FORM 2
THE PATENT ACT 1970
&
The Patents Rules, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
10 (See section 10 and rule 13)
1. TITLE OF THE INVENTION:
“A System for Determining Identicalness Amongst Wire Harnesses.”
APPLICANT(s):
Name Nationality Address
AGAIN DIGITECH
PVT. LTD.
Indian
Company
FT-G 202, Sudarshan Appt.,
Karve Nagar, Pune - 411052,
Maharashtra, India.
2. PREAMBLE TO THE DESCRIPTION:
PROVISIONAL
The following specification describes the
invention.
COMPLETE
The following specification
particularly describes the invention and
the manner in which it is to be
performed
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Field 5 of the invention
[0001] The present invention relates to wire harnesses. More
specifically, the present invention relates to a system for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses.
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Background of the invention:
[0002] Wire harness(es) are typically used to provide electrical
connectivity or any such connectivity and transmit signals (control signals)
15 between functional units of devices in an aircraft, a spacecraft, a vehicle, a boat,
etc. Further, the wire harness is used in wide applications such as electronic
devices, home appliances, home automation systems, automobiles, construction
machinery and the like. Typically, a wire harness includes one or more wire
segments, and two or more connector ends. Two or more connector ends connects
20 one or more wire segments.
[0003] Due to wide area of application for wire harnesses, it is
essential to measure the quality of the wire harness to determine usability of a
particular wire harness for a specific application. The quality of a wire harness is
25 dependent on the physical parameters of the wire harness such length, diameter,
no. of wire segments etc. Existing systems measure the quality of the wire harness
using electrical measurements such as voltage drop test, continuity test by using
electrical measurement devices. Also, some physical testing equipment such as
manual inspection, photographic analysis, tensile testing machines etc.
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[0004] However, the present inspection methods only focus on
measurement of electrical parameters to determine quality of the wire harness
without establishing correlation with the physical parameters i.e. the physical
parameters such as length, diameter, air gap etc. cannot be predicted based on the
35 electrical parameters. Also, the measurement of the physical parameters of wire
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harnesses needs frequent measurement cycles for each wire harness 5 i.e. there is a
need to perform testing on each wire harness to determine individual quality.
Hence, the quality checking process becomes time consuming. Also, Also, the
present systems and methods involve destructive testing i.e. there is need to
distort the wire harness to measure the quality. Further, the present systems do not
10 involve determination of similarity between the wire harnesses based on the
physical or geometrical parameters.
[0005] Therefore, there is a need for a system for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses, which overcomes the problems of the prior
15 art.
Objects of the invention
[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a system
20 for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses.
[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, which eliminates
need of multiple measurement cycles to reduce the time for quality check.
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[0008] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a
system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, wherein the system
eliminates the cost required for arranging the setup for manual physical testing of
the wire harness
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[0009] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a
system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, eliminating the
need for destructive testing of the wire harness.
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[0010] Still another object of the present 5 invention is to provide a
system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, wherein the system
is simple in construction and cost-effective.
Summary of the invention
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[0011] The present invention relates to a system for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses. The system includes a first wire harness is
having one or more first connector ends and one or more second connector ends
joined by one or more first wire segments and a second wire harness is having
15 one or more third connector ends and one or more fourth connector ends joined
by one or more second wire segments. The system further includes an electrical
parameter supply unit adapted to supply one or more electrical parameters
therefrom to the first wire harness when the first connector end is connected to a
first socket of the electrical parameter supply unit and the second connector end is
20 connected to a second socket of the electrical parameter supply unit operated
accordingly. The electrical parameter supply unit is adapted to supply one or
more electrical parameters therefrom to the second wire harness when the third
connector end is connected to the first socket and the fourth connector end is
connected to the second socket and the electrical parameter supply unit is
25 operated accordingly.
[0012] Further, the system includes a measuring unit having a first
measuring pin, a second measuring pin, a third measuring pin and a fourth
measuring pin. In a first measurement cycle, the first measuring pin is adapted to
30 have a physical contact with the first socket at a first position. The first position is
a position on the first socket from a reference with a predefined first distance
therebetween.
[0013] Further, the second measuring pin is adapted to have a
35 physical contact with the first connector end at a second position. The second
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position is a position on the first connector end from 5 the reference with a
predefined second distance therebetween. The third measuring pin is adapted to
have a physical contact with the second socket at a third position. The third
position is a position on the second socket from the reference with a predefined
third distance therebetween.
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[0014] Further, the fourth measuring pin is adapted to have a
physical contact with the second socket at a fourth position. The fourth position is
a position on the second connector end from the reference with a predefined
fourth distance therebetween. In the first measurement cycle, upon supplying a
15 first predefined quantity of electrical parameter to the first wire harness, the
measuring unit measures the quantity of electrical parameter between the first
position and the second position and the quantity of electrical parameter between
the third position and the fourth position.
20 [0015] Subsequently in a second measurement cycle, the first
measuring pin is adapted to have a physical contact with the first socket at a fifth
position. The fifth position is a position on the first socket from a reference with a
predefined fifth distance therebetween, wherein the magnitude of the predefined
first distance and the predefined fifth distance are same. The second measuring
25 pin is adapted to have a physical contact with the third connector end at a sixth
position. The sixth position is a position on the third connector end from the
reference with a predefined sixth distance therebetween, wherein the magnitude
of the predefined second distance and the predefined sixth distance are same.
30 [0016] Further, the third measuring pin is adapted to have a
physical contact with the second socket at a seventh position. The seventh
position is a position on the second socket from the reference with a predefined
seventh distance therebetween, wherein the magnitude of the predefined third
distance and the predefined seventh distance are same. The fourth measuring pin
35 is adapted to have a physical contact with the second connector end at an eighth
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position. The eighth position is a position on the 5 second connector end from the
reference with a predefined eighth distance therebetween, wherein the magnitude
of the predefined fourth distance and the predefined eighth distance are same.
[0017] Upon supplying a second predefined quantity of electrical
10 parameter to the second wire harness, the measuring unit measures the quantity of
electrical parameter between the fifth position and the sixth position and the
quantity of electrical parameter between the seventh position and the eighth
position. The quantity of the first predefined quantity of electrical parameters and
the second predefined quantity of electrical parameters is same.
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[0018] Further, a workstation is connected to the measuring unit.
The measuring unit sends information about measured electrical parameters from
the first measurement cycle and the second measurement cycle to the workstation.
The first wire harness is a standard wire harness and the measured electrical
20 parameter in the first measurement cycle is a standard quantity of electrical
parameter. The workstation is adapted to compare the received measured
electrical parameters of the first measurement cycle and the second measurement
cycle to determine the identicalness between the first wire harness and the second
wire harness. Further, a display unit is connected to the workstation is adapted to
25 display the determined identicalness details of the second wire harness with
respect to the first wire harness.
[0019] Further, the present invention relates to a method for
determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses. The method includes
30 connecting the first connector end to the first socket of the electrical parameter
supply unit and the second connector end to the second socket of the electrical
parameter supply unit, making the physical contact between the first measuring
pin of a measuring unit and the first position, making the physical contact
between the second measuring pin of the measuring unit and the first connector
35 end at the second position, making the physical contact between the third
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measuring pin of the measuring unit and the second socket 5 at the third position,
making the physical contact between the fourth measuring pin of the measuring
unit and the second connector end at the fourth position, supplying the first
predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the first wire harness, measuring
the quantity of electrical parameter between the first position and the second
10 position and measuring the quantity of electrical parameter between the third
position and the fourth position upon supplying the first predefined quantity of
electrical parameters to the first wire harness, disconnecting the first wire harness
from the first socket and second socket.
15 [0020] Further, connecting the second wire harness to the first
socket and the second socket, making the physical contact between the first
measuring pin and the first socket at the fifth position (50a), making the physical
contact between the second measuring pin and the third connector end at the sixth
position, making the physical contact between the third measuring pin and the
20 fourth socket at the seventh position, making a physical contact between the
fourth measuring pin and the second socket at the eighth position, supplying the
second predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the second wire harness by
the electrical parameter supply unit,
25 [0021] Further, measuring the quantity of electrical parameter
between the fifth position and the sixth position by the measuring unit and
measuring the quantity of electric parameter between the seventh position and the
eighth position by the measuring unit, sending information about measured
electrical parameters of the first wire harness and the second wire harness to the
30 workstation connected to the measuring unit, comparing the received information
about measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness and the second wire
harness by the workstation to determine the identicalness between the first wire
harness and the second wire harness, displaying the determined identicalness
details of the second wire harness with respect to the first wire harness by the
35 display unit connected to the workstation.
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[0022] Further, the present invention relates 5 to a system for
determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses. The system includes a first
wire harness is having one or more first connector ends and one or more second
connector ends joined by one or more first wire segments and a second wire
harness is having one or more third connector ends and one or more fourth
10 connector ends joined by one or more second wire segments.
