Abstract: A dieless crimp head is provided that includes a frame, an indentor, and a first positioning device. The frame has a first frame shell and a second frame shell, which define a frame opening. The indentor converges on a crimp center within the frame opening. The first positioning device has a connector slot defining a connector receipt area. The first positioning device is removably secured in the frame opening of the first frame shell at a use position in which the connector receipt area and the crimp center are aligned with, but offset along, a longitudinal axis of the crimp head.

Abstract: A hand tool (1) comprising a first handle (2) and a second handle (3), which are pivotally arranged with respect to each other, a first jaw (4) that is fixed to said first handle (2), the first jaw (4) comprising a first crimp portion (6), and a second jaw (5) comprising a second crimp portion (7), wherein the first and second crimp portions (6,7) are arranged to be moved towards each other by actuation of the first and a second handle (2,3), so as to close a crimp opening (8) formed between said first and second crimp portions (6,7). The second jaw (5) is pivotally arranged with respect to the first handle (2) around a first pivot point (10), and with respect to the second handle (3) around a second pivot point (11) arranged at an upper end of said second handle (3), wherein the first handle (2) comprises a first resilient portion (12) between the first crimp portion (6) and the first pivot point (10), allowing the first crimp portion (6) to flex with respect to the first pivot point (10).

Abstract: A compression tool for fastening a cable to a connector comprising an elongated tool frame, an anvil secured to one end of the tool frame, a compression plunger slidable along a portion of the tool frame, a handle set adapted to move the compression plunger toward and away from the anvil and a spacer block for securing the connector a distance from the anvil. The handle set may include a first handle movable from a first position wherein the plunger is a first distance from the anvil to a second position wherein the plunger is a second distance from the anvil. The spacer block may include a first end and a second end having a different depth from the first end and be rotatable so that the first end when rotated to the active position secures the connector a first distance from the anvil and the second end, when rotated to the active position secures the connector a second distance from the anvil.

Abstract: Hydraulic crimp tools, working heads for hydraulic crimp tools and die sets for crimping wire connectors onto electrical conductor wires using such hydraulic crimp tools are provided. The die sets include identical dies that can be repositioned on the working head to mechanically secure wire connectors to an electrical conductor wire or a bundle of electrical conductor wires from different orientations.

Abstract: A prosthetic suturing device is disclosed. The prosthetic suturing device has a guide tip defining a cuff receiving area. The device also has a guide tip having at least one needle guide configured to guide at least one needle through the cuff receiving area. Another prosthetic suturing device is disclosed. The prosthetic suturing device has a guide tip defining a cuff receiving area and comprising first and second apertures for receiving a suture adapter. The prosthetic suturing device also has first and second needles, each needle having an end configured to engage a suture adapter. The prosthetic suturing device further has at least one set of needle guides configured to guide the first and second needles through the cuff receiving area. The prosthetic suturing device also has a grip pointing in a direction substantially orthogonal to the cuff receiving area.

Abstract: A hand crimp tool includes a handle having upper and lower handles having upper and lower handgrips hand squeezed to close the hand crimp tool. The hand crimp tool includes a head having upper and lower jaws defining a crimp zone therebetween. The lower jaw includes an anvil holding a terminal and the upper jaw includes a crimper crimping the terminal. The hand crimp tool includes a wire inserter coupled to the head having a carriage movable between an advanced position and a retracted position. The wire inserter has a wire clamp holding a wire in the carriage and the wire inserter moves the wire relative to the head to position and hold the wire in the terminal during crimping of the terminal between the anvil and the crimper.

Abstract: A wire clamp includes a base and first and second jaws. The first jaw is pivotally mounted to a first upright portion of the base via a first pivot axle, and the second jaw is pivotally mounted to a second upright portion of the base via a second pivot axle. The first and second jaws crisscross each other at an overlap area, and are spring-biased to pivot relative to the base towards a closed position. Respective hook members of the first and second jaws define a mouth above the overlap area that is configured to receive a wire. A size of the mouth adjusts automatically to a size of the wire within the mouth as the first and second jaws pivot towards the closed position. The wire may be held within the mouth in an in-line orientation with a corresponding terminal to which the wire will be crimped.

Abstract: A working head for a hydraulic power tool including a head frame and a first moveable die head configured to move along the working head frame. The first moveable die head configured to receive a first moveable die comprising a first body length. A second die head is adapted to receive a second die comprising a second body length. The first body length of the moveable die is different from the second body length of the stationary die.

