Patents by Inventor Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu

Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu 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: 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: 12039748
    Abstract: A bubble measurement system includes a bubble detector including a vessel having a flow path configured to receive a flow of fluid includes air bubbles from a bubble generator. The bubble measurement system includes an imaging system having an imaging device for imaging the fluid and air bubbles in the flow path of the vessel of the bubble detector. The imaging system has an imaging controller coupled to the imaging device and receiving images from the imaging device. The imaging controller processes the images to measure bubble size of each air bubble passing through the bubble detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Du Wen, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Shu Wang, Lei Zhou, Michael Ritchie, Michael Pedrick, Philip Amante, Sonny O. Osunkwo
  • Publication number: 20240227057
    Abstract: A welding head includes a first welding head part having a first welding end adapted to contact a welded member, and a second welding head part having a second welding end adapted to contact the welded member. The first welding head part and the second welding head part are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction and are movable relative to each other in a vertical direction. The first and second welding head parts are sized and oriented such that, when welding the welded member, a bottom surface of one of the first welding end or the second welding end abuts a top side of the welded member, and a side surface of the other of the first welding end or the second welding end abuts one side of the welded member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240227177
    Abstract: A robot operating device includes a mobile vehicle, a guide rail installed on the mobile vehicle, and a plurality of robots slidably installed on the guide rail and movable along the guide rail. The mobile vehicles each include a mobile base having a roller at a bottom thereof, and a fixed bracket installed on the mobile base. The guide rail is fixedly installed on the fixed bracket and extends in a horizontal direction. The plurality of robots are adapted to manipulate a product manufacturing machine to manufacture products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Zongjie (Jason) Tao
  • 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: 11993465
    Abstract: A vacuum adsorption module includes a supporting block, a carrier installed and positioned on the supporting block, and a plurality of valves installed on the supporting block. The supporting block has a plurality of air connection holes, each row of air connection holes is connected to a total air path formed in the supporting block via a branch air path formed in the supporting block. The carrier has a plurality of air suction holes corresponding to the air connection holes. The valves control closing and opening of the branch air paths between the plurality of rows of air connection holes and the total air path. An adsorption length of the carrier in a column direction of the array is adjustable to match a length of an article to be adsorbed by the carrier by changing a number of the valves to be closed or opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Measurement Specialties (Chengdu) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingcong Deng, Dandan Zhang, Fengchun Xie, Lvhai Hu, Bo Pang, Haidong Wu, Jianyong Fan, Rong Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 11995860
    Abstract: A bubble measurement system includes a bubble detector including a vessel having a flow path configured to receive a flow of fluid including air bubbles from a bubble generator and an imaging system. The imaging system includes an imaging device for imaging the fluid and air bubbles in the flow path of the vessel of the bubble detector. The imaging system has an imaging controller coupled to the imaging device and receiving images from the imaging device. The imaging controller processes the images to measure bubble size of each air bubble passing through the bubble detector. The imaging controller includes a pairing module comparing successive images and the air bubbles in successive images to measure all bubbles flowing through the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Shu Wang, Du Wen, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jiankun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240170902
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes equipment adapted to produce a flexible ribbon product, a control device adapted to control working parameters of the production equipment, and a signal adjustment device adapted to adjust control signals of the control device online and in real time to adjust the working parameters. The signal adjustment device includes a visual device for capturing online and real-time images of the flexible ribbon product produced by the production equipment, and a computer. The computer includes a calculation module adapted to calculate an offset distance between an insulation film on the produced flexible ribbon product and a forming area online and in real-time based on the captured images, and an adjustment module adapted to adjust the control signals of the control device online and in real-time based on the calculated offset distance until the offset distance is equal to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Senmiao Hu, Jianfeng (Sword) Peng, Xinshen (Sam) Wu
  • Publication number: 20240165825
    Abstract: An elastic clip installation system includes a loading tray on which an elastic clip to be installed is loaded and a pickup device picking up the elastic clip from the loading tray. The pickup device includes a pair of clamping claws and a holding claw. The clamping claws grip the elastic clip from a left side and a right side of the elastic clip. The holding claw holds the elastic clip at a predetermined position on the loading tray to prevent movement of the elastic clip when the elastic clip is gripped by the clamping claws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lei (Alex) Zhou, Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Xianghao (Jorge) Bao, Yong Wang, Haidong Wu
