data collected by the distance sensor during a scanning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240097354
    Abstract: A conductive terminal includes a first pair of clamping arms forming a first clamping portion for connecting with a wire, and a second pair of clamping arms connected to the first pair of clamping arms by a connecting part. The first clamping portion has a first clamping sub-portion and a second clamping sub-portion distributed along a length direction. The second pair of clamping arms forms a second clamping portion. The second clamping portion has a third clamping sub-portion and a fourth clamping sub-portion distributed along the length direction. The first clamping sub-portion corresponds to the third clamping sub-portion in the length direction. A width of the first clamping sub-portion is greater than a width of the third clamping sub-portion. The second clamping sub-portion corresponds to the fourth clamping sub-portion in the length direction. A width of the second clamping sub-portion is less than a width of the fourth clamping sub-portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunjie Hu, Tongbao (Tim) Ding, Yongjian (Justin) Huang, Thomas Klenner
  • Patent number: 11933737
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting a workpiece with multiple surfaces includes a rotary table carrying the workpiece and moving the workpiece by rotation and a plurality of photographing devices arranged at a plurality of different positions around the rotary table. Each photographing device has an image capture device capturing an image of a corresponding surface of the workpiece that is moved to the image capture device. An orientation of the image capture device is defined by a first offset angle and a second offset angle when the image capture device captures the image of the corresponding surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP Guangdong Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Yanlin Huang, Yangqin Ma, Wei Yang, Guishou Chen, Ming Yang, Yuanyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 11933824
    Abstract: A power monitor comprises a current/voltage transformer, an electric energy meter connected in series with the current/voltage transformer, and at least one current regulating element connected between the current/voltage transformer and the electric energy meter. The current/voltage transformer connects the electric energy meter to a load to monitor the electric energy consumed by the load by the electric energy meter. When a current flowing from the current/voltage transformer to the electric energy meter is greater than or equal to a threshold current, the at least one current regulating element reduces the current to less than a rated maximum current of the electric energy meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 11935216
    Abstract: A vision inspection system includes a sorting platform having an upper surface supporting parts for inspection. An inspection station is positioned adjacent the sorting platform including an imaging device to image the parts in a field of view. A vision inspection controller receives images from the imaging device. The vision inspection controller includes an image histogram tool to pre-process the images to improve contrast of the images by redistributing lightness values of the images based on adaptive histogram equalization processing to generate enhanced images. The vision inspection controller processes the enhanced images based on an image analysis model to determine inspection results for each of the parts. The vision inspection controller has an artificial intelligence learning module operated to customize and configure the image analysis model based on the enhanced images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Dandan Zhang, Jiankun Zhou, Lei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240088591
    Abstract: A conductive terminal assembly includes at least three layers of conductive terminals. Each layer of conductive terminals has a terminal body, one or more elastic arms extending from the terminal body, and a contact end at an end of each elastic arm distal from the terminal body in a first direction. The terminal bodies of the at least three layers of conductive terminals are overlapped with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The contact ends of the at least three layers of conductive terminals are at least partially staggered and arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The contact ends are capable of electrically contacting a mating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu, Hongqiang (Sean) Han, Jie (Roger) Luo
  • Publication number: 20240088592
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing defining a slot in which a mating component can be at least partially inserted, a conductive terminal installed in the housing and having a contact end capable of electrically contacting the mating component, and a supporting member elastically supporting the contact end. The supporting member has a cantilever beam and a supporting arm extending from the cantilever beam. The cantilever beam at least partially abuts a first surface of the contact end facing an inner wall of the housing and applies an elastic force to the contact end. The supporting arm is positioned at least partially between the cantilever beam and the inner wall. The supporting arm elastically supports the cantilever beam and the contact end when pressed against the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu, Hongqiang (Sean) Han, Jie (Roger) Luo