Electrical connector installation tool
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorRobert Michael Poirier
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Abstract
A connector installation tool includes an elongated body, a handle, a battery, and a c-shaped tool head. The elongated body includes a first end, a second end, and an axis extending therebetween. The handle includes a switch and is positioned proximate the first end. The switch is moveable between a first position and a second position. The battery is supported on the body and is configured to provide power to an actuator when the switch is in the first position. The C-shaped tool head is positioned proximate the second end. The c-shaped tool head includes a stop surface and a ram, and the ram is extendable toward the stop surface.
Claims12
A connector installation tool comprising,
- a body having a first end and a second end;
- a conduit extending between the first end and the second end;
- a handle having a switch and positioned proximate the first end, the switch moveable between a first position and a second position;
- a battery supported on the body and in electrical communication with the switch, a pressurized fluid configured to flow through the conduit when the switch is in the first position;
- a tool head positioned proximate the second end, the tool head including a fixed stop surface and a ram, the stop surface configured to be positioned adjacent a connector, the ram being extendable in a linear manner to exert a force in a direction toward the stop surface, the ram configured to be positioned adjacent a block, the ram configured to drive the block into a wedged position in which the block is wedge coupled between two conductors positioned within the connector, the tool head is pivotable through a range of at least 180 degrees about the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.