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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166640 | Terminal pressing mold assembly Provided is a terminal pressing mold assembly including a first mold and a second mold having a projection. The first mold includes a main body, a pair of claws, and a groove. The main body includes a pair of first connecting portions. The claws each include a secon... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8056218 | Crimping apparatus for cables, particularly shielded cables Crimping apparatus for crimping separate parts of a metal sleeve arranged concentrically about the junction between a shielded cable and a plug connector, including a pair of colinearly arranged annular crimping dies that are operable by an annular operating member ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7921549 | Tool and method for connecting a connector to a coaxial cable A tool for changing first and second parts of a connector from a pre-assembly relationship into an assembled relationship. The tool is portable and has a frame with an operating mechanism thereon. The operating mechanism has a plunger that is movable to thereby chan... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7784175 | Terminal crimping apparatus A terminal crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for placing an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate porti... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784176 | Crimping apparatus and metal terminal A crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for mounting an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and a... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7757386 | Crimping press A crimping device has a contact advancer provided with an exchangeable anvil part. A first pulley, a belt and an advancing motor drive a first carriage. A gripper for advancing the contact belt is guided in a direction crosswise to a direction of the first carriage.... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748108 | Tool for crimping a contact onto a cable A crimping tool to crimp a contact onto the end of a wire, the contact configured to receive both a stripped part and an insulated part of the wire end. The crimping tool includes a first and second tier to crimp the contact onto the conductor core and onto the insu... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748109 | Crimping apparatus A crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for mounting an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion, and ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7637005 | Cable-processing machine with swiveling device for serving processing stations with cable-ends A cable-processing machine includes a swiveling device with a swiveling arm and a gripper for moving cable-ends to and from processing stations. A belt-drive advances a cable supplied from a reel or drum to a cutting and stripping station where the leading and the t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7603768 | Inspection apparatus for wire-processing machine A wire-processing apparatus has grippers feeding a wire to processing stations for producing wire end connections. A holder is used to inspect the wire end connection, wherein the linear movement of the grippers is used for the automated inspection of the wire end c... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7509732 | Crimping apparatus for terminal The crimping apparatus crimps a conductor of a FFC (flexible flat cable) to a terminal. The crimping apparatus has a crimping portion and a pressing portion. The crimping portion has an anvil and a crimper which pinch the terminal and the conductor of FFC therebetwe... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7461448 | Crimping tool with quick-change crimp head for sealing and electrically crimping electrical contacts to insulated wire A crimping tool with a quick-change crimp head for sealing and electrically crimping electrical contacts to insulated wires. The crimping tool includes a base unit with a receptacle that is configured to actuate and removably and replaceably receive the quick-change... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7418851 | Device for crimping a contact on a cable A device for crimping a sleeve of a contact on to a sheath of an electrical cable comprises a diaphragm. The diaphragm applies walls of the sleeve against the sheath. Jaws forming the diaphragm have a generally triangular shape. The crimping device may include means... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415760 | Apparatus for pre-forming a twisted-pair electrical cable A wiring block pre-forms a cable end having twisted wires for subsequent installation of a plug on the cable end. A back end of the block leading to a cavity within the block receives the cable end such that a cable portion adjacent to the cable end sits inside the ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409847 | Method and apparatus for securing connecting ferrules A ferrule securing assembly including a die set assembly for reducing a cylindrical ferrule. The die set assembly having a female die and a male die. The female die having a female die opening sequentially defined by a tapered section, a parallel section, and a conc... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7360304 | Folding stand for a portable crimping device A folding stand adapted to be secured to the bottom wall of a portable crimping device which, in a folded position, is substantially flat against a wall portion thereof and, in an unfolded position, vertically raises the crimping device to a predetermined working he... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340936 | Handheld crimping tool and method of using same Apparatuses and methods for an improved handheld crimping tool for crimping a wire. The handheld crimping tool includes a head portion having a crimping device positioned adjacent a first end thereof. The crimping device may have an adjustable die cavity to facilita... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340812 | System for processing a cable using at least two tools The system (1) for processing a cable (5) comprises a first set of tools (30(i)), a second set of tools (35(j)) and a processing device (10) for executing different processing steps for processing a cable (5) u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322623 | Sawtooth terminal blade gripper and method of gripping A gripping apparatus is disclosed. The gripping apparatus includes a first finger including a plurality of first sawteeth along a first longitudinal end and a receiving area being located between adjacent sawteeth and a second finger including a plurality of complem... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318272 | Universal end connector attachment tool and method of use In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: first and second jaws axially advanceable toward and retractable from each other; when advanced toward each other, the first and second jaws firmly attaching an end connector to a cable, elements of the end connect... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305758 | Manufacturing device of electric wire with terminal and manufacturing method of electric wire with terminal A terminal crimping device is used to manufacture an electric wire with terminal by crimping a terminal fitting onto an end portion of an electric wire. This device includes: an electric wire holding portion to hold the end portion of the electric wire at a predeter... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275318 | Fixture for installing or removing coil springs A spring fixture (1) is provided for quickly installing or uninstalling a coil spring (36) in or from an electrical connector (3). The fixture includes an operation member (11) having a generally cylindrical handle (12) at an end t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254981 | Crimping apparatus The present invention provides a crimping apparatus that can adapt widely to various diameters of the insulating coatings of wires. The crimping apparatus has a crimp height adjustment mechanism for an insulating coating of a wire, the front of the crimping apparatu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251879 | Installation, insulation displacement, and terminating tool having piston-cylinder driving assembly An installation, insulation displacement, and terminating power tool, for inserting electrical wires into, and for electrically connecting the electrical wires to electrical contact members disposed within, an electrical connector, comprises a piston-cylinder drivin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243422 | Apparatus for press-fitting An apparatus for positioning and press-fitting press-fit portions of roughly L-shaped legs of contacts arranged in multiple rows in a connector into a substrate includes a press-fitting head and an alignment plate. The press-fitting head is rotatable between a rest ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243516 | 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... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243415 | Equipment for equipping plug housings with fitted-out cable ends of a cable An equipping installation introduces fitted-out cable ends into plug housings and is arranged downstream from a fitting-out installation. A contact for the first plug housing is arranged at the leading cable end and a contact for the second plug housing is arranged ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243416 | Apparatus for press-contacting electric wire, method of press-contacting the same and wire harness manufactured by the method A structure of a press-contacting holding part is not complicated so that press-contacting operation of press-contacting an electric wire to the press-contacting terminal is easily and precisely performed. According to the invention, an apparatus of press-contacting... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240421 | Electric-wire processing machine An electric-wire guide unit is provided with a fixed roller and a movable roller that is supported movably toward and away from the fixed roller, and holds an electric wire from both of the sides of the electric wire in cooperation with the fixed roller. An electric... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237426 | Rotational crimp die A crimp die set for use in a crimping tool is provided, including: a rotating crimp die having a plurality of differently sized male die parts; and a stationary female crimp die having a plurality of differently sized female nests which correspond to one or more of ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228624 | Methods for connecting wires The invention is a methods of connecting wire that is suitable to connect electrical devices implanted in a living body. The invention enables manipulation of a narrow wire and a crimping component that are on the order of a millimeter in size. The method utilizes a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207204 | Crimper In one embodiment, an apparatus for shaping an article may comprise a plurality of movable dies arranged to form a chamber whose size may be varied by moving the dies. Each of the dies may have a contacting surface for contacting the article to be shaped. The chambe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204016 | Ferrule assembly and methods therefor A ferrule assembly for terminating at least one fiber of a ribbon cable in a ferrule, where the ferrule assembly is disposable in a housing of an optical connector, is provided. The ferrule assembly includes the ferrule having a mating face, at least one groove for ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7168159 | Wire termination apparatus In a wire termination apparatus, an anvil for placing a terminal thereon is mounted on a base plate, corresponding in position to a crimper of a ram. The terminal is crimped by a crimping portion, which includes the crimper and the anvil. An elongate link piece is m... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165436 | Crimp die locator A compression connector crimp die is disclosed. The crimp die includes a first section and a second section. The first section connects the crimp die to a compression connector tool, and the second section is connected to the first section for crimping the connector... | 01/23/2007 |
