Patent ID: 7325438

Claim:
A crimping tool for crimping onto a shielded data cable (D) a plug connector including a main body portion (B) having a first end portion (B 1 ), and a cable shield clamp portion (C) connected with said main body first end portion, said cable shield clamp portion initially being in an open condition and arranged in a first position at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of said main body portion, comprising: (a) means defining a tool body ( 2 ) having a plug seat opening ( 25 ) for receiving said plug connector body portion; (b) a pair of handles ( 3 , 4 ) connected with said tool body for pivotal movement ( 26 ) between open, intermediate and closed positions, respectively; (c) straightening means ( 9 , 10 , 12 , 17 ) operable when said handles are displaced from said open position toward said intermediate position for pivoting said cable shield clamp portion from said first position toward a second position in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said plug main body portion; and (d) crimping means ( 17 a, 22 a, 22 b, 23 a ) operable when said handles are displaced from said intermediate position to said closed position for simultaneously; (1) crimping said cable shield clamp portion concentrically about the outer surface of the cable by means movable toward said straightening means, and (2) for crimping said first end portion (B 1 ) of said main body portion adjacent said cable shield clamp portion.