US 11,990,723 B2
Conductor interface grabbing tool
Jeremy Jushchyshyn, Willow Grove, PA (US); Andison Fernandez, Pennsauken, NJ (US); and Patrick J. Shay, Cinnaminson, NJ (US)
Assigned to BURNDY, LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by Burndy, LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,991.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,109, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281035 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 43/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/22 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector interface gripping tool comprising:
a substantially C-shaped body having a substantially flat and tapered body gripping surface;
a carriage adjuster having at least a portion extending through the body and movable relative to the body, the carriage adjuster having a key at a first end; and
a gripping carriage coupled to the key of the carriage adjuster such that the gripping carriage is movable relative to the carriage adjuster and such that the carriage adjuster can move the gripping carriage between a loading position and a gripping position relative to the body, the gripping carriage having a substantially flat and tapered carriage gripping surface, wherein the taper of the carriage gripping surface is configured to align with the taper of the body gripping surface when the gripping carriage is in the gripping position.