Patents Assigned to Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11891201
    Abstract: A cable bundle taping device adapted to wind a tape on a coiled cable bundle includes a support frame, a conveying device mounted on the support frame and adapted to convey the tape to a standby position, a first driving wheel rotatably mounted on the support frame and having a slot extending radially inward from an outer edge of the first driving wheel, and a tape binding mechanism arranged on a side of at least one sidewall of the first driving wheel near a bottom of the slot and opposite to the tape in the standby position. The coiled cable bundle is bonded to an end of the tape at the standby position and pushed to the bottom of the slot. The tape is wound on the coiled cable bundle by rotating the tape binding mechanism under driving of the first driving wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Yun Liu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu, Hui Xiao
  • Patent number: 11851287
    Abstract: A carrier is configured to hold a product carried on a material strip during horizontal conveying of the material strip. The carrier comprises a first holding member positioned on the upper or lower side of the product on the material strip during the horizontal conveying of the material strip and extending along a conveying direction of the material strip. A first contact surface is formed on the side of the first holding member facing the product, the first contact surface is configured to contact the product during the horizontal conveying of the material strip to limit the up and down bouncing movement of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Qing (Carrie) Zhou, Yuting He, Jianglin Duan
  • Publication number: 20230364697
    Abstract: A soldering iron head includes a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a positioning slot formed on the bottom surface and extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The positioning slot is adapted to accommodate and position an exposed end conductor of a cable. The cross section of the positioning slot is trapezoidal in shape, absent a lower bottom. An upper bottom facing side of the trapezoidal cross section of the positioning slot gradually increases in width from the first side surface to the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yun Luo, Haidong Wu
  • Patent number: 11769978
    Abstract: An assembly system includes a robot, a first gripper mounted on the robot, the first gripper gripping a first housing, and a first clamping device clamping a cable and a contact connected to an end of the cable. The robot moves the first gripper and assembles the first housing gripped by the first gripper onto the contact held by the first clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH Tyco, Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, An Yang, Jian Cao, Yun Liu, Roberto Franciso-Yi Lu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu, Hui Xiao
  • Patent number: 11707755
    Abstract: A painting system includes a conveying mechanism adapted to convey a workpiece to be painted to a painting station, a holding and rotating mechanism mounted at the painting station and adapted to hold and rotate the workpiece, and a robot having a nozzle adapted to spray a paint on the workpiece held by the holding and rotating mechanism. The robot is configured to spray the paint onto the workpiece while the holding and rotating mechanism rotates the workpiece, spraying a layer of the paint on an outer surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Haidong Wu, Yuting He
  • Publication number: 20230100250
    Abstract: A protective shroud includes a shroud body, a protective door movably installed on the shroud body, and a buffer mechanism connected between the shroud body and the protective door. The buffer mechanism slows down a moving speed of the protective door. The protective door is moved between an open position and a closed position in a vertical direction to open or close the shroud body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd, TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Yuting He
  • Publication number: 20230005645
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable manufacturing system comprises a tape conveying device conveying an adhesive tape along a first direction, and a wire conveying device conveying a row of wires along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a width direction of the conveyed adhesive tape. A wire pressing device presses and pastes the part of the row of wires facing the adhesive tape onto the adhesive tape. A wire cutting device cuts the row of wires to obtain a row of wire segments pasted on the adhesive tape and separated from the row of wires and produces a flexible flat cable including the adhesive tape and the wire segments pasted on the adhesive tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhonghua Xu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu
  • Publication number: 20220404522
    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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism 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: 20220380137
    Abstract: A carrier is configured to hold a product carried on a material strip during horizontal conveying of the material strip. The carrier comprises a first holding member positioned on the upper or lower side of the product on the material strip during the horizontal conveying of the material strip and extending along a conveying direction of the material strip. A first contact surface is formed on the side of the first holding member facing the product, the first contact surface is configured to contact the product during the horizontal conveying of the material strip to limit the up and down bouncing movement of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Qing (Carrie) Zhou, Yuting He, Jianglin Duan
  • Patent number: 11495933
    Abstract: An assembly system includes a positioning unit adapted to clamp and position a cable, a supply unit adapted to supply a connector, and an insertion unit adapted to insert an end of the cable into the connector by moving the connector. The supply unit includes a conveyor belt having a side to which ends of a plurality of connectors in a row of connectors are connected, a cutting device configured to cut each connector of the row of connectors from the conveyor belt, and a conveyor configured to move the conveyor belt, so as to move the connectors individually to the cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Yun Liu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu
  • Patent number: 11403743
    Abstract: A cable detection apparatus includes a cable support and a vision system. The vision system has a camera device rotatable about an axis parallel to an axial direction of a cable to be detected, so as to capture an image of the cable, and an optical element rotated synchronously with the camera device. The optical element transmits the image of the cable to the camera device by changing an optical path of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation, Kunshan League Automechanism Co.. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongtao Liu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Yuting He
