Rotary crimping tool assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsMatthew Steven Houser, Robert Neil Mulfinger, John Louis McKibben, Kevin Michael Thackston, Lynn Robert Sipe, Marissa Jayne Feinman, David James Fabian
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Abstract
A method of crimping a structure may include positioning a portion of the structure to be crimped into a crimping chamber of a rotary crimping tool assembly, compressing one or more crimp wheels into the portion of the structure to be crimped, wherein the compressing includes forming one or more initial crimps into the portion of the structure, and rotating the crimp wheel(s) relative to the portion of the structure to form one or more full crimps in the portion of the structure.
Claims20
A rotary crimping tool assembly configured to crimp a portion of a structure, the rotary crimping tool assembly comprising:
- a tool housing defining a crimping chamber;
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- one or more crimp wheels within the crimping chamber, wherein the crimping chamber is configured to receive the portion of the structure in proximity to the one or more crimp wheels, and wherein the one or more crimp wheels are configured to be pressed into and rotated relative to the portion of the structure to form one or more crimps in the portion of the structure.
A method of crimping a structure, the method comprising:
- positioning a portion of the structure to be crimped into a crimping chamber of a rotary crimping tool assembly;
- pressing one or more crimp wheels into the portion of the structure to be crimped, wherein the compressing comprises forming one or more initial crimps into the portion of the structure;
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- rotating the one or more crimp wheels relative to the portion of the structure to form one or more full crimps in the portion of the structure.
A rotary crimping tool assembly configured to crimp a terminal housing of a contact terminal into an insulated wire, wherein a conductive portion of the insulated wire is within the terminal housing, the rotary crimping tool assembly comprising:
- a tool housing defining a crimping chamber;
- an adjustable mount configured to be moved within the crimping chamber;
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- one or more crimp wheels within the crimping chamber, wherein the crimping chamber is configured to receive the terminal housing in proximity to the one or more crimp wheels, and wherein the adjustable mount is configured to urge the contact terminal into the one or more crimp wheels, and wherein the tool housing is configured to relative to the terminal housing to form one or more crimps in the terminal housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.