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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Michael P Rzasa, Nashua, NH (US);
Armand T Montminy, Manchester, NH (US);
Framatome Connectors USA, Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic compression tool having a compression head with a frame and a movable ram. The ram has a first compression die removably mounted thereon. The first compression die has a front end with a connector contact surface and a rear end connection section. The front end connector contact surface has a general pyramid shape and two front facing flat sections extending from two opposite sides of the general pyramid shape. The outer perimeter of the front end of the connector contact surface, at two other opposite sides of the general pyramid shape, does not extend outward past the base of the pyramid shape at the two other opposite sides.