Abstract: A crimping tool is disclosed. The crimping tool includes a base, an operating member and a moving member. The base includes a pivot location, a sliding groove, and first and second fixing locations. The first and second fixing locations are respectively located on two ends of the sliding groove to fix a connector of a wire. The operating member includes a holding portion, a pivot hole and a gear. The pivot hole is pivotally connected to the pivot location of the base through a pivot shaft. The moving member includes a rack, and first and second crimping elements. When the operating member rotates, the gear drives the rack to enable the moving member to move simultaneously, so as to use the first or second crimping element to press fit the connector of the wire placed at the first or second fixing location.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly work cell includes a wire harness assembly work table with a pneumatically powered or spring-fed universal applicator tool for mass terminating sets of wires into insulator wafers. The insulator wafers may be assembled in stacks to form cable-end connector headshells. Insulation displacement terminals (IDT) are designed to receive wide ranges of wire diameters so that larger varieties of wire sizes may be received into these connector assemblies while using fewer different sizes of terminals, thus reducing the number of items in a bill of material (BOM) and substantially reducing the volumes and overhead costs of testing and quality control documentation dedicated to each individual BOM item.

Abstract: A crimping tool is disclosed. The crimping tool comprises a first handle, a second handle, a crimping member, a first mechanism link and a second mechanism link. The first handle comprises a hole and a first shaft portion, wherein the first shaft portion is adjacent to a top end of the first handle. The second handle comprises a second shaft portion, wherein the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion are connected by a shaft member. The crimping member is disposed on the first handle. The first and the second mechanism links are respectively connected with the first handle, the second handle and the crimping member such that when the first handle and the second tool are rotated with respect to each other, the crimping member is pushed to move from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: An adjustable coaxial cable compression tool, terminating a coaxial cable connector onto a coaxial cable end, comprising a plunger, a body, a fixed guideway plate, a first moveable guideway plate, a second moveable guideway plate, and a die block is provided. The plunger comprises a first plunger head and a second plunger head, both having different shapes conforming to different types of coaxial cable connectors and are interchangeable. The body has a body receiving end, wherein the plunger is slidable therein. The fixed, first moveable and second moveable guideway plates have fixed, first and second guideways, each having different diameters, respectively. The die block comprises first and second die halves. The plunger is axially advanced to force the coaxial cable connector onto the coaxial cable end, radially contracting the coaxial cable connector into compression engagement with the coaxial cable end.

Abstract: A crimping hand tool configured to crimp a cable and a housing. The crimping hand tool includes a first body having at least one guiding structure, a second body is pivoted to the first body to rotate with respect to each other to be unfolded and folded, a linking member is pivoted to the second body, and the linking member has a slot, a crimping assembly is pivoted to the linking member and is slidably coupled to the guiding structure, and a shaft is movably inserted in the first body and the slot of the linking member. After the housing and cores are placed into the first body, the second and first body are folded with respect to each other to drive the crimping assembly to move along the guiding structure through the linking member to crimp the housing and the cable together.

Abstract: A building space divider system for providing one or more rooms in a building space, the building space divider system comprising at least two framework beams and coupling strips, in which the framework beams extend in a longitudinal direction, and the framework beams include longitudinal beam coupling parts where two of the framework beams are back-to-back coupled via the coupling strips, each coupling strip comprising two strip parts each having a beam coupling end extending along a longitudinal side of the strip part for coupling to the beam coupling part of the framework beam, and a strip coupling end extending along an opposite longitudinal side of the strip part.

Abstract: Method for monitoring a crimping process including arranging an end fitting or coupling in an intended position between a first and second crimping jaw and initiating the crimping process, continuously detecting the position of the first and second jaw in relation to the other and the applied pressure and store the detected information in a control unit; comparing the detected information regarding position and applied pressure against predetermined characteristics determined for a crimping process with the desired quality; and if the detected information differs from the predetermined characteristics determined for a crimping process with the desired quality more than a predetermined value send alert to indicate that the crimping process not has the desired quality.

Abstract: An assembly comprises a compression member configured to receive a force input from a compression tool and a frame including a cradle at one end, an end fitting at the other, and at least one structural member linking the cradle to the end fitting. The cradle is configured to engage one end of the connector and receives the prepared end of the coaxial cable. The end fitting is configured to detachably connect the frame to the compression tool and includes an aperture for receiving the force input from the compression tool. The structural member defines at least one surface configured to guide the compression member along the axis in response to the force input. The compression member imposes an axial force on the other end of the connector and is guided along the axis by the guide surface of the frame.

