With Insulation Removal Patents (Class 29/867)
  • Patent number: 11214442
    Abstract: An auxiliary carrier includes a first base, a first supporting base mounted on the first base and having a plurality of receiving grooves receiving a plurality of components of an electrical connector, and a first coupling portion mounted on the first base or the first supporting base. The first coupling portion is adapted to be coupled with a second coupling portion of a main carrier so that the auxiliary carrier is movable along with the main carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Yun Liu, Yuting He, Haidong Wu, Hui Xiao
  • Patent number: 11159002
    Abstract: A method for removing insulation from inner conductors of a cable having a first section with a cable sheath removed and a second section with the cable sheath not removed utilizes a stripping device to perform the following steps: inserting the first section between a first rotatable roller and a second rotatable roller of the stripping device; moving the first roller and/or the second roller toward each other to clamp the first section between the rollers; moving the cable in a first direction that moves the second section away from the rollers; moving the cable in a second direction opposite the first direction that moves the second section toward the rollers; moving stripping blades toward the first section to cut into the insulation of the inner conductors; and moving the cable in the first direction to remove at least part of the insulation from the inner conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOMAX HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Zoran Calic
  • Patent number: 11143778
    Abstract: A cable end sensing apparatus and a method of sensing a cable end of a cable in a cable preparation device. The cable end sensing apparatus includes cable clamps for clamping and moving the cable and a movable sensing device. The movable sensing device has a first position in which the movable sensing device is positioned in line with an axis of insertion of the cable to engage the end of the cable and to prevent the cable from moving beyond the movable sensing device. The movable sensing device has a second position in which the movable sensing device is moved away from the axis of insertion of the cable when the cable end is properly positioned to allow the cable to move beyond the sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Steven Houser, Gary L. Deck, Michael Morris
  • Patent number: 10658824
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for extracting the core and surrounding insulator from an outer sheath of a length of data transmission cable is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pump operable to generate hydraulic pressure against one end of the core and insulator, and a drawing mechanism operable to simultaneously exert a pulling force on an opposite end of the core and insulator. The arrangement being such that hydraulic pressure applied to one end, and pulling force applied to the opposite end, together displace the core and insulator relative to its outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: DEFLUX HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Laslo Nusbaum
  • Patent number: 10494816
    Abstract: A sheathing puller for use in a concrete post-tensioning system that includes at least one anchor assembly and a tension member comprising a cable and a sheath surrounding the cable, comprises a stationary coupler, a force applicator mechanically coupled to the stationary coupler, and a sheathing gripper mechanically coupled to the force applicator and configured to grip the sheath. Actuation of the force applicator may cause the sheathing gripper to grip the sheath and apply a longitudinal force thereto. The sheathing stationary coupler may be configured to engage the at least one anchor and the force applicator may be a pulley, screw, ratchet, bar clamp, pipe clamp, or screw clamp. Also disclosed is a method for mechanically coupling the stationary coupler to a fixed object, mechanically coupling the sheathing gripper to the sheath, and sliding the sheath along the tension member using the sheathing puller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Felix Sorkin
  • Patent number: 9431720
    Abstract: A portion of a conductor of a flat circuit body is exposed from an insulating layer covering at least one of surfaces of the conductor. A terminal includes a bottom plate on which the exposed portion of the conductor is provided, and crimp claws which are raised at two side edges of the bottom plate so that the exposed portion of the conductor is disposed therebetween. A protective plate is provided on the exposed portion of the conductor, and has a strength so as not to be penetrated by the crimp claws when the crimp claws are crimped onto the protective member. The crimp claws are crimped onto the protective plate so that the terminal is crimped to the conductor in a state where the exposed portion of the conductor is in surface contact with the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ito
  • Publication number: 20150128414
    Abstract: A device for simultaneously stripping at least two cable ends surrounded by insulation material includes a cutting device having first and second cutters that are movable relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cable ends. The cutting edges of the first and second cutters are disposed substantially in the same plane and are movable towards each other such that the cutting edges simultaneously cut into the insulation material of the at least two cable ends. In addition, the cutting device and the cable ends are movable relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the cable ends to simultaneously pull-off the cut insulation material from the at least two cable ends and thereby strip the at least two cable ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas HASLINGER
  • Patent number: 9021682
