US 11,728,609 B2
Crimping tool
Christopher S. Hoppe, Cedarburg, WI (US); Anthony S. Graykowski, Belgium, WI (US); Mark W. Cors, St. Francis, WI (US); Steven W. Hyma, Milwaukee, WI (US); Grant Thomas Squiers, Cudahy, WI (US); Benjamin Roers, Alexandria, MN (US); and Michael Stearns, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/505,946.
Application 17/505,946 is a division of application No. 16/540,579, filed on Aug. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,183,807.
Application 16/540,579 is a continuation of application No. 15/298,398, filed on Oct. 20, 2016, granted, now 10,424,890.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/243,983, filed on Oct. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052500 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 43/042 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/0421 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crimping tool comprising:
a housing;
a working head coupled to the housing and comprising a center channel;
a drive assembly disposed within the housing and comprising a drive pin that extends through the center channel of the working head;
a first handle coupled to the housing;
a second handle coupled to the housing, wherein movement of the second handle moves the drive assembly; and
a punch assembly comprising a first punch and a second punch coupled to the drive pin of the drive assembly on either side of the center channel, wherein movement of the drive pin from a first position to a second position causes the first punch and the second punch of the punch assembly to move parallel to the center channel from an open position to an actuated position.