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US 11,600,409 B2Granted
Method for center twisting wires
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsFrank A. Ciapala, Jeffrey M. Handel
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Abstract
A method of twisting a pair of wires includes the steps of arranging a first wire parallel to a second wire along a longitudinal axis, securing ends of the first and second wires, and gripping outer surfaces of central portions of the first and second wires. Inner surfaces of the central portions of the first and second wires are in contact with one another. The method further includes the step of rotating the central portions of the first and second wires, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another.
Claims8
A method of twisting a pair of wires, comprising:
- a) arranging a first wire parallel to a second wire along a longitudinal axis;
- b) securing ends of the first and second wires;
- c) gripping outer surfaces of central portions of the first and second wires, wherein inner surfaces of the central portions of the first and second wires are in contact with one another;
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- d) rotating the central portions of the first and second wires, thereby twisting the first and second wires about one another, wherein the outer surfaces of central portions of the first and second wires are gripped by a gripping mechanism defining a U-shaped groove in an inflatable U-shaped bladder during steps c) and d) and wherein the gripping mechanism is rotated by a rotating mechanism during step d).
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