Patents by Inventor Ian Matthias BARNES

Ian Matthias BARNES 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).

  • Crimp quality monitoring method and system for use with a hydraulic crimping apparatus
    Patent number: 10522960
    Abstract: A method and system of monitoring crimp quality of a crimp terminal in a hydraulic crimping apparatus. The method includes: determining a pressure of a hydraulic fluid supplied to a hydraulic crimping head of the hydraulic crimping apparatus; determining a flow of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic crimping head of the hydraulic crimping apparatus; and analyzing the pressure and the flow of the hydraulic fluid to determine if a crimp is defective or not defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Valerie Lynn Amsler, Miguel Alberto Berna-Inzua, Daniel Seabra Lopes, Matthew Steven Houser, Thomas Edward Palmer, Ian Matthias Barnes
  • CRIMP QUALITY MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A HYDRAULIC CRIMPING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180323565
    Abstract: A method and system of monitoring crimp quality of a crimp terminal in a hydraulic crimping apparatus. The method includes: determining a pressure of a hydraulic fluid supplied to a hydraulic crimping head of the hydraulic crimping apparatus; determining a flow of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic crimping head of the hydraulic crimping apparatus; and analyzing the pressure and the flow of the hydraulic fluid to determine if a crimp is defective or not defective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Valerie Lynn AMSLER, Miguel Alberto BERNA-INZUA, Daniel Seabra LOPES, Matthew Steven HOUSER, Thomas Edward PALMER, Ian Matthias BARNES