公开(公告)号：US20200233404A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16840761

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick ,  Bradley J. Mitchell ,  Nick S. Evans

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  B25J9/16 ,  H01R43/20

Abstract: A method of operating an automated machine is provided for inserting wires into grommet cavity locations of an electrical connector to compensate for manufacturing tolerances associated with the electrical connector. The method comprises inserting wires into grommet cavity locations of the electrical connector based upon a plug map having offset values to compensate for manufacturing tolerances associated with the electrical connector. The method may further comprise selecting from a plurality of pre-generated plug maps having offset values the closest matching pre-generated plug map for the electrical connector based upon offset values associated with each of the plurality of pre-generated plugs maps. The selected pre-generated plug map having offset values corresponds to the plug map used to insert wires into grommet cavity locations of the electrical connector.

公开(公告)号：US10649442B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US15137556

申请日：2016-04-25

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick ,  Bradley J. Mitchell ,  Nick S. Evans

IPC: H01R43/20 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05B19/418 ,  H01R107/00

Abstract: A method 500 of operating an automated machine 100 is provided for inserting wires into grommet cavity locations 110 of an electrical connector 112 to compensate for manufacturing tolerances associated with the electrical connector. The method comprises inserting wires into grommet cavity locations of the electrical connector based upon a plug map 300 having offset values to compensate for manufacturing tolerances associated with the electrical connector. The method may further comprise selecting from a plurality of pre-generated plug maps having offset values the closest matching pre-generated plug map for the electrical connector based upon offset values associated with each of the plurality of pre-generated plugs maps. The selected pre-generated plug map having offset values corresponds to the plug map used to insert wires into grommet cavity locations of the electrical connector.

公开(公告)号：US10530109B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US14826291

申请日：2015-08-14

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick

IPC: H01R43/20

Abstract: A connector support assembly is configured to securely retain an electrical connector during a manufacturing process. The connector support assembly may include a base, a first securing member, and a second securing member. The first and/or second securing members is movable, and is configured to be moved between an open position in which a mating connector of the electrical connector is positioned between the first and second securing members, and a clamped position in which the mating connector is securely clamped between the first and second securing members.

公开(公告)号：US11328842B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16666270

申请日：2019-10-28

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Lars E. Blacken ,  Damien O. Martin ,  Eerik J. Helmick ,  Keith M. Cutler ,  John R. Porter

IPC: H01B13/012 ,  H01R43/20 ,  G06F30/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for designing and assembling form boards with attached wire routing devices for use in wire bundle assembly. The assembly method comprises: (a) establishing a coordinate system of a form board having a multiplicity of holes; (b) using a computer system to determine locations of form board devices of different types with reference to the coordinate system of the form board based on engineering data specifying a wire bundle configuration; and (c) fastening the form board devices of different types to respective holes of the form board having centers closest to respective locations determined in step (b). The form board devices may be inserted robotically or manually.

公开(公告)号：US11319183B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US16655019

申请日：2019-10-16

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Bradley J. Mitchell ,  Nick S. Evans ,  Damien O. Martin ,  Aphea Ann Thornton ,  Eerik J. Helmick

IPC: H01F7/06 ,  B65H59/10 ,  H01R43/28 ,  H02G1/14 ,  B65H51/005

Abstract: A method of reducing entanglement of wires includes receiving from a wire feed system of a wire processing machine a first wire on a tray surface providing a wire-to-surface coefficient of friction between the tray surface and the first wire. In addition, the method includes receiving from the wire feed system a second wire at least partially on top of the first wire, the wire-to-surface coefficient of friction being higher than a wire-to-wire coefficient of friction between the first wire and the second wire. The method also includes moving the second wire relative to the first wire, and reducing movement of at least a portion of the first wire relative to the tray surface during movement of the second wire relative to the first wire due to the wire-to-surface coefficient of friction being higher than the wire-to-wire coefficient of friction.

