Abstract: In a method of producing a microgripper including a grip finger 100 which has a coupling portion 100g that commonly owns one ends of three V-shaped edges 100v on an open end side, other ends of the V-shaped edges 100v being connected to a case 14, and in which the coupling portion 100g is connected to a moving portion of a translational driving section 12, and the coupling portion 100g is pulled on the basis of translational movement, whereby displacement amounts of the tip ends of the V-shaped edges 100v are inwardly magnified more than an amount of the translational movement, the method comprises the steps of: in a state where the grip finger 100 has three edge portions 101a in which the V-shaped edges 100v having the coupling portion 100g are developed in a substantially flat plane, outwardly bending the edge portions 101a at a substantially center; and inwardly bending the edge portions 101a at a vicinity of the coupling portion 100g.

Abstract: A rubber plug fitting apparatus includes: a rubber plug feeding unit for feeding each of rubber plugs to a rubber plug feeding port; a rubber plug holder for holding one of the rubber plugs to fit the rubber plug on a wire; and a rotary unit having a plurality of rubber plug holding rods which are fitted into each of the rubber plugs to hold the rubber plugs. The rotary unit rotationally moves each of the rubber plug holding rods between the rubber plug feeding unit and the rubber plug holder. In the apparatus, a pair of rubber plug guides are provided so as to be capable of being opened/closed at a side of the rubber plug feeding port of the rubber plug feeding unit; and guide grooves are respectively provided at positions of the pair of rubber plug guides facing the rubber plug feeding port.

Abstract: An upper and a lower rubber plug holders are provided with fixed arms to be inserted and held in upper and lower fixed blocks, and operatively pushed parts at ends of the fixed arms. The upper and lower fixed blocks are provided with slots in which the fixed arms are inserted and held and from which the operatively pushed parts are protruded on the side opposite to the insertion side. The slots are provided with balls and coil springs which fix the fixed arms inserted into the slots by the insertion of the fixed arms into the slots and allow the fixed arms to be pulled out of the slots by a push of the operatively pushed parts. This structure shortens time to change the parts and ensures easy and positive change of the parts.

Abstract: When a seal (10) with a lip (10A) is slid onto a shaft (14), the seal (10) is first slid from a D-cut portion (14C) to the end of a shaft body (14B) contiguous to the D-cut portion (14C), and then is slid at a first speed (at 40 mm/s) from this end to a position in which the seal (10) does not come into contact with a large-diameter portion (14A) of the shaft (14). Since there is a strong possibility that the lip (10A) of the seal (10) will have been completely curled at this time, the seal (10) is pulled out at a second speed (at 10 mm/s) on the shaft body (14B) from this position toward the D-cut portion (14C), and the seal (10) is again slid inward at a third speed (at 70 mm/s) from this position to an appropriate position. Thus, the seal (10) is slid without the lip (10A) being curled. The sliding operations at the second and third speeds may be performed a plurality of times.

Abstract: A fixture for installing a flexible wire mesh grip over an elongated cable includes a base having spaced opposite ends and an internal cavity extending longitudinally therebetween. The spaced opposite ends define respective first and second passages opening into the internal cavity. The internal cavity has a cross-sectional size larger than that of a tubular body of the grip in a compressed non-gripping condition to accommodate the presence of the tubular body in the compressed non-gripping condition and of an annular collar secured on one end thereof within the internal cavity. The internal cavity and first and second passages of the base have respective cross-sectional sizes larger than that of the cable to permit insertion of the cable therethrough.

Abstract: The rubber plug fitting apparatus includes a temporary receiver (4) disposed after the feeder (3); a rubber plug holder (5) pivotable 90 degrees by a first drive means (29); a transfer pin (7) for transferring the rubber plug (2) to the holder (5); a wire guide (11) disposed opposite the holder (5) when the latter is pivotated 90 degrees with the rubber plug held therein, which supports a wire (9); a second drive means (37) for moving the holder in a rubber plug fitting direction; and a third drive means (36) for moving the guide (11) in the same direction. A waterproofing rubber plug is reliably fitted over a wire with high positional accuracy.