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a spool configured to supply a wire, a cutting device configured to form a notch in the wire, and a capillary configured to bond the wire and to form a stud bump. The apparatus is further configured to pull the wire to break at the notch, with a tail region attached to the stud bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien Ling Hwang, Yeong-Jyh Lin, Yi-Li Hsiao, Ming-Da Cheng, Tsai-Tsung Tsai, Chung-Shi Liu, Mirng-Ji Lii, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20150113804
    Abstract: A system includes a tool having a first arm disposed along a motion plane, a hand-tool body coupled to the first arm, and a second arm rotatably coupled to the hand-tool body and disposed along the motion plane. The hand-tool body includes a first channel, a second channel, and a wire slot configured to receive an insulated wire, wherein the first channel intersects the second channel proximate to the wire slot. The second arm includes a stripping portion configured to reciprocate within the first channel, to cut insulation of the insulated wire, and to strip the insulation from an end portion of the insulated wire. The second arm also includes a crimping portion configured to reciprocate within the second channel and to crimp a terminal lug about the end portion of the insulated wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Steven Jackson Foss, Aaron Isaac Katz, Jeffrey Marcus Pitts, Robert Allen Linden, Anthony Thomas Concialdi, Sean Ray Ortiz, Aaron Juergen Fuss
  • Patent number: 8826533
    Abstract: A method to electrically and mechanically connect at least one wire conductor to a terminal includes the steps of cutting and stripping a portion of an insulation outer layer along an end section of the at least one wire conductor to expose a lead of the at least one wire conductor. A further step includes applying a bonding process to the exposed lead to break down oxides disposed on the lead. A further step in the method is crimping the lead having the applied bonding process to the terminal to form a crimp connection connecting the at least one wire conductor to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt P. Seifert, Lisa L. Flauto, Jeffrey M. Handel, Masahiro Yoshino
  • Patent number: 8802987
    Abstract: An aluminum electric wire (10) has a metallic core wire (11) coated with an insulation coating (13). A female terminal fitting (20) made of metal different from the core wire (11) has a wire barrel (25) to be connected to the aluminum electric wire (10). A solder seal (30) is formed of solder having a main component with an ionizing tendency close to that of the terminal fitting. The wire barrel (25) is crimped to the core wire (11) exposed by peeling off the insulation coating (13) of the aluminum electric wire (10) and partially sealed with the solder. A seal connection portion (14) connects the insulation coating (13), the exposed core wire (11) and the solder seal (30) to each other in a condition where the coating (13) and the solder seal (30) are sealed off from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Satoshi Morikawa, Kazumasa Kobayashi, Takuji Otsuka, Hiroki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8782885
    Abstract: Method for replacing a suspension insulator on a tower having a davit arm supporting an attached insulator and a conductor shoe attaching an energized conductor to the insulator lower end including the steps of mounting a non-conductive board to the tower below the davit arm, mounting non-conductive struts between the board and the tower, positioning a movable slider in a track on the board, the slider supporting a jack and a conductor lifting bar attached to the jack, positioning the slider and operating the jack to lift and support the energized components, detaching the shoe from the insulator, moving the energized components to a remote position on the board, detaching and replacing the insulator while it is supported by a helicopter, positioning the slider and operating the jack to lift the shoe into alignment with the insulator and attaching the shoe to the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Haverfield International Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry Graham
  • Patent number: 8701278
    Abstract: A device is provided to attach a connector having an internally threaded base and external threads to a cable having a casing. The device includes a body having a bore therethrough. At least a portion of the bore is threaded and the external threads on the connector are threaded into the threads of the bore until a stop surface in the bore is engaged by a portion of the connector. The device may then be turned to thread the base onto the casing of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: PDS Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward L. Merical
  • Publication number: 20130267109
    Abstract: Coaxial cable connectors with a strain relief clamp. In one example embodiment, a coaxial cable connector for terminating a coaxial cable is provided. The coaxial cable includes an inner conductor, an insulating layer surrounding the inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the insulating layer, and a jacket surrounding the outer conductor. The coaxial cable connector includes an inner conductor clamp configured to engage the inner conductor, an outer conductor clamp configured to engage the outer conductor, a strain relief clamp configured to exert a first inwardly-directed radial force against the coaxial cable, and a moisture seal configured to exert a second inwardly-directed radial force against the jacket. The first force is greater than the second force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Shawn M. Chawgo, Brian K. Hanson, Christopher Philip Natoli
  • Publication number: 20130252459
