Connector installation tool
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsAdam D. Ledgerwood, Timothy Daly
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Abstract
A connector installation tool can include an inner surface having a first portion having a first perimeter, where the inner surface forms a cavity that traverses a first length of the inner surface. The connector installation tool can also include an opening having a width and traversing a second length of the outer surface and the first length of the inner surface. The connector installation tool can further include a front face located adjacent to and substantially perpendicular to the first portion of the inner surface. The connector installation tool can also include a rear face located adjacent to a distal end of the inner surface, where the rear face is substantially parallel to the front face.
Claims9
A system for assembling an electrical connector, comprising:
- a connector installation tool comprising:
- an inner surface that forms a cavity that traverses a length of the connector installation tool, wherein the inner surface comprises a first portion that receives a first proximal end of a first connector end;
- a front face located adjacent to and substantially perpendicular to the first portion of the inner surface, wherein the front face abuts against a protrusion of the first connector end;
- and
- a rear face located adjacent to a distal end of the inner surface, wherein the rear face is substantially parallel to the front face;
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- a compression device comprising a first wall and a second wall, wherein the rear face of the connector installation tool abuts against the first wall of the compression device, and wherein the second wall of the compression device abuts against a second proximal end of a second connector end of the electrical connector,
- wherein the first connector end and the second connector end are decoupled from each other when the compression device is in a first position prior to moving to a second position, and
- wherein a first distal end of the first connector end and a second distal end of the second connector end are coupled to each other when the compression device is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.