Abstract: An apparatus for installing between a pair of spaced terminals a wire having a conductive core and an insulating sheath surrounding the core and interrupted at spaced stripped regions has a head defining a passage having an outer end, a guide element on the head at the outer end forming a passage alignable with the head passage, and a supply for feeding the wire along the head passage and the guide-element passage. A cutter on the head at the outer end can sever through the core in the stripped regions between the head and the guide element and the guide element can be pivoted on the head about an axis transverse to the guide-element passage for directing the passage at any of a plurality of different angles to the horizontal and vertical.

Abstract: A wire supply unit 30 is provided on which terminal connected wires TW can manually be loaded. The wire supply unit 30 includes retainers 20. Each retainer 20 positions the terminal connected wires TW such that the terminal connected wires TW can be transferred to the inserting unit 50. The terminal connected wires TW can be transferred directly to the inserting unit 50 so as to be inserted into connector housing C.

Abstract: The rubber plug fitting apparatus includes a temporary receiver (4) disposed after the feeder (3); a rubber plug holder (5) pivotable 90 degrees by a first drive means (29); a transfer pin (7) for transferring the rubber plug (2) to the holder (5); a wire guide (11) disposed opposite the holder (5) when the latter is pivotated 90 degrees with the rubber plug held therein, which supports a wire (9); a second drive means (37) for moving the holder in a rubber plug fitting direction; and a third drive means (36) for moving the guide (11) in the same direction. A waterproofing rubber plug is reliably fitted over a wire with high positional accuracy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and to a machine connecting connection elements into housings of connectors. The device includes; a body (17) which can be moved in the direction of said connector; 4 an insertion tool (18) which is associated, via removable link-age means (22), with said body and is provided with means (23) for gripping said connection element to be introduced; and means (26) for controlling the opening or closure of said gripping means.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for introducing at least one cable C connected with a connector 20 into or through a grommet 30 having openings provided therefor. The apparatus has a second element 12 for at least partly accommodating the cable C and the connector 20 and a first element 18 for at least partly accommodating the cable C and the grommet 30. The elements 12,18 surround the cable C over its entire length and are movable with respect to each other while holding the connector 20 and the grommet 30 in respective positions to introduce the cable C into or through the grommet 30.

Abstract: The connector housings (1) to be fitted out are fed in succession along a feed track, and are then moved, by means of at least two grippers (19, 20), which are spaced apart in the advance direction and can be moved synchronously with one another, stepwise and individually in succession from a take-over position (FIG. 6b), along a connector housing guide and clamping track (12) into a fitting-out position (FIG. 6g, 6h), and are fitted out there with an electrical conductor, and are then moved by means of the respectively associated gripper along the guide and clamping track (12) into a release position (FIG. 6c).

Abstract: A holder for retaining an elastic part while a wire is inserted therein including a contact holding portion gripping a neck of the plug. The contact holding portion has an annular groove for absorbing elastic deformation of the plug resulting from insertion of the wire. The rubber plug is positioned and held in the holder; since the elastic deformation thereof is accommodated by the annular groove, the wire insertion can be smoothly performed without inward pressure on the wire being inserted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making wire harness. The apparatus includes the use of a sequential wire processor that serially and sequentially fabricates circuits having terminal ends. The terminated circuits are transferred by a transfer means to an upstanding carousel provided with arrays of circuit-receiving clips. The transfer means receives terminated circuits from the sequential wire processor and places them on the clips of the carousel. The carousel is then moved to an assembly line and robotic station where robots remove the circuits from the clips of the carousel and place the terminated ends of the circuits in cavities of connectors strategically located on the assembly line. The robots have end effectors that physically insert the terminal ends into the connector cavities.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a multiple component article such as an optical fiber connector and inspecting assembled multiple component articles. The apparatus includes a fixture or nest for retaining an elongated body of the connector in a selected orientation. Stations of the apparatus are included for placing the elongated body in the fixture in a selected orientation, placing a biasing component on the elongated body, placing a coupling nut on the elongated body over the exposed end and abutting the biasing component, and applying a retaining component to an outside surface of the elongated body for retaining the biasing component between the elongated body and the coupling nut in a compressed state. The inspection system includes a fixture for retaining the multiple component article in a selected orientation in which a portion of the elongated body and a portion of the coupling nut are exposed for inspection.