[0023] The system includes an electrical parameter supply unit
adapted to supply one or more electrical parameters therefrom to the first wire
harness when the first connector end connected to a first socket of the electrical
15 parameter supply unit and the second connector end is connected to a second
socket of the electrical parameter supply unit and the electrical parameter supply
unit is operated accordingly. The electrical parameter supply unit is adapted to
supply one or more electrical parameters therefrom to the second wire harness
when the third connector end connected to a third socket of the electrical
20 parameter supply unit and the fourth connector end connected to a fourth socket
of the electrical parameter supply unit and the electrical parameter supply unit
(10) operated accordingly.
[0024] Further, the system includes a first measuring unit having a
25 first measuring pin, a second measuring pin, a third measuring pin and a fourth
measuring pin. The first measuring pin is adapted to have a physical contact with
the first socket at a first position. The first position is a position on the first socket
from a reference with a predefined first distance therebetween. The second
measuring pin is adapted to have a physical contact with the first connector end at
30 a second position.
[0025] The second position is a position on the first connector end
from the reference with a predefined second distance therebetween. The third
measuring pin is adapted to have a physical contact with the second socket at a
35 third position. The third position is a position on the second socket from the
reference with a predefined third distance therebetween. The magnitude of the
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predefined first distance and the magnitude of the predefined 5 third distance is
same.
[0026] Further, the fourth measuring pin is adapted to have a
physical contact with the second connector end at a fourth position. The fourth
10 position is a position on the second connector end from the reference with a
predefined fourth distance therebetween. The magnitude of the predefined second
distance and the magnitude of the predefined fourth distance is same. Upon
supplying a first predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the first wire
harness, the first measuring unit measures the quantity of electrical parameters
15 between the first position and the second position and the quantity of electrical
parameters between the third position and the fourth position.
[0027] Further, a second measuring unit having a fifth measuring
pin, a sixth measuring pin, a seventh measuring pin and an eighth measuring pin.
20 The fifth measuring pin is adapted to have a physical contact with the third socket
at a fifth position. The fifth position is a position on the third socket from the
reference with a predefined fifth distance therebetween. The magnitude of the
predefined first distance and the predefined fifth distance are same. The sixth
measuring pin is adapted to have a physical contact with the third connector end
25 at a sixth position. The sixth position is a position on the third connector end (31)
from the reference with a predefined sixth distance therebetween. The magnitude
of the predefined second distance and the predefined sixth distance are same.
[0028] Further, the seventh measuring pin is adapted to have a
30 physical contact with the fourth socket at a seventh position. The seventh position
is a position on the fourth socket from the reference with a predefined seventh
distance therebetween. The magnitude of the predefined third distance and the
predefined seventh distance are same. The eighth measuring pin is adapted to
have a physical contact with the fourth connector end at an eighth position. The
35 eighth position is a position on the fourth connector end from the reference with a
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predefined eighth distance therebetween. The magnitude 5 of the predefined fourth
distance and the predefined eighth distance are same.
[0029] Upon supplying a second predefined quantity of electrical
parameters to the second wire harness, the second measuring unit measures the
10 quantity of electrical parameters between the fifth position, the sixth position and
the quantity of electrical parameters between the seventh position and the eighth
position. Further, a workstation is connected to the first measuring unit and the
second measuring unit. The first measuring unit and the second measuring unit
send information about measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness
15 and the second wire harness to the workstation. The first wire harness is a
standard wire harness and the measured electrical parameter of the first wire
harness is a standard quantity of electrical parameter.
[0030] The workstation is adapted to compare the received
20 measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness and the second wire
harness to determine the identicalness between the first wire harness and the
second wire harness. A display unit connected to the workstation is adapted to
display the determined identicalness details of the second wire harness with
respect to the first wire harness.
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[0031] Further, the present invention relates to a method for
determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses. The method includes
connecting the first connector end to the first socket of the electrical parameter
supply unit and the second connector end to the second socket of the electrical
30 parameter supply unit, making the physical contact between the first measuring
pin of the first measuring unit and the first socket at the first position, making the
physical contact between the second measuring pin of the first measuring unit and
the first connector end at the second position, making the physical contact
between the third measuring pin of the first measuring unit and the second socket
35 at the third position.
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[0032] Further, the method includes 5 making a physical contact
between the fourth measuring pin of the first measuring unit and the second
connector end at the fourth position, supplying the first predefined quantity of
electrical parameters to the first wire harness, measuring the quantity of electrical
parameters between the first position and the second position and measuring the
10 quantity of electrical parameters between the third position and the fourth position
by the first measuring unit, connecting the third connector end to the third socket
of the electrical parameter supply unit and the fourth connector end to the fourth
socket of the electrical parameter supply unit.
15 [0033] Further, making the physical contact between the fifth
measuring pin of the second measuring unit and the third socket at the fifth
position, making a physical contact between the sixth measuring pin and the third
connector end at the sixth position, making the physical contact between the
seventh measuring pin and the fourth socket at the seventh position, making the
20 physical contact between the eighth measuring pin and the fourth connector end
at the eighth position, supplying the second predefined quantity of electrical
parameters to the second wire harness, measuring the quantity of electrical
parameters between the fifth position and the sixth position and measuring the
quantity of electrical parameters between the seventh position and the eighth
25 position by the second measuring unit.
[0034] Further, sending information about measured electrical
parameters of the first wire harness and the second wire harness to the
workstation by the first measuring unit and the second measuring unit
30 respectively, comparing the received measured electrical parameters of the first
wire harness and the second wire harness to determine the identicalness between
the first wire harness and the second wire harness and displaying the determined
identicalness details the second wire harness with respect to the first wire harness
by a display unit connected to the workstation.
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Brief description 5 of drawings:
[0035] The advantages and features of the present invention will
be understood better with reference to the following detailed description and
claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like
10 elements are identified with like symbols, and in which:
[0036] Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram an embodiment of
system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses connected a first
wire harness in accordance with the present invention;
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[0037] Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of
system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses connected to a
second wire harness in accordance with the present invention;
20 [0038] Figure 3 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of a method
for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses in accordance with the
present invention;
[0039] Figure 4 shows a schematic block diagram of an
25 embodiment of a system for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses in
accordance with the present invention; and
[0040] Figure 5 shows a flow chart of a method for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses in accordance with the present invention.
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Detailed description of the invention
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[0041] An embodiment of this invention, illustrating 5 its features,
will now be described in detail. The words "comprising," "having," "containing,"
and "including," and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in
meaning and be open-ended in that an item or items following any one of these
words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items or meant to
10 be limited to only the listed item or items.
[0042] The terms “first,” “second,” and the like, herein do not
denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one
element from another, and the terms “a” and “an” herein do not denote a
15 limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the
referenced items.
[0043] The disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the
invention, which may be embodied in various forms.
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[0044] The present invention relates to a system for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses. The system interprets the identicalness
amongst two or more wire harnesses based on the measurement of electrical
parameters of the respective wire harness. The system reduces the time consumed
25 for testing each individual wire harness to determine the quality of the wire
harnesses. Also, the system involves a reduction in setup cost due to compact size
and simple construction. The system eliminates the need to perform destructive
testing of the wire harnesses to determine the quality, thereby resulting in cost
reduction.
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[0045] Referring to figure 1, an embodiment of a system (100a) for
determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses is illustrated in accordance
with the present invention. The identicalness within the wire harnesses is the
quality or condition of wire harnesses to be exactly the same in terms of physical
35 parameters such as length, diameter, no. of wire segments etc. The system (100a)
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includes an electrical parameter supply unit (10), a first 5 wire harness (20), a
second wire harness (30), a measuring unit (40), a workstation (210) and a display
unit (13).
[0046] The first wire harness (20) has one or more first connector
10 ends (21) and one or more second connector ends (22) joined together by one or
more first wire segments (23). Further, the second wire harness (30) has one or
more third connector ends (31) and one or more fourth connector ends (32) joined
together by one or more second wire segments (33). The first connector end (21),
the second connector end (22), the third connector end (31) and the fourth
15 connector end (32) are hollow metallic ends having metal wires fixed therein to
establish a connection with an external connector housing.
[0047] The electrical parameter supply unit (10) has a first socket
(41) and a second socket (42). The first socket (41) and the second socket (42) are
20 receiving ends for wire harnesses to establish an electrical connection between the
wire harnesses and the electrical parameter supply unit (10). Further, the first
connector end (21) is connected to the first socket (41) and the second connector
end (22) is connected to the second socket (42).
25 [0048] The electrical parameter supply unit (10) is adapted to
supply one or more electrical parameters therefrom to the first wire harness (20)
connected thereto when the electrical parameter supply unit (10) is operated
accordingly. In the preferred embodiment, the electrical parameter supply unit
(10) is a voltage source or a current source or a frequency supply unit. The
30 electric parameter supply unit (10) has an interface for controlling the operation
of the electric parameter supply unit (10). The interface for controlling the
operation of the electric parameter supply unit (10) is a manually operated or
electronically operated control module.
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[0049] In the preferred embodiment, the electrical 5 parameters
supplied to the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) are an
electromotive force or a frequency or an electric current or a combination of
these. The measurement operation of the physical parameters of the wire
harnesses is performed in two measuring cycle, a first measurement cycle (220)
10 as shown in figure 1 and a second measurement cycle (230) as shown in figure 2.
The second measurement cycle (230) is performed after the first measurement
cycle (220).
[0050] The measuring unit (40) has a first measuring pin (40a), a
15 second measuring pin (40b), a third measuring pin (40c) and a fourth measuring
pin (40d) as shown in figure 1. In the preferred embodiment, the measuring unit
(40) is a voltage sensor or a voltmeter or an ammeter or an LCR meter or a
multimeter or an oscilloscope. A distance between the first measuring pin (40a)
and the second measuring pin (40b) and a distance between the third measuring
20 pin (40c) and the fourth measuring pin (40d) is adjustable. During the first
measurement cycle (220), the first measuring pin (40a) is adapted to have a
physical contact with the first socket (41) at a first position (50), as shown in
figure 1.
25 [0051] The first position (50) is a position on the first socket (41)
from a reference (50b) with a predefined first distance (43) therebetween as
shown in figure 1. Further, the second measuring pin (40b) is adapted to have a
physical contact with the first connector end (21) at a second position (60), as
shown in figure 1. The second position (60) is on the first connector end (21)
30 from the reference (50b) with a predefined second distance (44) therebetween as
shown in figure 1.
[0052] Further, the third measuring pin (40c) is adapted to have a
physical contact with the second socket (42) at a third position (70) as shown in
35 figure 1. The third position (70) is a position on the second socket (42) from the
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reference (50b) with a predefined third distance (45) 5 therebetween as shown in
figure 1. Further, the fourth measuring pin (40d) is adapted to have a physical
contact with the second socket (42) at a fourth position (180) as shown in figure
1. The fourth position (180) is a position on the second connector end (22) from
the reference (50b) with a predefined fourth distance (46) therebetween. In the
10 preferred embodiment, the physical contact between the measuring pins and the
sockets and the measuring pins and the connector ends are removable and a user
can remove measuring pins from one position and connect to other positions.
[0053] During the operation of the first measurement cycle (220),
15 the electric power supply unit (10) supplies a first predefined quantity of
electrical parameter to the first wire harness (20). In the preferred embodiment,
the first predefined quantity of electrical parameter supplied to the first wire
harness (20) is an electromotive force or an electric current or a frequency or a
combination of any of these.
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[0054] The measuring unit (40) measures the quantity of electrical
parameters between the first position (50) and the second position (60) and the
quantity of electrical parameter between the third position (70) and the fourth
position (180). The electric parameter measured between the first position (50)
25 and the second position (60) and the electric parameter measured between the
third position (70) and the fourth position (180) is a potential difference or an
electric current or a resistance or an inductance or an impendence.
[0055] Further, the operation of the second measurement cycle
30 (230) occurs subsequent to the first measurement cycle (230). The second
measurement cycle (230) is shown in figure 2. The first measuring pin (40a) of
the measuring unit (40) is adapted to have a physical contact with the first socket
(41) at a fifth position (50a) as shown in figure 2. The fifth position (50a) is a
position on the first socket (41) from a reference (50c) with a predefined fifth
35 distance (47) therebetween as shown in figure 2. In the preferred embodiment, the
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magnitude of the predefined first distance (43) and the predefined 5 fifth distance
(47) are same.
[0056] Further, the second measuring pin (40b) is adapted to have
a physical contact with the third connector end (31) at a sixth position (60a). The
10 sixth position (60a) is a position on the third connector end (31) from the
reference (50c) with a predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween as shown in
figure 2. In the preferred embodiment, the magnitude of the predefined second
distance (44) and the predefined sixth distance (48) are same.
15 [0057] Further, the third measuring pin (40c) is adapted to have a
physical contact with the second socket (42) at a seventh position (70a). The
seventh position (70a) is a position on the second socket (42) from the reference
(50c) with a predefined seventh distance (49) therebetween as shown in figure 2.
The magnitude of the predefined third distance (45) and the predefined seventh
20 distance (49) are same. Further, the fourth measuring pin (40d) is adapted to have
a physical contact with the fourth connector end (32) at an eighth position (180a).
The eighth position (180a) is a position on the fourth connector end (32) from the
reference (50c) with a predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth
25 distance (51) are same.
[0058] Further, the electric parameter supply unit (10) supplies a
second predefined quantity of electrical parameter to the second wire harness
(30). The second predefined quantity of electrical parameter supplied to the
30 second wire harness (30) is a voltage or an electric current or a frequency or any
combination of these. The measuring unit (40) measures the quantity of electrical
parameters between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth position (60a). In the
preferred embodiment, the quantity of the first predefined quantity of electrical
parameters supplied to the first wire harness (20) and the second predefined
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quantity of electrical parameters supplied to the second wire 5 harness (30) is the
same.
[0059] Further, the workstation (210) receives the measured
electrical parameters of the first measurement cycle (220) and the second
10 measurement cycle (230) from the measuring unit (40). In the preferred
embodiment, the first wire harness (20) is a standard wire harness and the
measured electrical parameter in the first measurement cycle (220) is a standard
quantity of electrical parameter. The physical parameters of the first wire harness
(20) such as length, diameter, no. of wire segments etc. are the standard
15 parameters against which the physical parameters of other wire harness are to be
measured.
[0060] The workstation (210) includes a processing unit (11) and a
memory unit (12) for storing the measured electrical parameters received from the
20 first measurement cycle (220) and the second measurement cycle (230). In the
preferred embodiment, the workstation (210) has a user interface such as
keyboard or mouse or buttons to control the operation of the system (100a) such
as switching the system (100a) between ON-OFF, calibration, switching the unit
of measurement (i.e. ampere, microampere, volt, millivolt) etc.
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[0061] The processing unit (11) is a microcontroller or a
microprocessor or a controller or a processor or a logic controller, and the
memory unit (12) is a cloud server or a hard drive or an IOT device. In the
preferred embodiment, the workstation (210) is connected to an authentication
30 system (not shown in the figure). The authentication system is a biometric system
such as a fingerprint sensor or a face recognition system, or a password-protected
system. The authentication system is adapted to provide access of the system
(100) to an authenticated user only when the authentication system is operated
accordingly.
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[0062] The workstation (210) is adapted to 5 compare the received
measured electrical parameters of the first measurement cycle (220) and the
second measurement cycle (230) to determine the identicalness details between
the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30). In the preferred
embodiment, the identicalness details between the first wire harness (20) and the
10 second wire harness (30) includes the identicalness of the physical parameters of
the second wire harness (30) with the physical parameters of the first wire harness
(20), the physical parameters of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire
harness (30) are the quantitative parameters as length, diameter, volume of air gap
and the qualitative parameters such as efficiency of the first wire harness (20) and
15 the second wire harness (30).
[0063] In the preferred embodiment, the details of physical
parameters of the first wire harness (20) are prestored in the workstation (210) as
a standard value of physical parameters. The identicalness between the first wire
20 harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) is the identicalness between the
physical parameters therebetween.
[0064] The workstation (210) performs comparison between the
physical parameter of the first wire harness (20) with the electrical parameters of
25 the first wire harness (20) that are measured by the measuring unit (40). The
prestored details of the physical parameters of the first wire harness (20) are
determined by standard measuring methods such as manual or photographic
inspection and manually stored in the workstation (210) as a reference value.
30 [0065] For example – Let us take the physical parameters of the
first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) be length, diameter, and
volume of air gap within the wire segments of the wire harnesses. The
magnitudes of the length, diameter and air gap of the first wire harness (20) be 5
cm, 10 mm and 1mm3 respectively. The magnitude of the length, diameter and air
35 gap volume of the first wire harness (20) is measured by any standard measuring
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method. The measuring unit (40) measures the voltage 5 drop across the first
harness as 6V. Hence, the workstation (210) stores the values of 5cm length, 10
mm diameter and 1mm3 for 6V voltage drop across the first wire harness (20).
[0066] The details of comparison of the first measurement cycle
10 (220) and the second measurement cycle (230) are updated in the cloud memory
of the memory unit (12) in real-time. The real-time measurement of the electrical
parameters means the actual time or instantaneous measurement when the system
(100a) is operating.
15 [0067] Further, a display unit (13) is connected to the workstation
(210). In the preferred embodiment, the display unit (13) is a screen or a monitor.
The display unit (13) is adapted to display the determined identicalness details of
the second wire harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20). In the
preferred embodiment, the determined identicalness details displayed by the
20 display unit (13) includes a message displayed on the display unit (13) to indicate
whether the second wire harness (30) is identical to the first wire harness (20). In
another embodiment, an LED indicator which displays a light when the second
wire harness (30) is identical to the first wire harness (20).
25 [0068] For example, let the first wire harness (20) and second wire
harness (30) supplied with a current of 5 microamperes by the electrical
parameter supply unit (10). In the first cycle of the measurement (220), the first
measuring pin (40a) of the measuring unit (40) is made in contact with the first
position (50) over the first socket (41) and the second measuring pin (40b) is
30 made in contact with the second position (60) on the first connector end (21). The
distance of the first position (50) from the reference (50b) be 1 cm and the
distance of the second position (60) from the reference (50b) be 2 cm. The
measuring unit (40) measures the potential difference across the third position
(70) and the fourth position (180) as 5V. Further, the third measuring pin (40c) is
35 made in physical contact with the third position (70) and the fourth measuring pin
21
(40d) is made in physical contact with the fourth position 5 (180). The distance of
the third position (70) from the reference (50b) be 1 cm and the distance of the
fourth position (180) from the reference (50b) be 2 cm. The measuring unit (40)
measures the potential difference across the third position (70) and the fourth
position (60) as 13 V. The measuring unit (40) calculates value of an average
10 voltage within the first wire harness (20) as (5+13)/2 = 9V.
[0069] Subsequently, in the second measurement cycle (230), the
measuring unit (40) measures the potential difference between the fifth position
(50a) and the sixth position (60a) of the second wire harness (30) as 6V and the
15 potential difference between the seventh position (70a) and the eighth position
(180a) as 10V. The measuring unit (40) send the average measured value as
(6+10)/2 = 8V to the workstation (210). Here, the first wire harness (20) is the
standard wire harness. The workstation (210) compares the value 8V of the first
wire harness (20) with the voltage value 9V measured for the second wire harness
20 (20c). Here the voltage value for the second wire harness (9V) is not equal to that
of the first wire harness (20). Hence, the display unit (13) displays a message as
“ERROR” which indicates that the second wire harness (20V) is not identical to
the first wire harness (20) and the LED indicator displays a red light.
25 [0070] Referring now to the figure 3, a method (200a) for
determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses in accordance with the present
invention is illustrated. For the sake of brevity, the method (200a) is described in
conjunction with the system (100a).
30 [0071] The method (200a) starts at step 210.
[0072] At step 211, the first connector end (21) of the first wire
harness (20) is connected to the first socket (41) of the electrical parameter supply
unit (10) and the second connector end (22) of the first wire harness (20) is
35 connected to the second socket (42) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10).
22
[0073] At step 212, the physical contact is made 5 between the first
measuring pin (40a) of the measuring unit (40) and the first position (50). The
first position (50) is the position on the first socket (41) from a reference (50b)
with a predefined first distance (43) therebetween.
10 [0074] At step 213, the physical contact is made between the
second measuring pin (40b) and the second position (60). The second position
(60) is the position on the first connector end (21) from the reference (50b) with a
predefined second distance (44) therebetween.
15 [0075] At step 214, the physical contact is made between the third
measuring pin (40c) of the measuring unit (40) and the second socket (42) at the
third position (70). The third position (70) is the position on the second socket
(42) from the reference (50b) with the predefined third distance (45)
therebetween.
20
[0076] At step 215, the physical contact between the fourth
measuring pin (40d) of the measuring unit (40) and the second connector end (22)
at the fourth position (180). The fourth position (180) is the position on the
second connector end (22) from the reference (50b) with a predefined fourth
25 distance (46) therebetween.
[0077] At step 216, the first predefined quantity of electrical
parameters is supplied to the first wire harness (20) by the electrical parameter
supply unit (10).
30
[0078] At step 217, the quantity of electrical parameters between
the first position (50) and the second position (60) and the quantity of electrical
parameter between the third position (70) and the fourth position (180) is
measured by the measuring unit (40) upon supplying the first predefined quantity
35 of electrical parameters to the first wire harness (20).
23
[0079] At step 218, the first wire harness 5 (20) is disconnected from
the first socket (41) and the second socket (42).
[0080] At step 219, the second wire harness (30) is connected to
the first socket (41) and the second socket (42).
10
[0081] At step 221, a physical contact is made between the first
measuring pin (40a) and the first socket (41) at the fifth position (50a). The fifth
position (50a) is the position on the first socket (41) from the reference (50c) with
the predefined fifth distance (47) therebetween. The magnitude of the predefined
15 first distance (43) and the predefined fifth distance (47) are same.
[0082] At step 222, the physical contact is made between the
second measuring pin (40b) and the third connector end (31) at the sixth position
(60a). The sixth position (60a) is the position on the third connector end (31) from
20 the reference (50c) with the predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth
distance (48) are same.
[0083] At step 223, the physical contact is made between the third
25 measuring pin (40c) and the fourth socket (42) at the seventh position (70a). The
seventh position (70a) is the position on the fourth socket (42) from the reference
(50c) with the predefined seventh distance (49) therebetween. The magnitude of
the predefined third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are
same.
30
[0084] At step 224, the physical contact between the fourth
measuring pin (40d) and the second socket (42) at an eighth position (180a). The
eighth position (180a) is the position on the second socket (42) from the reference
(50c) with a predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween. The magnitude of the
35 predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth distance (51) are same.
24
[0085] At step 225, the electrical parameter 5 supply unit (10)
supplies a second predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the second wire
harness (30).
[0086] At step 226, the measuring unit (40) measures the quantity
10 of electrical parameter between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth position
(60a) and the quantity of electric parameter between the seventh position (70a)
and the eighth position (80a).
[0087] At step 227, the measuring unit (40) sends information
15 about measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness (20) and the second
wire harness (30) to the workstation (210) connected to the measuring unit (40).
The first wire harness (20) is a standard wire harness and the measured electrical
parameter of the first wire harness (20) is a standard quantity of electrical
parameter.
20
[0088] At step 228, the workstation (210) compares the received
information about measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness (20)
and the second wire harness (30) to determine the identicalness between the first
wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30).
25
[0089] At step 229, the display unit (13) connected to the
workstation (210) displays the identicalness details of the second wire harness
(30) with respect to the first wire harness (20).
30 [0090] The method (200a) ends at step 231.
[0091] In another embodiment, the system (100b) includes two
separate measuring units. The system (100b) is less time consuming as compared
to the system (100a), because the system (100a) measures the identicalness
35 between the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) in two
25
separate measuring cycles, whereas the system (100b) 5 measures the physical
parameters in only one cycle of measurement.
[0092] Referring to figure 4, a system (100b) for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses in accordance with the present invention is
10 illustrated. The system (100b) includes an electrical parameter supply unit (10), a
first wire harness (20), a second wire harness (30), a first measuring unit (40ab), a
second measuring unit (40be), a workstation (210) and a display unit (13).
[0093] The first wire harness (20) has one or more first connector
15 ends (21) and one or more second connector ends (22) joined by one or more first
wire segments (23) and the second wire harness (30) has one or more third
connector ends (31) and one or more fourth connector ends (32) joined by one or
more second wire segments (33). The first connector end (21), the second
connector end (22), the third connector end (31) and the fourth connector end (32)
20 are hollow metallic ends having metal wires fixed therein to establish connection
with an external connector housing.
[0094] The electrical parameter supply unit (10) is adapted to
supply one or more electrical parameters therefrom to the first wire harness (20)
25 and the second wire harness (30) connected thereto when the first connector end
(21) is connected to a first socket (41) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10)
and the second connector end (22) is connected to a second socket (42) of the
electrical parameter supply unit (10) and the third connector end (31) is connected
to a third socket (52) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10) and the fourth
30 connector end (32) connected to a fourth socket (53) of the electrical parameter
supply unit (10) and the electrical parameter supply unit (10) operated
accordingly.
[0095] In the preferred embodiment, the electrical parameter
35 supply unit (10) is a voltage source or a current source or a frequency supply unit.
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The electric parameter supply unit (10) has an interface 5 for controlling the
operation of the electric parameter supply unit (10). The interface for controlling
the operation of the electric parameter supply unit (10) is a manually operated
control module. In the preferred embodiment, the electrical parameters supplied
to the first wire segment (20c) and the second wire harness (30c) are voltage or
10 current or frequency.
[0096] The first measuring unit (40ab) has a first measuring pin
(40ac), a second measuring pin (40bc), a third measuring pin (40ae) and the
fourth measuring pin (40bh). In the preferred embodiment, the first measuring
15 unit (40ab) is a voltage sensor or a voltmeter or an ammeter or an LCR meter or a
multimeter or an oscilloscope. A distance between the first measuring pin (40ac)
and the second measuring pin (40bc) is adjustable.
[0097] The first measuring pin (40ac) is adapted to have a physical
20 contact (140) with the first socket (41) at a first position (50) as shown in figure 5.
The first position (50) is a position on the first socket (41) from a reference (50d)
with a predefined first distance (43) therebetween as shown in figure 4.
