Patents by Inventor Dandan ZHANG

Dandan ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11390554
    Abstract: A lead insertion system adapted to insert a lead into a glass tube includes a first robot on which a first gripper is mounted and a second robot on which a second gripper is mounted. The first gripper grips the glass tube and the second gripper grips the lead. The lead insertion system includes a flame heater heating the glass tube gripped by the first robot and the lead gripped by the second robot with a flame. The second robot inserts the lead into the glass tube held by the first robot with the lead heated by the flame and the glass tube heated and softened by the flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanicsm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Fengchun Xie, Haidong Wu
  • Patent number: 11382250
    Abstract: A positioning device that has a support table, two pairs of sliding blocks slidably mounted in the support table, a positioning plate extending vertically at the top of each sliding block, a base on which the support table is supported, a cylinder in the base, a ball in the cylinder, a piston rod slidably mounted in the cylinder and pushing the ball to move upward in a vertical direction, so that the ball drives the two pairs of sliding blocks to move away from each other in the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction, respectively, until the positioning plates of the two pairs of sliding blocks abut against four inner walls of the opening of the circuit board, respectively, to allow the electronic device to be received in a positioning slot defined by the positioning plates, and a release mechanism that drives the piston rod to move downward in the vertical direction to allow the two pairs of sliding blocks to be moved toward each other in the first horizontal direction and the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation, Shenzhen AMI Technology Co., Ltd, Measurement Specialities (China) Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Dai, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Songping Chen, Xiangyou Hou, Qinglong Zeng, Lvhai Hu, Yun Liu, Changjun Wang
  • Patent number: 11377249
    Abstract: A labeling system includes a pasting unit having a first mechanical arm adapted to pick up a label to be pasted, at least one visual device configured to guide the first mechanical arm to paste the label on an object, and at least one scanning device adapted to scan the label pasted on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Zongjie Tao
  • Patent number: 11372057
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable testing system includes a first connector including a row of first contacts electrically contacting first ends of a row of wires of a flexible flat cable, a second connector including a row of second contacts electrically contacting second ends of the row of wires, a short circuit test unit including output ports electrically connected to the row of first contacts and input ports electrically connected to the row of second contacts, a potential reader reading a potential level of each of the input ports, and a judgment unit determining whether or not a quality of the flexible flat cable is qualified according to the potential level of each of the input ports. The judgment unit determines that the quality of the flexible flat cable is qualified if the potential level of each of the input ports is equal to a high level output by each of the output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Zhonghua Xu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Yingcong Deng, Zongjie Tao
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11351622
    Abstract: A laser soldering system is disclosed. The laser soldering system has a moving system, a gripper mounted on the moving system, a presser mounted on the moving system and having a transparent member, and a laser. The gripper grips an object and places the object at a target location on a product to be soldered. The transparent member presses the object against the product. The laser emits a laser beam through the transparent member to solder the object to the target location while the object is pressed against the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Corporation, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Hongzhou Shen, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, George J. Dubniczki, Qinglong Zeng
  • Patent number: 11299308
    Abstract: An electronic product packaging system includes a robot on which a vacuum suction device adapted to pick up a packaging box and a gripper adapted to grab an electronic product are disposed, a packaging box loading platform adapted to load a pile of a plurality of the packaging boxes stacked together, a product loading device having a loading groove adapted to load a row of a plurality of the electronic products, and a packaging platform carrying the electronic products and the packaging boxes. The robot is configured to pick up the packaging box from the packaging box loading platform and place the packaging box on the packaging platform with the vacuum suction device. The robot is configured to grab the electronic product from the product loading device and place and pack the electronic product into the packaging box on the packaging platform with the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Fengchun Xie, Yun Liu, Yingcong Deng, Xiaochen Yu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 11296474
    Abstract: A flexible strip assembly system includes a first conveyor conveying a first layer of material, a pick-up device picking up a conductor and placing the conductor at a predefined position on an upper surface of the first layer of material, a second conveyor conveying a second layer of material, and a first pair of guiding rollers. The conductor is conveyed under driving of the first layer of material. The first pair of guiding rollers press and stick the second layer of material to the first layer of material and the conductor on the upper surface of the first layer of material to form a flexible strip with the conductor clamped between the first layer of material and the second layer of material. At least one of the upper surface of the first layer of material and a lower surface of the second layer of material has an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Zhonghua Xu, Zongjie Tao, 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: 11254522
