Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
029753000 | Means to fasten by deformation | 34 |
20080209716 | 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 a crimper which has a press-fastening portion for press-fastening the crimping piece portions. The anvil and the press-fastening portion of the crimper cooperate to press-fasten the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire mounted on the metal terminal. The press-fastening portion is subjected to a mirror finish. | 09-04-2008 |
20090013523 | TOOL FOR POWERED PRESSING OF CABLE CONNECTORS - A press frame for attaching connectors to workpieces such as cables and pipes is described. The press frame is adapted to be releasably attached to a hand-held, battery powered press tool. The press frame includes selectively interchangeable components that enable a wide range of different styles, sizes, and configurations of electrical connectors to be attached to cables. | 01-15-2009 |
20090064490 | Pneumatic compression tool and method of using the compression tool to attach a cable connector - 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 change the relationship of the connector parts. The operating mechanism is operable by a pressurized fluid within a container that is connected to the frame. | 03-12-2009 |
20100071203 | CRIMPING MACHINE FOR DIFFERENT CRIMPING AND PRESSING PROCESSES, IN PARTICULAR FOR CABLE ASSEMBLY - A crimping machine for crimping and pressing processes, in particular for semiautomatic or fully automatic mounting of a contact element to a cable end during cable assembly. It has a crimping station including a crimping tool, a tool holder, a drive unit, a contact feed and a contact store. The crimping tool and the contact store are an assembly which can be separated from the drive unit. The crimping tool is formed as two parts, and the tool holder has a clamping device for one part of the crimping tool and an adjusting head fixing unit for orienting and fixing another part of the crimping tool. The assembly is an integrated tool unit which includes at least the crimping tool, the contact strip un-winder preferably with a contact strip spool, the contact strip guide and a drivable paper strip winder. The crimping machine preferably includes an automatic tool identification system. | 03-25-2010 |
20100107407 | Insulation Displacement Connector - An insulation displacement connector having two deformable tangs forming a receiving pocket in which a wire may be placed, the deformable tangs adapted to be curled around the wire to create a secure connection that is resistant to disconnection by movement. Also disclosed is a method for creating the secure connection. A solenoid assembly that employs the disclosed insulation displacement connector that reduces the risk of a disconnection is also described. Also disclosed is a device that secures wires to the disclosed insulation displacement connector. | 05-06-2010 |
20100192366 | TERMINAL CRIMPING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TERMINAL CRIMPING ELECTRIC WIRE, AND TERMINAL CRIMPING ELECTRIC WIRE - A terminal crimping apparatus, which crimps a crimping part of a terminal onto a conductor at an end part of an electric wire, includes: an anvil which supports a bottom part of the crimping part in a mounted manner; and a crimper disposed so as to move in proximity to and apart from the anvil. A plurality of anvil-side crimping surfaces are formed in the anvil along a longitudinal direction of the conductor, the respective anvil-side crimping surfaces being formed so as to be continuous from each other without a step, in a substantially center part in a width direction thereof, along the longitudinal direction of the conductor and have curved surface shapes different from each other in both side parts thereof. | 08-05-2010 |
20100212147 | CRIMP ASSEMBLY FOR A TERMINAL CRIMPING MACHINE - A crimp assembly for a terminal crimping; machine that crimps a terminal to a wire includes a crimper frame having opposed ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the opposed ends. The crimper frame has a jaw mount chamber therein being open at one of the ends of the crimper frame. The crimper tame has abutment surfaces defining portions of the jaw mount chamber. Crimp tooling is held within the jaw mount chamber. The crimp tooling has terminal engagement surfaces configured to engage the terminal to form a wire crimp during a crimping process. The crimp tooling has outer surfaces, wherein the abutment surfaces of the crimper frame engage the outer surfaces of the crimp tooling during the crimp process to move the crimp tooling in a first direction generally along the longitudinal axis and in a second direction transverse to the first direction. Optionally, the crimp tooling may constitute split-jaw crimp fooling having a pair of crimper jaws movable with respect to one another. | 08-26-2010 |
20100269332 | WIRE STOP FOR A TERMINAL CRIMPING MACHINE - A wire stop assembly is provided for a terminal crimping machine that crimps a terminal to a wire. The terminal crimping machine includes a crimping zone. The wire stop assembly includes a wire stop member having a stop surface configured to engage the wire to limit an amount of travel of the wire in the crimping zone. The wire stop member is movable relative to the crimping zone in a floating direction. A biasing mechanism is configured to exert a biasing force on the wire stop. The biasing force provides a resistance to the movement of the wire stop member in the floating direction. | 10-28-2010 |
