Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1994-01-19
1995-12-12
Arbes, Carl J.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
29239, 29758, 29764, H01R 4320, B23P 1904
Patent
active
054738164
ABSTRACT:
Male and female portions of a multi-pin connector (MPC) are separated and connected using a tool or a method in which the two MPC portions are securely retained in lateral and longitudinal alignment throughout separation and connection, to alleviate the difficulties of breaking, bending, mis-aligning and twisting pins of the male MPC portion relative to sockets of the female MPC portion, which may easily occur during separation and connection. The pins and the sockets in lateral and longitudinal alignment while the MPC portions are moved toward and away from one another. The risk of lead-wire breakage due to fatigue from grasping the lead wires during connection and separation is also avoided, because the only contact is with the body portions, not the lead wires, of even small MPCs. A tool includes a receptacle adapted for receiving the two portions of the MPC. A slide member is adapted to contact at least one of the two MPC portions, and an actuator mechanism moves the slide member and the contacted MPC portion toward or away from the other MPC portion.
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Garcia Steven E.
Harden, Jr. James A.
Arbes Carl J.
Cray Computer Corporation
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