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US 12,491,587 B2Granted
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.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- applying heat by a heating device to a lower portion of a selected connector pin of a plurality of connector pins within an electrical connector so as to melt a volume of solder within an interior cavity of a selected connector receptacle of a plurality of connector receptacles within the electrical connector;
- inserting a selected wire from a plurality of wires into the volume of solder within the selected connector receptacle of the plurality of connector receptacles;
- and
- allowing the volume of solder to solidify so as to make an electrical connection between the selected wire of the plurality of wires and the selected connector pin of the plurality of connector pins;
- wherein the heating device physically contacts the selected connector pin to transfer heat from the heating device to the selected connector pin.
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A method, comprising:
- applying heat by a heating device to a lower portion of a first selected connector pin of a plurality of connector pins within an electrical connector so as to melt a first volume of solder within a first interior cavity of a first selected connector receptacle of a plurality of connector receptacles within the electrical connector;
- inserting a first selected wire from a plurality of wires into the first volume of solder within the first selected connector receptacle of the plurality of connector receptacles;
- allowing the first volume of solder to solidify so as to make an electrical connection between the first selected wire of the plurality of wires and the first selected connector pin of the plurality of connector pins;
- moving the heating device;
- applying heat by the heating device to a lower portion of a second selected connector pin of the plurality of connector pins within the electrical connector so as to melt a second volume of solder within a second interior cavity of a second selected connector receptacle of a plurality of connector receptacles within the electrical connector;
- inserting a second selected wire from the plurality of wires into the second volume of solder within the second selected connector receptacle of the plurality of connector receptacles;
- and
- allowing the second volume of solder to solidify so as to make an electrical connection between the second selected wire of the plurality of wires and the second selected connector pin of the plurality of connector pins.
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A method, comprising:
- applying heat by a heating device to a lower portion of a selected connector pin of a plurality of connector pins within an electrical connector so as to melt a volume of solder within an interior cavity of a selected connector receptacle of a plurality of connector receptacles within the electrical connector;
- inserting a selected wire from a plurality of wires into the volume of solder within the selected connector receptacle of the plurality of connector receptacles;
- and
- allowing the volume of solder to solidify so as to make an electrical connection between the selected wire of the plurality of wires and the selected connector pin of the plurality of connector pins;
- wherein the heating device is adjustable between a first position in which the heating device is in physical contact with the selected connector pin and a second position in which the heating device is not in physical contact with the selected connector pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.