Patents by Inventor Lvhai (Samuel) Hu

Lvhai (Samuel) Hu 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: 12085627
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing a cable assembly includes a first air tightness tester, a second air tightness tester and an electrical tester. A first test device is operably connected to the first air tightness tester and the electrical tester, and a second test device is operably connected to the second air tightness tester and the electrical tester. With a first cable connector and a second cable connector of a cable installed on a respective one of the first test device and the second test device, an air tightness test and an electrical test are performed on the first cable connector and the second cable connector simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Haomai (Ivan) Yin, Xuexiong (Ricky) Jiang, Jian Chen, Jinxian (Tony) Wang
  • Patent number: 12072296
    Abstract: A portable visual inspection apparatus comprises a box including a lower box portion and an upper box portion. The upper box portion defines a first accommodation space and is connected to the lower box portion such that is capable of being opened and closed. A visual inspection device is installed in the first accommodation space and is adapted to be switched between an expanded configuration in which the visual inspection device is at least partially expanded for photographing an image of an article, and a folded configuration in which the visual inspection device is at least partially folded for storage in the first accommodation space. A support platform is arranged in the lower box portion and defines an inspection area below the visual inspection device in the expanded configuration. The portable visual inspection apparatus is switchable between a use configuration and a transportation configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Qing (Carrie) Zhou, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Huabin Du, Mark Andrew Ondo, Sonny O Osunkwo, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240242858
    Abstract: A cable clamping device includes a first clamping device having a first fixture for clamping a cable and a second clamping device having a second fixture for clamping the cable. The first fixture clamps at a predetermined location on the cable. The cable has an extension section extending a predetermined length forward from the first fixture. The second fixture clamps on the extension section of the cable to align the extension section of the cable with a cable processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240239627
    Abstract: A pin wheel includes an outer wheel having an inner cavity extending through the outer wheel along an axial direction and a plurality of radial through-holes communicated with the inner cavity, an inner wheel assembled in the inner cavity to rotate together with the outer wheel, a plurality of pins respectively and movably installed in the radial through-holes, and a plurality of springs making the pins floatable in the radial through-holes. A first end of each of the pins extends out of one of the radial through-holes to engage with a positioning hole of a terminal material strip. A plurality of grooves are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner wheel. The grooves of the inner wheel respectively correspond to a second end of each of the pins to allow the second ends of the pins to each enter one of the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 12011792
    Abstract: A loading workstation comprises a docking station including a first transmission device adapted to transmit a carrier for loading components, and a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle includes a second transmission device, a feeding device and a loading device. The second transmission device is adapted to dock with the first transmission device to allow the carrier to be continuously transmitted on the first transmission device and the second transmission device. The feeding device is adapted to supply components to be loaded. The loading device is adapted to load the supplied components onto the carrier that has been transferred to the second transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Jian Cao, An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xianghao (Jorge) Bao
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11921029
    Abstract: A product index mechanism for a product inspection system includes a material strip driving wheel and an index structure driving wheel. The material strip driving wheel engages with a material strip carrying a plurality of products to be inspected by an inspection device of the product inspection system. The driving wheel drives the material strip to move. The index structure driving wheel rotates synchronously with the material strip driving wheel and includes a plurality of product index structures thereon. As a product on the material strip is moved by the material strip driving wheel to an inspection position of the inspection device, one product index structure on the index structure driving wheel is rotated to a trigger position corresponding to a trigger of the inspection system. Activation of the trigger transmits a trigger signal to the inspection device to inspect the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Qing (Carrie) Zhou, Rong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11906600
    Abstract: An electrical test device for testing electrical characteristics of a cable assembly with a plurality of cable connectors includes a frame having a test platform, and an electrical tester mounted on the frame for testing the electrical characteristics of the cable assembly. A cable connecting and holding mechanism is provided on the test platform and includes a plurality of connector carriers, wherein each connector carrier holds one of the plurality of cable connectors of the cable assembly and electrically connecting the one cable connector to the electrical tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu
  • Publication number: 20240017950
