Patent ID: 11894648
Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A dieless crimp head, comprising:
a frame having a first frame shell and a second frame shell, the first and second frame shells defining a frame opening of a fixed dimension;
an indentor configured to converge on a crimp center within the frame opening;
a first positioning device having a connector slot, a connector receipt area, and a closed end, the connector slot being narrower than the connector receipt area; and
a second positioning device having a second connector slot defining a second connector receipt area,
the first positioning device being removably secured in the frame opening of the first frame shell at a use position in which the connector receipt area is aligned with, but offset along, a longitudinal axis of the crimp head from the crimp center, and
the second positioning device being identically shaped to the first positioning device and being removably secured in the frame opening of the second frame shell with the second connector receipt area and the crimp center aligned with, but offset along, the longitudinal axis of the crimp head.