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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Casey Couch, Jackson, TN (US);
Paul Bartholomew, Somerville, TN (US);
Ian Rubin de-la-Borbolla, Memphis, TN (US);
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A crimping tool, configured to crimp an electrical connector onto a conductor, includes a crimping body having an interior volume, a crimping head connected to the crimping body, a user interface installed on the crimping body, an identification tag reader provided in the crimping tool, a wireless module installed within the interior volume of the crimping body, and a microcontroller installed within the interior volume of the crimping body. The wireless module transmits/receives crimp connection data to/from a remote computing device, which is capable of communicating with one or more databases in a server. The microcontroller is configured to communicate with the identification tag reader and the wireless module.