Patent ID: 8161789

Claim:
Crimping pliers for crimping a work piece, comprising: two hand levers, said hand levers having a relative degree of freedom and being linked with dies for applying a crimping movement, wherein the hand levers comprise a pivoting joint with a pivoting axis for pivoting said hand levers in a first plane, in a working position of a locator an arm builds an angle smaller than 90° with said first plane, and said locator is linked with a head for said arm being pivoted versus said first plane for transferring the locator from the working position into a position for assembly, wherein said arm has a dimension, position and orientation such that a pivoting movement of said locator is limited by said arm abutting another component of said crimping pliers, said head housing the dies, and said locator having a pivoting degree of freedom with respect to said head around the pivoting axis, said pivoting axis having an orientation parallel to a main extensional plane of said head and transverse to the degree of freedom of said dies during the crimping process, said locator having an activating element, said activating element being designed and arranged for an activation by the hand of a user for directly or indirectly causing the pivoting movement of said locator, said activating element having an extension being designed and arranged such that said extension is located in the access area of a finger of a hand of a user of said pliers gripping or contacting said hand levers, wherein said extension is built with the arm of said locator.