    Abstract: A system for feeding a diaphragm includes a diaphragm separating device adapted to separate a diaphragm from a stack of diaphragms, a first visual device adapted to identify the diaphragm separated from the stack of diaphragms and a position of the diaphragm, a robot adapted to pick up the diaphragm separated from the stack of diaphragms under guidance of the first visual device, and a second visual device adapted to check whether the diaphragm picked up by the robot is a single diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Measurement Specialties (China) Ltd., Innogetic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Ziqing Liao, Ke Ning, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Kok Wai Wong
  • Publication number: 20220023932
    Abstract: A cable bending system comprises at least one bending module. The bending module includes an active actuator having a first body, and an active rod mounted in the first body. The active rod is movable in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of a cable to be bent. A passive actuator of the bending module includes a second body connected to the first body and defines a shaping cavity open to the active rod. The active rod pushes a portion of the cable into the shaping cavity of the second body in the first direction for bending the portion of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Zongjie Tao, Jian Cao, Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11204603
    Abstract: A terminal insertion quality monitoring system includes an acceleration sensor disposed on a gripper of a terminal insertion equipment and configured to detect a dynamic acceleration of the gripper while using the gripper to insert a terminal into a housing, a control parameter acquisition device configured to acquire a plurality of control parameters of the terminal insertion equipment while inserting the terminal into the housing, and an artificial intelligence system adapted to classify the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters into a plurality of different insertion modes by analyzing and calculating the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters. The different insertion modes have a plurality of different grades of terminal insertion quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Corporation, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongtao Liu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Zongjie Tao, Changjun Wang, Lei Zhou, Lvhai Hu
  • Publication number: 20210379624
    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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Dandan Zhang, Jiankun Zhou, Lei Zhou
  • 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: 11179834
    Abstract: An elastic sealing ring expanding apparatus includes a base on which a plurality of posts are disposed, an assembly platform supported on the base by the posts, a plurality of rods movably mounted on the assembly platform, and a driving device mounted on the base. The driving device is configured to drive the rods to move from a center of a rectangle toward a plurality of corners of the rectangle along a plurality of straight paths, expanding an elastic sealing ring sleeved on the rods into a rectangular ring with a predetermined length-width ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation, Suzhou Harmontronics Automation Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Huiyou Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210354297
    Abstract: An automatic depalletizing system comprises a robot including a gripper adapted to grip a logistics box and to unload logistics boxes stacked on a pallet. The system further includes a three-dimensional camera adapted to identify a position and an orientation of the logistics boxes so as to guide the robot to unload the logistics boxes from the pallet in a sequential manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Qing Zhou, Fengchun Xie, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lvhai Hu, Lei Yang, Ye Zhang, Ming Ni, Dong Xu
  • Publication number: 20210354189
    Abstract: A stamping strip manufacturing system comprises a stamping machine forming terminals in a strip by stamping, a supply reel around which the strip to be stamped is wound for supplying the strip to be stamped to the stamping machine, and a recovery reel around which the stamped strip is wound for recovering the stamped strip. The system further includes an autonomous mobile robot on which a cutting tool and a welding tool are mounted. The autonomous mobile robot is adapted to cut off an unqualified strip segment of the stamped strip having an unqualified terminal by operating the cutting tool, and to weld two cut ends of the cut strip to each other by operating the welding tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Fengchun Xie, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Josef Sinder, Zongjie Tao, Xiaochen Yu, Swapnilsinh Solanki, Jiankun Zhou, Tim Darr
  • Publication number: 20210354190
    Abstract: A stamping strip manufacturing system comprises a stamping machine forming terminals in a strip by stamping. A supply reel around which a strip to be stamped is wound supplies the strip to be stamped to the stamping machine, and a recovery reel around which the stamped strip is wound recovers the stamped strip. A strip cutting and welding device of the system cuts off an unqualified strip segment of the strip having an unqualified terminal and welds two cut ends of the cut strip to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Fengchun Xie, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Josef Sinder, Zongjie Tao, Xiaochen Yu, Swapnilsinh Solanki, Jiankun Zhou, Tim Darr