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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308815 | Terminal crimping pliers A terminal crimping pliers is provided, which is designed with a simple structure, and is used to improve the disadvantages of the conventional terminal crimping pliers, such as being difficult to be grasped and difficult for forces applied thereon. The terminal cri... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290473 | Pierce cam A pierce cam is compact, can save space, can be easily mounted, can reduce cost, can even be mounted to a sloped surface, and a pierce punch and required accessories can be ordered in bulk from a single source. A pierce cam includes a pierce punch, a body which is d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7269893 | Tool for piercing nut A tool for piercing nuts that includes a die part, a punch part and a piercing nut feeder incorporated into the punch part. The piercing nut feeder is adapted to feed piercing nuts into a piercing nut holder in the punch part so that these nuts, when the punch part ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262527 | Stator assembly made from a molded web of core segments and motor using same A plurality of stator segments 20 are linked together by a phase change material 22 enabling simplified winding and higher slot fill. Once wound this continuous structure can be formed into a toroidal core 17 for a stator assembly 40 used... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249410 | Electric cable splicing system A system for splicing together heavy duty electric cables, especially underground cables, consisting of a static friction block and a clamping friction block located on ends of cables to be spliced. A block and tackle mechanism is interposed between the friction blo... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7111390 | Parts mounting and assembling apparatus An apparatus combining a high-speed high-precision characteristic equivalent to that of a die bonder and a flexibility of coping quickly with a process variation and product variation along with size reduction and economics. This apparatus comprises a base unit incl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103968 | Cable terminating apparatus Apparatus and methods are shown for holding a plurality of wires of a cable in fixed positions relative to each other for assisting in the termination of the cable with a connector having plurality of contacts possibly of the insulation displacement type. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6971159 | Tool for inserting electrical wires into an electrical connector A tool for inserting electrical wires into an electrical connector for mating with a plurality of electrical contact members fixedly mounted within the electrical connector comprises a base fixture upon which the electrical connector is to be installed, an insertion... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935040 | Cable installation system and related methods A cable installation system for use by a cable installer may include a plurality of cable dispensers having different lengths of cable. In particular, each cable dispenser may also have a non-numeric, length-identifying marking associated therewith corresponding to ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6857551 | Auto-feed terminal wire clamping machine and its terminal structure An auto-feed terminal wire clamping machine and its terminal structure. This invention can automatically sieve and randomly arrange the disordered terminal inner molds and feed them in an ordered direction to the feeding groove of such terminal wire clamper and auto... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6704982 | Automatic machine for assembling frames The machine comprises two independent fastening stations. The first station (2), designed to assembly the corners of the frame separately and successively, is provided with two cutting heads (3, 7) for cutting the mouldings (5, 9) forming the co... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6513231 | System and method for assembly of large structures using modular traveling workstations The system includes stationary assembly jigs for supporting mechanical structures during assembly thereof, and a plurality of mobile, modular workstations that travel from one assembly jig to another. Each workstation interfaces with the assembly jigs and... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6408517 | Method and apparatus for assembling a three-dimensional structural component Three-dimensional large scale bodies such as jumbo aircraft fuselages (14) are assembled in body sections around a longitudinal central assembly core (1) which itself is mounted at its ends and accessible all around along its length. Robots carrying tools... | 06/25/2002 |
| 5941291 | Workpiece retaining means for carving machine A machine for carving workpieces having substantially similar configurations generally including a base member, means disposed on the base member for retaining at least one workpiece thereon, means for rotationally indexing the workpiece disposed on the r... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5819395 | Machine tool module with cutting tool and superimposed workpiece-carrying platen A machine tool module has a platen supported on a track above a metal-removing tool. A workpiece is placed on the platen at a loading station at one end of the track. A drive is provided to move the platen from the loading station to the metal-removing st... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5771950 | Carving machine and workpiece retaining and positioning means therefor A machine for carving workpieces having substantially similar configurations generally including a base member, means disposed on the base member for retaining at least one workpiece thereon, means for rotationally indexing the workpiece disposed on the r... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5697138 | Apparatus and method for fabricating trimmed letters Automated forming apparatus including a horizontal feedbelt and an overlying gantry containing a number of tool heads for forming alphanumeric trim pieces for sign letters. A number of laterally and vertically controlled tool heads are indexed to the feed... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5647706 | Device to machine workpiece edges The invention relates to a device to machine workpiece edges with variable dimensions using a device for clamping the workpieces and a machining unit, whereby the device according to the invention is characterized by a first clamping bed with a clamping p... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5621965 | Method of deflecting a workpiece to establish rigidity in work positioning and support during a machining operation In very high speed adiabatic face milling machines whose operation provides a highly efficient machining process suitable for production manufacturing conditions, it is essential that appropriate fixturing is utilized to position and support the workpiece... