US 8,555,489 B2 · Crimp assembly for a terminal crimping machine

Abstract

A crimp assembly for a terminal crimping machine that crimps a terminal to a wire includes a crimper frame having opposed ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the opposed ends. The crimper frame has a jaw mount chamber therein being open at one of the ends of the crimper frame. The crimper tame has abutment surfaces defining portions of the jaw mount chamber. Crimp tooling is held within the jaw mount chamber. The crimp tooling has terminal engagement surfaces configured to engage the terminal to form a wire crimp during a crimping process. The crimp tooling has outer surfaces, wherein the abutment surfaces of the crimper frame engage the outer surfaces of the crimp tooling during the crimp process to move the crimp tooling in a first direction generally along the longitudinal axis and in a second direction transverse to the first direction. Optionally, the crimp tooling may constitute split-jaw crimp fooling having a pair of crimper jaws movable with respect to one another.

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Dependent claims

A crimp assembly for a terminal crimping machine that crimps a terminal to a wire, the crimp assembly comprising:

a crimper frame having opposed ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the opposed ends, the crimper frame having a jaw mount chamber therein, the jaw mount chamber being open at one of the ends of the crimper frame, the crimper frame having abutment surfaces defining portions of the jaw mount chamber;
a jaw mount held by the crimper frame in the jaw mount chamber, the jaw mount having sockets;
and
crimp tooling held within the jaw mount, the crimp tooling comprising a pair of crimper jaws received in corresponding sockets of the jaw mount, the crimper jaws being pivotably coupled to the jaw mount, in the sockets, and movable with respect to one another, the crimper jaws having terminal engagement surfaces configured to engage the terminal to form a wire crimp during a crimping process, the crimper jaws having outer surfaces, wherein the abutment surfaces of the crimper frame engage the outer surfaces of the crimper jaws during the crimp process to move the crimp tooling in a first direction generally along the longitudinal axis and in a second direction transverse to the first direction.

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A terminal crimping machine that crimps a terminal to a wire, the terminal crimping machine comprising:

a crimper frame having a jaw mount chamber open at an end of the crimper frame, the crimper frame having abutment surfaces defining portions of the jaw mount chamber;
a jaw mount held by the crimper frame in the law mount chamber, the jaw mount having sockets;
and
split-jaw crimp tooling having two crimper jaws separate from one another and held within corresponding sockets in the jaw mount chamber, the crimper jaws being pivotably coupled to the jaw mount, in the sockets, and movable with respect to one another, each crimper jaw having terminal engagement surfaces configured to engage the terminal to form a wire crimp during a crimping process, the terminal engagement surfaces having fold-over sections configured to fold wings of the terminal inward towards the wire during the crimping process, the crimper jaws being movable with respect to one another during the crimping process, wherein the fold-over sections are separated from one another after the terminal is crimped, to release the terminal from the crimp tooling.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Crimp assembly for a terminal crimping machine

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Crimp assembly for a terminal crimping machine

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Abstract

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