Abstract: The invention is related to a crimp tool having an adjustable cam for accomplishing precision machining of a connector with a cable. The adjustable cam is provided at one of the handles of the crimp tool and is configured to prevent a moving handle of the crimp tool from moving beyond the adjustable cam so as to allow a user to adjust the pivot range of the moving handle, which controls the extent of the movement of a machining block in a machining portion of the crimp tool.

Abstract: In a method for forming a microelectronic device, a substrate is loaded into a mold press. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The second surface is placed on an interior lower surface of the mold press. The substrate has a plurality of wire bond wires extending from the first surface toward an interior upper surface of the mold press. An upper surface of a mold film is indexed to the interior upper surface of the mold press. A lower surface of the mold film is punctured with tips of the plurality of wire bond wires for having the tips of the plurality of wire bond wires extending above the lower surface of the mold film into the mold film. The tips of the plurality of wire bond wires are pressed down toward the lower surface of the mold film to bend the tips over.

Abstract: Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, monitoring, and retrieving the same are provided. More particularly, apparatuses and methods for enabling volume-occupying intragastric devices to pass through the digestive system are provided.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic compression or cutting tool comprises a housing, an electric motor arranged in the housing and having a motor rotational axis, a gripping portion formed by the housing and extending around the motor and along the motor rotational axis, a hydraulic pump arranged inside the housing and which can be driven by the motor so as to move a actuating piston along a actuating axis, a transmission mechanism arranged inside the housing between the motor and the hydraulic pump, two jaws connected to the housing and to the actuating piston, and which can be moved between an open position and a closed position for carrying out the compression or cut, wherein the actuating axis and the motor rotational axis are reciprocally parallel and offset.

Abstract: A suture anchor assembly and method of tissue repair using the same suture of the suture anchor assembly. The suture anchor assembly has a fixation device, at least one repair suture coupled to a portion of the fixation device, and a shuttle loop coupled to the portion of the fixation device. The repair suture has a passing end configured to pass through tissue and a free end opposite the passing end. The shuttle loop has at least one linking region, such as an eyelet configured to receive the passing end of the at least one suture repair.

Abstract: A crimping hand tool used for crimping a plurality of wires of a cable into a jack is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first body, a second body, a linking member, a crimping assembly, and a first base. Two opposite ends of the linking member are pivoted to the first and the second crimping bodies respectively. The crimping assembly slidably assembled to the first body is pivoted to the second body. The first base movably assembled to the first body is located on a moving path of the crimping assembly. The first base has a plurality of supporting areas that switchably face toward the crimping assembly. The wires are disposed on the jack temporarily, and at least one of the first and the second crimping bodies is forced to slide the crimping assembly toward the supporting area to crimp the wires into the jack.

Abstract: A crimping tool for an electrical connector includes a frame defining an interior, a handle rotatably coupled with the frame, and a receptacle disposed within the interior of the frame and configured in size and shape to receive an electrical connector. The crimping tool further includes a push member, coupled with the handle, configured to apply a compressive force to an electrical connector disposed within the receptacle responsive to actuation of the handle relative to the frame and a blade coupled to the frame, to the receptacle, or to the push member, so as to be actuatable to cut excess wiring from an electrical connector disposed within the receptacle.

Abstract: A frame assembly for a compression tool, including a fitting configured to mount to the compression tool and receive a ram member thereof through a bore of the fitting; and a pair of interlocking jaws pivotally mounted to the fitting about a pair of non-coincident axes. The interlocking jaws are configured to at least partially envelop an annular compression ring while aligning the conductors of a coaxial cable with an axis of the cable connector. The ram member of the compression tool is activated to translate axially along the axis of the cable connector thereby mitigating misalignment of the compression ring as the ring engages the connector body.

Abstract: An adjustable socket including a housing designed on a longitudinal axis, with a series of grooves extending longitudinally along the interior wall. A disc with drive channels intruding obliquely off-center from the perimeter is locked into position within the housing. Jaw members with drive rods are mounted in the disc drive channels, free to move laterally along fixed paths. An axially rotatable drive core with a drive surface is positioned within the housing, engaging the drive rod of each jaw. Rotation of the drive core forces the jaws to travel inwardly along the disc drive channels as dictated by the drive elements of the drive surface, to be forced against a fastener within the jaws. A locking mechanism holds the jaws in position on the fastener. Release of the locking mechanism allows rotation of the drive core in the opposite direction to release the fastener.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to crimping pliers configured to crimp cable lugs onto electrical conductors. The crimping pliers includes two crimping jaws which can be swiveled towards one another. In each crimping jaw, a crimping matrix configured with a plurality of different crimping dies over a circumference is rotatably mounted with respect to an axis of rotation. The crimping matrices are permanently coupled to each other via the gearing independently of a swivel position of the crimping jaws.

