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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
May. 25, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
William S Greenwood, Nutley, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29560 ; 295664 ; 29747 ; 29830 ; 83549 ;
Abstract
A tool for the selective joining of the individual conductors of a multiconductor flat cable. The tool may be set according to indicia on a selection device to punch any pattern, which can be correctly employed, on the cables guided and oriented on the tool base. After punching, connectors are manually inserted through the punched apertures and the tool is reapplied to simultaneously crimp all of the connectors to complete the joints.