Patent ID: 8176764

Claim:
A termination tool for securing a connector to a cable comprising: a holder receiving the connector, the connector receiving the cable within a plunger along a connector axis; a push block slideably disposed in the termination tool, the push block forming at least one axial crimp parallel to the connector axis in the connector when the push block is articulated along the connector axis toward the holder to drive the connector; at least one crimp die disposed in the termination tool forming at least one transverse crimp in the connector within the holder when the at least one crimp die is moved toward the connector axis, the transverse crimp being formed on an axis perpendicular to the connector axis; and a lever in operable communication with the push block and the at least one crimp die, the lever urging the push block along the connector axis toward the holder and the at least one crimp dies toward the connector axis to form both the at least one axial crimp and the at least one transverse crimp without removing the connector from the holder.