Crimping tool connector locator

US8839653B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hubbell Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Richard M. Roman, Jr. · New Hampton, US
• John D. Lefavour · Litchfield, US
• Thomas R. Faucher · Manchester, US
• Alan Douglas Beck · Fryeburg, US
• Mark A. Chiasson · Merrimack, US
• Jennifer M. Peterson · Epping, US
• John W. Ayer · Milford, US
• Richard E. Robicheau · Litchfield, US
• Justin Lloyd Parker · Billerica, US
• Bernard P. Vachon · Londonderry, US
• Jerry L. Heckman · New Hampton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53226
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a hydraulic tool working head guide. The hydraulic tool working head guide includes a main section having a general plate shape. The main section is adapted to be connected to an exterior surface of a hydraulic tool working head. The main section includes a slot having an open end at an edge of the main section and a closed end at a middle portion of the main section. The slot extends through a thickness of the main section. The closed end is adapted to be aligned with a receiving area of the hydraulic tool working head. The slot is adapted to substantially center a connector and/or a conductor in the receiving area.