    Abstract: A product packaging tape winding device includes a moving bracket, a rotating shaft which is rotatably mounted on the moving bracket, and two groups of reels. The rotating shaft has two shaft parts extending from both sides of the moving bracket. The two groups of reels are installed on respective ones of the two shaft parts of the rotating shaft to rotate with the rotating shaft. The device is adapted such that when one group of reels has been fully wound with the product packaging tape, the moving bracket is moved to move the one group of reels from a working position to a standby position and move the other group of reels from the standby position to the working position, so as to continue winding the product packaging tape with the other group of reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Fengchun (Fred) Xie, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Anatolij Lindt, Sven Uhl, Steffen Joas, Jian Cao, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Frank Stredak, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Xianghao (Jorge) Bao, Haidong Wu
  • 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: 20230369819
    Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a cable assembly into a housing comprises a cable control module and a housing control module. The cable control module includes a terminal clamping device adapted to clamp to two terminals of the cable assembly, and a core wire clamping device adapted to clamp to two core wires of the cable assembly on which the terminals are crimped. The housing control module includes a housing clamping device adapted to hold the housing while the two terminals are inserted into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20230283033
    Abstract: A cutting device for cutting an initial product into a plurality of products comprises a base, a cutter seat and a cutter. The initial product includes an insulator and a plurality of groups of terminals fixed on the insulator. The base of the cutting device includes a plurality of slots arranged side by side, and a first positioning slot formed on an inner sidewall of each of the slots of the base and adapted to position one of the terminals of the initial product. The cutter seat is inserted into one of the plurality of slots and defines a blade slit. The cutter is adapted to be inserted into the blade slit to cut off the insulator of the initial product to form the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, An (Joshua) Yang, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20230249295
    Abstract: A loading workstation comprises a docking station including a first transmission device adapted to transmit a carrier for loading components, and a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle includes a second transmission device, a feeding device and a loading device. The second transmission device is adapted to dock with the first transmission device to allow the carrier to be continuously transmitted on the first transmission device and the second transmission device. The feeding device is adapted to supply components to be loaded. The loading device is adapted to load the supplied components onto the carrier that has been transferred to the second transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics ( Shanghai ) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Jian Cao, An ( Joshua ) Yang, Lvhai ( Samuel ) Hu, Dangdan ( Emily ) Zhang, Fengchum ( Fred ) Xie, Yun ( Shanghai ) Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xianghao (Jorge ) Bao
  • Publication number: 20230249303
    Abstract: A carrier transmission device comprises a slide rail, a rack and a pair of gears. The slide rail extends along a transmission direction of a carrier to be transmitted and is adapted to slidingly guide the carrier. The rack extends along the transmission direction and is connectable to, or integrally formed on, the carrier. The pair of gears are spaced by a predetermined distance in the transmission direction and are adapted to engage with the rack and drive the carrier to move in the transmission direction on the slide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, An (Joshua) Yang, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20230145849
    Abstract: A cable supply system includes a cable supply device supplying a cable, a cable buffer device storing a portion of the cable supplied from the cable supply device, and a control device controlling a cable storage amount of the cable buffer device. The control device controls the cable storage amount of the cable buffer device according to a cable supply speed of the cable supply device such that a cable output speed output from the cable buffer device is equal to a predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20230096164
    Abstract: A connector assembly device includes a terminal clamping device clamping and fixing a terminal of a connector and an insertion module. The insertion module includes a housing clamping device clamping and fixing a housing of the connector, a terminal guide device having a conical guide hole guiding the terminal into the housing, and a linear moving device driving the housing clamping device and the terminal guide device to move towards the terminal. The terminal is inserted into the housing through the conical guide hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • 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: 20230099847
    Abstract: A cable core wire orientation adjustment system includes a cable rotation module adjusting two core wires of a cable exposed from an end of the cable to a predetermined orientation by rotating the end of the cable. The cable core wire orientation adjustment system can automatically adjust the orientation of the two exposed core wires at the end of the cable, improving the orientation adjustment efficiency of the cable core wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20230094516
    Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle system includes an automatic guided vehicle and a docking station for docking with the automatic guided vehicle. One of the automatic guided vehicle and the docking station has a pair of first vertical guide surfaces and the other has a pair of rows of rollers. The first vertical guide surfaces extend a predetermined length along a first horizontal direction and are spaced by a predetermined distance in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The rows of rollers are in rolling contact with the first vertical guide surfaces to guide the automatic guided vehicle to a predetermined position in the docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu