Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cable tension control device
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Application No.: US16942413Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US11597623B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Zongjie Tao , Dandan Zhang , Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu , Yingcong Deng , Zhonghua Xu
- Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. , TE Connectivity Corporation
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai; US PA Berwyn
- Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.,TE Connectivity Corporation
- Current Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.,TE Connectivity Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai; US PA Berwyn
- Agency: Barley Snyder
- Priority: CN201921203403.0 20190729
- Main IPC: B65H59/36
- IPC: B65H59/36 ; B65H51/10 ; B65H59/38

Abstract:
A cable tension control device includes a pair of first active rollers clamping a cable therebetween, a first driver driving the first active rollers, a pair of second active rollers clamping the cable therebetween at an upstream position from the first active rollers, a second driver driving the second active rollers, a floating roller arranged between the first active rollers and the second active rollers and exerting a pushing force on the cable, and an actuator driving the floating roller to move vertically to adjust the pushing force exerted on the cable. A tension force applied on the cable is controlled to be equal to a predetermined tension force by controlling the pushing force and by controlling a speed difference between a first speed at which the first active rollers convey the cable forward and a second speed at which the second active rollers convey the cable forward.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210032068A1 Cable Tension Control Device Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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