  • Patent number: 11351690
    Abstract: A cutter for cutting a linear element includes a support frame, a pair of blade holders disposed opposite to each other and movably disposed on the support frame, a pair of blades facing each other and each disposed on one of the pair of blade holders, a pair of holding blocks facing each other and each disposed on one of the pair of blade holders, and a driving device disposed on the support frame. The driving device drives the pair of blade holders to move synchronously in a direction approaching each other or a direction separating away from each other. The pair of holding blocks clamp the linear element and the pair of blades cut off the linear element clamped by the pair of holding blocks while the pair of blade holders move synchronously in the direction approaching each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Measurement Specialties (Chengdu) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Fengchun Xie, Lvhai Hu, Bo Pang, Haidong Wu, Jianyong Fan, Rong Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20220055056
    Abstract: A painting system includes a conveying mechanism adapted to convey a workpiece to be painted to a painting station, a holding and rotating mechanism mounted at the painting station and adapted to hold and rotate the workpiece, and a robot having a nozzle adapted to spray a paint on the workpiece held by the holding and rotating mechanism. The robot is configured to spray the paint onto the workpiece while the holding and rotating mechanism rotates the workpiece, spraying a layer of the paint on an outer surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Haidong Wu, Yuting He
  • Patent number: 11214442
    Abstract: An auxiliary carrier includes a first base, a first supporting base mounted on the first base and having a plurality of receiving grooves receiving a plurality of components of an electrical connector, and a first coupling portion mounted on the first base or the first supporting base. The first coupling portion is adapted to be coupled with a second coupling portion of a main carrier so that the auxiliary carrier is movable along with the main carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Yun Liu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu, Hui Xiao
  • Publication number: 20210396787
    Abstract: A digital input and output signal test platform includes a digital input signal circuit, a digital output signal circuit, and a digital signal interface circuit. The digital input signal circuit generates a plurality of digital input signals and displays the generated digital input signals. The digital output signal circuit receives a plurality of digital output signals and displays the received digital output signals. The digital signal interface circuit transmits the generated digital input signals to digital input ports of an electronic product under test, and transmits the digital output signals output from digital output ports of the electronic product to the digital output signal circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Huabin Du, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lvhai Hu, Du Wen, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Haidong Wu, Zhirong Wan, Cheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20210371236
    Abstract: A system for enabling a mobile robot to utilize an elevator autonomously comprises a pressing module including at least one pressing finger adapted to press elevator call buttons on an elevator call control panel. A lifting device of the system supports the pressing module and selectively adjusts a height position of the pressing module for aligning the at least one pressing finger on the pressing module to height positions horizontally aligned with the elevator call buttons. A controller wirelessly communicates with the mobile robot and the pressing module. In response to a command sent by the mobile robot, the controller instructs the pressing module to press an elevator call button on the elevator call control panel associated with the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Fengchun Xie, Mingyang Weng
  • Patent number: 11134600
    Abstract: An assembly system that includes a robot adapted to grip an electronic device to be mounted on a circuit board, a first vision system that identifies a position and a posture of the electronic device gripped by the robot, a fixing device that fixe a plurality of circuit boards thereon, and a second vision system that identifies a position and a posture of the circuit board fixed on the fixing device. The robot mounts the gripped electronic device on a circuit board under the visual guidance of the first vision system and the second vision system. The view field of the second vision system is not capable of completely covering a surface region of all circuit boards fixed on the fixing device. The assembly system further includes a moving mechanism that moves the second vision system in a first horizontal direction and a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, so that the second vision system completes identification of all circuit boards on the fixing device step by step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. z.o.o., TE Connectivity Corporation, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Jaroslaw Kowalski, Andrzej Przybylski, Jaroslaw Grzebski, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Fengchun Xie, Yun Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Haidong Wu, Hui Xiao
  • Publication number: 20210226399
    Abstract: An assembly system includes a positioning unit adapted to clamp and position a cable, a supply unit adapted to supply a connector, and an insertion unit adapted to insert an end of the cable into the connector by moving the connector. The supply unit includes a conveyor belt having a side to which ends of a plurality of connectors in a row of connectors are connected, a cutting device configured to cut each connector of the row of connectors from the conveyor belt, and a conveyor configured to move the conveyor belt, so as to move the connectors individually to the cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Yun Liu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu
  • Publication number: 20210154720
    Abstract: A servo-driven Z-shape bending device includes a base, a Z-shape bending module disposed on the base, a servo-drive mechanism disposed on the base, and a terminal feeding mechanism disposed on the base. The Z-shape bending module is configured to perform a bending operation on a terminal to be bent to form a Z-shaped terminal. The servo-drive mechanism is configured to servo-drive the Z-shape bending module to perform the bending operation. The terminal feeding mechanism is configured to feed the terminal to be bent to the Z-shape bending module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. z.o.o., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fengchun Xie, Jaroslaw Kowalski, Andrzej Przybylski, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Yingcong Deng, Jian Cao, Radoslaw Mrozik, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Haidong Wu