Patent ID: 8434219

Claim:
A crimping tool for crimping an electrical contact toward engagement with an electrical conductor, comprising: (a) a housing (H); (b) a pair of crimping dies ( 19 a , 19 b ); (c) die support means ( 17 , 18 , 19 , 50 ) supporting a stationary first one of said crimping dies ( 19 a ) in a stationary position on said housing; and (d) displacing means for displacing a movable second one of said crimping dies ( 19 b ) between open and closed positions relative to said stationary crimping die, said crimping dies having adjacent faces containing opposed recesses that cooperate to define an opening for receiving the electrical contact when said movable crimping die is in said open position, and for crimping the contact on the conductor when said movable die is in said closed position, said displacing means including: (1) a drive shaft ( 1 ) connected for rotation relative to said housing; (2) a crimping arm ( 16 ) having a first end portion connected with said movable crimping die member, an intermediate portion connected for sliding movement reciprocatory displacement relative to said housing, and a second end portion; and (3) rotary-to-reciprocatory motion converting means arranged between said drive shaft and said crimping arm second end portion for transforming the rotary motion of said drive shaft to reciprocatory motion of said crimping arm, thereby to displace said movable crimping die between said open and closed positions.