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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:
Oct. 21, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Beck, Warren, NJ (US);
William Jahn, Iowa City, IA (US);
Steven R Koltenback, Doylestown, PA (US);
Robert M Scharf, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Ronald Schwab, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29866 ; 29749 ; 29753 ;
Abstract
Termination of flat cable is effected with connectors fed individually from a reel having a wound substrate with connectors releasably secured thereto. The connectors are seated in a crimping device and elongate such cable is fed to the crimping device along the cable longitudinal axis. Cable guide and registration apparatus is also disclosed, as is a control system.