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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Goings, Milford, MI (US);
Timothy Zuraw, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
UT Automotive Dearborn, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73646 ; 340568 ;
Abstract
A method of determining the quality of insertion of an electrical terminal includes the steps of capturing the sound associated with insertion of the terminal. The terminal is typically inserted into a connector associated with a wire harness. By capturing the sound, the system is able to compare the captured sound to an expected sound. If the captured sound differs from the expected sound then a determination is made that the terminal is not properly inserted.