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Hand-actuatable plier tool

US11539178B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

Thilo BRÖKER · Detmold, DE
Rico SCHINDLER · Porta Westfalica, DE
Markus Speith · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02G1/1204
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hand-actuatable plier tool for processing cables has a plier head for handling or processing a workpiece such as a cable, two plier handles that can be pivoted relative to one another between an open position and a closed position, an electronic monitoring unit detachably arranged on a first of the plier handles and with which at least the number of handling or processing procedures can be counted and stored. The monitoring unit has an electronic circuit and a signal transmitter emitting actuation signals to the electronic circuit when the plier tool is actuated. The signal transmitter has an energy harvesting module for supplying energy to the monitoring unit and an actuation mechanism activating the signal transmitter.

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