Abstract: A crimping hand tool used for crimping a coaxial cable and a coaxial terminal together is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first body, a second body pivoted to the first body, a first linking body having a first end pivoted to the second body and a second end, a second linking body having a third end pivoted to the first body and a fourth end, a third linking body having a fifth end and a sixth end, a moving assembly, and a crimping assembly, wherein the second, the fourth, and the sixth ends are pivoted coaxially. The moving assembly is pivoted to the fifth end and slidably coupled to the first body along an axial direction. The crimping assembly is disposed on and moves along with the moving assembly to crimp the coaxial cable and the coaxial terminal together.

Abstract: A coaxial terminal crimping tool comprising a first rod body, a second rod body, a connecting rod, a sliding element, and a compensation block is disclosed. One end of the second rod body is connected to one end of the first rod body. One end of the connecting rod is connected with the first rod body. The sliding element is movably combined with the second rod body and is connected to another end of the connecting rod. The compensation block comprises a combining element, a first backup plate, and a second backup plate. The combining element is combined with another end of the second rod body; the first backup plate is pivotally connected with the combining element and comprises a first opening; the second backup plate is pivotally connected with the first backup plate and comprises a second opening having an aperture different from that of the first opening.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a wire with terminal in which small connection resistance and a large fixing force are easily combined and a core crimping portion is unlikely to be cracked in a crimping step of the core crimping portion. In a wire with terminal, a core crimping portion includes a bottom plate portion for supporting a core and a pair of core caulking portions sandwiching the core between the core caulking portions and the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion of the core crimping portion is shaped to include an inclined portion recessed gradually deeper toward the pair of core caulking portions from a first end side toward a second end side of a crimping terminal.

Abstract: A crimping pliers (1) includes a base (10), a guiding plate (20), a crimping member (30) and a compression handle (40). The base (10) includes a receiving space (11), a pivotal attachment portion (13) and an actuation section (14) having a crimping opening (141). The guiding plate (20) with a guiding hole (21) is installed in the receiving space (11) and corresponding to the crimping opening (141). The crimping member (30) is installed inside the receiving space (11) and comprises a connecting rod (31) attached to a sliding member (32) having a crimping portion (322) connected to the guiding hole (21) and corresponding to the crimping opening (141). The compression handle (40) is configured to drive the crimping portion (322) to move inside the crimping opening (141). Therefore, a uniform compression force is ensured to be applied to the connector and the conductive wire by the crimping portion.

Abstract: A crimping clamp includes a pair of clamp bodies, a pair of jaws and a pair of fixed bars. Each clamp body includes a holder end and a head end. The head end is connected to the holder end, and each head end of the pair of clamp bodies includes a pair of holes. The pair of holes of the head end of the same clamp body correspond to each other. Each of the jaws is removably combined with the head end of each clamp body. One side of each jaw includes a notch, and the notch includes a containing end and a gap end. A width of the gap end is less than a width of the containing end. Each fixed bar is respectively movably located in each pair of holes, and each fixed bar includes a free part and a fastening part.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to crimping tool for crimping a cup washer to a bolt. The crimping tool includes several alignment features that prevent the crimping tool from being used in an orientation other than a desired orientation.

Abstract: A tool for compressing a connector onto a coaxial cable includes a pair of gates, a plunger for compressing the connector against the gates and onto the coaxial cable, and an actuator in communication with the gates and the plunger. When the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, it causes the gates to move from an open to a closed position in which they retain the coaxial cable and brace the connector, and the plunger moves from a first position to a second position in which it engages the connector to compress the connector against the gates and onto the coaxial cable. When the actuator is moved back to its first position, the gates move to their open position thereby releasing the coaxial cable and the plunger moves to its first position thereby disengaging from the connector.

Abstract: Pliers include a pair of handles, at least one arm member connected to one of the handles, a seat body secured in a receiving room of the arm member, a working jaw detachably engaged with the seat body, and a control assembly to control whether the working jaw is allowed to be released from the seat body. The working jaw defines in a side thereof an indentation to be communicated with a through hole of the seat body. The control assembly has a knob and a positioning pin. Rotation of the knob displaces the knob axially with respect to the seat body, causing the positioning pin to move between a locking position to stop the working jaw from departing from the seat body, and a releasing position where the working jaw is allowed to be removed from the seat body.

