Aptiv Technologies Limited

Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Aptiv Technologies Ag

Frank A Ciapala

Jeffrey M Handel

Robert A Smith

Evangelia Rubino

Sean P Krompegel

Gina Sacco

Christopher R Rudzinskas

Nathan F Uzarski

A method of twisting a pair of wires includes the steps of arranging a first wire parallel to a second wire along a longitudinal axis, securing ends of the first and second wires, and gripping outer surfaces of central portions of the first and second wires. The inner surfaces of the central portions of the first and second wires are in contact with one another. The method further includes deflecting central portions of the first and second wires orthogonally from the longitudinal axis and rotating the central portions of the central portions of the first and second wires, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another.

Method for center twisting wires

A method of twisting a pair of wires includes the steps of arranging a first wire parallel to a second wire along a longitudinal axis, securing ends of the first and second wires, and gripping outer surfaces of central portions of the first and second wires. Inner surfaces of the central portions of the first and second wires are in contact with one another. The method further includes the step of rotating the central portions of the first and second wires, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another.

An apparatus configured to twist a first wire about a second wire is presented herein. The apparatus includes a securing mechanism configured to secure ends of the first wire and the second wire. The first wire is arranged parallel to the second wire along a longitudinal axis. The apparatus further includes a gripping mechanism configured to grip central portions of the first and second wires, a tensioning mechanism configured to apply a lateral offsetting force to the gripping mechanism, thereby deflecting the central portions of the first and second wires orthogonally from the longitudinal axis, and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the gripping mechanism, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another. A method of twisting a pair of wires is also presented.

Apparatus and method for center twisting wires

An apparatus configured to twist a first wire about a second wire is presented herein. The apparatus includes a securing mechanism configured to secure ends of the first wire and the second wire. The first wire is arranged parallel to the second wire along a longitudinal axis. The apparatus also includes a gripping mechanism configured to grip central portions of the first and second wires such that inner surfaces of the central portions of the first and second wires are in contact with one another and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the gripping mechanism, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another. A method of twisting a first wire about a second wire is also presented herein.

Apparatus for center twisting wires

A welding system includes a welder, a human-machine-interface, an identification-device, a test-device, a memory, and a controller-circuit. The welder creates an assembly between electrical-components. The human-machine-interface receives an input from an operator and displays instructions to the operator. The identification-device creates a label identifying the assembly. The test-device produces test-data of the weld-joint. The memory stores welder-process-data of the weld-joint. The controller-circuit activates the welder, stores the welder-process-data in the memory, determines whether the welder-process-data violates a quality-metric, determines a number of violating-weld-joints, activates an alert-device to alert the operator to violating-weld-joints, disables the welder when a number of violating-weld-joints exceeds a threshold, activates the identification-device to create the label, instructs the operator to attach the label to the assembly having the violating-weld-joints, instructs the operator to perform a test of the violating-weld-joints with the test-device, and stores the test-data of the violating-weld-joints in the memory linked to the identity.

Welding system and method

A wire terminal assembly is disclosed in which a conductive terminal is connected to a conductive cable core along a conductive connection interface. A coating is disposed over the conductive connection interface that is the product of a free radical polymerization reaction of a coating composition applied over the conductive connection interface, the coating composition including: (1) an oligomer comprising at least two active unsaturated bonds, (2) a monomer comprising an unsaturated bond, and (3) a compound comprising a plurality of thiol groups.

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Youngstown, OH, United States of America

Frank A Ciapala