Abstract: Crimp tooling includes an anvil and a wire crimper. The anvil includes a base and a tip with a cradle at the tip for supporting a terminal. The anvil has first and second anvil guide surfaces located relative to the cradle. The wire crimper has first and second legs on opposite sides of a crimp slot that receives the cradle and the terminal supported by the cradle. The wire crimper defines a crimp profile in the crimp slot configured to form the terminal during crimping. The first and second legs have first and second wire crimper guide surfaces, respectively. The first and second wire crimper guide surfaces are configured to engage the first and second anvil guide surfaces, respectively, to guide a position of the wire crimper relative to the anvil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 3, 2020
Assignees:
TE Connectivity Corporation, TE Connectivity Corporation GMBH
Inventors:
Michael Morris, Neil Deming, Michael Gerst, Matthew Steven Houser, Alois Conte