Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics
  • Publication number: 20240109337
    Abstract: A label printing and attaching system includes a label printing device and a label attaching device. The label printing device has an ink tape supply mechanism for supplying an ink tape with a label pattern. A label tape supply mechanism of the label printing device is adapted to supply a label tape that includes a carrier tape and blank label paper adhered to the carrier tape. The label printing device further includes a heat transfer machine adapted to heat transfer the label pattern on the ink tape onto the blank label paper of the label tape to obtain a desired label. The label attaching device has a label picker adapted to pick up the label with the printed label pattern from the label tape, and a moving device adapted to move the label picker to place the picked label with the printed label pattern onto a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Guoqiang Liu, Ziqiang Xiong, Kai Fu, Xueyun Zhu, Yi Li, Xuyan Yu
  • Publication number: 20240113470
    Abstract: A waterproofing element comprises a seal element and a supporting element. The seal element includes a plurality of first waterproofing portions each defining a plug hole adapted to receive and form a seal with a conductive contact, and a second waterproofing portion adapted to sealingly contact an inner wall surface of a housing. The supporting element surrounds the first waterproofing portions and is adapted to prevent misalignment of the first waterproofing portions. The second waterproofing portion arranged over the supporting element such that the supporting element presses the second waterproofing portion in a radially outward direction for forming a seal therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Ryuichi Komiyama
  • Publication number: 20240113471
    Abstract: A sealing element comprises a raised region. The raised region includes a plurality of first ridges on a first principal face, a plurality of second ridges on a second principal face opposite to the first principal face, and a central trough. The central trough is formed between the adjacent ones of the second ridges and is located in a center of the second principal face. At least one of the first ridges located in the most outer side of the plurality of first ridges is positioned offset in a width direction relative to the plurality of second ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shindo
  • Publication number: 20240110776
    Abstract: A detection device adapted to verify or determine a welding quality includes a housing, a moving assembly, a mounting bracket, and a rotating assembly. The moving assembly is movably installed on the housing and is adapted to be moved up and down in a vertical direction. The mounting bracket is fixed to the housing. The rotating assembly includes a rotating member rotatably connected to the mounting bracket and movably connected to the moving assembly, and a contact probe fixed to the rotating member. The contact probe is adapted to make sliding contact with a second component welded on a first component and to push the moving assembly to move in the vertical direction through the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xuyan Yu, Haoquan Yao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yi Li
  • 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: 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: 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: 20240106156
    Abstract: A electrical connector unit is equipped with a connector to which a cable is to be connected, the connector has an outer housing and an inner housing provided in the outer housing, the inner housing is an inner housing having a first sub housing and a second sub housing that are mutually connected via a bridge element, and the inner housing is directly engageable with the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Zhonghuan Shen
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11942295
    Abstract: A relay includes a housing, an electric contact system in the housing, an electromagnetic system in the housing, and a magnetic blowing arc-extinguish device. The electric contact system includes a static contact with a static contact portion and a movable contact with a movable contact portion. The electromagnetic system is configured to drive the movable contact to move between a closed position in which the movable contact is in electrical contact with the static contact and an opened position in which the movable contact is separated from the static contact. The magnetic blowing arc-extinguish device includes a permanent magnet statically provided near the static contact and configured to lengthen an electric arc between the static contact portion and the movable contact portion by an electromagnetic force to extinguish the electric arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoning Zhang, Teng Zou
  • Publication number: 20240097375
    Abstract: An outer end cap for sealing a connection end of an electrical connector includes a cover section covering an end face of the connection end and a collar section attached to the connection end. The cover section has a through-hole receiving a sensor cable of a sensor. The cover section and the collar section jointly form a receptacle receiving the connection end. An interior surface of the receptacle has a semi-conductive material. A connector seal is formed on the interior surface of the receptacle and a cable seal is formed in the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Winter, Torsten Friedrich
  • 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: 11933683
    Abstract: A strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a doped silicon material, a conductive shield, and an isolation element disposed between the resistor and the conductive shield. The isolation element electrically isolates the resistor from the conductive shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Eric Wagner, James Hoffman, Kim Young-Deok
  • 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: 20240088603
    Abstract: A sealing ring positioning component adapted to be fitted on an outer housing of a connector to position a sealing ring on the outer housing comprises a peripheral wall and a pushing protrusion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall. The pushing protrusion is adapted to be pushed on the outer sides of two half shells of a shielding shell of the connector such that splicing edges of the two half shells of the shielding shell are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaobing Li, Siqi (Celina) Chen
  • 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