H01R 43/048
Crimping apparatus or processes
Official title: Crimping apparatus or processes (H01R43/042 takes precedence)
H01R43/048 (Crimping apparatus or processes) appears on 1,271 US grants and 1,060 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 1,271
- Published applications
- 1,060
- Assignees
- 400
- Inventors
- 2,046
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 14 |
| 2002 | 17 | 24 |
| 2003 | 16 | 14 |
| 2004 | 19 | 21 |
| 2005 | 14 | 21 |
| 2006 | 12 | 11 |
| 2007 | 13 | 25 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 18 | 16 |
| 2010 | 14 | 26 |
| 2011 | 9 | 24 |
| 2012 | 30 | 32 |
| 2013 | 12 | 21 |
| 2014 | 31 | 64 |
| 2015 | 34 | 80 |
| 2016 | 57 | 64 |
| 2017 | 76 | 64 |
| 2018 | 60 | 79 |
| 2019 | 69 | 77 |
| 2020 | 82 | 77 |
| 2021 | 58 | 65 |
| 2022 | 61 | 69 |
| 2023 | 51 | 47 |
| 2024 | 46 | 44 |
| 2025 | 36 | 34 |
| 2026 | 14 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01R 43/052With wire-feeding mechanism234
- H01R 43/055With contact member feeding mechanism208
- H01R 43/05With wire-insulation stripping172
- H01R 43/0488With crimp height adjusting means109
- H01R 43/0486With force measuring means107
- H01R 43/0482Combined with contact member manufacturing mechanism36
- H01R 43/0484For eyelet contact members32
Recent patents
- Adjusting position of cable-end plug according to cable position6 Oct 2026US 12,756,149 B2Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
- Coaxial electrical terminal with crimped outer ferrule8 Sep 2026US 12,731,916 B2Aptiv Technologies AG
- Terminal-equipped electric wire25 Aug 2026US 12,719,225 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Image-based guidance for robotic wire pickup4 Aug 2026US 12,697,734 B2The Boeing Company
- Automated wire kitting systems28 Jul 2026US 12,695,260 B2Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services GmbH
- Transmission mechanism, electric drive device and terminal crimping device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302707 A1Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Method for Automatically Finishing a Cable, Cable Processing Center, Trajectory Detection Device and Inspection System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280213 A1Zoller & FröHlich GmbH
- Automatic contact loader apparatus for loading a handheld crimper tool17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280214 A1Tri-Star Technologies
- Crimp neck3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261059 A1Huber+Suhner AG
- Floating Pusher and Crimping Device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246219 A1AMP Amermex, S.A. de C.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Strip for electrical connectors68US 5,564,571 ACembre S.p.A. · 1996
- Piercing terminal and machine and method for crimping piercing terminal65US 6,736,664 B2Yazaki Corporation · 2004
- Wire processing method and apparatus53US 4,638,558 AMTS Vektronics Corporation · 1987
- Wire lead clamping mechanism for wire lead production apparatus49US 4,175,316 AArtos Engineering Company · 1979
- Method of determining the quality of a crimped electrical connection49US 5,197,186 AAMP Incorporated · 1993