Abstract: Terminal insertion methods for preventing a terminal and a connector housing from being broken in the event that a secondary insertion fails. The distance from a rear end of a terminal to secondary insertion claws, which are behind primary insertion claws, is set approximately to the required insertion stroke. When the terminal interferes with the connector housing during the secondary insertion process, a wire between the rear end of the terminal and the rear insertion claws is made to buckle to release an overload acting on the terminal and connector housing. A primary chuck cylinder for the front insertion claws is connected to a rod of a primary insertion cylinder; the primary chuck cylinder is secured to a guide plate; a secondary insertion cylinder 10 is secured to the guide plate; and a secondary chuck cylinder for the rear insertion claws is connected to a rod of the secondary insertion cylinder.

Abstract: A plug joint assembling apparatus (50) includes a joint bushing feed portion (100), a terminal temporary insertion portion (200), a terminal main insertion portion (300), a withstand voltage test portion (400), a terminal insertion condition check and talc coating portion (500), a first joint bushing extraction and supply mechanism (600), a second joint bushing extraction and supply mechanism (701), a third joint bushing extraction and supply mechanism (710), a fourth joint bushing extraction and supply mechanism (720), and a joint bushing extraction mechanism (730). These mechanisms (600, 701, 710, 720, 730) transport joint bushings. The joint bushing feed portion (100) includes a joint bushing check station (110) having a length measuring mechanism and an air vent hole detecting mechanism. The plug joint assembling apparatus (50) assembles plug joints efficiently at a stable pace by automatic assembly processes, stabilizes a check level, and improves reliability.

Abstract: A rotation regulating mechanism (43) is disposed on a terminal chuck (41) for holding a wired terminal (T). The rotation regulating mechanism (43) is arranged to regulate the rotation of the wired terminal (T), allowing an operation of inserting the wired terminal (T). Even if the terminal chuck (41) has to receive a wired terminal (T) from a terminal positioning device (30) having an inverting function, the rotation or positional shift of the wired terminal (T) can be regulated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a terminal insertion device in which a wired terminal can be securely taken out without abutting against the guide arms in case the insertion is imperfectly done, and also the guide arms can be shifted upwardly without being entangled with other leading wires 6b after the perfect insertion is detected.

Abstract: A locking system for securing a cable terminal in a plug case includes a turning tool defining an axis and insertable in the plug case in such a manner that locking pins of the cable terminal are deformed and forced against projections on the plug case for preventing a displacement of the cable terminal longitudinally in direction of the axis. The turning tool has a sleeve and a stationary nut which is connected to the sleeve via a tongue and groove joint in form of several circumferentially spaced, longitudinally twisted grooves and tongues, and secured against a rotation relative to the sleeve.

Abstract: A device and a machine for connecting connection elements into housings of connectors, the device including a body which can be moved in the direction of the connector, an insertion tool associated with the body via removable linkage means and provided with means for gripping a connection element to be inserted, and means for controlling the opening and closure of the gripping means. The device has elastic means located between the insertion tool and the gripping means which is capable of acting along the longitudinal axis of insertion of the connection element into the housing of the connector. The removable linkage means are defined by an articulation having a center of rotation which .joins the tool to the body, the center of rotation being coincident with the longitudinal axis, and indexing means associated with the body in order to act on the articulation so as to align the tool with the body.

