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US 2022/0337011 A1Published application
Terminal feeding assembly of a crimping machine
AssigneeTE Connectivity Services GmbH
InventorsChadwick Alan Kerstetter, Todd Matthew Troutman
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Abstract
A terminal feeding assembly includes a translation device having a guide track, a terminal gripper movable along the guide track, and a translation drive connected to the terminal gripper. The translation drive moves the terminal gripper along the guide track from a gripping position outside of a crimping area of a crimping assembly to a crimping position in the crimping area while the terminal gripper grips a terminal.
Claims20
A terminal feeding assembly, comprising:
- a translation device having a guide track, a terminal gripper movable along the guide track, and a translation drive connected to the terminal gripper, the translation drive moves the terminal gripper along the guide track from a gripping position outside of a crimping area of a crimping assembly to a crimping position in the crimping area while the terminal gripper grips a terminal.
A crimping machine, comprising:
- a terminal feeding assembly including a translation device having a guide track, a terminal gripper movable along the guide track, and a translation drive connected to the terminal gripper;
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- a controller connected to the translation drive and controlling the translation drive to move the terminal gripper along the guide track from a gripping position outside of a crimping area of the crimping machine to a crimping position in the crimping area while the terminal gripper grips a terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.