Robotic wire termination system
AssigneeOnanon, Inc.
InventorDennis J. Johnson
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Abstract
A robotic wire termination system for efficiently connecting a plurality of wires to an electrical connector. The robotic wire termination system generally includes a frame, a connector support attached to the frame, a robot manipulator having at least one arm, a heating device attached to the at least one arm and a control unit in communication with the robot manipulator to control the operation of the robot manipulator. The arm of the robot manipulator is adapted to move the heating device so that the heating device can apply heat to a selected connector pin of the electrical connector.
Claims20
A robotic wire termination system for soldering a plurality of wires to an electrical connector, comprising:
- a frame;
- a connector support attached to said frame, wherein said connector support is adapted to removably receive and support an electrical connector having a plurality of connector pins and a plurality of connector receptacles;
- a robot manipulator having at least one arm;
- a heating device attached to said at least one arm, wherein said at least one arm is adapted to move said heating device so that said heating device selectively applies heat to a selected connector pin from said plurality of connector pins;
- whereby the heat applied to said selected connector pin melts solder to make an electrical connection between a selected wire from a plurality of wires and said selected connector pin;
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- a control unit in communication with said robot manipulator wherein said control unit is programmed to control a position and movement of said at least one arm and said heating device of said robot manipulator to apply heat to said selected connector pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.