Patent ID: 7444744

Claim:
A multi-use tool for assembly of electrical connectors, comprising: a main tool body; an electrical connector assembly holder provided on the main tool body, the holder including first and second cavities, wherein the first cavity includes spaced anvils extending on each side of the first cavity; a cutting ram opposed to the first cavity, the cutting ram including two cutting blades, the cutting ram being movably mounted to the main tool body between a disengaged position away from the first cavity and an engaged position, wherein the cutting blades of the cutting ram engage the spaced anvils while in the engaged position thereby severing excess wire lengths extending beyond an electrical connector end cap removably installed in the first cavity; a termination ram opposed to the second cavity, the termination ram including a termination surface, the termination ram being movably mounted to the main tool body between a disengaged position away from the second cavity and an engaged termination position; and a trigger mechanism operably connected to both the cutting ram and the termination ram to move the cutting ram and the termination ram to the engaged positions when the trigger mechanism is actuated.