    Abstract: A connection structure of an electric wire and a terminal includes the electric wire, the terminal, and a seal part. The electric wire has an insulating coated part in which a conductor part is covered with an insulating material, and a conductor exposed part in which the insulating material of an end of the electric wire is removed. The terminal includes a first crimp part crimped to the insulating coated part, and a second crimp part crimped to the conductor exposed part. The seal part is made of thermoplastic elastomer and covers a surface including the first crimp part and the insulating coated part of a side extending from said first crimp part toward a direction opposite to the end of the electric wire and a surface of the second crimp part in an extension direction of the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya TANAKA, Hisashi HANAZAKI, Hironori KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8371015
    Abstract: A method for straightening, constraining, cutting and terminating a multi-stranded, non-parallel cable. The cable filaments are aligned. A binder is then applied to the cable to maintain the alignment. The cable is then cut to a desired length. Each strand or group of strands is then placed in an individual termination. Each individual termination is then attached—either directly or through intermediate devices—to a collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Bright Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard V. Campbell, David E. Sediles, David W. Hilbig, Kristopher L. Wortham
  • Publication number: 20130008714
    Abstract: An aluminum electric wire (10) has a metallic core wire (11) coated with an insulation coating (13). A female terminal fitting (20) made of metal different from the core wire (11) has a wire barrel (25) to be connected to the aluminum electric wire (10). A solder seal (30) is formed of solder having a main component with an ionizing tendency close to that of the terminal fitting. The wire barrel (25) is crimped to the core wire (11) exposed by peeling off the insulation coating (13) of the aluminum electric wire (10) and partially sealed with the solder. A seal connection portion (14) connects the insulation coating (13), the exposed core wire (11) and the solder seal (30) to each other in a condition where the coating (13) and the solder seal (30) are sealed off from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Morikawa, Kazumasa Kobayashi, Takuji Otsuka, Hiroki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20120324727
    Abstract: A method to electrically and mechanically connect at least one wire conductor to a terminal includes the steps of cutting and stripping a portion of an insulation outer layer along an end section of the at least one wire conductor to expose a lead of the at least one wire conductor. A further step includes applying a bonding process to the exposed lead to break down oxides disposed on the lead. A further step in the method is crimping the lead having the applied bonding process to the terminal to form a crimp connection connecting the at least one wire conductor to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: KURT P. SEIFERT, LISA L. FLAUTO, JEFFREY M. HANDEL, MASAHIRO YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 8277249
    Abstract: A contact for coaxial cable attached to an end of a coaxial cable includes a contact part and a connection part. The connection part includes a conductor barrel, an open crimp barrel, and a junction band narrow in width. The conductor barrel is disposed on a side to a base end portion of the contact part and can crimp the inner conductor. The open crimp barrel is adjacent to the conductor barrel and can crimp an exposed portion of the dielectric body so as to surround the exposed portion of the dielectric body in a cylindrical shape. The junction band joins the conductor barrel with the open crimp barrel so as to bridge the two. The both end portions of the junction band are torn during or after crimping of the conductor barrel and the open crimp barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Koga
  • Patent number: 8266799
    Abstract: A method for crimping terminals of an electric wire includes conveying an electric wire from one side of a plurality of electric wire crimping units to another side allocated in a row in a conveying direction of the electric wire, without the electric wire being grip-substituted. The method also includes crimping the terminal by stopping conveyance of the electric wire at a discretional one of the plurality of electric wire crimping units. The method also includes the following steps carried out in this order: measuring the electric wire and cutting the electric wire in a predetermined length; stripping a jacket at both ends of the electric wire; crimping the terminal to an end of the electric wire; regulating a position of the terminal of the terminal-attached electric wire; and inserting the terminal-attached electric wire to a connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Etsuro Kihara
  • Patent number: 8250755
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a process, for fabricating a medical lead for stimulation of tissue of a patient, comprises: providing a plurality of wires; increasing an exterior surface area of each wire of the plurality of wires; arranging the plurality of wires angularly around a longitudinal axis; extruding polymer material of the plurality of wires; forming a lead body with a proximal end and a distal end after performing the extruding; and forming a plurality of terminals at a proximal end of the lead body; forming a plurality of segmented electrodes at a distal end of the lead body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Don Dye
  • Patent number: 8220158
