Assessment and Calibration of a Crimp Tool Equipped with Ultrasonic Analysis Features
    3.
    发明申请
    Assessment and Calibration of a Crimp Tool Equipped with Ultrasonic Analysis Features 有权
    配有超声波分析功能的压接工具的评估和校准

    公开(公告)号:US20120060585A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US12881431

    申请日:2010-09-14

    IPC分类号: G01N29/30

    摘要: A method is provided for calibrating ultrasonic signals passed through a crimp formed with respect to a deformable body via an ultrasonically-equipped crimp tool (UECT). The UECT verifies a crimp quality using the ultrasonic signals. The method includes forming the crimp, transmitting a first signal, e.g., a pulse, to a first transducer of the UECT, and converting the first signal, using the first transducer, into a second signal which defines an ultrasonic pulse. This pulse is transmitted through the UECT into the crimp. A second transducer converts the second signal into a third signal, which may be further conditioned, and the ultrasonic signals are calibrated using the third signal or its conditioned variant. An apparatus for calibrating the ultrasonic signals includes a pulse module (PM) electrically connected to the first and second transducers, and an oscilloscope or display electrically connected to the PM for analyzing an electrical output signal therefrom.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于通过超声波设备的压接工具(UECT)校准通过相对于可变形体形成的卷曲的超声波信号的方法。 UECT使用超声波信号验证卷曲质量。 该方法包括形成压接,将第一信号(例如,脉冲)发送到UECT的第一换能器,以及使用第一换能器将第一信号转换成限定超声波脉冲的第二信号。 该脉冲通过UECT传输到卷曲。 第二传感器将第二信号转换成第三信号,其可以进一步调节,并且使用第三信号或其调节变量来校准超声波信号。 用于校准超声波信号的装置包括电连接到第一和第二换能器的脉冲模块(PM),以及电连接到PM的示波器或显示器,用于分析来自其的电输出信号。

    Assessment and calibration of a crimp tool equipped with ultrasonic analysis features
    4.
    发明授权
    Assessment and calibration of a crimp tool equipped with ultrasonic analysis features 有权
    配有超声分析功能的压接工具的评估和校准

    公开(公告)号:US08490463B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-23

    申请号:US12881431

    申请日:2010-09-14

    IPC分类号: G01N29/04

    摘要: A method is provided for calibrating ultrasonic signals passed through a crimp formed with respect to a deformable body via an ultrasonically-equipped crimp tool (UECT). The UECT verifies a crimp quality using the ultrasonic signals. The method includes forming the crimp, transmitting a first signal, e.g., a pulse, to a first transducer of the UECT, and converting the first signal, using the first transducer, into a second signal which defines an ultrasonic pulse. This pulse is transmitted through the UECT into the crimp. A second transducer converts the second signal into a third signal, which may be further conditioned, and the ultrasonic signals are calibrated using the third signal or its conditioned variant. An apparatus for calibrating the ultrasonic signals includes a pulse module (PM) electrically connected to the first and second transducers, and an oscilloscope or display electrically connected to the PM for analyzing an electrical output signal therefrom.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于通过超声波设备的压接工具(UECT)校准通过相对于可变形体形成的卷曲的超声波信号的方法。 UECT使用超声波信号验证卷曲质量。 该方法包括形成压接,将第一信号(例如,脉冲)发送到UECT的第一换能器,以及使用第一换能器将第一信号转换成限定超声波脉冲的第二信号。 该脉冲通过UECT传输到卷曲。 第二传感器将第二信号转换成第三信号,其可以进一步调节,并且使用第三信号或其调节变量来校准超声波信号。 用于校准超声波信号的装置包括电连接到第一和第二换能器的脉冲模块(PM),以及电连接到PM的示波器或显示器,用于分析来自其的电输出信号。

    Device and method for connections made between a crimp connector and wire
    5.
    发明授权
    Device and method for connections made between a crimp connector and wire 有权
    在压接连接器和电线之间进行连接的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07181942B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-27

