Patent ID: 7024909

Claim:
A swaging apparatus structured to be operatively mounted to an actuator, the swaging apparatus being structured to swage together a first member and a second member, the swaging apparatus comprising: a support structured to be disposed on the actuator; a mandrel including a plurality of substantially planar engagement surfaces; a collet structured to be disposed on the actuator; the collet including a base and a plurality of segments, the segments being disposed on the base and being elastically deflectable with respect to the base; each segment including a substantially planar reaction surface and an arcuate swaging surface; the engagement surfaces being slidably engageable with the reaction surfaces to deflect the segments between a collapsed position and an extended position, the segments in the extended position being structured to swagingly engage the first member; and the mandrel being rotatably disposed on the support, whereby the engagement surfaces are self-alignable with the reaction surfaces, the engagement surfaces being disposed on the mandrel generally opposite the support.