公开(公告)号：US20170369271A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-28

申请号：US15190119

申请日：2016-06-22

Applicant: The Boeing Company

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

IPC: B65H59/10 ,  B65H51/005

CPC classification number: B65H59/10 ,  B65H51/005 ,  B65H2701/36 ,  H01R43/28 ,  H02G1/14

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.

公开(公告)号：US20170308068A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

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: G05B19/418 ,  H01R43/20 ,  H01R107/00

CPC classification number: G05B19/41805 ,  B25J9/1687 ,  G05B2219/39183 ,  G05B2219/45033 ,  G05B2219/45064 ,  H01R43/20 ,  H01R2107/00 ,  Y10S901/02

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.