    申请号:US10943649

    申请日:2004-09-09

    IPC分类号: B21D39/00

    摘要: An ultrasonic device and method obtains desirable crimp connections between a crimp connector and a wire, or bundle of wires, by assessing the desirability of connections made in a wire-to-wire connection and in other situations where two materials with good acoustic propagation characteristics are joined together via deformation. An embodiment of the device as a crimping tool comprises a compressing means, pulse-generating circuitry, at least one ultrasonic transmitting transducer, at least one ultrasonic receiving transducer, receiving circuitry, and a display. The user may return to a previously crimped connection and assess the desirability of the connection by compressing the device about the connection, sending an acoustic signal through the crimp, and comparing the received signal to a signal obtained from known desirable connections.

    摘要翻译: 超声波装置和方法通过评估在线对线连接中形成的连接的可取性以及在具有良好声学传播特性的两种材料的其它情况下获得压接连接器和线或线束之间的期望的压接连接 通过变形连接在一起。 作为压接工具的装置的实施例包括压缩装置,脉冲发生电路,至少一个超声波发射换能器,至少一个超声波接收换能器,接收电路和显示器。 用户可以返回到先前压接的连接,并通过压缩设备关于连接,通过压接发送声信号,并将接收到的信号与从已知的所需连接获得的信号进行比较来评估连接的可取性。

    Method and apparatus to detect wire pathologies near crimped connector
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus to detect wire pathologies near crimped connector 有权
    用于检测压接连接器附近的线状病变的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08875580B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-04

    申请号:US13324527

    申请日:2011-12-13

    IPC分类号: G01N29/07

    摘要: A method and apparatus for evaluating and/or quantifying damage to wire strands of a wire caused during installation of a crimped wire connector, involves launching an ultrasonic wave having known characteristics into a wire at a location that is either the crimp or is adjacent the crimped wire connector, and detecting changes in the characteristics (e.g., amplitude and/or phase shift) of the wave as it is propagates along a length of the wire.

    摘要翻译: 用于评估和/或定量在卷曲的线连接器的安装期间引起的导线的损伤的方法和装置包括将已知特性的超声波在卷曲或邻近卷曲的位置 并且当波沿线的长度传播时,检测波的特性(例如,振幅和/或相移)的变化。

    Process and Apparatus for Nondestructive Evaluation of the Quality of a Crimped Wire Connector
    7.
    发明申请
    Process and Apparatus for Nondestructive Evaluation of the Quality of a Crimped Wire Connector 有权
    用于无损评估压接线连接器质量的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120192407A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-02

    申请号:US13363413

    申请日:2012-02-01

    摘要: A process and apparatus for collecting data for nondestructive evaluation of the quality of a crimped wire connector are provided. The process involves providing a crimping tool having an anvil and opposing jaw for crimping a terminal onto a stranded wire, moving the jaw relative to the anvil to close the distance between the jaw and the anvil and thereby compress the terminal against the wire, while transmitting ultrasonic waves that are propagated through the terminal-wire combination and received at a receiving ultrasonic transducer as the jaw is moved relative to the anvil, and detecting and recording the position of the jaw relative to the anvil as a function of time and detecting and recording the amplitude of the ultrasonic wave that is received at the receiving ultrasonic transducer as a function of time as the jaw is moved relative to the anvil.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于收集用于无损评估卷曲线连接器的质量的数据的处理和装置。 该方法包括提供一种压接工具,其具有砧座和相对的颚板,用于将端子压接到绞线上,相对于砧座移动钳口以闭合钳口和砧座之间的距离,从而将端子压靠在线材上,同时发射 当钳口相对于砧座移动时,超声波通过端子线组合传播并被接收在接收超声换能器上,并且作为时间的函数检测和记录钳口相对于砧座的位置,并且检测和记录 随着钳口相对于砧座移动,在接收超声换能器处接收的超声波的幅度随着时间的推移而变化。

    Process for nondestructive evaluation of the quality of a crimped wire connector
    8.
    发明授权
    Process for nondestructive evaluation of the quality of a crimped wire connector 有权
    压接线连接器质量的非破坏性评估方法

