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4932110 Apparatus for making an electric harness  
An electrical cable-making apparatus comprises a feeding device (16) for feeding a shielded ribbon electrical cable (11) and discrete electrical insulated conductors (12) from supply members...
4928378 Apparatus for making plastic leaded chip carrier connectors  
A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined...
4918804 Modular application tooling for electrical connectors  
A modular application tooling machine includes a base unit with a delivery station for electrical connectors, a intermittently operated connector feed drive system and a continuously operated work...
4912823 Method and apparatus for feeding and indexing a connector  
A termination machine for inserting wires into insulation displacement slots of terminals of an electrical connector. During each termination stroke, a connector locating member moves together with...
4908941 Method and apparatus for connecting electrical wires  
A method and apparatus for connection of wires to a connector is disclosed. A means is provided for exerting a predetermined tension on the wires so that they are held in alignment while being...
4907324 Connector termination apparatus and method  
A termination machine for inserting wires into insulation displacement slots of terminals of an electrical connector. During each termination stroke, a connector locating member moves together with...
4860447 Method and apparatus for coupling connectors to ribbon cables  
Apparatus for coupling the stripped free end of a ribbon cable with a connector comprising a fixed recipient block having a slot for the receipt of the striped and bent wires of a ribbon cable;...
4856180 Method of terminating winding leads  
A method of terminating a set of leads integral with a winding on a dynamoelectric machine stator assembly with the winding and the leads formed of magnet wire having a conductor with a dielectric...
4833778 Wire processing apparatus and method  
A wire processing system, comprises: (a) structure to advance a wire of selected cross section generally endwise toward a primary station, the wire having a forward portion, (b) a wire...
4831696 Component insertion machine apparatus  
Apparatus for loading components into a component insertion machine. The apparatus comprises structure releasably mounted on component magazine loading apparatus to retain components in component...
4821383 Terminal crimping apparatus having means for preventing misfeeding of the terminal strip  
Terminal crimping apparatus having crimping dies and crimping anvils and strip feeding means for feeding terminal strip to a crimping zone between the dies and anvils has a strip lifter mounted on...
4805278 Terminal strip applicator  
A terminal strip applicator includes a ram that carries a first die set mounted for reciprocation along a first path within a machine body and a track that automatically adjusts to accept a strip...
4803778 Method for making a wire harness  
In the method of the present invention, a wire routing tool grasps a wire, inserts one end into a connector, routes the wire along a predetermined path to another end connector under the control of...
4793038 Apparatus for making harnesses of ribbon cable  
A method and apparatus for making electrical harnesses of flat cable (30) terminated at respective opposite ends in electrical connectors (13) with individual conductors electrically connected to...
4765044 Semiautomatic termination apparatus for ribbon cable  
Apparatus for semiautomatic termination of conductors of a ribbon cable to electrical terminals of an electrical connector having conductor receiving cavities located on opposite sides thereof. In...
4756073 Machines for handling electrical components  
It is convenient to supply electrical or electronic components for placement on tapes; however it has proved difficult to satisfactorily handle tapes for carrying large components. Use of wide...
4754536 Apparatus and method for connectors of varying dimensions  
The present invention relates to a method through which a machine is enabled to feed a preloaded electrical connector (10) on appropriate spacings to allow the termination of individual wires (W)...
4753005 Multiconductor electrical cable terminations and methods and apparatus for making same  
Cables having interspersed co-planar signal and ground wires are terminated at a planar circuit board by stapling the cable to the circuit board with a bus member, mechanically and electrically...
4738009 Coaxial cable tap  
A connector and cable preparation fixture to provide a coaxial cable tap while the cable continues to pass signals. The apparatus of the present invention attaches the cable tap without shorting...
4734965 Automatic wiring network fabricator  
A device for automated manufacture of wiring harness is described. The device feeds the wires through a number of channels in a die to position the wires at the proper termination points and then...
4733463 Electrical cable harness fabrication  
The present invention provides an improved method and assembly for testing the electrical integrity of a multi-circuit cable harness. An intermediate harness product is prepared including a short...
4729152 Apparatus and method for assembling electrical harnesses  
Disclosed is an electrical cable harness making apparatus including a shuttle table system for moving a connector between loading and termination stations. The shuttle table system includes a...
4724606 Method and apparatus for making a subminiature fuse  
A method for assembling terminal cup-shaped end caps over the ends of cartridge-type electrical subminiature fuses during the assembly thereof has for its novel feature the provision of a centered...
4720906 Pneumatic insulation displacement terminal wire insertion tool  
A pair of fingers are operated by air cylinders at different rates in accordance with a given wiring function. In one function, one finger engages, supports and aligns an IDT at low pressure prior...
4715100 Wire routing tool for robotic wire harness assembly  
A wire routing tool grasps a wire, inserts one end into a connector, routes the wire along a predetermined path to another end connector under the control of a robot, and inserts the second end...
4715099 Terminal crimping machine  
A terminal crimping machine has an insulation stripping unit and a plurality of terminal crimping units disposed laterally of a transfer conveyor path. The transfer conveyor carries a number of...