[0098] Further, the second measuring pin (40bc) is adapted to have
25 a physical contact with the first connector end (21) at a second position (60) as
shown in figure 4. The second position (60) is on the first connector end (21)
from the reference (50d) with a predefined second distance (44) therebetween.
[0099] Further, the third measuring pin (40ae) is adapted to have a
30 physical contact with the second socket (42) at a third position (70). The third
position (70) is a position on the second socket (42) from the reference (50d) with
a predefined third distance (45) therebetween. The magnitude of the predefined
first distance (43) and the magnitude of the predefined third distance (45) is same.
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[00100] Further, the fourth measuring pin 5 (40bh) is adapted to have
a physical contact with the second connector end (22) at a fourth position (180).
The fourth position (180) is a position on the second connector end (22) from the
reference (50d) with a predefined fourth distance (46) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined second distance (44) and the magnitude of the
10 predefined fourth distance (46) is same.
[00101] During the operation of the system (100b), the electric
power supply unit (10) supplies a first predefined quantity of electrical parameter
to the first wire harness (20). In the preferred embodiment, the first predefined
15 quantity of electrical parameter supplied to the first wire harness (20) is an
electromotive force or an electric current or a frequency or a combination of any
of these.
[00102] The first measuring unit (40ab) measures the quantity of
20 electrical parameters between the first position (50) and the second position (60).
The electric parameter measured between the first position (50) and the second
position (60) is a potential difference or an electric current or a resistance or an
inductance or an impendence.
25 [00103] Further, the second measuring unit (40be) has a fifth
measuring pin (40e), a sixth measuring pin (40f), a seventh measuring pin (40g)
and an eighth measuring pin (40h). The fifth measuring pin (40e) of the second
measuring unit (40be) is adapted to have a physical contact with the third socket
(52) at a fifth position (50a). The fifth position (50a) is a position on the third
30 socket (52) from the reference (50d) with a predefined fifth distance (47)
therebetween. A distance between the third measuring pin (40ae) and the fourth
measuring pin (40bh) is adjustable. The magnitude of the predefined first distance
(43) and the predefined fifth distance (47) are same.
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[00104] Further, the sixth measuring pin (5 40f) is adapted to have a
physical contact with the third connector end (31) at a sixth position (60a). The
sixth position (60a) is a position on the third connector end (31) from the
reference (50d) with a predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth
10 distance (48) are same.
[00105] Further, the seventh measuring pin (40g) is adapted to have
a physical contact with the fourth socket (53) at a seventh position (70a). The
seventh position (70a) is a position on the fourth socket (53) from the reference
15 (50d) with a predefined seventh distance (49) therebetween. The magnitude of the
predefined third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are same.
[00106] Further, the eighth measuring pin (40h) is adapted to have a
physical contact with the second connector end (32) at an eight position (180a).
20 The eighth position (180a) is a position on the second connector end (32) from
the reference (50d) with a predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth
distance (51) are same.
25 [00107] Further, the electric parameter supply unit (10) supplies a
second predefined quantity of electrical parameter to the second wire harness
(30). The second predefined quantity of electrical parameter supplied to the
second wire segment (30) is a voltage or an electric current or a frequency or any
combination of these. The second measuring unit (40be) measures the quantity of
30 electrical parameters between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth position (60a)
and the quantity of electrical parameters between the seventh position (70a) and
the eighth position (180a). In the preferred embodiment, the quantity of the first
predefined quantity of electrical parameters supplied to the first wire harness (20)
and the second predefined quantity of electrical parameters supplied to the second
35 wire harness (30) is the same.
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[00108] Further, the workstation (210) is 5 connected to the first
measuring unit (40ab) and the second measuring unit (40be). The workstation
(210) receives the measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness (20)
and the second wire harness (30) by the first measuring unit (40ab) and the
second measuring unit (40be). In the preferred embodiment, the workstation
10 (210) has a user interface such as keyboard or mouse or buttons to control the
operation of the system (100b) such as switching the system (100b) between ONOFF,
calibration, switching the unit of measurement (i.e. ampere, microampere,
volt, millivolt) etc. In the preferred embodiment, the first wire harness (20) is a
standard wire harness and the measured electrical parameter of the first wire
15 harness (20) is a standard quantity of electrical parameter. The physical
parameters of the first wire harness (20) such as length, diameter, no. of wire
segments etc. are the standard parameters against which the physical parameters
of other wire harness are to be measured.
20 [00109] Further, in the system (100b), the workstation (210)
includes a processing unit (11) and a memory unit (12) for storing the measured
electrical parameters received from the first wire harness (20) and the second wire
harness (30). The processing unit (11) is a microcontroller or a microprocessor or
a controller or a processor or a logic controller and the memory unit (12) is a
25 cloud server or a hard drive or an IOT device.
[00110] In the preferred embodiment, the workstation (210) is
connected to an authentication system (not shown in figure). The authentication
system is a biometric system such as a fingerprint sensor or a face recognition
30 system, or a password-protected system. The authentication system is adapted to
provide access of the system (100) to an authenticated user only when the
authentication system is operated accordingly.
[00111] The workstation (210) is adapted to compare the received
35 measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire
30
harness (30) to determine the identicalness details between the 5 first wire harness
(20) and the second wire harness (30). In the preferred embodiment, the
identicalness details between the first wire harness (20) and the second wire
harness (30) includes the identicalness of the physical parameters of the second
wire harness (30) with the physical parameters of the first wire harness (20), the
10 physical parameters of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness
(30) are the quantitative parameters as length, diameter, volume of air gap and the
qualitative parameters such as efficiency of the first wire harness (20) and the
second wire harness (30).
15 [00112] In the preferred embodiment, the details of physical
parameters of the first wire harness (20) are prestored in the workstation (210) as
standard value of physical parameters. The identicalness between the first wire
harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) is the identicalness between the
physical parameters therebetween.
20
[00113] The workstation (210) performs comparison between the
physical parameter of the first wire harness (20) with the electrical parameters of
the first wire harness (20) that are measured by the first measuring unit (40). The
prestored details of the physical parameters of the first wire harness (20) are
25 determined by standard measuring methods such as manual or photographic
inspection and manually stored in the workstation (210) as a reference value.
[00114] For example – Let us take the physical parameters of the
first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) be length, diameter, and
30 volume of air gap within the wire segments of the wire harnesses. The
magnitudes of the length, diameter and air gap of the first wire harness (20) be 6
cm, 11 mm and 2mm3 respectively. The magnitude of the length, diameter and air
gap volume of the first wire harness (20) is measured by any standard measuring
method. The first measuring unit (40ab) measures the voltage drop across the first
35 harness as 7V. Hence, the workstation (210) stores the values of 6cm length, 11
31
mm diameter and 2mm3 air gap for 7V voltage drop across the 5 first wire harness
(20).
[00115] The details of comparison of the first wire harness (20) and
the second wire harness (30) are updated in the cloud memory of the memory unit
10 (12) in real-time. The real-time measurement of the electrical parameters means
the actual time or instantaneous measurement when the system (100b) is
operating.
[00116] Further, a display unit (13) is connected to the workstation
15 (210). In the preferred embodiment, the display unit (13) is a screen or a monitor.
The display unit (13) is adapted to display the determined identicalness details of
the second wire harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20). In the
preferred embodiment, the determined identicalness details displayed by the
display unit (13) includes a message displayed on the display unit (13) to indicate
20 whether the second wire harness (30) is identical to the first wire harness (20). In
another embodiment, an LED indicator which displays a light when the second
wire harness (30) is identical to the first wire harness (20).
[00117] For example, let the first wire harness (20) and second wire
25 harness (30) supplied with a current of 10 microamperes by the electrical
parameter supply unit (10). The first measuring unit (40ab) measures the potential
difference across the first position (50) and the second position (60) as 10V and
the potential difference across the third position (70) and the fourth position (180)
as 12V. The first measuring unit (40ab) sends an average value as (10+12)/2 =
30 11V to the workstation (210). The value measured by the first measuring unit
(40ab) is sent to the workstation (210) and stored in the memory unit (12).
Further, the second measuring unit (40be) measures the potential difference
between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth position (60a) as 10V and the
potential difference between the seventh position (70a) and the eighth position
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(180a) as 12V. The second measuring unit (40be) 5 sends an average value as
(10+12)/2 = 11V to the workstation.
[00118] The workstation (210) compares the value 11V from the
first measuring unit (40ab) with the voltage value 11V measured by the second
10 measuring unit (40be). As the voltage value for both first wire harness (20) and
the second wire harness (30) are same, the display unit (13) displays a message as
"ACCEPTED" or the LED indicator shows a green light which indicates that the
second wire harness (30) is identical to the first wire harness (20).
15 [00119] Referring now to figure 6, a method (200b) for determining
identicalness amongst wire harnesses in accordance with the present invention is
illustrated. For the sake of brevity, the method (200b) is described in conjunction
with the system (100b).
20 [00120] The method (200b) starts at step 310.
