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US 11,394,165 B2Granted
Repositionable tool die
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsRichard E. Robicheau, Adam W. Jones, Shane M. Hopps
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Abstract
Hydraulic crimp tools, working heads for hydraulic crimp tools and die sets for crimping wire connectors onto electrical conductor wires using such hydraulic crimp tools are provided. The die sets include identical dies that can be repositioned on the working head to mechanically secure wire connectors to an electrical conductor wire or a bundle of electrical conductor wires from different orientations.
Claims24
A die set with dies that can be repositioned within a working head of a hydraulic crimp tool, each die in the die set comprising:
- a front face having an impacting surface used to crimp wire connectors;
- a rear face having a die coupling member extending therefrom configured to couple the die to a die mount;
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- a plurality of side walls separating the front face from the rear face, wherein a first of the plurality of side walls includes a flat front portion and extending from the front face along the first side wall and a rounded rear portion extending from the flat front portion and transitioning into the rear face, wherein a second of the plurality of side walls includes a flat front portion extending from the front face along the second side wall and a rounded rear portion extending from the flat front portion and transitioning into the rear face, wherein the first side wall is substantially perpendicular to the second side wall, and wherein each die is configured to be rotatably realigned to have selected one of the first side wall and the second side wall abut the working head of the hydraulic crimping tool.
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A hydraulic crimp tool comprising:
- a tool driver;
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- a working head releasably coupled to the tool driver, the working head having a die set where each die in the die set can be repositioned within the working head, each die in the die set comprising:
- a front face having an impacting surface used to crimp wire connectors;
- a rear face having a die coupling member extending therefrom configured to couple the die to a die mount;
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- a plurality of side walls separating the front face from the rear face, wherein a first of the plurality of side walls includes a flat front portion extending from the front face along the first side wall and a rounded rear portion extending from the flat front portion and transitioning into the rear face, wherein a second of the plurality of side walls includes a flat front portion extending from the front face along the second side wall and a rounded rear portion extending from the flat front portion and transitioning into the rear face, wherein the first side wall is substantially perpendicular to the second side wall, and wherein each die is configured to be rotatably realigned to have selected one of the first side wall and the second side wall abut the working head of the hydraulic crimping tool.
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A working head of a hydraulic crimp tool, the working head comprising:
- a head frame configured to be releasably coupled to a tool driver of the tool;
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- a die set where each die in the die set can be repositioned within the head frame, each die in the die set comprising:
- a front face having an impacting surface used to crimp wire connectors;
- a rear face having a die coupling member extending therefrom configured to couple the die to a die mount;
- and
- a plurality of side walls separating the front face from the rear face, wherein a first of the plurality of side walls includes a flat front portion extending from the front face along the first side wall and a rounded rear portion extending from the flat front portion and transitioning into the rear face, wherein a second of the plurality of side walls includes a flat front portion extending from the front face along the second side wall and a rounded rear portion extending from the flat front portion and transitioning into the rear face, wherein the first side wall is substantially perpendicular to the second side wall, and wherein each die is configured to be rotatably realigned to have selected one of the first side wall and the second side wall abut the working head of the hydraulic crimping tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.