US 12,244,127 B2
Cutting arm for a cable preparation machine
Michael Morris, Middletown, PA (US); and Thomas Emery Backenstoes, Middletown, PA (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/004,854.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069552 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 1/00 (2006.01); B23D 17/00 (2006.01); H02G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/005 (2013.01) [B23D 17/00 (2013.01); H02G 1/1253 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting arm, comprising:
a base having a post receiving passageway extending through the base and a biasing member recess extending into a front side of the base;
a cutting assembly attached to the base; and
a sliding plate attached to the front side of the base and movable linearly along the front side with respect to the base between an engaging position and a releasing position, the sliding plate covers the biasing member recess, the sliding plate engages a post disposed in the post receiving passageway in the engaging position and releasably secures the cutting arm to the post, the cutting arm is pivotable about the post while the sliding plate engages the post in the engaging position, the sliding plate has an engaging end with a protrusion, and the protrusion engages a groove of the post when the sliding plate is in the engaging position.