  • Patent number: 11981515
    Abstract: An image acquisition system comprises an image capture device and a guide mechanism. The image capture device captures an image of at least a part of a surface of an article located on an article placement surface. The guide mechanism is positioned to be separated from the article placement surface. The image capture device is movably mounted on the guide mechanism such that the image capture device is movable along the guide mechanism to adjust a spacing between the image capture device and the surface of the article located on the article placement surface. The image capture device captures the image when the spacing is equal to a predetermined working distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Rong Zhang, Qing (Carrie) Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240131696
    Abstract: A robot operating device includes a mobile vehicle, a guide rail installed on the mobile vehicle, and a plurality of robots slidably installed on the guide rail and movable along the guide rail. The mobile vehicles each include a mobile base having a roller at a bottom thereof, and a fixed bracket installed on the mobile base. The guide rail is fixedly installed on the fixed bracket and extends in a horizontal direction. The plurality of robots are adapted to manipulate a product manufacturing machine to manufacture products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Zongjie (Jason) Tao
  • Publication number: 20240131610
    Abstract: A welding head includes a first welding head part having a first welding end adapted to contact a welded member, and a second welding head part having a second welding end adapted to contact the welded member. The first welding head part and the second welding head part are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction and are movable relative to each other in a vertical direction. The first and second welding head parts are sized and oriented such that, when welding the welded member, a bottom surface of one of the first welding end or the second welding end abuts a top side of the welded member, and a side surface of the other of the first welding end or the second welding end abuts one side of the welded member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 11966006
    Abstract: A cable detection system for detecting an end of a cable having a plurality of exposed different sections includes an illumination device and a camera. The illumination device emits an illuminating light to the end of the cable. The illumination device simultaneously emits a parallel light and a diffuse light to the end of the cable. The camera captures an image of the end of the cable. The parallel light sharpens a boundary between the different sections of the cable in the image, and the diffuse light clarifies a surface of the different sections in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Sai Tarun Kosaraju, Cong Lin, Tianshu Wu
  • Publication number: 20240110776
    Abstract: A detection device adapted to verify or determine a welding quality includes a housing, a moving assembly, a mounting bracket, and a rotating assembly. The moving assembly is movably installed on the housing and is adapted to be moved up and down in a vertical direction. The mounting bracket is fixed to the housing. The rotating assembly includes a rotating member rotatably connected to the mounting bracket and movably connected to the moving assembly, and a contact probe fixed to the rotating member. The contact probe is adapted to make sliding contact with a second component welded on a first component and to push the moving assembly to move in the vertical direction through the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xuyan Yu, Haoquan Yao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20240109337
    Abstract: A label printing and attaching system includes a label printing device and a label attaching device. The label printing device has an ink tape supply mechanism for supplying an ink tape with a label pattern. A label tape supply mechanism of the label printing device is adapted to supply a label tape that includes a carrier tape and blank label paper adhered to the carrier tape. The label printing device further includes a heat transfer machine adapted to heat transfer the label pattern on the ink tape onto the blank label paper of the label tape to obtain a desired label. The label attaching device has a label picker adapted to pick up the label with the printed label pattern from the label tape, and a moving device adapted to move the label picker to place the picked label with the printed label pattern onto a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Guoqiang Liu, Ziqiang Xiong, Kai Fu, Xueyun Zhu, Yi Li, Xuyan Yu
  • 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: 11935216
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Dandan Zhang, Jiankun Zhou, Lei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11933824
    Abstract: A power monitor comprises a current/voltage transformer, an electric energy meter connected in series with the current/voltage transformer, and at least one current regulating element connected between the current/voltage transformer and the electric energy meter. The current/voltage transformer connects the electric energy meter to a load to monitor the electric energy consumed by the load by the electric energy meter. When a current flowing from the current/voltage transformer to the electric energy meter is greater than or equal to a threshold current, the at least one current regulating element reduces the current to less than a rated maximum current of the electric energy meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu