Patent ID: 7587918

Claim:
A crimping device for fastening a crimp contact to a wire, the wire having a conductor and a wire insulation being fastenable to the crimp contact by a crimper and an anvil, comprising: a conductor anvil; an insulation anvil separate from said conductor anvil; a conductor crimper cooperating with said conductor anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the conductor in a crimping operation; an insulation crimper cooperating with said insulation anvil to crimp the crimp contact to the insulation in the crimping operation; and a force sensor for sensing a crimping force that arises on said conductor anvil during the crimping operation wherein said conductor anvil rests on top of said force sensor, said insulation anvil does not rest on top of said force sensor, and said force sensor does not sense any force that arises on said insulation anvil during the crimping operation.