Patent ID: 8511137
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An applicator ram comprising: a ram body configured to hold crimp tooling; and a ram adaptor coupled to the ram body, the ram adaptor being configured to be coupled to a terminator ram, the ram adaptor comprising: an adaptor hub having a hub chamber configured to receive a ram post of the terminator ram; a latch mechanism movably received in the hub chamber, the latch mechanism movable relative to the adaptor hub between a latched position and an unlatched position, the latch mechanism being configured to engage the ram post in the latched position, the latch mechanism allowing the ram post to be released from the hub chamber in the unlatched position; and an adaptor stud extending from the adaptor hub, the adaptor stud being configured to be coupled to the ram body.