Patent ID: 11862919
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A method of separating a terminal from a terminal strip as a terminal applicator crimps the terminal, the terminal applicator crimping the terminal using a crimping die moved by a crimping actuator, comprising:
driving a shear tool in a first direction with a primary shear depressor mounted to the crimping actuator;
shearing the terminal from the terminal strip with the shear tool under a force applied by the primary shear depressor as the shear tool is driven in the first direction; and
after the terminal has been sheared from the terminal strip, further driving the shear tool in the first direction with a secondary shear depressor movably mounted to the primary shear depressor such that the shear tool is out of an extrusion path of the terminal as the terminal applicator crimps the terminal using the crimping die.