US 11,837,835 B2
Terminal feeding assembly of a crimping machine
Chadwick Alan Kerstetter, Middletown, PA (US); and Todd Matthew Troutman, Middletown, PA (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/230,388.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337011 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 43/055 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/055 (2013.01) [Y10T 29/53235 (2015.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal feeding assembly, comprising:
a translation device having a guide track, a terminal gripper movable along the guide track, and a translation drive connected to the terminal gripper, the translation drive moves the terminal gripper along the guide track from a gripping position outside of a crimping area of a crimping assembly to a crimping position in the crimping area while the terminal gripper grips a terminal, the terminal is one of a plurality of terminals fed to the translation device, the terminal gripper grips one of the plurality of terminals separate from a remainder of the plurality of terminals while moving along the guide track, the plurality of terminals are connected by a strip; and
a shear assembly separating the one of the plurality of terminals from the strip while the terminal gripper grips the one of the plurality of terminals, the shear assembly includes a shear element, a shear drive, and a cam actuated by the shear drive to move the shear element between an upper position and a lower position.