[00121] At step 311, the first connector end (21) of the first wire
harness (20) is connected to the first socket (41) of the electrical parameter supply
unit (10) and the second connector end (22) of the first wire harness (20) to the
25 second socket (42) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10).
[00122] At step 312, a physical contact is made between the first
measuring pin (40ac) of the first measuring unit (40ab) and the first socket (41) at
the first position (50). The first position (50) is the position on the first socket
30 (41) from a reference (50d) with the predefined first distance (43) therebetween.
[00123] At step 313, a physical contact between the second
measuring pin (40bc) of the first measuring unit (40ab) and the first connector
end (21) at the second position (60). The second position (60) is the position on
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the first connector end (21) from the reference (50d) with 5 the predefined second
distance (44) therebetween.
[00124] At step 314, a physical contact is made between the third
measuring pin (40ae) of the first measuring unit (40ab) and the second socket (42)
10 at the third position (70). The third position (70) is the position on the second
socket (42) from the reference (50d) with the predefined third distance (45)
therebetween.
[00125] At step 315, a physical contact between the fourth
15 measuring pin (40bh) of the first measuring unit (40ab) and the second connector
end (22) at the fourth position (180). The fourth position (180) is a position on the
second connector end (22) from the reference (50d) with a predefined fourth
distance (46) therebetween.
20 [00126] At step 316, the first predefined quantity of electrical
parameters is supplied to the first wire harness (20) by the electrical parameter
supply unit (10).
[00127] At step 317, the quantity of electrical parameters between
25 the first position (50) and the second position (60) and the quantity of electrical
parameters between the third position (70) and the fourth position (180) are
measured by the first measuring unit (40ab).
[00128] At step 318, the third connector end (31) of the second wire
30 harness (30) is connected to the third socket (52) of the electrical parameter
supply unit (10) and the fourth connector end (32) of the second wire harness (30)
is connected to the fourth socket (53) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10).
[00129] At step 319, a physical contact between the fifth measuring
35 pin (40e) of the second measuring unit (40ab) and the third socket (52) at the fifth
34
position (50a). The fifth position (50a) is the position 5 on the third socket (52)
from the reference (50d) with the predefined fifth distance (47) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined first distance (41) and the predefined fifth distance
(47) are same.
10 [00130] At step 320, a physical contact between the sixth
measuring pin (40f) and the third connector end (31) at the sixth position (60a).
The sixth position (60a) is the position on the third connector end (31) from the
reference (50d) with the predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth
15 distance (48) are same.
[00131] At step 321, the physical contact between the seventh
measuring pin (40g) and the fourth socket (53) at the seventh position (70a). The
seventh position (70a) is the position on the fourth socket (53) from the reference
20 (50d) with a predefined seventh distance (49) therebetween. The magnitude of the
predefined third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are same.
[00132] At step 322, the physical contact between the eighth
measuring pin (40h) and the fourth connector end (32) at the eight position
25 (180a). The eighth position (180a) is the position on the second socket (53) from
the reference (50d) with the predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween. The
magnitude of the predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth
distance (51) are same.
30 [00133] At step 323, the second predefined quantity of electrical
parameters is supplied to the second wire harness (30) by the electrical parameter
supply unit (10). The quantity of the first predefined quantity of electrical
parameters and the second predefined quantity of electrical parameters is same.
35
[00134] At step 324, the first measuring 5 unit (40ab) measures the
quantity of electrical parameters between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth
position (60a) and the second measuring unit (40be) measures the quantity of
electrical parameters between the seventh position (70a) and the eighth position
(180a).
10
[00135] At step 325, the first measuring unit (40ab) and the second
measuring unit (40be) send the information about measured electrical parameters
of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) to the workstation
(210). In the preferred embodiment, the first wire harness (20) is a standard wire
15 harness and the measured electrical parameter of the first wire harness (20) is a
standard quantity of electrical parameter.
[00136] At step 326, the received measured electrical parameters of
the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) are compared by the
20 workstation (210) to determine the identicalness between the first wire harness
(20) and the second wire harness (30).
[00137] At step 327, the display unit (13) connected to the
workstation (210) displays the determined identicalness details the second wire
25 harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20).
[00138] The method (200b) ends at step 328.
[00139] Similarly, as per the requirement of a user (testing
30 operator), multiple wire harnesses can be connected to the system (100b) to
compare with the standard wire harness. Here, the user can be a quality assurance
engineer, a lab operator, or a research professional responsible for testing the wire
harness activities.
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[00140] Thus, the present invention 5 provides a system (100a and
100b) having advantage of providing identification details amongst wire
harnesses by measuring the electrical parameters thereacross and provides a
reliable and efficient alternative to the wire harness selection as compared to
manual physical inspection methods. The system (100a and 100b) also allows the
10 quality check of multiple wire harnesses on a single setup, reducing operating
time. Also, the system (100a and 100b) requires a simple and cost-effective
measurement setup to inspect multiple wire harnesses at a time without affecting
the accuracy of measurement. The system (100) also avoids the need of
destructive testing methods such as cutting the wire segment, performing tension
15 test on the wire segment until failure etc., thereby reduces the wastage of material
of the wire harnesses.
[00141] The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the
present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description.
20 They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present invention to the
precise forms disclosed, and obviously, many modifications and variations are
possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and
described in order to explain the principles of the present invention best and its
practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilise the
25 present invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are
suited to the particular use contemplated. It is understood that various omission
and substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstance may suggest or
render expedient, but such are intended to cover the application or
implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims of the
30 present invention.
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5 We Claim:
1. A system (100a) for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, a first
wire harness (20) is having one or more first connector ends (21) and one or more
second connector ends (22) joined by one or more first wire segments (23) and a
second wire harness (30) is having one or more third connector ends (31) and one
10 or more fourth connector ends (32) joined by one or more second wire segments
(33), the system (100) includes an electrical parameter supply unit (10) adapted to
supply one or more electrical parameters therefrom to the first wire harness (20)
when the first connector end (21) connected to a first socket (41) of the electrical
parameter supply unit (10) and the second connector end (22) is connected to a
15 second socket (42) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10) operated
accordingly; and the electrical parameter supply unit (10) is adapted to supply one
or more electrical parameters therefrom to the second wire harness (20) when the
third connector end (31) connected to the first socket (41) and the fourth
connector end (32) is connected to the second socket (42) and the electrical
20 parameter supply unit (10) operated accordingly, characterized in that the
system (100a) comprises:
a measuring unit (40) having a first measuring pin (40a), a second
measuring pin (40b), a third measuring pin (40c) and a fourth measuring pin
(40d), wherein in a first measurement cycle (220), the first measuring pin (40a) is
25 adapted to have a physical contact with the first socket (41) at a first position
(50), the first position (50) is a position on the first socket (41) from a reference
(50b) with a predefined first distance (43) therebetween;
the second measuring pin (40b) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the first connector end (21) at a second position (60), the second position
30 (60) is a position on the first connector end (21) from the reference (50b) with a
predefined second distance (44) therebetween;
the third measuring pin (40c) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second socket (42) at a third position (70), the third position (70) is a
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position on the second socket (42) from the reference 5 (50b) with a predefined
third distance (45) therebetween;
the fourth measuring pin (40d) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second socket (42) at a fourth position (180), the fourth position (180) is
a position on the second connector end (22) from the reference (50b) with a
10 predefined fourth distance (46) therebetween;
wherein in the first measurement cycle (220), upon supplying a first
predefined quantity of electrical parameter to the first wire harness (20), the
measuring unit (40) measures the quantity of electrical parameter between the
first position (50) and the second position (60) and the quantity of electrical
15 parameter between the third position (70) and the fourth position (180);
wherein subsequently in a second measurement cycle (230), the first
measuring pin (40a) is adapted to have a physical contact with the first socket
(41) at a fifth position (50a), the fifth position (50a) is a position on the first
socket (41) from a reference (50c) with a predefined fifth distance (47)
20 therebetween, wherein the magnitude of the predefined first distance (43) and the
predefined fifth distance (47) are same;
the second measuring pin (40b) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the third connector end (31) at a sixth position (60a), the sixth position (60a)
is a position on the third connector end (31) from the reference (50c) with a
25 predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the
predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth distance (48) are same;
the third measuring pin (40c) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second socket (42) at a seventh position (70a), the seventh position (70a)
is a position on the second socket (42) from the reference (50c) with a predefined
30 seventh distance (49) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the predefined
third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are same;
the fourth measuring pin (40d) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second connector end (32) at an eighth position (180a), the eighth
position (180a) is a position on the second connector end (32) from the reference
35 (50c) with a predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween; wherein the magnitude
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of the predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined 5 eighth distance (51) are
same;
wherein upon supplying a second predefined quantity of electrical
parameter to the second wire harness (30), the measuring unit (40) measures the
quantity of electrical parameter between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth
10 position (60a) and the quantity of electrical parameter between the seventh
position (70a) and the eighth position (180a), the quantity of the first predefined
quantity of electrical parameters and the second predefined quantity of electrical
parameters is same;
a workstation (210) connected to the measuring unit (40), the
15 measuring unit (40) sends information about measured electrical parameters from
the first measurement cycle (220) and the second measurement cycle (230) to the
workstation (210);
wherein the first wire harness (20) is a standard wire harness and the
measured electrical parameter in the first measurement cycle (220) is a standard
20 quantity of electrical parameter;
wherein the workstation (210) is adapted to compare the received
measured electrical parameters of the first measurement cycle (220) and the
second measurement cycle (230) to determine the identicalness between the first
wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30);
25 a display unit (13) connected to the workstation (210), the display unit
is adapted to display the determined identicalness details of the second wire
harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20).