Abstract: A feed mechanism for a terminal crimping machine includes a feed track and a strip locator. The feed track has a top plate and a side wall. The top plate extends from a front of the feed track to a rear of the feed track. The top plate is configured to receive thereon a terminal strip having a plurality of terminals arranged along a carrier strip. The terminal strip is configured to be moved from the rear to the front towards a crimping zone of the terminal crimping machine. The side wall has a fixed edge above the top plate. The strip locator is coupled to the feed track. The strip locator has a rail movably coupled to a support wall. The support wall is fixed relative to the feed track. The rail is biased against the terminal strip to force the terminal strip against the fixed edge of the side wall.

Abstract: A reusable electronic circuit assembling system facilitates assembly and testing of electronic circuits. The system has at least one baseboard and one or more assembling blocks magnetically or mechanically attached to the baseboard. Each assembling block has at least two electrically connected conductive clips located separately in the opening holes of the assembly block. Discrete electronic components are connected by selectively inserting the electrodes of the to-be-connected electronic components into the clips of the assembling blocks. A complete circuit is constructed by attaching the above block-component assemblies on the baseboard and connecting them in accordance with the desired circuit diagram.

Abstract: An electrical terminal applicator system includes a die connected to a press. A one-piece member includes a stock guide portion homogeneously connected to a tool receiving portion. The one-piece member is releasably secured to the die using only a single fastener. A male member extends from either one of the one-piece member or the die, and a female slot is created in the other one of the one-piece member or the die slidably receiving the male member to permit the one-piece member to be horizontally positioned on the die prior to securing the one-piece member using the single fastener.

Abstract: A tool for compressing a connector onto a coaxial cable includes a pair of gates, a plunger for compressing the connector against the gates and onto the coaxial cable, and an actuator in communication with the gates and the plunger. When the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, it causes the gates to move from an open to a closed position in which they retain the coaxial cable and brace the connector, and the plunger moves from a first position to a second position in which it engages the connector to compress the connector against the gates and onto the coaxial cable. When the actuator is moved back to its first position, the gates move to their open position thereby releasing the coaxial cable and the plunger moves to its first position thereby disengaging from the connector.

Abstract: A method and a press for crimping metal terminals onto electric cables, wherein the metal terminal is retained in the centered crimping position, during the entire crimping process. To this end, the press of the invention comprises a crimping assembly (3) provided with means of controlling the knife (7) for the conductor (18) of the electric cable (19) independently or separately from the remaining knives (8,9), respectively for crimping the insulation (20) of said cable (19) and for detaching the carrier strip (21) supporting the metal terminal (17). By comparison with the known art, the method and the press of the invention offer the advantage of ensuring that the metal terminal is kept centered in the correct position for crimping, without undergoing unwanted displacement during the process of attaching to it the conductor and the insulation of the electric cable.

Abstract: A tool for compressing a connector onto a coaxial cable includes a pair of gates, a plunger for compressing the connector against the gates and onto the coaxial cable, and an actuator in communication with the gates and the plunger. When the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, it causes the gates to move from an open to a closed position in which they retain the coaxial cable and brace the connector, and the plunger moves from a first position to a second position in which it engages the connector to compress the connector against the gates and onto the coaxial cable. When the actuator is moved back to its first position, the gates move to their open position thereby releasing the coaxial cable and the plunger moves to its first position thereby disengaging from the connector.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hydraulic tool working head guide. The hydraulic tool working head guide includes a main section having a general plate shape. The main section is adapted to be connected to an exterior surface of a hydraulic tool working head. The main section includes a slot having an open end at an edge of the main section and a closed end at a middle portion of the main section. The slot extends through a thickness of the main section. The closed end is adapted to be aligned with a receiving area of the hydraulic tool working head. The slot is adapted to substantially center a connector and/or a conductor in the receiving area.

Abstract: A tool for pushing a wire termination head holder towards a connector holder, the tool including a first arm and a second arm; a first assembly mechanically coupling the head holder to the first arm, and a second assembly mechanically coupling the head holder to the second arm, wherein a relative movement of the first and second arms causes both of the first and second assemblies to push the head holder towards the connector holder.

