Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1987-06-29
1989-06-06
Echols, P. W.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
29861, 29748, 29753, H01R 4304
Patent
active
048358550
ABSTRACT:
Automatic crimping apparatus for crimping contacts of different sizes on electrical wires is positioned at the side of a conveyor that moves successive wires to and from alignment with a crimping station which includes a shaker bowl furnishing contacts to a sender station. The sender station sends the contacts one at a time via a pneumatic line through a hollow chuck and collet to seat the barrel end of the contact end upon a contact locating seat that is precisely positioned within a cam operated multi-pin crimper. The contact end receiving seat is apertured and recessed in one end of a funnel assembly and locating structure having a wire receiving and guiding funnel at the other end to define a wire guide path in alignment with the apertured contact end receiving seat. With a contact end positioned on the receiving seat, a portion of the wire receiving barrel of the contact is in the operative region of the crimper, with the other end being firmly grasped in the collet. The assembly is moved toward the conveyor to cause a wire laterally positioned on the conveyor to be guided through the funnel and through the apertured receiving seat into the contact barrel for crimping of the contact on the wire. The two separable parts of the contact receiving seat and funnel assembly are then separated, withdrawn from the crimper and the assembly is retracted from the conveyor to withdraw the wire and crimped contact from the crimping station. A pin probe is provided to test proper orientation and roundness of the contact end on the receiving seat, and at an adjacent station the conveyor presents the wire and its crimped contact for a contact pull test.
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Eaton Homer L.
Kambara Goro
Selesky Kenneth G.
Echols P. W.
MTS Systems Corporation
Ross Taylor J.
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