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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Te Connectivity Morocco Sarl, Port Tanger Med, MA;
An Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Lvhai Hu, Shanghai, CN;
Zouheir Atif, Montcada, ES;
Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
TE Connectivity Morocco SARL, Port Tanger Med, MA;
TE Connectiyity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A connector visual inspection apparatus comprises a rotatable clamp for clamping a connector to be inspected. A first camera of the apparatus is arranged on one side of the clamp for capturing an end face image of the clamped connector along an axial direction of the connector. A computing device calculates an angular difference between an initial loading orientation and a predetermined orientation of the clamped connector according to the captured end face image. A drive device rotates the clamp around an axis that coincides with a central axis of the clamped connector by the calculated angular difference and into the predetermined orientation.