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5444902 | Cylinder rounding/holding tool A cylinder rounding/holding tool that is positioned in the center of the rotary table and bolted to a base plate for rigidity. The tool is formed from a metal frame that is circular on the inside diameter to form a locating boss and has flats on the exter... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5442848 | Wire positioning and cut-off tool To permit close positioning of a wire positioning finger (2) adjacent a slit blade insulation piercing connector, a pressing element (19) having a pressure surface (22) is movably located adjacent a wire outlet opening (10) of a wire guide duct (4) in the... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5414918 | Portable framing jig A framing jig for building various configurations of wall sections, roof trusses and similar structural components in building construction. In one embodiment, two or more ganged cradle assemblies are provided with spaced cradles for supporting building s... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5226211 | Precision guided transfer fixture A combination of a workpiece support means and a workstation allow a workpiece to be positioned for machining. The support includes a precision way and a transfer fixture slidable along the way. The transfer fixture has precision ground datum markers for ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4979292 | Method of forming filament harness An apparatus and method for producing a filament harness which comprises feeding a plurality of strands in a downstream direction onto a support which receives the strands. There is a head which contacts the strands and a control means for causing relativ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4955927 | Method of operating harness making machine This invention is directed to a method for operating an electrical harness making machine on which a variety of electrical connectors may be used with a common set of tooling. In such an operation, a leading end of a wire is terminated in a preselected te... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4881518 | Apparatus for manufacturing and handling thin wafers Apparatus for manufacturing thin wafers from bars, such as in the manufacture of wafers for use as semiconductor substrates, include an arrangement wherein a holder member is fastened to the bar, the bar is sliced to separate a disc-shaped wafer therefrom... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4862927 | Double-ended termination and routing arrangement for an automated wiring system A wire harness assembly arrangement acquires, prepares and routes various sections of wire by means of a wiring tool apparatus attached to a robotic manipulator. The tool apparatus moves coincident with an arm of the process controlled robotic manipulator... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4856187 | Apparatus and methods for making terminated wire segments A wire feed mechanism alternately feeds a pair of parallel wire strands A and B through spaced-apart turret jaws on a rotatable turret, through a cutter-stripper head, through a wire gathering device and through spaced-apart conveyor clamps in a conveyor.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4825519 | Machine for making awnings A machine for assembling awning slats having a front longitudinal side edge portion curled downwardly and rearwardly along the length of the slat, and having a rear longitudinal side edge portion curled upwardly and forwardly along the length of the slat ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4794687 | Fixture system for workpiece machining A fixture system for numerical controlled rough and finished machining of a workpiece including a first fixture having defined reference points for rough machining and a second fixture having the same defined reference points for finish machining. The sys... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4614106 | Tab lifting and crimping tool A combination tab lifting and crimping tool for lifting and crimping tabs which have been bent over a flange consisting of a casing having a pair of openings at opposite ends thereof and an elongated tool channel therein communicating with the openings. A... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4480364 | Workpiece holding and alignment device An adjustable holding and alignment device is provided for a workpiece having alignment pins. The device has a plurality of bars separated by spacers which define an alignment hole and an alignment slot through which the workpiece alignment pins may be in... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4363165 | Wire harness A wire harness manufactured by a new method and a new apparatus is provided. A covered wire paid out from a selected one of reels is extended in a predetermined lay-out and fixed. The thus fixed wire is cut-off from the reel. Then, another wire is paid ou... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4360962 | Wire harness A wire harness manufactured by a new method and a new apparatus is provided. A covered wire paid out from a selected one of reels is extended in a predetermined lay-out and fixed. The thus fixed wire is cut-off from the reel. Then, another wire is paid ou... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4288908 | Cable clamping and orienting apparatus A clamp is disclosed for use during connection of insulated wires into an electrical connector. The wires are collectively provided by an electrical cable which must be orientated by the clamp to project perpendicular to the connector when all the wires a... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4271581 | Apparatus for inserting multiple terminals into a holder An apparatus including feeding and assembling mechanisms by which a strip of terminals will be fed into a work station where a plurality of such terminals are separated from the strip and are forcibly inserted into a terminal holder that has been properly... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4194276 | Connector holding fixture Fixture for supporting an electrical connector and positioning wires in spaced relationship to the connector in preparation for insertion of the wires into the connector comprises a channel-shaped frame member having a web and sidewalls. The external surf... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4193177 | Electrical connector assembly apparatus Apparatus for assembling an electrical connector housing (15) and a conductor mounting comb (41) comprising a pair of clamping mechanisms (14, 27) for clasping the housing (15) and comb (41) which mechanisms are brought together by a press (10) to force t... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4100661 | Door hinge applying apparatus A door hinge applying unit for supporting and releasably holding a door and the hinge jamb of the door frame in positions alongside each other with the butt-receiving surfaces of the door and jamb coplanar for applying the butts of a butt hinge, which uni... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4046985 | Semiconductor wafer alignment apparatus An apparatus for treating a wafer of semiconductor material so that individual devices which may be simple devices or complete complex integrated circuits defined on the front surface of the wafer can be easily separated from the wafer. The apparatus alig... | 09/06/1977 |
