Patent ID: 6615480
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A blade assembly for use in a punch down tool having a movable, internal, spring-loaded, impact mechanism used to electrically connect a wire to a termination clip, the blade assembly comprising:a base member having a mounting block and an extension, the extension having one end connected to the mounting block and an other end opposite the one end, the extension terminating at the other end at a wire-engaging head and having a blade-receiving shoe formed in the extension at the other end, the mounting block including means for connecting the blade assembly to a said tool; a cutting blade mounted on the blade-receiving shoe, the cutting blade having a cutting edge that extends beyond an end of the wire-engaging head at one end of the blade and the cutting blade further having an end surface that abuts an abutment adjacent the blade-receiving shoe at an opposite end of the blade.