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US 12,627,108 B2Granted
Wire processing device
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorDavid Alan College
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Abstract
A wire holding device comprises a base and a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly includes a first gripper attached to the base and adapted to grip a first wire of a cable, and a second gripper adapted to grip a second wire of the cable. The second gripper is movable relative to, and operable independently of, the first gripper.
Claims12
A wire holding device, comprising:
- a base;
- a clamping assembly, including:
- a first gripper attached to the base and adapted to grip a first wire of a cable;
- and
- a second gripper adapted to grip a second wire of the cable, the second gripper movable relative to, and operable independently of, the first gripper, the second gripper is pivotally mounted to the first gripper about an axis perpendicular to a central axis of the cable, the first and second grippers are movable with the base in a vertical direction;
- a bracket, the base and the first gripper attached to the bracket;
- and
- a first actuator for moving the bracket in an insertion direction perpendicular to the vertical direction.
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A wire holding device, comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a clamping assembly, including:
- a first gripper attached to the base and adapted to grip a first wire of a cable;
- and
- a second gripper adapted to grip a second wire of the cable, the second gripper movable relative to, and operable independently of, the first gripper;
- each gripper including:
- opposable clamping members, at least one of the clamping members is movable relative to the other one of the clamping members for independently gripping a respective one of the first and second wires of the cable;
- and
- a gripping actuator operative to bias at least one of the opposing clamping members relative to the other of the clamping members, each gripping actuator comprises a linear actuator having an end fixedly attached to a cam, the cam engaging with a surface of at least one of the clamping members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.