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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992288 | Apparatus for fixing flexible printed circuit module to sliding mechanism of portable electronic device An apparatus (40) for fixing a flexible printed circuit board module (20) to a sliding mechanism (10) of a portable electronic device is provided. The apparatus includes a base (41) and a pressing device (43). The base includes an ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7895737 | Winding machine for winding solenoid shaped coils having band-shaped conductors A winding machine (1) for winding solenoid-shaped coils (21) with band-shaped conductors (6), comprising a winding means (3) which holds a circular-cylindrical coil core (2) of a coil (21) to be wound, and a winding drive wh... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7874064 | Device for positioning and fixing wires in tubes A device for fixing and positioning in tubes and its use in tubular reactors. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870662 | Terminal insertion apparatus A terminal insertion apparatus having a wire holding unit holding two wires, each wire having a terminal, a connector holding unit holding a connector housing having at least two holes for receiving terminals, and a terminal insertion head is disclosed. The terminal... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7849589 | Multi-cable connector assembly tool A tool for installing connectors on cables includes a base member and a plunger movably mounted on the base member. A lever mechanism on the base member moves the plunger. There is a wheel member that carries a plurality of dog fixtures thereon. A detent mechanism p... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7810230 | Sealing member fitting apparatus A sealing member fitting apparatus includes a sealing member transfer device that switches between a sealing member receiving position where the sealing member transfer device faces a sealing member holding device provided with a hollow sealing member and a sealing ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810229 | Tape core wire wiring apparatus There is provided a tape core wire manufacturing apparatus that makes it possible to manufacture a large variety of tape core wires in small quantities with ease, and in addition, makes it easy to apply a uniform coating over a broad width. In the tape core wire man... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7774927 | Wire positioning device for a wire termination machine A wire positioning device for a termination machine includes a support housing configured to be located proximate to a termination zone of the termination machine. A wire gripping mechanism is coupled to the support housing and defines a wire alignment axis. The wir... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757385 | System for fabricating semiconductor components with through wire interconnects A method for fabricating a semiconductor component with a through wire interconnect includes the step of providing a substrate having a circuit side, a back side, and a through via. The method also includes the steps of: threading a wire through the via, forming a c... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752743 | Apparatus for making an antenna for wire transponders An apparatus for making an antenna for wire transponders of electrically conductive material, comprising at least one depositing device for depositing said wire on a substrate placed on a support element, said at least one depositing device and said substrate being ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7721421 | Wire setting device A wire setting device includes a first optical detecting portion that detects a setting of the wire in a groove based on a first light beam passing across the wire insertion groove, a second optical detecting portion that detects abutting contact of the distal end o... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7676908 | Pressing member and electronic device handling apparatus A pusher 30 is composed of a pusher base 31 and a pressing body 32 attached to the pusher base 31 in a removable way. Specifically, a base portion of the pressing body 32 is provided with a flange portion 321, and the pusher... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673383 | Apparatus for manufacturing a complete wire harness from a plurality of partial harnesses An apparatus for manufacturing a complete wire harness from a plurality of wire harnesses have a first transferring unit, an inserting unit and a removing unit. The first transferring unit transfers a wire clamping bar, which holds a partial harness having a plurali... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7631420 | Apparatus for a wire wrapping process A mounting apparatus includes a base and at least one pair of shoe plates. The shoe plates are formed on a top surface of the base. Each of the shoe plates comprises a plurality of grooves respectively on top surfaces thereof for holding at least one connector. It i... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7568282 | Tools to mount a connector to a coaxial cable Methods and tools to mount a cable connector to a coaxial cable are disclosed. An illustrated example tool includes an opening to enable viewing into a cable connector mounted on the tool to determine the position of an inner dielectric insulator of the coaxial cabl... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562441 | Crimp press for the production of a crimping connection A crimp press has a positioning unit for lowering a grip arm supplying a cable end to a crimp device. The positioning unit is arranged on a handle firmly connected with a tool holder. Vertical movement of the handle with the positioning unit corresponds to the verti... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7490400 | Wire-processing device A wire-processing device has a swivel-arm with gripper and open gripper-jaws and is able to thread a wire into a guide-tube arranged on a holder of the gripper and which serves as feeder to feed wire-ends to processing stations. The swivel-arm with the gripper is sw... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7454829 | Cable sorting threader and labeling tool A structured cabling tool includes a lower frame base that supports cable axles, the tool being extended in a ready for use condition and compacted in a ready for transport condition; frame arms supported by the lower frame base, the frame arms fixable upright ortho... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454830 | Apparatus with twisting tool having cavities and associated retaining parts for manufacturing electrical harnesses The present invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing a harness of electrically conductive wire segments, the apparatus comprising a twisting tool (20) having at least two cavities (31 to 38), each cavity being associated with retaining m... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7448128 | Terminal connecting apparatus Providing a terminal connecting apparatus for improving accuracy of connecting a terminal to a flat circuit body, an applicator main body includes a pair of guide walls for placing and positioning a terminal therebetween so as to arrange front ends of the claws of t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444743 | Connecting device for connecting electrical foil conductors A connecting device that connects at least one foil conductor to at least one connection line comprises an insulative connector housing having a pressed screen arranged in an interior thereof. The pressed screen electrically connects the foil conductor to the connec... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441328 | Insulator-combining apparatus An insulator-combining apparatus which can correctly detects whether or not insulators are lined up in a predetermined sequence is provided. The plate-combining apparatus includes a plate-setting jig which includes a frame, holder, combining part and erroneous attac... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441327 | Terminal inserting apparatus A terminal insertion apparatus includes a wire-holding unit, a housing-holding unit, and an terminal-inserting unit. The wire-holding unit holds electric wires connected to terminal fittings. The housing-holding unit holds a connector housing. The terminal-inserting... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432504 | Dicorotron wire assembly removal and storage tool A system and apparatus that removes and collects non-functional wire assemblies from dicorotron units is described. It has a removal tool mounted on the top of a storage box. The removal tool has an open top and bottom, the open bottom is aligned with an opening in ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424775 | Captive wired test fixture A method for wiring a test fixture comprised of two parallel fixture plates wherein the wires are wired randomly from locations on one plate to locations on a second plate using a system of software algorithms and positioning apparatus to control the motion of one p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406760 | Forming tool for use in a machine for making armored cable The inventions presented herein provide an armor forming tool for use with an armor forming machine. The machine feeds a continuous strip of metal to a sub-assembly of a cable so as to wrap the continuous strip around the sub-assembly. The tool applies appropriate p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406764 | Method of determining the acceptability of the press contacting of a terminal using reference data A method of determining the acceptability of a press contact of a wire between press contact blades of a terminal. The method includes the steps of storing a reference data of a relationship between displacements of the press contact blades when the wire is brought ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7370408 | Hold down device in a terminal applicator A terminal applicator (50) for attaching electrical terminals (52) to a wire includes a terminal hold down device (90) for limiting movement of the terminal during the crimping process. The hold down device (90) includes a hold down arm (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363703 | Device for fitting electric wires with sleeves A sleeve-fitter includes a sleeve module, a fitting module, a control and a base module. The fitting module and control are part of the base module. In operation, a centering pin and a round hole cooperate when the sleeve module is in contact with the base module an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356914 | Twist-on wire connector applicator A wire connector applicator is capable of holding a clip of interconnected twist-on wire connectors in a tube which can be rotated by an electric motor. The connectors rotate with the tube for installation on the ends of stripped electrical wires. The invention is a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353677 | Automated machine setup with modular tooling Apparatus and a method for establishing setup parameters for use in a machine. In one embodiment a tooling component is removably mountable to a host machine. The tooling component includes a memory that contains information defining setup parameters for the host ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351001 | Pillar shield for securing a wire harness A plug for enclosing an opening within a wall of a hollow pillar and securing a wire harness running within the pillar. Included are at least two locks that resiliently engage the edge of the opening in order to secure the plug within the opening and align the plug ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334321 | Wire loader An automated wire harness machine is capable of manufacturing a wire harness in an automated process. The wire harness is generally a plurality of bundled, preferably un-stripped, insulated wires. Each un-stripped end portion of each wire is preferably terminated by... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318271 | Device for assembling connector A process and device for assembling a connector is provided, by which the production efficiency can be improved by preventing the problem of insertion error from occurring in a step of terminal insertion into a connector housing in the manufacturing process of the w... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299542 | Multiple connector compression tool A multiple connector compression tool for use with multiple sized connectors and a cable is disclosed. The tool is designed to receive at least two different connector configurations. The tool does not require using adaptors which may be lost or misplaced. The tool ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299541 | Contact press-fitting apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a contact press-fitting apparatus which can perform the press-fitting of all of the contacts with high reliability, without leading to problems such as buckling of the contacts, even in cases where the array pitch ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299543 | Multiple connector compression tool A multiple connector compression tool for use with multiple sized connectors and a cable is disclosed. The tool is designed to receive at least two different connector configurations. The tool does not require using adaptors which may be lost or misplaced. The tool ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275313 | Unlocking jig An unlocking jig (40) is fit on a female housing (10) from below. As a result, a guide groove (43A) on a bottom portion (43) of the unlocking jig (40) engages a convexity (22C) on a lower surface of the female housing (10... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269892 | Electric part handling device A tweezer-type hand-held device for installing and removing an electric part on and from a substrate. The device is provided with a pair of legs biased to close such that the part is held between the legs by the biasing force when the part is installed on the substr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257878 | Continuous cable processing apparatus A continuous cable processing apparatus for producing cable sections with processed ends comprises a cable transport apparatus having at least one transport device for moving and holding the cable in the axial direction and, transversely thereto, a knife station. Ac... | 08/21/2007 |
