Multiple lumen crimp
AssigneePioneer Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsThomas S. Kilpela, Greg A. Berrevoets
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Abstract
A crimp defines separate parallel bores extending therethrough to receive a wire or cable portion. The crimp has a pair of opposed ends which each define a pair of circumferentially-spaced, outwardly projecting flanges respectively positioned on opposite sides of the crimp. Thus, the flanges may rest against a bone while providing spacing for crimping jaws between a central portion of the crimp and the bone. A design of crimping pliers for use with the crimp is also disclosed.
Claims8
Crimping pliers which comprise a pivotally connected pair of handles, each of said handles connecting to one of a pair of interacting jaw portions at an end of each of said handles to form a pliers jaw for crushing cable/wire crimps positioned between said interacting jaw portions, one of said jaw portions comprising a pair of laterally positioned sidewalls and a pair of spaced crimp retaining prongs, said sidewalls defining a crimp space therebetween, the other of said jaw portions defining a single crimp gripping and crushing projection which is positioned to move toward said crimp space as the jaw portions are pivoted to a closed, crimp-crushing position.
Crimping pliers which comprise a pivotally connected pair of handles, each of said handles connecting to one of a pair of interacting jaw portions at an end of each of said handles to form a pliers jaw for crushing cable/wire crimps positioned between said interacting jaw portions, said pliers carrying an auxiliary handle pivotally mounted on one of said handles to permit limited-range pivotal movement of said auxiliary handle to a position between the other handles, to facilitate closing of said crimping pliers for crimping action by a person with a small hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.