Abstract: A pressing terminal includes an outer conductive member having a shield outer tube; an inner conductive member; and a dielectric member. The dielectric member includes a protruding portion fitted into the shield outer tube so that a signal line pressing portion of the inner conductive member is situated at a pressing tool insertion opening portion. The dielectric member is inserted into a shield outer tube with the protruding portion thereof sliding against the shield outer tube. A terminal pressing device includes an anvil unit and a crimper unit. Upon attaching the signal wire, a claw portion of a signal line crimper of the crimper unit is inserted into a claw insertion groove portion of a signal line anvil of the anvil unit. A terminal pressing anvil portion of the signal line anvil is ushered to a terminal pressing anvil insertion portion of the signal line crimper.

Abstract: A device for attaching a line or wire cable to a connecting element includes an upper and a lower die that each has a press surface. At least one recess outside of the press surfaces is provided between the upper and the lower die that decreases the risk of damage to the dies should an erroneous attachment of the wire cable to the connecting element occur.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning device for positioning an element to be crimped in a crimping tool, for example a wire end sleeve or an electrical connecting plug. The invention further relates to a crimping tool for crimping a connecting element to be situated in a pressing axis. To allow the element that will be crimped to be brought into the pressing axis, the positioning device has a retaining unit for retaining, about its periphery, the element that will be crimped. The retaining unit has a retaining opening which encompasses the pressing axis coaxially. The positioning device further permits the positioning of the element that will be crimped within the pressing axis, in order, in particular, to ensure the necessary insertion depth of the element to be crimped in the crimping tool. For this purpose, the positioning device of the invention has an axial stop, with which the position in the pressing axis of the element to be crimped can be defined.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus for crimping a terminal to an electrical wire, which have respective part numbers, and allows miniaturization of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a base, a drive portion, a plurality of applicators, a plurality of connection/disconnection portions and a control device. The drive portion drives the associated applicator to crimp the terminal to the electrical wire. The connection/disconnection portions each are disposed in one-to-one relation ship against the respective applicators. The each connection/disconnection portion is positionable at a connection and a disconnection position, where a driving force is transmitted to or released from the associated applicator. The control device controls the associated connection/disconnection portion so that the applicator corresponding to the part numbers of the electrical wire and the terminal can achieve crimping with the driving force from the drive portion.

Abstract: A locator and wire stop device arranged to be mounted on a hand operated crimping tool outside of and adjacent to a crimp opening defined by crimping dies on the hand operated crimping tool and arranged to locate and retain at least one crimpable connector part between at least two crimping dies of the hand operated crimping tool. The locator and wire stop device includes a positioning mechanism for cooperation with a connector comprising the crimpable connector part, an axially protruding connection part, and an intermediate connector body comprising a transversal protrusion. The positioning mechanism comprises a pivotable connector and wire stop element, a first resilient locator element and a second locator element. The first resilient locator element has respective through holes arranged to receive and radially retain the connection part of the connector.

Abstract: A crimping tool is provided. The crimping tool can crimp coaxial cables of various specifications via the rotation of a rotatable placement seat and/or the adjustment of the depth of a screw rod which is screwed in a screw hole. Further, a holding region is formed at the crimping tool by moving a first holding block and a second holding block towards each other. During an operation, the coaxial cable is wrapped around the holding region. Therefore, the coaxial cable will not move excessively during a crimping operation, resulting in an increase of quality of the crimped coaxial cable.

Abstract: A hydraulic compression tool for securing a compression type cable connector to a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The tool can include a hydraulic assembly having an axially extendable ram, and a connector frame detachably attached to the hydraulic assembly. The connector frame can include a cable cradle configured to accommodate cables of various sizes and a sleeve for engaging a cable connector. The connector frame can further include a sliding guide structure attached to the cable cradle. The sliding guide structure can include a sliding bar and one or more sliding guides. The sleeve can be attached to the sliding bar. The sleeve can be configured to accommodate connectors of various sizes. Activating the hydraulic assembly can cause the ram to extend, which, in turn, can cause the sliding bar to move along the longitudinal axis of the cable connector compressing the compression member and connector body into operative engagement with the cable.

Abstract: A tool for coupling a connector to a wire is provided. The tool includes a first handle coupled to move a connecting head from a first position to a second position. A second handle is operably coupled to the first handle. A die block is rotationally coupled to the second handle and has a first connecting section and a second connecting section. A pair of support arms is pivotally coupled to the die block adjacent the first connecting section. The pair of support arms each having a body with an opening. The openings cooperate to define a circular opening when in the closed position. The circular opening is sized to provide 360 degrees of support to an end of the connector when the connecting head is in the second position. A biasing member is coupled to the pair of support arms to bias the support arms towards the closed position.