Patent ID: 8336351
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crimping apparatus comprising: a die assembly including a die defining a cavity, said die including a core plate configured for movement within the cavity, said core plate includes a first core plate end and a second core plate end remote from the first core plate end; a ram assembly for applying a press force to the die assembly, said ram assembly including a ram and a load pin being in force connection with the ram, and the load pin has a first pin end and a second pin end remote from the first pin end, and the first pin end is disposed proximate to the ram and the second pin end extending away remote from the ram assembly into the die assembly being proximate to the first core plate end, and the core plate being in force connection with the load pin, a wire conductor being disposed in a terminal disposed on a terminal plate pad proximate to the second core plate end, wherein when the press force is applied by the ram the load pin engages the first core plate end and the second core plate end of the core plate moves to engage the terminal plate pad and the wire conductor disposed in the terminal therebetween so that and a part of the press force is separately applied isolated from the applied press force as a core crimp force to produce a core crimp portion that connects the terminal to the wire conductor, whereby the applied core crimp force is transferred from the core crimp portion to the core plate to the load pin into the ram.