Metal foil flaring apparatus
AssigneesTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsAn Yang, Lvhai Hu, Yun Liu, Sun Kyu Pak
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Abstract
A metal foil flaring apparatus includes a frame, a flaring mechanism mounted on the frame and having a flaring mouth adapted to open and close, and a first driver mounted on the frame and adapted to drive the flaring mouth to open and close. The flaring mouth has a cone shape gradually contracted toward a front end of the flaring mouth. The front end of the flaring mouth is adapted to be forwardly inserted in a first direction between an inner insulation layer of a cable and a metal foil wrapped around the inner insulation layer when the flaring mouth is closed, flaring the metal foil outwardly into the cone shape.
Claims19
A metal foil flaring apparatus, comprising:
- a frame;
- a flaring mechanism mounted on the frame and having a flaring mouth adapted to open and close;
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- a first driver mounted on the frame and adapted to drive the flaring mouth to open and close, the flaring mouth has a cone shape gradually contracted toward a front end of the flaring mouth, the front end of the flaring mouth is adapted to be forwardly inserted in a first direction between an inner insulation layer of a cable and a metal foil wrapped around the inner insulation layer in a closed state of the flaring mouth to flare the metal foil outwardly into the cone shape, the flaring mouth is rotatable about an axis parallel to the first direction with the flaring mouth in the closed state, the first driver is adapted to drive the flaring mouth to rotate about the axis with the flaring mouth in the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.