Apparatus for the simultaneous termination in terminal sleeves of a plurality of wires with a multi-pin connector

摘要

A procedure and apparatus for accomplishing the conditioning and placement of a plurality of wires for the simultaneous termination of the wires of a multi-pin connector. Terminal sleeves are employed to both position and lock the several wires to the multi-pin connector. The sleeves are held fixed relative to one another in an identification block and wires are threaded therethrough. When positioned, the wires are held by a wire clamp cooperating with the identification block. Simultaneous cutting and stripping of the wires may then be performed in preparation for termination with a multi-pin connector. Once prepared, the wires are positioned adjacent a row of pins on the multi-pin connector and the identification block with the sleeves enclosed is forced toward the prepared ends of the wires and onto the connector pins. This sliding of the sleeves over the ends of the wires and onto the connector pins easily and quickly completes the positioning of the wires relative to the connector pins to insure the proper termination of each individual wire. By fixing the wire clamp relative to the multi-pin connector, the wires will be held relative to the multi-pin connector during the sliding of the sleeves onto the connector pins.