Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Hallman

Michael Edward Hallman 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).

  • Terminal crimping system with wire alignment aid
    Patent number: 9548580
    Abstract: A terminal crimping system for a crimping machine includes an anvil, a movable ram, an image acquisition device, and a display device. The anvil is located in a crimping zone and configured to receive a terminal thereon. The terminal has a wire crimp barrel configured to receive a wire therein. The ram has crimp tooling configured to crimp the wire crimp barrel of the terminal to the wire during a crimp stroke of the ram. The image acquisition device is configured to be mounted on the crimping machine above the crimping zone. The image acquisition device is positioned to acquire an image of the wire within the wire crimp barrel of the terminal in the crimping zone. The display device is configured to display the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Edward Hallman, Mark Elton Unger, III
  • TERMINAL CRIMPING SYSTEM WITH WIRE ALIGNMENT AID
    Publication number: 20150340827
    Abstract: A terminal crimping system for a crimping machine includes an anvil, a movable ram, an image acquisition device, and a display device. The anvil is located in a crimping zone and configured to receive a terminal thereon. The terminal has a wire crimp barrel configured to receive a wire therein. The ram has crimp tooling configured to crimp the wire crimp barrel of the terminal to the wire during a crimp stroke of the ram. The image acquisition device is configured to be mounted on the crimping machine above the crimping zone. The image acquisition device is positioned to acquire an image of the wire within the wire crimp barrel of the terminal in the crimping zone. The display device is configured to display the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Edward Hallman, Mark Elton Unger, III