    公开(公告)号:US08671551B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-18

    申请号:US13363413

    申请日:2012-02-01

    IPC分类号: G01R31/28

    摘要: A process and apparatus for collecting data for nondestructive evaluation of the quality of a crimped wire connector are provided. The process involves providing a crimping tool having an anvil and opposing jaw for crimping a terminal onto a stranded wire, moving the jaw relative to the anvil to close the distance between the jaw and the anvil and thereby compress the terminal against the wire, while transmitting ultrasonic waves that are propagated through the terminal-wire combination and received at a receiving ultrasonic transducer as the jaw is moved relative to the anvil, and detecting and recording the position of the jaw relative to the anvil as a function of time and detecting and recording the amplitude of the ultrasonic wave that is received at the receiving ultrasonic transducer as a function of time as the jaw is moved relative to the anvil.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于收集用于无损评估卷曲线连接器的质量的数据的处理和装置。 该方法包括提供一种压接工具,其具有砧座和相对的颚板,用于将端子压接到绞线上,相对于砧座移动钳口以闭合钳口和砧座之间的距离,从而将端子压靠在线材上,同时发射 当钳口相对于砧座移动时,超声波通过端子线组合传播并被接收在接收超声换能器上,并且作为时间的函数检测和记录钳口相对于砧座的位置,并且检测和记录 随着钳口相对于砧座移动,在接收超声换能器处接收的超声波的幅度随着时间的推移而变化。

    Method and Apparatus to Detect Wire Pathologies Near Crimped Connector
    9.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus to Detect Wire Pathologies Near Crimped Connector 有权
    检测接线端子附近电线病理的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130145849A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-13

    申请号:US13324527

    申请日:2011-12-13

    IPC分类号: G01N29/07

    摘要: A method and apparatus for evaluating and/or quantifying damage to wire strands of a wire caused during installation of a crimped wire connector, involves launching an ultrasonic wave having known characteristics into a wire at a location that is either the crimp or is adjacent the crimped wire connector, and detecting changes in the characteristics (e.g., amplitude and/or phase shift) of the wave as it is propagates along a length of the wire.

    摘要翻译: 用于评估和/或定量在卷曲的线连接器的安装期间引起的导线的损伤的方法和装置包括将已知特性的超声波在卷曲或邻近卷曲的位置 并且当波沿线的长度传播时,检测波的特性(例如,振幅和/或相移)的变化。

    Air-coupled acoustic thermography for in-situ evaluation
    10.
    发明授权
    Air-coupled acoustic thermography for in-situ evaluation 有权
    空气耦合声学热成像进行原位评估

    公开(公告)号:US07855368B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-21

    申请号:US12178173

    申请日:2008-07-23

    IPC分类号: G01J5/02

    摘要: Acoustic thermography uses a housing configured for thermal, acoustic and infrared radiation shielding. For in-situ applications, the housing has an open side adapted to be sealingly coupled to a surface region of a structure such that an enclosed chamber filled with air is defined. One or more acoustic sources are positioned to direct acoustic waves through the air in the enclosed chamber and towards the surface region. To activate and control each acoustic source, a pulsed signal is applied thereto. An infrared imager focused on the surface region detects a thermal image of the surface region. A data capture device records the thermal image in synchronicity with each pulse of the pulsed signal such that a time series of thermal images is generated. For enhanced sensitivity and/or repeatability, sound and/or vibrations at the surface region can be used in feedback control of the pulsed signal applied to the acoustic sources.

    摘要翻译: 声学热成像使用的外壳配置为热,声和红外辐射屏蔽。 对于现场应用,壳体具有适于密封地联接到结构的表面区域的开口侧,使得限定了充满空气的封闭室。 定位一个或多个声源以将声波引导通过封闭室中的空气并朝向表面区域。 为了激活和控制每个声源,向其施加脉冲信号。 聚焦在表面区域的红外成像器检测表面区域的热图像。 数据采集​​装置与脉冲信号的每个脉冲同步地记录热图像,从而产生时间序列的热图像。 为了提高灵敏度和/或可重复性,表面区域的声音和/或振动可以用于施加到声源的脉冲信号的反馈控制。