The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;Tyco Electronics Corporation
发明人:
Yost William T.,Cramer Karl E.,Perey Daniel F.,Williams Keith A.
申请号：
US201414193086
公开号：
US9537277(B2)
申请日:
2014.02.28
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2017
代理人:
Warmbier Andrea Z.
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.
