US 10,566,755 B2Granted

Crimp tooling for terminal crimping machine

AssigneeTe Connectivity Corporation

InventorsMichael Morris, Christopher John Karrasch

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Abstract

Crimp tooling includes upper tooling for forming a terminal around a wire during crimping. The upper tooling includes a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper. The wire crimper holder is removably coupled directly to a terminator ram of a terminal crimping machine and being driven by the terminator ram. The crimp tooling includes lower tooling assembly for supporting the terminal during crimping. The lower tooling assembly includes a base having a plate and an anvil supported by the plate. The base is removably coupled directly to the terminal crimping machine.

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Crimp tooling for a terminal crimping machine for crimping a terminal to a wire, the crimp tooling comprising:

a lower tooling assembly configured to be coupled to a terminator frame of the terminal crimping machine, the lower tooling assembly configured to support the terminal during crimping, the lower tooling assembly comprising a base having a plate and an anvil supported by the plate, the plate being removably coupled to the terminator frame, the base supporting a terminal guide used to guide terminals to the anvil;
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upper tooling configured to be coupled to a terminator ram of the terminal crimping machine supported by the terminator frame, the upper tooling configured to form the terminal around the wire during crimping, the upper tooling comprising a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper;
the wire crimper having a main body and first and second legs extending from the main body, the first and second legs provided on opposite sides of a crimp slot configured to receive the terminal and having a crimp profile configured to form the terminal during crimping, the wire crimper being operably associated with the anvil to form the terminal during crimping;
the wire crimper holder having a top end and a bottom end, the wire crimper holder having a front and a rear, the wire crimper holder having a first side and a second side, the wire crimper holder having a pocket at the bottom end, the pocket receiving the main body of the wire crimper, the wire crimper being secured to the wire crimper holder in the pocket such that the legs extend below the bottom end to engage the terminal, the wire crimper holder having a first press surface at the first side and a second press surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder having a first alignment surface at the first side and a second alignment surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder including a plug above the first and second press surfaces, the plug including the first and second alignment surfaces, the plug being configured to be plugged into a plug chamber of the terminator ram such that the first and second alignment surfaces engage the terminator ram to hold a side-to-side position of the wire crimper holder relative to the terminator ram, the first and second press surfaces engage the terminator ram and are configured to be pressed downward by the terminator ram during crimping, the plug being configured to be releasably fixed to the terminator ram in the plug chamber.

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Crimp tooling for a terminal crimping machine for crimping a terminal to a wire, the crimp tooling comprising:

upper tooling configured to be coupled to a terminator ram of the terminal crimping machine supported by a terminator frame of the terminal crimping machine, the upper tooling configured to form the terminal around the wire during crimping, the upper tooling comprising a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper, the wire crimper having a main body and first and second legs extending from the main body, the first and second legs provided on opposite sides of a crimp slot configured to receive the terminal and having a crimp profile configured to form the terminal during crimping, the wire crimper holder having a pocket at a bottom end of the wire crimper holder receiving the main body of the wire crimper, the wire crimper being secured to the wire crimper holder in the pocket, the wire crimper holder being configured to be releasably fixed to a terminator ram, the wire crimper holder being directly coupled to and driven by the terminator ram and being removable from the terminator ram, the wire crimper holder having a support member extending therefrom remote from the wire crimper;
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a lower tooling assembly configured to be coupled to the terminator frame of the terminal crimping machine, the lower tooling assembly configured to support the terminal during crimping, the lower tooling assembly having lower tooling including an anvil having a cradle for supporting the terminal, the lower tooling assembly having a support member remote from the cradle that supports the upper tooling for storage of the upper tooling with the lower tooling assembly after the wire crimper holder is removed from the terminator ram.

Crimp tooling for a terminal crimping machine for crimping a terminal to a wire, the crimp tooling comprising:

upper tooling configured to be coupled to a terminator ram of the terminal crimping machine supported by a terminator frame of the terminal crimping machine, the upper tooling configured to form the terminal around the wire during crimping, the upper tooling comprising a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper, the wire crimper holder being removably coupled directly to a terminator ram of a terminal crimping machine and being driven by the terminator ram;
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a lower tooling assembly configured to be coupled to a terminator frame of the terminal crimping machine, the lower tooling assembly configured to support the terminal during crimping, the lower tooling assembly comprising a base having a plate and an anvil supported by the plate, the base being removably coupled directly to the terminal crimping machine;
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a terminal guide coupled to the plate, the terminal guide being aligned with the anvil, the terminal guide being removable from the terminal crimping machine with the lower tooling assembly.

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Abstract

Crimp tooling for a terminal crimping machine for crimping a terminal to a wire, the crimp tooling comprising:

a lower tooling assembly configured to be coupled to a terminator frame of the terminal crimping machine, the lower tooling assembly configured to support the terminal during crimping, the lower tooling assembly comprising a base having a plate and an anvil supported by the plate, the plate being removably coupled to the terminator frame, the base supporting a terminal guide used to guide terminals to the anvil;
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upper tooling configured to be coupled to a terminator ram of the terminal crimping machine supported by the terminator frame, the upper tooling configured to form the terminal around the wire during crimping, the upper tooling comprising a wire crimper and a wire crimper holder for holding the wire crimper;
the wire crimper having a main body and first and second legs extending from the main body, the first and second legs provided on opposite sides of a crimp slot configured to receive the terminal and having a crimp profile configured to form the terminal during crimping, the wire crimper being operably associated with the anvil to form the terminal during crimping;
the wire crimper holder having a top end and a bottom end, the wire crimper holder having a front and a rear, the wire crimper holder having a first side and a second side, the wire crimper holder having a pocket at the bottom end, the pocket receiving the main body of the wire crimper, the wire crimper being secured to the wire crimper holder in the pocket such that the legs extend below the bottom end to engage the terminal, the wire crimper holder having a first press surface at the first side and a second press surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder having a first alignment surface at the first side and a second alignment surface at the second side, the wire crimper holder including a plug above the first and second press surfaces, the plug including the first and second alignment surfaces, the plug being configured to be plugged into a plug chamber of the terminator ram such that the first and second alignment surfaces engage the terminator ram to hold a side-to-side position of the wire crimper holder relative to the terminator ram, the first and second press surfaces engage the terminator ram and are configured to be pressed downward by the terminator ram during crimping, the plug being configured to be releasably fixed to the terminator ram in the plug chamber.

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