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).

  • Publication number: 20170348800
    Abstract: A welding system for welding a first elongated element and a second elongated element together by a laser beam that is emitted from a laser welding head after the ideal welding center point of the aligned first and second elongated elements has been positioned at a focal point of the laser beam that is emitted from the laser welding head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Measurement Specialities (Chengdu) Ltd, TE Connectivity Corporation, Shenzhen AMI Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Lan Gong, Qian Ying, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Yun Liu, Qinglong Zeng, Yong Yan, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20170274483
    Abstract: A cutting system is disclosed. The cutting system comprises a moving mechanism, a cutter mounted on the moving mechanism, a support table having a material plate disposed thereon, and a fixation device including a pressing plate having a row of teeth defining a row of teeth slots. The row of teeth press the material plate on the support table while the moving mechanism drives the cutter to move along edges of the row of teeth slots. The cutter cuts a plurality of workpieces out of the material plate by a single cutting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Liu, Liming Xin, Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 9750170
    Abstract: An automatic assembling system, comprising: a robot performing an operation of inserting a first member into a second member; a force sensor for detecting an insertion force exerted on the first member by the robot; and a controller for controlling the insertion force with a closed-loop feedback control according to a difference between the insertion force detected by the force sensor and a predetermined insertion force, so that the insertion force is less than the predetermined insertion force to protect the first member and/or the second member from damage due to an overlarge insertion force. The present invention also is directed to a method for automatically assembling a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Corporation, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Fengchun Xie, Robert Neil Shaddock
  • Publication number: 20170242202
    Abstract: A system for automatically inserting fibers is disclosed. The system comprises a cable having a plurality of fibers, a ferrule having a plurality of bores, a moving mechanism movable in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction that are perpendicular to each other, a cable holder mounted on the moving mechanism and holding the cable, and a vision device. The moving mechanism moves the cable holder under the guidance of the vision device to align the plurality of fibers with the ferrule and insert the plurality of fibers into the plurality of bores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Fengchun Xie, Dandan Zhang, Lyhai Hu, Hang Lee, Yu Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20170217785
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to inorganic halide perovskite nanowires. In one aspect, a first solution comprising cesium oleate or rubidium oleate in a first organic solvent is provided. A second solution comprising a lead halide and a surfactant in a second organic solvent is provided. The halide is selected from a group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine. The first solution and the second solution are mixed. A reaction between the cesium oleate or the rubidium oleate and the lead halide forms a plurality of nanowires comprising an inorganic lead halide perovskite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Peidong Yang, Letian Dou, Dandan Zhang, Minliang Lai, Andrew B. Wong
  • Publication number: 20170165915
    Abstract: A 3D printing system is disclosed. The 3D printing system has a print head and a positioning platform. The positioning platform supports and positions a product printed by the print head. The positioning platform is movable with respect to the print head in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction perpendicular to each other. The positioning platform is also rotatable with respect to the print head about at least two of the first, second, and third directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Liming Xin, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco Yi-Lu, Lvhai Hu, Yun Liu
  • Publication number: 20170164231
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a data transmission method to resolve a collision problem in a data transmission process in a scenario in which different processing latencies coexist. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, a quality of service QoS parameter of at least one service, where the QoS parameter includes any one or a combination of at least two of: latency sensitivity, a resorting indication parameter, an RTT indication parameter, or a TTI indication parameter; configuring, by the base station, a radio bearer according to the QoS parameter; and transmitting the data according to the configured radio bearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Wei QUAN, Dandan ZHANG, Jian ZHANG, Bingzhao LI
  • Publication number: 20170157738
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus is disclosed. The polishing apparatus has a base, a carrier, an elevating mechanism, a pressing mechanism, and a polishing mechanism. The carrier has a plurality of work pieces disposed thereon. The elevating mechanism is mounted on the base and has a pair of positioning plates. The carrier is disposed on the pair of positioning plates. The pressing mechanism is mounted on the base and has a pair of pressing heads each including an arc-shaped protrusion respectively pressing each of a pair of opposite ends of the carrier against the pair of positioning plates. The polishing mechanism is mounted on the base and polishes the plurality of work pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Liming Xin, Lvhai Hu, Yun Liu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20170164242
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data transmission method and apparatus. After receiving uplink shared resource information sent by an eNB, the UE can parse the uplink shared resource information to obtain location information, and can transmit uplink data on one of uplink shared resources corresponding to the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Dandan Zhang, Yu Wang, Jinhua Miao, Sha Ma
  • Publication number: 20170164363
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a data transmission method, user equipment, and a base station, so as to resolve a conflict problem in a data transmission process with coexistence of different processing delay scenarios. The method in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: receiving, by user equipment, a control message sent by a base station, where the control message is used to determine an RTT length corresponding to data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station; determining, by the user equipment according to the control message, the round-trip time RTT length corresponding to the data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station; and performing, by the user equipment, transmission of the data with the base station according to the RTT length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dandan ZHANG, Wei QUAN, Jian ZHANG, Bingzhao LI