    Abstract: A cable end preparation tool is for a coaxial cable and has a C-shaped body with an opening therein to receive the coaxial cable and a side defining a saw guide to receive a saw blade thereagainst. The C-shaped body includes a gripping rib to fit in a valley of a corrugated outer conductor when the coaxial cable is in the opening. At least one stabilizing rib is adjacent the gripping rib to receive a crest of the corrugated outer conductor thereagainst when the coaxial cable is in the opening. The C-shaped body also includes a rotation guide feature receives the inner conductor. A cutting blade extends outwardly from the C-shaped body for removing a portion of a dielectric between the inner conductor and the corrugated outer conductor as the C-shaped body is rotated about the rotation guide feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Andrew LLC
    Inventor: Nahid Islam
  • Patent number: 8196299
    Abstract: A connection terminal of a litz wire, a mounting method thereof, and a manufacturing method of a cooking appliance with a working coil consisting of the litz wire. The mounting method includes preparing the litz wire including plural wires, each of which includes a sheath, installing one end of the litz wire at the connection terminal, removing the sheaths from the plural wires by heating the litz wire, and deforming the connection terminal through a pinch-off process, thereby connecting front ends of the wires through the connection terminal and removing the sheaths or sheath residues between cores of the wires, and thus reducing resistance of the litz wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Lee, Jae Man Joo, Jong Chull Shon, Young Hoon Kang, Won Sick Jung
  • Patent number: 8186037
    Abstract: An irrigated tip electrode design includes a shell generally surrounding a plug which jointly define a chamber that is fed with fluid by a lumen. The fluid is distributed to the outer surface of the tip electrode through fluid passages. The chamber is advantageously isolated from a region of the tip electrode occupied by electrical and/or electromagnetic components in the tip electrode. Lumens occupied by the these components terminate in blind holes that have no communication with the chamber. A method of fabricating includes providing a shell configured from a rod to provide an open interior cavity, sealing and partially filling the cavity with a plug to form a chamber, then forming fluid passages between the cavity and an outer surface of the tip electrode, and providing a lumen through which fluid can enter the chamber and exit therefrom through the fluid passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton W. Webster, Jr., Mario Solis
  • Patent number: 8141246
    Abstract: Methods for ultrasonically joining portions of a medical lead are provided. One method includes providing a conductor, a fitting and a coil electrode. The conductor has a distal portion that includes an inner conductive portion and an outer insulative portion. The fitting has a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity being sized and configured to receive the distal portion of the conductor and the second cavity being sized and configured to receive a portion of the coil electrode. The conductor is ultrasonically welded within the first opening, providing a mechanical and electrical attachment. The coil electrode is also electrically coupled to the fitting, providing an electrical pathway from the conductor to the coil electrode. Also provided are medical leads including ultrasonic bonds and other methods of ultrasonically joining portions of a medical lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter C. Hall
  • Publication number: 20110318960
    Abstract: A contact for coaxial cable attached to an end of a coaxial cable includes a contact part and a connection part. The connection part includes a conductor barrel, an open crimp barrel, and a junction band narrow in width. The conductor barrel is disposed on a side to a base end portion of the contact part and can crimp the inner conductor. The open crimp barrel is adjacent to the conductor barrel and can crimp an exposed portion of the dielectric body so as to surround the exposed portion of the dielectric body in a cylindrical shape. The junction band joins the conductor barrel with the open crimp barrel so as to bridge the two. The both end portions of the junction band are torn during or after crimping of the conductor barrel and the open crimp barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi KOGA
  • Patent number: 7958631
    Abstract: Removal of a conventional separable insulated connector from an electric power system often results in a shortened electric cable. An extender for a separable insulated connector enables the separable insulated connector to connect to a shortened cable. A conventional cable adapter is inserted into the extender, which includes a conductive connector for accepting the shortened cable and a conductive rod for carrying electric power from the shortened cable to the separable insulated connector. The extender also includes an inner semi-conductive layer that borders the conductive rod and compression connector, an outer semi-conductive layer, and a insulating layer between the two semi-conductive layers. The extender is inserted into a separable insulated connector, which is then connected to the electric power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Paul Michael Roscizewski
  • Patent number: 7913384
    Abstract: A method of preparing a wire harness production by providing standard wiring pattern information related to a first pattern including parts, electric circuits and wirings of a standard type vehicle, and generating modified wiring pattern information related to at least another pattern in which at least one of the parts, the electric circuits, and the wirings of a first pattern is altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Akizuki, Shuji Ono, Tetsuya Ishiguro, Masaya Uchida, Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Eiji Asaoka, Takeshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7882629