2. A system (100b) for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, a first
30 wire harness (20) is having one or more first connector ends (21) and one or more
second connector ends (22) joined by one or more first wire segments (23) and a
second wire harness (30) is having one or more third connector ends (31) and one
or more fourth connector ends (32) joined by one or more second wire segments
(33), the system (100b) includes an electrical parameter supply unit (10) adapted
35 to supply one or more electrical parameters therefrom to the first wire harness
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(20) when the first connector end (21) connected to a 5 first socket (41) of the
electrical parameter supply unit (10) and the second connector end (22) is
connected to a second socket (42) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10) and
the electrical parameter supply unit (10) operated accordingly; and the electrical
parameter supply unit (10) is adapted to supply one or more electrical parameters
10 therefrom to the second wire harness (30) when the third connector end (31)
connected to a third socket (52) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10) and
the fourth connector end (32) connected to a fourth socket (53) of the electrical
parameter supply unit (10) and the electrical parameter supply unit (10) operated
accordingly, characterized in that the system (100b) comprises:
15 a first measuring unit (40ab) is having a first measuring pin (40ac), a
second measuring pin (40bc), a third measuring pin (40ae) and a fourth measuring
pin (40bh), the first measuring pin (40ac) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the first socket (41) at a first position (50), the first position (50) is a position
on the first socket (41) from a reference (50d) with a predefined first distance (43)
20 therebetween;
the second measuring pin (40bc) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the first connector end (21) at a second position (60), the second position
(60) is a position on the first connector end (21) from the reference (50d) with a
predefined second distance (44) therebetween;
25 the third measuring pin (40ae) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second socket (42) at a third position (70), the third position (70) is a
position on the second socket (42) from the reference (50d) with a predefined
third distance (45) therebetween, the magnitude of the predefined first distance
(43) and the magnitude of the predefined third distance (45) is same;
30 the fourth measuring pin (40bh) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second connector end (22) at a fourth position (180), the fourth position
(180) is a position on the second connector end (22) from the reference (50d) with
a predefined fourth distance (46) therebetween, the magnitude of the predefined
second distance (44) and the magnitude of the predefined fourth distance (46) is
35 same;
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wherein upon supplying a first predefined 5 quantity of electrical
parameters to the first wire harness (20), the first measuring unit (40ab) measures
the quantity of electrical parameters between the first position (50) and the second
position (60) and the quantity of electrical parameters between the third position
(70) and the fourth position (180);
10 a second measuring unit (40be) is having a fifth measuring pin (40e),
a sixth measuring pin (40f), a seventh measuring pin (40g) and an eighth
measuring pin (40h);
the fifth measuring pin (40e) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the third socket (52) at a fifth position (50a), the fifth position (50a) is a
15 position on the third socket (52) from the reference (50d) with a predefined fifth
distance (47) therebetween, wherein the magnitude of the predefined first distance
(43) and the predefined fifth distance (47) are same;
the sixth measuring pin (40f) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the third connector end (31) at a sixth position (60a), the sixth position (60a)
20 is a position on the third connector end (31) from the reference (50d) with a
predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the
predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth distance (48) are same;
the seventh measuring pin (40g) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the fourth socket (53) at a seventh position (70a), the seventh position (70a)
25 is a position on the fourth socket (53) from the reference (50d) with a predefined
seventh distance (49) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the predefined
third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are same;
the eighth measuring pin (40h) is adapted to have a physical contact
with the second connector end (32) at an eighth position (180a), the eighth
30 position (180a) is a position on the second connector end (32) from the reference
(50d) with a predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween, wherein the magnitude
of the predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth distance (51) are
same;
wherein upon supplying a second predefined quantity of electrical
35 parameters to the second wire harness (30), the second measuring unit (40ab)
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measures the quantity of electrical parameters between 5 the fifth position (50a),
the sixth position (60a) and the quantity of electrical parameters between the
seventh position (70a) and the eighth position (180a);
a workstation (210) connected to the first measuring unit (40ab) and
the second measuring unit (40be), the first measuring unit (40ab) and the second
10 measuring unit (40be) send information about measured electrical parameters of
the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) to the workstation
(210),
wherein the first wire harness (20) is a standard wire harness and the
measured electrical parameter of the first wire harness (20) is a standard quantity
15 of electrical parameter,
wherein the workstation (210) is adapted to compare the received
measured electrical parameters of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire
harness (30) to determine the identicalness between the first wire harness (20) and
the second wire harness (30);
20 a display unit (13) connected to the workstation (210), the display unit
(13) is adapted to display the determined identicalness details of the second wire
harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20).
3. A method (200a) for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, a
25 first wire harness (20) is having one or more first connector ends (21) and one or
more second connector ends (22) joined by one or more first wire segments (23)
and a second wire harness (20) is having one or more third connector ends (31)
and one or more fourth connector ends (32) joined by one or more second wire
segments (33), characterized in that, the method (200a) comprises:
30 connecting the first connector end (21) to a first socket (41) of an
electrical parameter supply unit (10) and the second connector end (22) to a
second socket (42) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10);
making physical contact between a first measuring pin (40a) of a
measuring unit (40) and a first position (50), the first position (50) is a position on
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the first socket (41) from a reference (50b) with a predefined 5 first distance (43)
therebetween;
making a physical contact between a second measuring pin (40b) of
the measuring unit (40) and the first connector end (21) at a second position (60),
the second position (60) is a position on the first connector end (21) from the
10 reference (50b) with a predefined second distance (44) therebetween;
making a physical contact between a third measuring pin (40c) of the
measuring unit (40) and the second socket (42) at a third position (70), the third
position (70) is a position on the second socket (42) from the reference (50b) with
a predefined third distance (45) therebetween;
15 making a physical contact between a fourth measuring pin (40d) of
the measuring unit (40) and the second connector end (22) at a fourth position
(180), the fourth position (180) is a position on the second connector end (22)
from the reference (50b) with a predefined fourth distance (46) therebetween;
supplying a first predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the
20 first wire harness (20);
measuring the quantity of electrical parameter between the first
position (50) and the second position (60) and measuring the quantity of electrical
parameter between the third position (70) and the fourth position (180) upon
supplying a first predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the first wire
25 harness (20);
disconnecting the first wire harness (20) from the first socket (41) and
second socket (42);
connecting the second wire harness (30) to the first socket (41) and
the second socket (42);
30 making a physical contact between the first measuring pin (40a) and
the first socket (41) at a fifth position (50a), the fifth position (50a) is a position
on the first socket (41) from the reference (50c) with a predefined fifth distance
(47) therebetween, wherein the magnitude of the predefined first distance (43)
and the predefined fifth distance (47) are same;
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making a physical contact between the 5 second measuring pin (40b)
and the third connector end (31) at a sixth position (60a), the sixth position (60a)
is a position on the third connector end (31) from the reference (50c) with a
predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the
predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth distance (48) are same;
10 making a physical contact between the third measuring pin (40c) and
the fourth socket (42) at a seventh position (70a), the seventh position (70a) is a
position on the fourth socket (42) from the reference (50c) with a predefined
seventh distance (49) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the predefined
third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are same;
15 making a physical contact between the fourth measuring pin (40d)
and the second socket (42) at an eighth position (180a), the eighth position (180a)
is a position on the second socket (42) from the reference (50c) with a predefined
eighth distance (51) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the predefined
fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth distance (51) are same;
20 supplying a second predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the
second wire harness (30) by the electrical parameter supply unit (10), wherein the
quantity of the first predefined quantity of electrical parameters and the second
predefined quantity of electrical parameters is same;
measuring the quantity of electrical parameter between the fifth
25 position (50a) and the sixth position (60a) by the measuring unit (40) and
measuring the quantity of electric parameter between the seventh position (70a)
and the eighth position (80a) by the measuring unit (40);
sending information about measured electrical parameters of the first
wire harness and the second wire harness to a workstation (210) connected to the
30 measuring unit (40), wherein the first wire harness (20) is a standard wire harness
and the measured electrical parameter of the first wire harness (20) is a standard
quantity of electrical parameter;
comparing the received information about measured electrical
parameters of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) by the
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workstation (210) to determine the identicalness between the 5 first wire harness
(20) and the second wire harness (30);
displaying the determined identicalness details of the second wire
harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20) by a display unit (13)
connected to the workstation (210).