  • Publication number: 20170118845
    Abstract: A pre-tin shaping system is disclosed. The pre-tin shaping system comprises a base securely holding a circuit board having a pre-tin layer, a heat-press unit having a contact tip, and a movable unit moving the heat-press unit relative to the base. The contact tip is movable to shape the pre-tin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen AMI Technology Co. Ltd, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Hongzhou Shen, Dandan Zhang, Qinglong Zeng, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, George Dubniczki
  • Patent number: 9626753
    Abstract: A programmable digital machine vision inspection system is disclosed having a programmable automatic feeding system that supplies elements to be inspected, a programmable robot system, a programmable inspection system, a qualified product receiving container, and an unqualified product receiving container. The programmable robot system has a first vision system with an inspection area, and a robot that grips the supplied element and moves the gripped element to and from the inspection area. The programmable inspection system has a second vision system that identifies features of the elements in the inspection area, and determines whether the element is a qualified product based on the identified features. The qualified product receiving container receives identified qualified products from the robot, and the unqualified product receiving container that receives identified unqualified products from the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation, Shenzhen AMI Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lvhai Hu, Zinglong Zeng
  • Patent number: 9586342
    Abstract: A method of injecting a sealing gel into a recess of a work piece, comprising steps of: injecting the sealing gel into the recess and stopping the injection of the sealing gel when the sealing gel reaches a first depth less than the total depth of the recess; after the sealing gel has cooled and solidified, continuing the injection of the sealing gel into the recess and stopping the injection of the sealing gel when the sealing gel reaches another depth higher than the first depth; and repeatedly performing the previous step until the cooled and solidified sealing gel in the recess has a top surface beyond a sealing interface surface of the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Neil Shaddock, Fengchun Xie, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu
  • Publication number: 20170056931
    Abstract: An automatic distributor is disclosed. The automatic distributor comprises a base, a storage device mounted on the base to store a plurality of components with different shapes thereon, a recognition device configured to recognize the components stored on the storage device, and a pickup device configured to pick up the components based on a recognition result of the recognition device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation, Zhuhai Yingzhi Tech Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongzhou Shen, Dandan Zhang, Kok Wai Wong, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, George Dubniczki
  • Publication number: 20170057026
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus production system is disclosed. The electronic apparatus production system comprises a transmission rail in the form of a substantially closed loop, a plurality of storage trays circulating on the transmission rail, each of the storage trays comprising a plurality of holding portions to hold a plurality of components with different shapes, an automatic distributor configured to mount the components with different shapes on respective holding portions, and an automatic assembler configured to grip the components on the storage tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation, Zhuhai Yingzhi Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongzhou Shen, Dandan Zhang, Kok Wai Wong, George Dubniczki
  • Publication number: 20170050319
    Abstract: A programmable machine vision device includes: an I/O (input/output) layer adapted to connect with various cameras, controllers of various external executing mechanisms and various databases; an algorithm and control layer adapted to process images captured by various cameras and perform an internal logic control; and a GUI (graphic user interface) layer through which a user interacts with the programmable machine vision device. The algorithm and control layer receives the image captured by the camera through the I/O layer, processes and analyzes the received image, makes a judgment, and sends processing, analyzing and judging results to the controller of the external executing mechanism, so as to control the external executing mechanism to execute various machine vision tasks. The programmable machine vision device is adapted to various different brands of cameras, controllers of various different brands of external executing mechanisms, and various different kinds of databases and has good commonality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20160346858
    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: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation, Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd
    Inventors: Hongzhou Shen, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-yi Lu, George J. Dubniczki, Qinglong Zeng
  • Publication number: 20160346932
    Abstract: An automatic calibration method for a robot system is disclosed. The automatic calibration method for a robot system includes the steps of calibrating a sensor and a sensor coordinate system of the sensor with respect to a world coordinate system, controlling a robot under the guidance of the sensor to move a point of a tool mounted on the robot to reach a same target point with a plurality of different poses, the point of the tool in a tool coordinate system, and calculating a transformation matrix tcpTt of the tool coordinate system with respect to a tool center point coordinate system based on pose data of the robot at the same target point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-yi Lu, Lvhai Hu
  • Publication number: 20160128243
    Abstract: An automatic component loading system is disclosed. The automatic component loading system has a loading device, a conveying device having a plurality of first pin receiving slots and a plurality of first component receiving trays positioned around a circumference of the conveying device, and a position correcting device having at least one pin that corresponds with the plurality of first pin receiving slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd, Shenzhen AMI Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Yaodong Wu, Zhenliang Chen, Zhao Li, Jin Su, Zhi Li, Qinglong Zeng
  • Publication number: 20160074909
    Abstract: A component sorting mechanism is disclosed. The component sorting mechanism includes a vibrating plate, a feeding tray having a plurality of grooves in an inner bottom surface thereof, the feeding tray mounted on the vibrating plate, and a first driving device connected to the feeding tray. The first driving device drives the feeding tray to swing within a predetermined angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Corporation, Shenzhen Shengli Jingji Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Qinglong Zeng