US 11,942,745 B2
Crimping machine
Christoph Fröhlich, Wangen (DE); Hans Leupolz, Argenbühl (DE); Steffen Hartinger, Wangen (DE); Michael Mennig, Bad Wurzach (DE); and Richard Buchner, Leutkirch (DE)
Assigned to ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH, Wangen Im Allgäu (DE)
Appl. No. 17/056,118
Filed by ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH, Wangen im Allgäu (DE)
PCT Filed May 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/062742
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/219880, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 112 112.1 (DE), filed on May 18, 2018; and application No. 10 2018 116 342.8 (DE), filed on Jul. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0210918 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 43/055 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01); H01R 43/052 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/055 (2013.01) [B65G 47/1421 (2013.01); H01R 43/048 (2013.01); H01R 43/0484 (2013.01); H01R 43/052 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crimping machine, comprising:
a storage arrangement for separated contact elements;
a device for transporting the separated contact elements to a crimp head; and
a centering device for positioning a conductor end section with respect to the crimp head;
wherein:
the storage arrangement has three or more feeding bowls, each of the three or more feeding bowls comprising a respective separation device;
the three or more feeding bowls convey, via the respective separation devices of the three or more feeding bowls, into a single, common conveyor, through which all elements are conveyed to the crimp head;
the respective separation devices of the three or more feeding bowls end in a single, common conveyor section of the single common conveyor so that the elements are guided from the respective separation devices of the three or more feeding bowls to the crimp head;
at least two of the three or more feeding bowls are designed with a common vibration drive and can be driven via a common control unit; and
the crimping machine is configured for crimping contact elements with the conductor end section, wherein the common vibration drive is a single vibration drive shared by and operable to vibrate each of the at least two feeding bowls designed with the common vibration drive.