    Abstract: A dead end electrical connector assembly including a dead end connector member, a collet, wedges and an outer sleeve. The dead end connector member has a first end section and a second end section. The second end section includes a threaded section. The first end section is adapted to be connected to another member and includes a general bolt head section adapted to be turned by a powered tool to axially rotate the dead end connector member. The front end of the collet includes a threaded section adapted to be threaded onto the threaded section of the dead end connector member. The wedges are inserted directly between the collet and a core member of a cable conductor. The second end section of the dead end connector member is adapted to push the wedges into the collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher G. Chadbourne
  • Patent number: 7849594
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for integrating a passive component within a substrate is disclosed. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of: providing a circuit layer, wherein a positioning blind hole is formed in the circuit layer; forming a conductive material in the positioning blind hole; positioning the passive component in the positioning blind hole of the circuit layer and electrically connecting the passive component to the circuit layer via the conductive material in the positioning blind hole; and laminating a core layer, the passive component, and the circuit layer as the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 7823282
    Abstract: A method for connecting at least one wire to a contact element to facilitate connection of the wire to a power source comprising the following steps: a) preparation of the contact element which is fitted with a groove for receiving at least one wire; b) insertion of the wire into the groove of the contact element; c) lowering an electrode onto the contact element; and d) heating of the area around the groove by means of the electrode while simultaneously deforming the area around the groove thereby embedding the wire lying in said groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Friatec Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andre Heinzel, Andreas Hojenski
  • Patent number: 7814653
    Abstract: A spring-loaded device is installed into a node housing at a predetermined location. The predetermined location is selected to correspond to another predetermined location into which a stinger may be installed. These predetermined locations on the node housing are selected to further correspond to a predetermined internal location of an RF interface connector. A conducting pin of the RF interface extends through a dielectric between a nail head shaped end, which provides electrical connection with the stinger projection, and an end soldered to a PCB of the amplifier. The amplifier may be installed and the node housing closed before the stinger and spring-loaded device are installed into the housing. This facilitates installation of the stinger into the housing without having to open the housing and remove the amplifier. External threads on the spring-loaded device facilitate installation thereof, but a unique torque is not required therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Pfister, Dennis McLain, Lai Hoang
  • Publication number: 20100126011
    Abstract: A cable end preparation tool is for a coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. The cable end preparation tool includes a body and a blade carried by the body for removing a portion of the dielectric between the inner conductor and the outer conductor when the body is rotated about the coaxial cable. A first projection is carried by the body and has a predetermined shape for flaring an end portion of the outer conductor when the body is rotated relative to the coaxial cable. A second projection is movable with respect to the body between an outer conductor engaging position and a disengaged position, the second projection for corrugating the flared end portion of the outer conductor when in the outer conductor engaging position and the body is rotated relative to the coaxial cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Andrew, LLC, State/Country of Incorporation: North Carolina
    Inventor: Nahid Islam
  • Publication number: 20100101373
    Abstract: A cable end preparation tool is for a coaxial cable and has a C-shaped body with an opening therein to receive the coaxial cable and a side defining a saw guide to receive a saw blade thereagainst. The C-shaped body includes a gripping rib to fit in a valley of a corrugated outer conductor when the coaxial cable is in the opening. At least one stabilizing rib is adjacent the gripping rib to receive a crest of the corrugated outer conductor thereagainst when the coaxial cable is in the opening. The C-shaped body also includes a rotation guide feature receives the inner conductor. A cutting blade extends outwardly from the C-shaped body for removing a portion of a dielectric between the inner conductor and the corrugated outer conductor as the C-shaped body is rotated about the rotation guide feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Andrew, LLC
    Inventor: Nahid Islam
  • Patent number: 7698801
    Abstract: In a wire-processing machine, by a linear movement away from a first holding unit, a gripper applies to a gripping unit a pull-out force in the longitudinal axis of the wire. The pull-out force that is exerted on the wire is measured by, for example, a force sensor that is arranged on the holding unit or by the motor current of the motor that causes the linear movement. The gripper and the gripping unit together make measurement of the pull-out force possible also for medium-sized and large wires without the gripper needing to be constructed stronger, or its dimensions, or the gripper-arm drive, needing to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Komax Holding AG
    Inventor: Alois Conte
  • Publication number: 20100064857
