Method of determining the quality of a crimped electrical connection
US5197186A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53235
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is a method of determining the quality of a crimped electrical connection by collecting force and displacement data during the crimping cycle and comparing that data with data that represents standard crimped connections of known high quality. Of the collected data, selected portions are related to corresponding portions of the standard data and, if a deviation exists of more than a specific amount, a reject signal is generated and displayed to the machine operator. The standard data is continually updated to account for slowly changing environmental conditions that occur over a relatively long period of operation.
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