US 12,454,041 B2
Manually operable pressing tool
Christian Heggemann, Detmold (DE); Siegfried Storm, Schlangen (DE); Detlev Hetland, Detmold (DE); and Jan Kaup, Detmold (DE)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, (DE)
Filed by Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,835.
Claims priority of application No. 102022101938.1 (DE), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234197 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 43/042 (2006.01); B25B 7/12 (2006.01); B25B 27/14 (2006.01); H01R 43/04 (2006.01); B25B 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/146 (2013.01) [B25B 7/12 (2013.01); H01R 43/042 (2013.01); B25B 7/14 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53226 (2015.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manually operated pressing tool, comprising
a first manual lever;
a second manual lever;
a node element pivotably connecting said first and second manual levers via a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis;
a fork element connected between said first and second manual levers, said fork element including a fork neck pivotably coupled to said first manual lever via a third pivot axis, a first fork finger and a second fork finger;
a crimping unit arranged in a head portion of the tool and including a crimping die arranged on said first fork finger and a die receptacle arranged on a head portion of said first manual lever, said second fork finger being pivotably coupled to said second manual lever via a fourth pivot axis; and
an energy storage device arranged between said head portion of said first manual lever and said node element that urges said second manual lever into an open position.