Patent ID: 7562441
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crimp press for the production of a crimping connection utilizing a driven crimp device to connect a cable end with a crimping contact, wherein a grip arm supplies the cable end to the crimp press, the crimp press comprising: a crimp device moveable along a first predetermined path for connecting the cable end with the crimping contact, the first predetermined path being transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cable end; and a positioning unit all attached to said crimp device and adapted to engage the grip arm, said positioning unit having a housing and an operating means being adjustable relative to said housing along a second predetermined path generally parallel to the first predetermined path and including a locking means, said operating means being automatically lockable in and releasable from a plurality of positions along the second predetermined path by said locking means, each of said plurality of positions determining a different position of said crimp device along the first predetermined path at initial engagement between said positioning unit and said grip arm, whereby when said operating means is locked relative to said housing in one of said plurality of positions movement of said crimp device along the first predetermined path toward the crimping contact moves said positioning unit and said housing together along the second predetermined path, said positioning unit moving to initially engage the grip arm with said operating means and then moving the grip arm holding the cable end along the second predetermined path transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cable end until said crimp device stops moving along said first predetermined path.