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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152310 | Crimp press for the production of a crimping connection A crimping installation with first and second crimping stations includes at each station a device platform with device stations and a crimp press. A cable is advanced by a tape drive whereby the leading cable end is taken over by a first grip arm arranged on a first... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7055361 | Pliers-type handtool having a crimping station A pliers-type handtool is provided for crimping an electrical connector upon one end of an insulated conductor, including a crimping drum that is mounted on a fixed member for rotation between first and second positions, and an actuating lever that is reciprocated b... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6961992 | Crimp press apparatus A crimp press apparatus with first and second crimping stations includes at each station a device platform with device stations and a crimp press. A cable is advanced by a tape drive whereby the leading cable end is supplied to the first crimping station. After the ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6805169 | Method and apparatus for wire splicing The present invention relates to a wire termination system for terminating wires in at least one of a plurality of terminal connectors removably affixed to each other in a terminal connector strip that includes a body having a connector positioning cavity therein fo... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6694795 | Crimping system A crimping system comprises a frame having a plurality of plates with a clamp adjacent to the lower end. Applicator mechanisms are adapted to feed crimpable components coupled together by and releasably coupled to a carrier. A crimping mechanism has an an... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6367148 | Terminal applicator movement control mechanism A terminal applicator comprising a terminal advancing mechanism which includes a mechanism for reciprocally advancing and retracting a feed finger which resiliently biases a terminal strip from a first position to a second advanced position in alignment w... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6256871 | Crimping apparatus for electrical connectors An apparatus is provided for crimping a crimpable connector onto at least one electrical conductor. The apparatus includes a pair of crimping arms defining a staging area behind a crimping area. The staging area allows a first connector to be fed thereto ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6067828 | Crimping apparatus A crimping apparatus including a crimping station having a crimping press and at least one set of crimping tools. Each crimping tool includes a wire ram, an insulation ram, an anvil unit and a separating unit. The wire ram and the insulation ram of each c... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5894658 | Terminal applicator having ram retention feature An applicator (10) for crimping electrical terminals onto conductors is provided with a ram (16) having outer facing surfaces (28, 42, 44, 46) that are unobstructed by the slide (32, 34) coupling the ram to the applicator frame (12). A ram retention devic... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5819570 | Motor driven portable crimper having a detection mechanism to automatically turn off the motor A crimping station of a motor-driven portable crimper (A) has a movable head driven by a motor (M) to reciprocate straight towards and away from a fixed anvil. An automatic switch will automatically stop the motor upon detection of the movable head retrac... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5636438 | Connecting terminal cutting and crimping method and apparatus A method and apparatus is provided for cutting and crimping connecting terminals which are to be fitted in a connector housing installed in an automobile. The device includes a crimping unit and a cutting unit. The crimping unit includes a shaping die, a ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5632081 | Two step tab crimper and wire inserter A tool (30) is disclosed for inserting insulated conductors (32) into insulation displacement contacts (34) and crimping the strain relief tabs (76) onto the insulated conductor in two stages to minimize distortion of the housing (36) containing the conta... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5415015 | Electrical terminal crimping tool A tool is provided for crimping a sheet metal terminal onto an exposed conductor of an electrical wire. The terminal defines a longitudinal axis and includes a mating end, a terminating end and a transition section therebetween. The terminating end includ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 4980962 | Apparatus for applying terminals to electrical conductors An apparatus for applying by crimping terminals, which are provided in an elongated terminals strip, to electrical conductors, comprises a tool body and two jaw means which carry co-operating crimping dies, and of which at least one jaw means is movable r... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4953384 | Magazine-type wiring accessory crimping tool A magazine-type wiring accessory crimping tool comprises two handles articulated to each other which are squeezed together to form at least one crimping deformation in a wiring accessory disposed between them. One of the handles forms a magazine receiving... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4868976 | Splicer tool A tool (10) facilitates use of self-stripping electrical connectors (12). The connectors are formed into a string held within a holder (14) and indexed sequentially to the forward end of the body where an integral pair of crimping pliers (16) activates th... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4654952 | Wire locater for electrical terminal crimping apparatus A crimping die apparatus for crimping an electric terminal upon the end of an electrical conductor and severing the terminal from a carrier strip during the crimping operation by means of a cutter driven in its severing action by crimping action of the di... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4612794 | Manual crimping pliers In crimping pliers for connecting contact elements to electrical conductors, which crimping pliers consist of a grip, a retaining plate, which is fixed to the latter and has a lateral recess accommodating the contact elements, on the upper side of which r... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4272883 | Continuous film carrier wire connecting system A crimping system for crimping electrical wire connectors which have a body with a plurality of longitudinal wire receiving openings in one end and a cap telescopically received in one face of the body for movement into the body from an open position to a... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4022051 | Feeding apparatus of members to be crimped in crimping tools A crimping tool is provided for feeding and crimping wire terminals, removably secured to a storage belt. A crimping projection is provided on an upper jaw and a receiving body including a plurality of receiving cavities is rotatably mounted on a lower ja... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4006502 | Packaging and applicator tool for electrical terminals In connection with electrical terminals which are elongated and each having at one end a tubular ferrule adapted to be crimped about a stripped conductor wire inserted therein, a packaging therefor in which a series of the terminals are adhered in spaced ... | 02/08/1977 |