公开(公告)号：US10751859B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US15418967

申请日：2017-01-30

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick ,  Edward L. White ,  Jennifer Elizabeth Anderson ,  Claire Noel Diehl ,  Joseph Nicholas Kochevar ,  Maura Elizabeth Cosman ,  Sophia Victoria Utset-Ward

IPC: B25B23/04 ,  B25B21/00 ,  B25C1/18 ,  B64F5/10 ,  B25B23/10

Abstract: A fastener-installation system is described that includes a driver to drive a fastener into a structure and a fastener feeder to load the fastener into a loaded position of the driver. The fastener feeder includes a fastener magazine to hold a plurality of fasteners. The fastener-installation system further includes a driver head having a plurality of jaws moveable between a closed position and an expanded position. In the closed position, the plurality of jaws form a piercing tip to pierce material of the structure. Further, the jaws spread apart the material of the structure when the jaws move from the closed position to the expanded position to create a path through the material through which the fastener is driven.

公开(公告)号：US10587101B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US15472452

申请日：2017-03-29

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Damien O. Martin ,  Nick S. Evans ,  Bradley J. Mitchell ,  Eerik J. Helmick

IPC: H01R43/00 ,  H02G1/12

Abstract: A cable processing apparatus including a frame; a cable guide coupled to the frame; a first cable clamp adjacent the cable guide; a second cable clamp adjacent the cable guide where the first cable clamp is disposed between the cable guide and the second cable clamp; and a controller configured to move the second cable clamp to a clamped position such that a cable extending through the cable guide is clamped by the second cable clamp, move the second cable clamp, relative to the cable guide, in a direction extending along the cable such that a first portion of the insulation is removed from the cable at the first score to expose shielding of the cable, and move the second cable clamp, relative to the first cable clamp, in the direction extending along the cable to cut the shielding to expose one or more conductor of the cable.

公开(公告)号：US20180212410A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15415681

申请日：2017-01-25

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick

IPC: H02G3/04 ,  B60R16/02 ,  H01B13/012

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for wire processing. In certain examples, a wire processing system is disclosed. The wire processing system includes a wire shielding positioning device. The wire shielding positioning device can be configured to direct air towards a wire as the wire is inserted into the electrical component to prevent dislocation of shielding of the wire during insertion.

公开(公告)号：US09871359B1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US15472581

申请日：2017-03-29

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick ,  Bradley J. Mitchell

IPC: H02G3/04 ,  B64F5/10

CPC classification number: H02G3/0406 ,  B64D2221/00 ,  B64F5/10 ,  H02G3/0481

Abstract: A backshell, the backshell including a first shell member having a first end, a second end and a first channel, a second shell member having a first end, a second end and a second channel, the second shell member being configured to interface with the first shell member so that, when interfaced, the first ends of the first and second shell members are adjacent each other and defines a backshell first end, the second ends of the first and second shell members are adjacent each other and defines a backshell second end, and the channels of the first and the second shell members form a wire bundle passage extending between the backshell first end and the backshell second end, and a coupling ring configured to engage both the first shell member and the second shell member at the backshell first end to couple the first shell member to the second shell member.

公开(公告)号：US20170369272A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-28

申请号：US15190124

申请日：2016-06-22

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eerik J. Helmick ,  Bradley J. Mitchell ,  Nick S. Evans ,  Damien O. Martin ,  Aphea Ann Thornton

IPC: B65H59/10 ,  B65H51/005

CPC classification number: B65H59/10 ,  B65H51/005 ,  B65H2701/36 ,  H01R43/048 ,  H01R43/052 ,  H01R43/20 ,  H01R43/28 ,  H02G1/06 ,  H02G1/1256 ,  H02G3/0437

Abstract: A wire processing system includes a tray having at least one tray surface configured to sequentially receive a first wire and a second wire from a wire feed system of a wire processing machine. The tray surface has a surface feature configured to provide a wire-to-surface coefficient of friction between the tray surface and the first wire higher than a wire-to-wire coefficient of friction between the first wire and the second wire laying on top of the first wire. The wire-to-surface coefficient of friction reduces movement of at least a portion of the first wire relative to the tray surface during movement of the second wire relative to the first wire.