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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
David Wiltraut, Middletown, PA (US);
Jeffrey Zerbe, Bressler, PA (US);
Craig Roper, Middletown, PA (US);
Edward T. Price, Iii, Middletown, PA (US);
Albert W. Wolfgang, Iii, Middletown, PA (US);
TE Connectivity Solutions Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
An electrical connector assembling machine includes a connector strip feed unit including a feeding device configured to index the connector strip through a feed track in successive feed strokes and a contact loading assembly loading contacts into the connector strip. The contact loading assembly includes a wire distribution unit and a wire feed unit having a feeding device configured to simultaneously index wires through feed tracks in successive feed strokes. The wire feed unit includes a wire guide assembly guiding the wires through the wire feed unit. The contact loading assembly includes a contact forming unit and a contact loading device loading the contacts made from the wires into the connector strip as the connector strip is advanced through the electrical connector assembling machine.