20100319192 | PRESSING TERMINAL AND TERMINAL PRESSING DEVICE - A pressing terminal includes an outer conductive member having a shield outer tube; an inner conductive member; and a dielectric member. The dielectric member includes a protruding portion fitted into the shield outer tube so that a signal line pressing portion of the inner conductive member is situated at a pressing tool insertion opening portion. The dielectric member is inserted into a shield outer tube with the protruding portion thereof sliding against the shield outer tube. A terminal pressing device includes an anvil unit and a crimper unit. Upon attaching the signal wire, a claw portion of a signal line crimper of the crimper unit is inserted into a claw insertion groove portion of a signal line anvil of the anvil unit. A terminal pressing anvil portion of the signal line anvil is ushered to a terminal pressing anvil insertion portion of the signal line crimper. | 12-23-2010 |
20110041328 | 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 second connecting portion for adjoining a corresponding one of the first connecting portions, and adjoin the main body to thereby form the groove and a first slit between the claws. A second slit is formed between the main body and each of the claws. The claws include a pair of first guiding edges spaced apart by a first width. The projection includes a pair of second guiding edges spaced apart by a second width. The second width is not greater than the first width. The difference between the first and second widths is not greater than the width of the first slit. | 02-24-2011 |
20110099801 | QUICK RELEASE FEED GUIDE AND TOOL SUPPORT FOR TERMINAL APPLICATOR - An electrical terminal applicator system includes a die connected to a press. A one-piece member includes a stock guide portion homogeneously connected to a tool receiving portion. The one-piece member is releasably secured to the die using only a single fastener. A male member extends from either one of the one-piece member or the die, and a female slot is created in the other one of the one-piece member or the die slidably receiving the male member to permit the one-piece member to be horizontally positioned on the die prior to securing the one-piece member using the single fastener. | 05-05-2011 |
20110173802 | CRIMPING TOOL - A crimping tool for crimping an electrical contact toward engagement with an electrical conductor, including a housing, a pair of crimping dies, a die support arrangement supporting a first one of the crimping dies in a stationary position on said housing, and a displacing mechanism for displacing the other crimping die between open and closed positions relative to the stationary crimping die. The displacing mechanism includes a rotary drive shaft, a crimping arm having a first end portion connected with the movable crimping die member, and a rotary-to-reciprocatory motion converting mechanism adjacent the other end of the crimping arm for transforming the rotary motion of the drive shaft to a reciprocatory motion of the crimping arm, thereby to displace the movable crimping die between the open and closed positions. | 07-21-2011 |
20120124826 | TERMINAL CRIMPING APPARATUS - There is provided a terminal crimping apparatus which can detect a crimping failure mode which produces a transversely asymmetrical crimped shape in a crimped product. The terminal crimping apparatus includes an anvil ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120246919 | PHONE JACK COMPRESSION TOOL AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a phone jack compression tool that includes a main body having a compression chamber that is configured for receiving an angled phone jack connector. The main body includes an opening under the compression chamber for accommodating the angled phone jack connector. The main body further includes a sliding body. The phone jack compression tool further includes a handle operably connected to the main body such that movement of the handle with respect to the main body causes the sliding body to move between an uncompressed position and a compressed position. | 10-04-2012 |
20130000111 | TERMINAL CRIMPING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is to provide an apparatus for crimping a terminal to an electrical wire, which have respective part numbers, and allows miniaturization of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a base, a drive portion, a plurality of applicators, a plurality of connection/disconnection portions and a control device. The drive portion drives the associated applicator to crimp the terminal to the electrical wire. The connection/disconnection portions each are disposed in one-to-one relation ship against the respective applicators. The each connection/disconnection portion is positionable at a connection and a disconnection position, where a driving force is transmitted to or released from the associated applicator. The control device controls the associated connection/disconnection portion so that the applicator corresponding to the part numbers of the electrical wire and the terminal can achieve crimping with the driving force from the drive portion. | 01-03-2013 |
20130055563 | CRIMPING PRESS - A crimping press ( | 03-07-2013 |
20130104392 | DIE ASSEMBLY AND CRIMPING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130232778 | COMPRESSION TOOL AND METHOD OF USING THE COMPRESSION TOOL TO ATTACH A CABLE CONNECTOR - 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 change the relationship of the connector parts. The operating mechanism is operable by a pressurized fluid within a container that is connected to the frame. | 09-12-2013 |
