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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:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory F Deuel, Manheim, PA (US);
Kenneth F Folk, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29868 ; 29 3 / ; 29828 ; 156 47 ; 174 36 ; 1741281 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for automatically positioning and forming a drain wire of a cable and then positioning the formed drain wire for automatic termination to a connector. Each cable is in turn rotated until a sensing whisker senses that the drain wire is in a known position. The drain wire is then formed by forming tooling and the cable is again rotated to position the formed drain wire in a desired angular position. A clamping mechanism maintains pressure on all of the cables thereby inhibiting rotation thereof except for the cable that is being processed.