4704775 Turn gate for use with a robotic wire harness assembly system  
A turn gate is used for receiving and supporting a plurality of wire segments that are successively guided laterally into contact with it by the robotic device during the assembly of the wire...
4703543 Wire insertion apparatus for insulation displacement terminal  
A robotically operated wire insertion apparatus for insulation displacement terminals (IDTs) automatically feeds wire to a wire insertion hand, automatically straightens the wire during the feeding...
4692974 Connector block for use with a robotic wire harness assembly system  
Disclosed is a connector block used for placing an electrical connector in precise position for receiving the ends of wire segments that are inserted therein by a robotic device. The connector...
4682391 Cable harness assembly apparatus  
Cable harness manufacturing apparatus comprises a pair of rails defining a linear path through a workstation where a press terminates ribbon cable to connectors in connector receiving fixtures...
4680841 Electrical harness fabrication apparatus  
Disclosed is an apparatus for fabricating cable harness assemblies of the type wherein a plurality of mating pairs of electrical connector parts are terminated to a continous flat cable segment....
4677734 Robotic wire harness assembly system  
Wire harnesses are automatically fabricated with pre-cut and preconfigured ends in a robotic wire harness assembly system including a wire preparation subsystem, a wire reeling subsystem, a wire...
4675995 Compact semi-automatic cable assembly system  
Apparatus for installing connectors to flat conductor cables comprising an installation station having a platen means for supporting cables in a generally horizontal plane and also having press...
4670977 Inserter device for electronic components  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for rapidly and accurately inserting axial lead components such as capacitors and resistors or the like into printed circuit boards mounted...
4669162 Method and apparatus for rapidly stripping cable wires and crimping contacts thereon  
Wire stripping and crimping tools are combined in modules movable along parallel rails. An individual preparing a cable slides a particular tool module in front of a work station where each wire,...
4667397 Electrical lead wire and terminal splicing machine  
A die set assembly for crimp connecting an electrical lead to terminals or the like. The device includes apparatus for cooperatively feeding the length of electrical lead, a length of terminal, and...
4667381 Flat multiple pair cable stripping and connector attaching apparatus  
Apparatus for attaching insulation penetrating connectors to the ends of flat multiple pair cables has a sheath stripping station and a connector attaching station. Spaced knives slit the sheath...
4654964 Sensor for component plug-in  
In the automatic equipping of, for example, printed circuit boards with components, the problem of the unknown position of the component legs occurs. According to the invention, the positions of...
4653160 Apparatus for making finished wire harnesses or sub-assemblies therefor  
Programmable apparatus makes finished wire harnesses or sub-assemblies therefor from segments of insulated wire which may differ in length, gauge or insulation color. The apparatus includes a...
4653159 Flexible automated manufacturing system  
An automated flexible manufacturing system for fabricating electrical cable harness assemblies. The system includes a wire preparation system in which the wires are cut to length, provided with the...
4647323 Method and apparatus for forming cable harnesses  
A method and apparatus are disclosed in which an elongate strip of multi-conductor flat flexible cable is fed by feeding means along a predetermined path of travel where it intersects with a pair...
4646404 Apparatus for manufacturing electrical harnesses  
An apparatus for manufacturing electrical harnesses, the apparatus comprising a wire feed path extending horizontally and axially of the apparatus, a connector attaching device located alongside...
4638559 Methods of and apparatus for making slotted beam contact elements  
A slotted beam contact element (13) for an electrical connector is constructed by forming an opening in a metallic strip (31) and then, if necessary, reshaping at least one portion of the strip...
4633570 Apparatus for assembling an electrical connector to a cable  
Apparatus for assembling electrical connectors to multi-conductor insulated cables, comprises a table which is movable along a first path past a fixed cable clamp, the table carrying a cable...
4628600 Method and apparatus for producing electrical harnesses having multi-contact connectors and discrete wires  
Electrical harnesses comprising wires having a multi-contact connector on one end and discrete terminals on the free ends of the wires are produced by feeding individual wires, cutting a lead from...
4625386 Combination tool  
A combination tool is provided (FIG. 1) for carrying out all of the operations necessary to connect a telephone jack to the appropriate cable, by first cutting the cable to the length using cutting...
4616396 Wire length varying device in combination with apparatus for making electrical harnesses  
A wire length varying device for an apparatus for making electrical harnesses, with the device comprising a tension pulley unit located on a wire supply path. The tension pulley unit constantly...
4616386 Apparatus for cutting and preparing cables  
Apparatus for cutting and preparing cables use a grip head having a cable gripping device which is swingable by a drive between end positions delimited by a shock absorber and which is mounted on...
4615100 Crimping process and crimping apparatus for carrying out the process  
An improvement is provided in a crimping process of the type wherein linear sections of a specified length are cut off from a roll of insulated wire and the opposite ends are insulation-stripped...
4612691 Management apparatus for a cable having plural conductors arranged in one or more layered arrays  
An apparatus for separating individual conductors in an array thereof is characterized by a member having an abutment surface operable against the axial ends of the conductors to cause the same to...