20130340248 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A CABLE AND A CONNECTOR ENSURING THE CONTINUITY OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING - A device for joining the end ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140026407 | QUICK RELEASE FEED GUIDE AND TOOL SUPPORT FOR TERMINAL APPLICATOR - An electrical terminal applicator system includes a die connected to a press. A one-piece member includes a stock guide portion homogeneously connected to a tool receiving portion. The one-piece member is releasably secured to the die using only a single fastener. A male member extends from either one of the one-piece member or the die, and a female slot is created in the other one of the one-piece member or the die slidably receiving the male member to permit the one-piece member to be horizontally positioned on the die prior to securing the one-piece member using the single fastener. | 01-30-2014 |
20140033520 | CRIMPING JIG - A crimping jig includes a pair of mold members configured to hold a conductor of an electric wire and a conductor crimping portion of a crimping terminal between the pair of mold members to crimp the conductor crimping portion onto the conductor. The pair of mold members includes a crimping portion configured to crimp a pair of crimping pieces of the conductor crimping portion onto the conductor, a first preventing portion provided on the crimping portion towards an edge of the conductor and configured to prevent a deformation of the pair of crimping pieces in a length direction of the electric wire, and a second preventing portion provided on the crimping portion toward a derivation portion of the conductor and configured to prevent a deformation of the pair of crimping pieces in the length direction of the electric wire. | 02-06-2014 |
20140053395 | CRIMP MACHINE AND CRIMP SYSTEM - Disclosed is a crimp machine capable of eliminating product management for a relay connector per an ID. In the crimp machine, by a power source line, a ground line, and a signal line being positioned between a terminal mount table to which a crimp connector disposed in the relay connector is mounted and a crimp blade, and by the crimp blade being move close to a terminal mount table, the power source line, the ground line, and the signal line are thus crimped, wherein a connection terminal is disposed on the terminal mount table and an ID is made to output from the connection terminal. | 02-27-2014 |
20140144011 | CRIMPING DIE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TERMINAL-FITTED WIRE - A crimping die includes a first die for constraining the wire crimping portion by a concave die surface shaped in conformity with the wire crimping portion, and a second die including a convex die surface paired with the concave die surface. A width of a recess on the concave die surface and that of a projection on the convex die surface are equal to an outer diameter of the wire crimping portion. The wire crimping portion is pressed by the concave die surface of the first die and the convex die surface of the second die, whereby the wire crimping portion and the wire inserted into the cylindrical interior of the wire crimping portion are crimped and fixed. | 05-29-2014 |
20140245601 | CRIMPING STATION - A crimping station with a crimping press for producing a crimp connection, the crimping press including a drivable press part movable in vertical direction, with which a cable end of a cable can be connected with a crimp contact, a gripper for supplying the cable end to the crimping press, and a positioning unit for vertically positioning the cable end at the crimping press. During the process of moving the press part the gripper is moved by the positioning unit between a starting position and an end position. The positioning unit is connected via a variable gearbox with the press part whereby during the moving of the press part, the positioning unit is moved in relation to the press part at a speed reduced by a reduction ratio of the gearbox, and the reduction ratio can be adjusted by an adjusting device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140245602 | QUICK RELEASE PUSH FEED GUIDE AND TOOL SUPPORT FOR TERMINAL APPLICATOR - An electrical terminal applicator system including a feed guide and tool support assembly defining a one-piece member includes a stock guide portion joined to a tool receiving portion. A motor is positioned adjacent to the feed guide and tool support assembly. A drive shaft received in a bore of the stock guide portion is rotated about a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft within the bore by operation of the motor. A tool assembly is mounted on the tool receiving portion and located downstream of the stock guide portion and the drive shaft. The drive shaft when rotated about the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft is positioned to engage a terminal holder strip having multiple electrical terminals to push the terminal strip holder toward the tool assembly. | 09-04-2014 |
20150047182 | Device for Determining a Crimp Height of a Crimped Electrical Connection - A terminal crimping device includes crimp tooling defining a crimp zone configured to receive a wire and a terminal. The terminal is configured to be crimped to the wire by the tooling during a crimp stroke of the crimp tooling to from a crimped terminal. The crimp tooling includes an ultrasound module ultrasonically coupled to the crimp tooling and the wire and the crimped terminal when present. The ultrasound module transmits acoustic signals through the crimped terminal and the wire. The ultrasound module also receives echo acoustic signals being reflected back to the ultrasound module. The ultrasound module generates echo signals based on the echo acoustic signals. The terminal crimping device also includes a crimp quality module that receives the echo signals from the ultrasound module and determines a crimp height of the crimped terminal based on the reflected echo acoustic signals received by the ultrasound module. | 02-19-2015 |