    Abstract: A cable end preparation tool for a coaxial cable may include a body having first and second opposing ends with a first recess in the first end, and a first blade carried by the body within the first recess for stripping an outer jacket of the cable to expose a portion of an outer conductor when the body is rotated relative to the cable. A second blade may be carried by the body within the first recess for stripping the outer conductor and a dielectric layer to expose a portion of an inner conductor when the body is rotated relative to the cable. The tool may further include a coring bit carried by the second end of the body for removing a portion of the dielectric layer between the inner conductor and the exposed portion of the outer conductor when the body is rotated relative to the coaxial cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 7679923
    Abstract: A method for easily applying a coating agent to an electronic circuit board accommodated in a housing without leaving uncoated portions. The method includes mounting the electronic circuit board to the housing, performing an electrical connection process in the electronic circuit board, and filling the housing with the coating agent (anti-moisture agent) to immerse the electronic circuit board in the coating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: JText Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Inagaki, Toshio Kohno
  • Patent number: 7669323
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for electrically connecting a stinger into a network node may include installing a non-conductive force exerting means through a port of a closed node housing of a network node. The method may include extending the force exerting means from outside the node housing to within the interior of the network node and adjusting the force exerting means without accessing the interior of the node housing to exert a force on the conductor of a stinger installed within the interior of the network node to contact and forcibly bring the conductor of the stinger into electrical contact with an interface means installed within the interior of the network node to establish an electrical interface and seize the conductor of the stinger within the interior of the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Pfister, Dennis McLain, Lai Hoang
  • Patent number: 7669322
    Abstract: In a process for mounting a plurality of parts to a cable in mounted positions and in mounted attitudes determined respectively for the parts, information for the mounting of each of parts is marked on the cable before mounting of the parts. Thus, the mounting of the parts can be carried out without selection of a worker, leading to an improved general-purpose property. Also, an exclusive jig is not required, resulting in a reduced cost and elimination of need to secure a space for storing the jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7610676
    Abstract: A method for assembling a bundle cable connector assembly that eliminates bird caging, wire threads extruding through a connector pin, loose wire threads, dielectric shield shrinking, etc. The method includes stripping the wire to create a birdcage preventative zone and an exposed tip with a crimping zone therebetween, and tinning the exposed wire at the birdcage preventative zone and the tip. The method then includes inserting the wire into a connector pin, and crimping the pin to the wire at the crimping zone using heat so that the tinning solder melts. The method then includes mounting the pin to a connector body and mounting a wire-locking device to the connector body to lock the pin to the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Space & Missions Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Dean Tran, Alan Hirschberg, Melissa Fuller, Phillip Hayes, Greg Keller
  • Patent number: 7607217
    Abstract: A wire processing unit has a crimp head moved in a “z” direction by an eccentric drive and a crimping tool arranged on the crimp head moves with it. The crimp head also moves a pin connected to a lowering unit that has a C-shaped bracket on which the gripper unit is arranged. When a crimping punch moves, the gripper unit is moved with it, and the wire-end held by a gripper pair is inserted into an upwardly-open conductor crimp and an insulation crimp respectively. A cutting head of a cutting unit cuts off the leading wire-end, removes the insulation, and separates contacts with defective crimp fastening from the wire-end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Komax Holding AG
    Inventor: Nicolas Ruchti
  • Publication number: 20090223943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser processing method and the like provided with a structure for enabling realization of both preferable processing of locations not easily reached by laser light and effective inhibition of damage caused to locations easily reached by laser light during laser processing. Radiation optics scan locations irradiated with laser light from a laser light source while radiating laser light onto a plurality of objects arranged on a stage and the periphery thereof from a direction perpendicular to the stage. On the stage reflecting members are respectively arranged adjacent to the plurality of objects. The reflecting members reflect laser light radiated from the radiation optics towards lateral surfaces of the objects. Since laser light reflected by the reflecting members is radiated onto the lateral surfaces of the objects, laser light also reaches the lateral surfaces of the objects not easily reached by laser light without having to increase the intensity of the laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinobu TAMAOKI, Motoki KAKUI, Kazuo NAKAMAE
  • Patent number: 7565740
    Abstract: A method of preparing the end of a coaxial cable for insertion within a coaxial cable connector involves stripping the cable jacket from the end of the cable, and reducing the outer diameter of the cable jacket portion lying adjacent the stripped portion of the jacket to a relatively constant reduced diameter. The reduced diameter portion of the cable jacket can then be reliably sealed to the back nut of the coaxial connector by an O-ring. A related preparation tool is disclosed for simultaneously stripping the cable jacket from the end of the cable, and reducing the outer diameter of the cable jacket portion lying adjacent the stripped portion, as the tool is rotated about the end of the coaxial cable. The tool may also serve to remove a portion of the outer conductor, as well as a coring member to remove dielectric surrounding the inner conductor of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Gilbert Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy C. Henningsen
