US4126936A
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Identification system for point to point wiring
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-09-29
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Granted: 1978-11-28
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Expires: 1997-09-29
Abstract
Abstract Terminal lugs are crimped on the ends of electric wires and simultaneously embossed with selectable alphanumeric characters to facilitate identification of the wires after assembly thereof into harnesses or the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph A. Koller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 15:36
CPC Classifications
B; B44; B44B; B44B5/00; B44B5/0085; B44B5/009; B44B5/02; B44B5/026; H; H01; H01B; H01B13/00; H01B13/34; H01B13/341; H01B13/344; H01R; H01R43/00; H01R43/04; H01R43/042; H01R43/0421; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49174; Y10T29/49181; Y10T29/49185; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/532; Y10T29/53209; Y10T29/53213; Y10T29/53222; Y10T29/53226
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A method of applying identifying indicia to an electric wire, comprising the steps of inserting one end of said wire into the hole in a tubular end portion of a metallic terminal member having a plastic sleeve overlying said tubular end portion, placing said tubular end portion between a pair of crimping dies wherein one of said dies has an embossing surface having in the face thereof a recess in the shape of an alphanumeric character, moving said dies towards one another to compress said wire, said tubular end portion and said sleeve between said dies to crimp said terminal onto said wire and simultaneously to emboss said alphanumeric character on said plastic sleeve.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
114 words
A method of applying identifying indicia to an electric wire, comprising the steps of inserting one end of said wire into the hole in a tubular end portion of a metallic terminal member having a plastic sleeve overlying said tubular end portion, placing said tubular end portion between a pair of crimping dies wherein one of said dies has an embossing surface having in the face thereof a recess in the shape of an alphanumeric character, moving said dies towards one another to compress said wire, said tubular end portion and said sleeve between said dies to crimp said terminal onto said wire and simultaneously to emboss said alphanumeric character on said plastic sleeve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method of applying identifying indicia to an electric wire, comprising repeating the steps of claim 1 to apply the same alphanumeric character to two terminals respectively connected to the two ends of said wire.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
121 words
A tool for simultaneously crimping a terminal to an electric wire and embossing an alphanumeric character on said terminal, comprising a body member, a first die having a plurality of die faces thereon, each of said die faces being contoured in the shape of a different alphanumeric character, means mounting said first die to said body member to enable selected movement of said die faces into an operating position, a second die mounted to said body member for reciprocable movement toward and away from the one of said die faces disposed in said operating position, and means for moving said dies together simultaneously to crimp and to encode with an alphanumeric character the surface of said terminal disposed between said dies.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
121 words
A tool for simultaneously crimping a terminal to an electric wire and embossing an alphanumeric character on said terminal, comprising a body member, a first die having a plurality of die faces thereon, each of said die faces being contoured in the shape of a different alphanumeric character, means mounting said first die to said body member to enable selected movement of said die faces into an operating position, a second die mounted to said body member for reciprocable movement toward and away from the one of said die faces disposed in said operating position, and means for moving said dies together simultaneously to crimp and to encode with an alphanumeric character the surface of said terminal disposed between said dies.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
81 words
A tool according to claim 3 comprising a third die having a plurality of die faces thereon, said die faces on said third die being contoured in the shape of a different alphanumeric character, and means mounting said third die to said body member to enable selected movement of the die faces thereof into an operating position opposite said second die, whereby movement of said second die toward said first die encodes selectable alphanumeric characters on said first and third dies.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A tool according to claim 3 wherein said first die comprises a wheel rotatably mounted to said body member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A tool according to claim 5 wherein said die faces are disposed on the peripheral edge of said wheel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A tool according to claim 6 comprising a second wheel rotatably mounted to said body member for rotation on the axis of said first wheel, said second wheel having a plurality of alphanumerically contoured die faces on the peripheral edge thereof.
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