Abstract: A connector housing positioning unit includes a holding member for holding connector housings, a locking member for locking corresponding connector housings to the holding member, a shifting member for shifting the locking member between a clamping position for clamping the connector housing and a releasing position for releasing the connector housing, and a mounting member detachably fixed to a connector housing feeding apparatus that feeds the connector housings to a terminal inserting mechanism, for integrally carrying the holding member, locking member and shifting member.

Abstract: An apparatus for the assembly of grommets on electrical cables for use in an automatic cable-processing machine, which is simple and cost effectively constructed so as to achieve a shorter assembly time, per grommet, and utilizes a step-wise rotatable turning device which includes several mandrels whereby, in a first setting (I), always one grommet is pushed onto a mandrel while in a second setting (II) of the turning device, the grommet is pushed, via a slip-on unit, onto a thicker portion of the mandrel for the purpose of expansion, with an assembly head including a grommet-receiving portion and an expanding portion by means of which, in a further setting (IV) of the turning device, the grommet is pulled from the mandrel, whereby the grommet is held in an expanded state, using the expanding portion and pushed onto the cable.

Abstract: An apparatus for fitting of grommets onto ends of electric cables. The shape of the grommet is independent of the manner in which it is fitted, by which it is pushed onto an electrical cable, and the characteristics of the electrical cable is not important for the exact positioning of the grommet. For this purpose, a conveying rail of a feed apparatus includes a buffer, in which the grommets are stored in correct position. In alignment with the axis of a vertical bore arranged below the first grommet in the buffer, a singling cylinder with a punch, which is movable up and down, is arranged above the conveying rail and a pivotable fitting cylinder with a grommet-receiving part positioned on a piston rod is arranged beneath the conveying rail, wherein the grommet is pushed by means of the punch through the vertical bore into the grommet-receiving part and the fitting cylinder is pivoted into a horizontal position.

Abstract: An inner conductor contact for connecting one end of a braided inner conductor of a coaxial cable with one end of an inner conductor of a coaxial plug, with the inner cable conductor enclosing a core which is retracted relative to the end of the inner cable conductor, includes a support element insertable in the inner cable conductor and having the same diameter as the core. The support element is adapted for connection with the core at the core-near side thereof via a bolt and with the inner plug conductor at the core-distant side thereof by means of a prolongation which is connected to the support element via a conical shoulder and thus is of smaller diameter than the support element. The part of the inner cable conductor extending along the shoulder and prolongation is surrounded by a metal bushing which receives the respective end of the inner plug conductor to provide the electric connection between the inner cable conductor and the inner plug conductor.

Abstract: Described herein is a method and an apparatus which permit terminal-carrying ends of wire units to be automatically inserted into a connector housing in a reliable manner almost irrespective of the type and size of the terminal elements to be inserted. This is attained by providing a transfer plate which is movable to a position confronting a selected one of a plurality of connector housings set on an assembling table. An assembling head is mounted on the transfer plate movably in vertical directions and also in directions toward and away from the transfer plate. A wire-embracing terminal portion and a wire portion of the wire unit are gripped by means of openable and closable paired terminal gripping pawls and wire gripping pawls which are vertically movably supported on the assembling head. The posture of the terminal element is adjusted by lowering a terminal presser plate which is vertically movably provided between the paired terminal gripping pawls.

Abstract: A leading bung seal (BS1) in a magazine (4) is picked up by a bung seal transfer clamp (8) and is positioned between a bung seal receptacle (6) and a bung seal transfer device (10), which are axially aligned. A bung seal expansion pin (18) is advanced to drive the leading bung seal (BS1) into the bung seal receptacle (6), to force it against a resilient grommet (42) therein, and to extend through the bung seal (BS1) so as to expand it. A bung seal expansion sleeve (14) surrounding the expansion pin (18) is then advanced further to expand the bung seal (BS1) and the pin (18) is withdrawn leaving the bung seal (BS1) secured to the expansion sleeve (14) by its own resilience.

