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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Inventors:
Keith Lynn Nicholas, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Jay Alan Snyder, Palmyra, PA (US);
Assignee:
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B23Q 15/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/058 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01); H01R 43/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/058 (2013.01); H01R 43/048 (2013.01); H01R 43/055 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49185 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53235 (2015.01);
Abstract
A terminal crimping machine includes an applicator having a movable ram and an anvil. The anvil is located in a crimping zone and configured to receive a terminal thereon. The ram has crimp tooling that is configured to crimp the terminal on the anvil to a wire during a crimp stroke of the ram. An image acquisition device is positioned to acquire at least one image of the crimping zone. A display device is configured to display the at least one acquired image.