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4. A method (200b) for determining identicalness amongst wire harnesses, a first
wire harness (20) is having one or more first connector ends (21) and one or more
second connector ends (22) joined by one or more first wire segments (23) and a
second wire harness (30) is having one or more third connector ends (31) and one
15 or more fourth connector ends (32) joined by one or more second wire segments
(33), the method (200b) comprises steps of:
connecting the first connector end (21) to a first socket (41) of an
electrical parameter supply unit (10) and the second connector end (22) to a
second socket (42) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10);
20 making a physical contact between a first measuring pin (40ac) of a
first measuring unit (40ab) and the first socket (41) at a first position (50), the
first position (50) is a position on the first socket (41) from a reference (50d) with
a predefined first distance (43) therebetween;
making a physical contact between a second measuring pin (40bc) of
25 the first measuring unit (40ab) and the first connector end (21) at a second
position (60), the second position (60) is a position on the first connector end (21)
from the reference (50d) with a predefined second distance (44) therebetween ;
making a physical contact between a third measuring pin (40ae) of the
first measuring unit (40ab) and the second socket (42) at a third position (70), the
30 third position (70) is a position on the second socket (42) from the reference (50d)
with a predefined third distance (45) therebetween;
making a physical contact between a fourth measuring pin (40bh) of
the first measuring unit (40ab) and the second connector end (22) at a fourth
position (180), the fourth position (180) is a position on the second connector end
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(22) from the reference (50d) with a predefined 5 fourth distance (46)
therebetween;
supplying a first predefined quantity of electrical parameters to the
first wire harness (20),
measuring the quantity of electrical parameters between the first
10 position (50) and the second position (60) and measuring the quantity of electrical
parameters between the third position (70) and the fourth position (180) by the
first measuring unit (40ab);
connecting the third connector end (31) to a third socket (52) of the
electrical parameter supply unit (10) and the fourth connector end (32) to a fourth
15 socket (53) of the electrical parameter supply unit (10);
making a physical contact between a fifth measuring pin of the second
measuring unit (40a) and the third socket (52) at a fifth position (50a), the fifth
position (50a) is a position on the third socket (52) from the reference (50d) with
a predefined fifth distance (47) therebetween, wherein the magnitude of the
20 predefined first distance (41) and the predefined fifth distance (47) are same;
making a physical contact between a sixth measuring pin (40f) and
the third connector end (31) at a sixth position (60a), the sixth position (60a) is a
position on the third connector end (31) from the reference (50d) with a
predefined sixth distance (48) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the
25 predefined second distance (44) and the predefined sixth distance (48) are same;
making a physical contact between the seventh measuring pin (40g)
and the fourth socket (53) at a seventh position (70a), the seventh position (70a) is
a position on the fourth socket (53) from the reference (50d) with a predefined
seventh distance (49) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the predefined
30 third distance (45) and the predefined seventh distance (49) are same;
making a physical contact between the eighth measuring pin (40h)
and the fourth connector end (32) at an eighth position (180a), the eighth position
(180a) is a position on the second socket (53) from the reference (50d) with a
predefined eighth distance (51) therebetween; wherein the magnitude of the
35 predefined fourth distance (46) and the predefined eighth distance (51) are same;
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supplying a second predefined quantity of electrical 5 parameters to the
second wire harness (30), the quantity of the first predefined quantity of electrical
parameters and the second predefined quantity of electrical parameters is same;
measuring the quantity of electrical parameters between the fifth
position (50a) and the sixth position (60a) by the first measuring unit (40ab) and
10 measuring the quantity of electrical parameters between the seventh position
(70a) and the eighth position (180a) by the second measuring unit (40be),
sending information about measured electrical parameters of the first
wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) to a workstation (210) by the
first measuring unit (40ab) and the second measuring unit (40be) respectively,
15 wherein the first wire harness (20) is a standard wire harness and the
measured electrical parameter of the first wire harness (20) is a standard quantity
of electrical parameter
comparing the received measured electrical parameters of the first
wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) to determine the identicalness
20 between the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30);
displaying the determined identicalness details the second wire
harness (30) with respect to the first wire harness (20) by a display unit (13)
connected to the workstation (210).
25 5. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, the electrical parameter supply unit (10)
is a voltage source or a current source or a frequency supply unit.
6. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, the electrical parameter supply unit (10)
is a voltage source or a current source or a frequency supply unit.
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7. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, the measuring unit (40) is a voltmeter or
an ammeter or an LCR meter or a multimeter or an oscilloscope.
8. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, the first measuring unit (40ab) is a
35 voltmeter or an ammeter or an LCR meter or a multimeter or an oscilloscope and
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the second measuring unit (40be) is a voltmeter or an ammeter 5 or an LCR meter
or a multimeter or an oscilloscope.
9. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first predefined quantity of
electric parameter supplied to the first wire harness (20) and the second
10 predefined quantity of electric parameter supplied to the second wire harness (30)
is an electromotive force or a frequency of an electric current or a combination of
these.
10. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first predefined quantity
15 of electric parameter supplied to the first wire harness (20) and the second
predefined quantity of electric parameter supplied to the second wire harness
(30) is an electromotive force or a frequency of an electric current or
combination of these.
20 11. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, the electrical parameters measured
between the first position (50) and the second position (60) is a potential
difference or an electric current or a resistance or an inductance or an
impendence and the electrical parameters measured between the third position
(70) and the fourth position (180) is a potential difference or an electric current
25 or a resistance or an inductance or an impendence.
12. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, the electrical parameters measured
between the first position (50) and the second position (60) is a potential
difference or an electric current or a resistance or an inductance or an
30 impendence and the electrical parameters measured between the third position
(70) and the fourth position (180) is a potential difference or an electric current
or a resistance or an inductance or an impendence.
13. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the electrical parameters
35 measured between the fifth position (50a) and the sixth position (60a) is a
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potential difference or an electric current or a resistance 5 or an inductance or an
impendence and the electrical parameters measured between the seventh
position (70a) and the eighth position (180a) is a potential difference or an
electric current or a resistance or an inductance or an impendence.
10 14. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the workstation (210)
includes a processing unit (11) and a memory unit (12) for storing the measured
electrical parameters received from the first measurement cycle (220) and the
second measurement cycle (230).
15 15. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the workstation (210)
includes a processing unit (11), a memory unit (12) for storing the measured
electrical parameters received from the first wire harness (20) and the second
wire harness (30).
20 16. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processing unit (11) is a
microcontroller or microprocessor or controller or processor or logic controller,
the display unit (13) is a screen or a monitor and the memory unit is a cloud
server or a hard drive or an IOT device.
25 17. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the processing unit (11) is a
microcontroller or microprocessor or controller or processor or logic controller,
the display unit (13) is a screen or a monitor and the memory unit (12) is a cloud
server or a hard drive or an IOT device.
30 18. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electric parameter supply
unit (10) has an interface for controlling the operation of the electric parameter
supply unit (10).
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19. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the electric 5 parameter supply
unit (10) has an interface for controlling the operation of the electric parameter
supply unit (10).
20. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the workstation (210) is
10 connected to an authentication system, the authentication system is adapted to
provide access of the system (100) to an authenticated user only when the
authentication system is operated accordingly.
21. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the workstation (210) is
15 connected to an authentication system, the authentication system is adapted to
provide access of the system (100) to an authenticated user only when the
authentication system is operated accordingly.
22. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 16, the details of comparison of the first
20 measurement cycle (220) and the second measurement cycle (230) are updated
in the cloud server of the memory unit (12) in real-time.
23. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 17, the details of comparison of the first
wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) are updated in the cloud
25 server of the memory unit (12) on real-time.
24. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, the identicalness details between the
first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) includes the
identicalness of the physical parameters of the second wire harness (30) with the
30 physical parameters of the first wire harness (20), the physical parameters of the
first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) are the quantitative
parameters as length, diameter, volume of air gap and the qualitative parameters
such as efficiency of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30)
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25. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, the identicalness 5 details between the
first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) includes the
identicalness of the physical parameters of the second wire harness (30) with the
physical parameters of the first wire harness (20), the physical parameters of the
first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30) are the quantitative
10 parameters as length, diameter, volume of air gap and the qualitative parameters
such as efficiency of the first wire harness (20) and the second wire harness (30)
26. The system (100a) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determined identicalness
details displayed by the display unit (13) includes a message displayed on the
15 display unit (13) to indicate whether the second wire harness (30) is identical to
the first wire harness (20) or an LED indicator which displays a light when the
second wire harness (30) is structurally identical to the first wire harness (20).
27. The system (100b) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the determined identicalness
20 details displayed by the display unit (13) includes a message displayed on the
display unit (13) to indicate whether the second wire harness (30) is identical to
the first wire harness (20) or an LED indicator which displays a light when the
second wire harness (30) is structurally identical to the first wire harness (20).