Patent ID: 7174324

Claim:
A design support system for supporting a design of a connection between a conductor and a connector terminal, comprising: an estimation unit which learns beforehand a relationship between known connection data pertaining to connection design and unknown connection data pertaining to the connection design for the known connection data, wherein the estimation unit estimates the unknown connection data pertaining to the known connection data in accordance with an input of the known connection data on the basis of the result of learning, wherein the estimation unit is constituted of a multilayer feedforward neural network in which layers formed of a plurality of neurons are coupled together in a direction in which the layers run from an input layer to an output layer by way of an intermediate layer, wherein, when the conductor and the connector terminal are connected together through crimping, the estimation unit performs learning beforehand while taking, as unknown connection data, any of a crimp width and a crimp height, a compressibility of the conductor in a direction of the crimp height, adhesion force existing between the conductor and the connector terminal, and contact resistance existing between the conductor and the connector terminal, which are obtained after crimping.