Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Terminal locator for a terminal crimping device
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Application No.: US15499410Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US10454232B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Chadwick Alan Kerstetter , Todd Matthew Troutman
- Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US PA Berwyn
- Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
- Current Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Berwyn
- Main IPC: H01R43/042
- IPC: H01R43/042 ; H01R43/048 ; H01R43/04 ; H01R43/058

Abstract:
A terminal locator for holding a terminal in a crimping zone of a terminal crimping device includes a housing configured to be positioned forward of crimp tooling defining the crimping zone. The housing has a terminal cavity extending along a terminal axis configured to receive the terminal such that a crimp barrel of the terminal extends rearward of the housing along the terminal axis into the crimping zone for crimping to a wire. A spacer is held by the housing. The spacer has a spacer blocking surface configured to locate the terminal and block axial rearward movement of the terminal. A latch is held by the housing. The latch is deflectable to allow insertion and removal of the terminal from the terminal cavity, the latch having a latch blocking surface configured to locate the terminal and block axial forward movement of the terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170324207A1 TERMINAL LOCATOR FOR A TERMINAL CRIMPING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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