Patent Document ID: 9548581
Application ID: 13888995
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A terminal crimping machine comprising: an applicator including a movable ram and an anvil, the anvil located in a crimping zone and configured to receive a terminal thereon, the ram having crimp tooling configured to crimp the terminal on the anvil to a wire during a crimp stroke of the ram; an image acquisition device positioned to acquire at least one image of the crimping zone; a display device configured to display the at least one acquired image; an alignment module superimposing an alignment line of the anvil and an alignment line of the terminal on a displayed image on the display device, wherein the alignment line of the anvil and the alignment line of the terminal are respective centerlines of the anvil and the terminal, the alignment module further configured to superimpose a left edge alignment line and a right edge alignment line on an image of the terminal displayed on the display device, locations of the left and right edge alignment lines determined based on a distance between the respective centerlines of the anvil and the terminal, the left and right edge alignment lines indicating desired positions of a left edge and a right edge, respectively, of the terminal to align the terminal with the anvil; and a feeder device configured to feed the terminal to a feed position on the anvil within the crimping zone for crimping to the wire, the feeder device configured to adjust the feed position of the terminal relative to the anvil based on relative locations of the respective alignment lines of the anvil and the terminal on the displayed image in order to align the terminal with the anvil.