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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:

Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);

Inventors:

Aleksandar Kolev Angelov, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Jason Thomas Chiota, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Bicheng Chen, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/28 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49764 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49805 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49822 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53091 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53274 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of separating wires from a wire bundle includes positioning a cable with a wire bundle at a wire separating area, positioning a gas nozzle at the wire separating area, and directing gas flow at the wire bundle to separate the wires from the wire bundle. A wire separating system is used to separate wires and including a cable holder having a fixture holding a cable with a wire bundle extending into a wire separating area. The system includes a gas nozzle at the wire separating area that directs gas flow into the wire separating area at the wire bundle. The gas flow separates individual wires from the wire bundle. A wire gripper is provided at the wire separating area. The wire gripper grasps the separated wire from the wire bundle.


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