Patent ID: 8739594
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A plier tool for crimping electrical connectors to wires, the tool comprising: first and second plier handles pivotally connected together by a pivotal coupling for rotation towards and away from one another about an axis of rotation extending through said pivotal coupling and generally perpendicular to said first and said second plier handles, each of said first and second plier handles having gripping portions that are graspable by a user to rotate said first and said second plier handles about said axis of rotation; a male crimping die on said first plier handle at an end opposite of said gripping portion thereof; a female crimping die on said second plier handle at an end opposite of said gripping portion thereof, wherein rotation of said first and said second plier handles cause said male crimping die and said female crimping die to be moved towards and away from one another between engaging and non-engaging positions; said male crimping die and said female crimping die together defining an opening configured to receive an electrical connector therein in an orientation that positions the electrical connector in an endwise direction that is generally perpendicular to said axis of rotation; and wherein said male crimping die includes a leg portion having a concaved end configured to cradle the side of an electrical connector; and said female crimping die is generally U-shaped and includes a projection extending from a wall opposite of said concaved end.