Abstract: An electric wire harness assembly apparatus having a wiring board on which computer controlled lighted termination modules are mounted. The wiring surface includes wiring guides for indicating the configuration of the harness. The module is removable and is wired directly to the computerized control. An array of lights are mounted on each module to indicate to the assembler which assembly point in the harness connector is to receive the wire termination. In response to the assembly of a harness wire, a central control automatically scans the harness wires to test the harness.

Abstract: An improved lead insertion apparatus for randomly inserting crimped wire leads one at a time into a multicircuit connector includes a pair of elongate insertion jaws for longitudinally surrounding and gripping a crimp terminated wire lead. The insertion jaws are actuable by a gripper control between a first open position, a second intermediate gripping position wherein the jaws are axially slideable along the gripped wire lead and a third closed position wherein the jaws firmly grip the lead in a non-slideable manner. The jaws and their gripper control are mounted for axial movement along the wire lead into the insertion station. A drive for the jaws moves the jaws in their intermediate wire gripping position along the wire segment until a proximity sensor senses the tips of the jaws abutting the rear end of the crimp terminal. In response to the sensor the gripper control changes the jaws to their closed position on the wire prior to insertion.

Abstract: The assembly comprises a first slide (34) carrying a wire insertion tool (38) and a second slide (80) carrying support tools (92). As the slide (34) descends through a working stroke to cause the wire insertion tool (38) to insert a wire (W) into the wire slot (18) of an electrical terminal (10') of a multicontact electrical connector (2), support noses (96) of the support tools (92) which are in an open position, enter the mouths of the wire slots (18) of the next adjacent terminals. The wire insertion tool (38) continues to descend past the noses (96) to insert the wire (W) into the slot (18) of the terminal (10') and the support tools (92) close so that their noses (96) engage the terminals (10) on either side of the terminal (10') to be loaded with wire, thereby to restrain splaying of that terminal (10') as the wire (W) is inserted into its wire slot (18).

Abstract: A method and assembly for electrically and mechanically terminating a conductive polymer-shielded coaxial electrical cable by wrapping the shield layer of the end of the cable under tension with a conductive metal spring and binding the cable and spring into firm contact with the parts of a standard coaxial connector by force of a threaded plug.

Abstract: Work holder for holding electrical connectors during insertion of terminals into cavities in the connector comprises a positioning fixture and a clamping member. The connector is clamped between one face of the positioning fixture and the clamping member. The positioning fixture has terminal guiding openings extending therethrough and has aligning and guiding surface portions which guide the connector towards these openings when the connector is being clamped in the fixture so that the cavities in the connector are in precise alignment with the terminal guiding openings. The fixture is intended for use in a robot and permits reorientation of the connector, from right to left, so that connectors requiring terminals in two different orientations can be accommodated.

Abstract: A movable working head carries a pair of drive rollers, an insertion quill, and a routing nozzle that are manipulated so that a first terminal on one end of a wire is grasped between the rollers and inserted into the quill which is then inserted partly into a connector aperture. The rollers are rotated to drive the wire and terminal through the quill into an engaged position within the connector, terminal insertion is tested, and the insertion quill is replaced with the routing nozzle so that the working head can traverse a harness routing path with the rollers and nozzle sliding freely along the length of the wire towards its other end. Near the second end of the wire, the rollers grasp the second terminal pin, rotate with the pin 180.degree. about an axis parallel to the roller axes and are moved to insert this terminal pin into the insertion quill so that the working head may move the quill and rollers to a second connector.

