Terminal insertion quality monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11204603-B2
Application number	US-201916568320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2019
Priority date	Sep 12, 2018
Publication date	Dec 21, 2021
Grant date	Dec 21, 2021

Abstract

A terminal insertion quality monitoring system includes an acceleration sensor disposed on a gripper of a terminal insertion equipment and configured to detect a dynamic acceleration of the gripper while using the gripper to insert a terminal into a housing, a control parameter acquisition device configured to acquire a plurality of control parameters of the terminal insertion equipment while inserting the terminal into the housing, and an artificial intelligence system adapted to classify the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters into a plurality of different insertion modes by analyzing and calculating the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters. The different insertion modes have a plurality of different grades of terminal insertion quality. The artificial intelligence system is configured to monitor a terminal insertion quality of the terminal according to the insertion mode to which the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters correspond.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal insertion quality monitoring system comprising:
an acceleration sensor disposed on a gripper of a terminal insertion equipment and configured to detect a dynamic acceleration of the gripper while using the gripper to insert a terminal into a housing;
a control parameter acquisition program adapted to acquire a plurality of control parameters of the terminal insertion equipment while inserting the terminal into the housing;
an artificial intelligence program running on a server and adapted to:
classify the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters into a plurality of different insertion modes by analyzing and calculating the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters, the different insertion modes have a plurality of different grades of terminal insertion quality;
monitor a terminal insertion quality of the terminal according to the insertion mode to which the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters correspond; and
optimize the control parameters of an insertion mode corresponding to a desired terminal insertion quality to obtain a plurality of optimized control parameters, wherein a controller inserts a terminal using the optimized control parameters; and

a display adapted to display the dynamic acceleration.

2. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different insertion modes include a first insertion mode indicating that the terminal insertion quality is of a first acceptable degree, a second insertion mode indicating that the terminal insertion quality is of a second acceptable degree, and a third insertion mode indicating that the terminal insertion quality is unqualified.

3. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein, when the artificial intelligence program determines that the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters correspond to the third insertion mode, the artificial intelligence program issues a warning message that the terminal insertion quality of the terminal is unqualified.

4. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 1 , further comprising an acceleration acquisition device configured to acquire the dynamic acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor.

5. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 4 , wherein the artificial intelligence program is in a cloud server.

6. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 5 , wherein the dynamic acceleration and the control parameters are sent to the cloud server.

7. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 6 , further comprising a local computer through which the acceleration acquisition device and the control parameter acquisition program communicate with the cloud server.

8. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 7 , wherein the acceleration acquisition device is configured to send the dynamic acceleration to the local computer.

9. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 8 , wherein the local computer is configured to store the dynamic acceleration in a local database and send the dynamic acceleration to the cloud server.

10. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 9 , wherein the control parameter acquisition program is configured to send the control parameters to the local computer.

11. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 10 , wherein the local computer is configured to store the control parameters in the local database and send the control parameters to the cloud server.

12. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic acceleration includes a horizontal dynamic acceleration and a vertical dynamic acceleration, the display is adapted to simultaneously display the horizontal dynamic acceleration and the vertical dynamic acceleration.

13. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the control parameter acquisition device is directly provided on the terminal insertion equipment.

14. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the terminal insertion quality corresponds to the detected dynamic acceleration of the gripper.

15. A terminal insertion quality monitoring system comprising:
a plurality of electrical terminals;
a housing for receiving the plurality of electrical terminals;
a terminal insertion device including a gripper for gripping one of the plurality of electrical terminals and inserting the terminal into the housing, the gripper moved in a horizontal and vertical direction during a terminal insertion process;
an acceleration sensor disposed on the gripper of the terminal insertion device and configured to detect a dynamic acceleration of the gripper in the horizontal and vertical directions during the terminal insertion process;
a control parameter acquisition program adapted to acquire a plurality of control parameters of the terminal insertion device while inserting the terminal into the housing; and
an artificial intelligence program adapted to:
classify the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters into a plurality of different insertion modes by analyzing and calculating the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters, the different insertion modes have a plurality of different grades of terminal insertion quality;
monitor a terminal insertion quality of the terminal according to the insertion mode to which the detected dynamic acceleration and the acquired control parameters correspond; and
optimize the control parameters of an insertion mode corresponding to a desired terminal insertion quality to obtain a plurality of optimized control parameters, wherein a controller inserts a terminal using the optimized control parameters.

16. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 15 , further comprising a display adapted to display the dynamic acceleration.

17. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 15 , wherein the dynamic acceleration includes a horizontal dynamic acceleration and a vertical dynamic acceleration, the display is adapted to simultaneously display the horizontal dynamic acceleration and the vertical dynamic acceleration.

18. The terminal insertion quality monitoring system of claim 15 , wherein the terminal insertion quality corresponds to the detected dynamic acceleration of the gripper.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd
• Te Connectivity Corp

Inventors

• Liu Hongtao
• Zhang Dandan
• Lu Roberto Francisco-Yi
• Tao Zongjie
• Wang Changjun
• Zhou Lei
• Hu lvhai

Classifications

• G05B23/0294 Primary

  Optimizing process, e.g. process efficiency, product quality · CPC title

• B25J13/088 Primary

  with position, velocity or acceleration sensors · CPC title

• G06F18/2431

  Multiple classes · CPC title

• G01P1/023

  for acceleration measuring devices · CPC title

• G01M13/00

  Testing of machine parts · CPC title