Patent ID: 6260262
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire press-connecting apparatus, comprising:a bed which supports a press-connecting terminal;a press-connecting punch located above said bed and being moveable in a downward direction from an upper position relative to the press-connecting terminal supported on the bed so as to press-fit a sheathed wire into a slot between opposed press-connecting blades of the press-connecting terminal and;a clamping punch located above said bed and being movable in said downward direction from an upper position relative to the press-connecting terminal supported on the bed so as to press a wire holding portion of the press-connecting terminal to clamp a sheath of the sheathed wire, the wire holding portion being formed on the press-connecting terminal in adjacent relation to the press-connecting blades,wherein the clamping punch is moveable independently of the press-connecting punch andwherein the press-connecting punch is initially moved in said downward direction, and thereafter the clamping punch is moved in said downward direction, with the sheathed wire kept press-fitted in the slot between the press-connecting blades, so as to press the wire holding portion to clamp the sheath of the sheathed wire.