Abstract: A method of fitting a rubber stopper for a water-proof connector terminal onto an end portion of an electric wire includes the steps of: successively feeding a group of rubber stoppers aligned in a row in a state wherein each of the rubber stoppers has its longitudinal axis extending vertically; transferring each of the rubber stoppers into a stopper housing portion; retaining the electric wire disposed on an imaginary line passing through the center of the stopper housing portion; and press-fitting the wire into the rubber stopper, whereby the rubber stoppers are successively and continuously fitted on the respective wires. Also disclosed is an apparatus which may be suitably employed to carry out the above-described method. The apparatus includes an aligned stopper successively feeding section, a stopper transfer section, a rotary conveyor section, and a wire press-fitting section.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatically terminating the end of a flat flexible cable in a reciprocably actuable low insertion force connector having a dielectric housing with a cable receiving cavity and a terminal member disposed in the cavity. The connector also includes a reciprocating cover having a cable receiving aperture and mounting for reciprocable movement between an open position for receiving the cable, and a closed position for terminating the cable within the connector. The apparatus includes an insertion head and an arrangement for automatically positioning the insertion head with respect to the cable receiving aperture of the connector cover. The insertion head further includes a reciprocable cable feeder which inserts the cable end through the cover aperture, and a reciprocable actuator which moves the cover upon insertion of the cable and the connector.

Abstract: Wire processing apparatus comprises first and second wire treatment stations. Wires are fed through the second station and their free ends are terminated to an electrical connector at the first station. Wire lengthening rollers are then operated to advance the wires by different lengths, so that they form loops between the wire treatment stations. During such advance of the wires, wire tensioning rollers are operated to keep the wires in tension between the tensioning rollers and the wire lengthening rollers and to pay out the wires into the loops. The wire lengthening, and the wire tensioning, rollers are then stopped and the wires are simultaneously severed at the second wire treatment station and the severed ends of the leads so formed are terminated to a second electrical connector at the second wire treatment station, after which, the terminated leads are ejected from the apparatus.

Abstract: Press element insertion apparatus (86) is a press-like apparatus used to insert pins (82) or sockets (82) into a cable connector (84). Clamp (104) is adapted to securely hold a pin (82) or socket (82) with a conductor attached for insertion into a cable connector (84). Clamp (104) readily releases the pin (82) or socket (82) after insertion into a cable connector (84) by operating lever operated cam (120) which releases movable jaw member (118). Internal springs (122) cause movable jaw member (118) to laterally release pin (82) or socket (82). The cable connector support (90,92) is a two-axis position guide that prevents cable connector (84) from rotating during cable fabrication while simultaneously providing two degrees of freedom that are necessary to insert pins (82) and sockets (82) in an array (86) of element insertion locations.

Abstract: In the wiring of connector plugs (18) to produce a wire mult, a wire (16) is first positioned in a terminal guide slot (32) on one side of a first connector plug (18) and then offset-dressed about a camming pin (52) of a wire insertion-and-slack forming tool (50) into alignment with a wire strain-relief slot (38) on an opposite side of the plug. Operation of the tool (50) then inserts the wire (16) into a terminal (24) on the one side of the first connector plug (18) and forms slack in the wire between the first connector plug and a second connector plug (18). The tool (50) next inserts the wire (16) into the wire strain-relief slot (38) of the first connector plug (18) and a terminal guide slot (38) on one side of the second connector plug (18) substantially simultaneously. The tool (50) includes dual air cylinders (64 and 66) and respective wire-engaging blades (54 and 56) which operate in sequence to perform the multing operation.

Abstract: A splice assembly tool for assembling component parts of an electrical conductor while producing a splice connection between electrical cables therewith, comprises a first structural member adaptable for supporting force applying means thereon, said force applying means enabling a rotary force applied manually thereto to be converted to a longitudinal force for subsequent application against a first component part of said electrical connection, a second structural member adaptable for engaging a second component part in a manner to assist said first structural member in assembling the component parts relative to one another and transmission means for conveying said longitudinal force between said first and said second structural members, said first and said second structural members being coupled to one another by said transmission means, wherein at least one of said component parts comprises a tubular elastomeric sleeve and said force applying means provides a relatively high mechanical advantage when said r

