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Processes and devices for mechanically crimping terminals on conducting wires

US5046241A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1989
Grant dateSep 10, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 22, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53235
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to processes and devices for mechanically crimping terminals on conducting wires and for adjusting with precision the height of crimping. A device according to the invention is of the type in which a terminal is crimped on the end of a conducting wire by means of crimping tools which are fixed on the plates of a press. The mobile plate is displaced vertically thanks to two articulated connecting rods, horizontally displacing the point of articulation by means of a jack. To adjust the height of crimping, the upper articulation is placed on a slide block which is displaced vertically by means of a conical wedge which is displaced horizontally by means of a percussion tool into an opening having an inclined lower edge. One application of this invention is the mechanical crimping of terminals on wires in a work station equipping an automatic wiring machine.

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