  • Patent number: 7562449
    Abstract: Inwardly-directed projecting portions (2, 3) are formed in a bent manner respectively at distal ends of a pair of clamping piece portions (4, 5) which are continuous with each other, and form a wire connection portion (7) of a terminal (1). A conductor portion (9) of a wire (8) is located on the inner sides of the pair of clamping piece portions (4, 5), and the pair of clamping piece portions are pressed over an entire periphery into a circular shape, and are extended in a peripheral direction, thereby causing projecting extension portions (2?, 3?), including the projecting portions (2, 3), to bite into the conductor portion. Before the pressing operation, the pair of clamping piece portions (4, 5) may be provisionally pressed to be curved, thereby causing distal ends of the projecting portions (2, 3) to bite slightly into an outer peripheral surface of the conductor portion (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumichi Kuwayama, Masanori Onuma, Nobuyuki Asakura
  • Patent number: 7513135
    Abstract: The invention relates to production unit (1), in particular a bending press (2), for forming workpieces (3) of sheet metal, having two press beams (15, 16) which are displaceable relative to one another by means of a drive mechanism (53) and can be used to obtain a required tool length (42) by fitting a variable number of bending tools (36, 37). To enable them to be identified and/or their positions detected on an at least partially automated basis, the inserted bending tools (35, 37) have unmistakable codes in the form of electronically detectable information carriers (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Thomas Denkmeier
  • Patent number: 7478475
    Abstract: A blindmate interconnect coaxial connector includes a center conductor, a thermally-conductive dielectric surrounding the center conductor, and an outer tubular conductor surrounding the dielectric. The dielectric transfers heat from the center conductor to the outer conductor, and the outer conductor includes heat transfer fins to radiate such heat. The center conductor is formed by first and second halves which mate within the axial bore of the dielectric. The outer conductor is formed of two mating sections. The center conductor and surrounding dielectric are inserted within the first mating section, and the second mating section is then mated with the first section to complete the assembly of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Gilbert Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Hall
  • Publication number: 20080313892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an end of a cable, especially a coaxial cable with an outer conductor, especially a braided outer conductor, for installing a plug-in connector, the outer conductor being exposed at the end of the cable, flared radially and bent back over a predetermined length in the axial direction away from the end of the coaxial cable. In the process, for flaring purposes, the outer conductor has a radial force applied to it over at lest part of the circumference of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Walter Baldauf
  • Patent number: 7395592
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing of an electrical connection terminal for a coaxial cable, wherein the processing is automated and further laborsaving can be achieved in the processing operation. The apparatus comprises a tool means 11 for axially stripping an outer-side insulator layer 5 in a terminal portion of a coaxial cable 1 by a predetermined length and supporting the stripped terminal portion of the coaxial cable, a turn means for tilting an axis Ax1 of the tool means by an angle of ? degrees with respect to an axis Ax2 of the coaxial cable to thereby turn the tool means, and an advancing/retreating means for advancing/retreating the tool means on the axis of the coaxial cable, wherein a clearance is provided between an inner-side insulator layer 3 and a mesh-type conductor layer 4 by turning the tool means using the turn means to thereby expand the mesh-type insulator layer into a conical shape 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Meiyu-Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7383631
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an antenna connector is provided. The components of the antenna connector are mechanically assembled in an automatically operated workstation to effectively eliminate the labor/time consuming assembly process requiring assembly by hand as in the case of the prior art. The electrical connection between the coaxial cable and the terminal can be ensured and also the coaxial cable can be effectively secured to the housing so that the coaxial cable may not come loose. Thus, it is not only possible to effectively increase the production throughput, but also the reliability of the antenna connector may be effectively promoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventor: Shin-Shun Kao
  • Publication number: 20080115356
    Abstract: A tool that is used to correctly measure the proper termination length of the exposed twisted conductor pairs of a cable for insertion into a telecommunications plug and to correctly preform the positional arrangement of the individual conductors for insertion into the plug in a single step is disclosed. A method of terminating an end of a stripped twisted conductor pair cable to a telecommunications plug having a plurality of conductor receiving channels using such a tool is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Karl J. Peterson