20150074990 | CRIMP TOOLING FOR A TERMINAL CRIMPING MACHINE - Crimp tooling for crimping a crimp barrel of an electrical terminal to a wire includes an insulation crimper having an insulation crimp profile for crimping an insulation barrel segment of the crimp barrel to insulation of the wire, a wire crimper having a wire crimp profile for crimping a wire barrel segment of the crimp barrel to a conductor of the wire, and a transition crimper between the wire crimper and the insulation crimper. The transition crimper has a blended profile segueing from the wire crimp profile to the insulation crimp profile. The blended profile is used for crimping a transition segment of the crimp barrel between the insulation barrel segment and the wire barrel segment. | 03-19-2015 |
20150074991 | SHEAR GUIDE FOR A TERMINAL CRIMPING MACHINE - A shear guide for a terminal crimping machine includes a body having a shear edge configured to face a terminal used to splice a magnet wire and a lead wire. A magnet wire channel is formed by the body and is configured to receive and hold the magnet wire. A lead wire channel is formed by the body and is configured to receive and hold the lead wire. The lead wire channel is vertically offset with respect to the magnet wire channel. The body may include a platform and a separating wall positioned vertically above the platform with a slot defined between the separating wall and the platform. The slot may receive the magnet wire and the separating wall may support the lead wire above the separating wall. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082622 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS FOR TERMINAL CRIMPING DEVICES - A terminal crimping device includes crimp tooling including an anvil and a ram movable toward the anvil. A crimp zone is defined between the anvil and the ram that receives a wire and a terminal configured to be crimped to the wire by the crimp tooling. An ultrasonic transducer assembly is held by at least one of the anvil and the ram. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is ultrasonically coupled to the terminal and is ultrasonically isolated from the crimp tooling. The ultrasonic transducer assembly may directly engage the terminal. The terminal crimping device may include an isolation member ultrasonically isolating the ultrasonic transducer assembly from the crimp tooling. | 03-26-2015 |
20150372436 | Crimping tool - The invention is related to a crimping tool. The crimping tool includes a connection rod having one end pivotally connected to the first handle and the other end of the connection rod pivotally connected to a crimp section. A first screw rod is disposed at the second handle of the crimping tool. The first screw rod drives the connector which leads the first handle to displace. The movement of the first handle leads a connection rod to displace. As a result, the position of a crimp section on the first handle can be adjusted. | 12-24-2015 |
20160020571 | FEEDER DEVICE - A feeder device includes a feed finger and a lifting arm. The feed finger is mounted to and movable relative to the frame along a feed stroke in a feed direction and in an opposite return direction. The feed finger is pivotable towards and away from a feed object. The lifting arm is fixedly mounted to the frame. The feed finger moves relative to the lifting arm as the feed finger is moved along the feed stroke. The lifting arm has a deflectable tip engaging the feed finger. The deflectable tip is deflected as the feed finger is moved in the feed direction. The deflectable tip is un-deflected as the feed finger is moved in the return direction. The un-deflected tip engaging the feed finger and pivoting the feed finger away from the feed object as the feed finger is moved along the lifting arm in the return direction. | 01-21-2016 |
20160072245 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE CRIMPING OF END FITTINGS ONTO A CABLE - An apparatus for use with a machine that crimps an end fitting onto a cable includes a base ( | 03-10-2016 |
20160094000 | TERMINATION SYSTEM WITH COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A termination system includes an applicator and a communication device mounted to the applicator. The application has a ram that is movable towards and away from a stationary anvil along a crimp stroke. The anvil receives a terminal thereon. The ram is coupled to crimp tooling that is configured to apply the terminal to a wire along the crimp stroke. The communication device includes a storage system, a wireless communication system, and a microcontroller. The storage system stores data relating to the applicator. The wireless communication system wirelessly communicates the data relating to the applicator with an external device accessed by an operator. The microcontroller controls at least one of storage of or access to the data relating to the applicator in the storage system. The microcontroller also controls wireless communication of the data relating to the applicator with the external device via the wireless communication system. | 03-31-2016 |
20160141820 | COAXIAL COMPRESSION TOOL WITH COAXIAL CABLE GRIP - A handheld coaxial cable compression tool includes a tool body, a lever arm pivotally connected at one end to the tool body and a drive pin coupled to the lever arm via at least one mechanical linkage where a force applied to the lever arm causes the drive pin to translate along a longitudinal axis of the tool. The handheld coaxial cable compression tool also includes a cable grip that is longitudinally spaced from the drive pin. The cable grip includes a mast portion that extends outwardly from the tool body, a lower grip arm and an upper grip arm. The lower grip arm and the upper grip arm prevent longitudinal movement of a coaxial cable held therebetween when a longitudinal force is applied to the coaxial cable via the drive pin. | 05-19-2016 |