Abstract: A terminal crimping machine which, after crimping a terminal onto a wire lead, inserts the terminated wire lead into a terminal receiving recess of connector housing. The machine generally includes a press and die assembly mounted on the press. The die assembly includes a crimp station whereat terminal is crimped onto a wire lead, and insertion station whereat a terminated wire lead is presented, and a housing indexing assembly for supporting a plurality of connector housings and indexing a terminal receiving recess thereof at the insertion station. An insertion assembly is provided for inserting the terminated wire lead into a terminal receiving recess at the insertion station. The improvement in the insertion assembly includes a push member for engaging a terminal crimped on the end of a wire lead and inserting the terminal into the terminal receiving recess and providing guide means mounted on the punch holder above the insertion station for guiding a terminal into a terminal receiving recess.

Abstract: Apparatus is shown for use in loading contacts in contact receiving bores of a resilient insert body. The insert body is provided with internal shoulders and bores forming restrictive passages for holding the contacts and for holding wires attached to the contacts. The apparatus includes an adapter associated with a breech loading assembly for accepting and holding the insert body. An assembly including a bullet within a barrel is pushed into the insert body to gently enlarge the shoulders and the bores. The bullet is then retracted to a stop position, leaving the barrel in place in the bore. The breech lock is then opened and contacts are loaded by hand, or other means, into the bore to the stop position. The barrel is then retracted from the bore permitting the internal shoulders of the resilient insert body to expand and grip the contacts. Thereafter, the resilient insert body, with its contacts and appropriate leads in place, is removed from the apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying a tubular insulating housing to an electrical connector crimped to a wire comprises a horizontal base at one end of which are disposed a pair of wire gripping jaws, one of which is fixed to the base and the other of which is movable by a plunger vertically towards and away from the base. A support having a channel for receiving an electrical connector crimped to a wire is pivotally mounted on the base immediately rearwardly of the fixed jaw, a slide on the base being movable there along towards and away from the fixed jaw through a mechanism operated by the plunger. The slide has at its forward end a recess opening towards the fixed jaw, for receiving a tubular insulating housing.

Abstract: Cable wires are fed through the individual apertures of an electrical connector grommet by first sliding the grommet over a fixed array of tubular pins patterned such that each pin is inserted in an individual aperture, then passing the wires through the pins occupying their respective grommet apertures and thereafter slidably removing the grommet from the pin array.

Abstract: A machine for crimping a plurality of electrical terminals one at a time onto wire leads. The machine includes a press actuable for up and down movement with a die assembly mounted thereon. The die assembly includes a die shoe with a crimp station whereat a terminal is crimped onto wire lead, a punch holder opposite and spaced from the die shoe mounted on the press for movement therewith having punch means mounted over the crimp station to engage a terminal thereat, and a terminal feed assembly for supporting and feeding a strip of terminals one at a time to the crimp station in response to the movement of the press. An insertion station is located on the die shoe adjacent and aligned with the crimp station. A housing feed assembly is on the die shoe for supporting at least one connector housing indexing the housing at the insertion station.

Abstract: A resilient insulator having a hole therethrough is supported and a first reciprocable mechanism is provided to telescope a hollow cylinder into the insulator hole to stretch the hole to a position larger in cross section. A second reciprocable mechanism is provided to telescope an insulated rod partway into the cylinder and insulator. A third electrically operable mechanism responsive to a contact touching one end of the rod is provided to actuate one of the first and second mechanisms to relieve the insulator in a manner to allow the same to hold the contact fixedly in inward radial compression in the insulator hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for terminating a very fine magnet wire and which, in doing so, becomes the permanent termination thereof. A three sided contact forming three sides of a trapezium has the center side form an acute angle with the serrated second side and an obtuse angle with the third side. A housing has a cavity therein for receiving and retaining the contact. The cavity contains a stopping means against which the junction of the first and center contact sides abut as the contact is inserted into said housing. However, the third contact side continues further into the cavity to alter the said acute and obtuse angles towards right angles, thereby pushing the serrated second contact side in a direction normal to the insertion force and against a given wall of the housing and across which the magnet wire has been positioned.