Christopher J Karrasch

6782607, Aug 31, 2004

Apr 19, 2002

10/126788

Douglas S. Pfautz - Landisville PA
Christopher J. Karrasch - Boiling Springs PA
David J. Erb - Harrisburg PA

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

B23P 1900

29745, 29747, 29748

The present invention comprises apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for processing and/or stripping wire comprising a wire processing or wire termination machine with a processing or stripping sub assembly actuated by a start sensor plate, where the start sensor plate has a textured surface, so as to retain the wires being stripped.

6807719, Oct 26, 2004

Oct 11, 2002

10/269660

Marlin Edward Herr - Gardners PA
John Michael Wasilko - Harrisburg PA
Christopher John Karrasch - Boiling Springs PA
George Edward Hoover - Dover PA

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

B23P 1900

295646, 295642, 29565, 29 33 K, 29 33 M, 29759, 29827

An apparatus for inserting terminals carried on a carrier strip into cavities in a housing having a slide assembly with a cam track movable between a first and a second position, and a pivoting lever with a cam follower. The cam follower is positioned in and cooperates with the cam track. The lever is movable between an open and closed position and has first and second shearing blades. An eccentric pin extends through the lever and is attached to a rotary actuator. The eccentric pin is positioned to act as the pivot point for the lever. The rotary actuator is movable between an engaged and disengaged position. As the lever is moved to the closed position, the first shearing blades engage and shear a first portion of the carrier strip. As the rotary actuator moves to an engaged position, the second shearing blade engages and shears a second portion of the carrier strip.

7103968, Sep 12, 2006

Jun 4, 2003

10/454709

Christopher J. Karrasch - Boiling Springs PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

B23P 19/00
B25B 25/00
H01R 43/00

29758, 29747, 29748, 29749, 29750, 29755, 295644, 295664

Apparatus and methods are shown for holding a plurality of wires of a cable in fixed positions relative to each other for assisting in the termination of the cable with a connector having plurality of contacts possibly of the insulation displacement type.

7774927, Aug 17, 2010

Jul 27, 2007

11/881577

Christopher John Karrasch - Boiling Springs PA, US
Michael Morris - Harrisburg PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

H01R 43/00

29748, 29747, 29749, 29755, 29757, 439595, 439590, 439596, 439603

A wire positioning device for a termination machine includes a support housing configured to be located proximate to a termination zone of the termination machine. A wire gripping mechanism is coupled to the support housing and defines a wire alignment axis. The wire gripping mechanism is configured to hold a wire along the wire alignment axis. The wire gripping mechanism and wire are movable with respect to the support housing along a linear transfer path that is oriented transverse to the wire alignment axis. An electric actuator is mounted to the support housing and is joined to the wire gripping mechanism. The actuator drives the wire gripping mechanism along the transfer path.

58552944, Jan 5, 1999

Nov 26, 1997

8/979648

Christopher John Karrasch - Boiling Springs PA
Michael Herbert Cairns - Elizabethtown PA

The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE

B65G 5900

221268

A terminal insertion machine (10) includes a feed unit (14) for feeding a strip (16) of terminals into a workstation (12) for inserting a terminal into a housing. The feed unit (14) includes a feed finger (56) for intermittently feeding the strip and an anti-backup finger (84) for preventing movement of the strip while the feed finger (56) is retracted preparatory to feeding the next terminal. A single release member (100) is arranged to pivot into first, second, and third positions (140, 142, 144) for moving the feed and anti-backup fingers into and out of engagement with the strip of terminals when loading the strip, when operating the insertion machine, and when removing the strip from the insertion machine, respectively.

20220239048, Jul 28, 2022

Jan 27, 2021

17/159679

- Schaffhausen, CH
Christopher John KARRASCH - Middletown PA, US

H01R 43/048

A wire termination apparatus for terminating an electrical terminal to a wire or cable include an upper tooling member which is movable between an open position and a closed position. A lower tooling member is attached to a base member of a frame of the wire termination apparatus. A process analyzer determines if a crimped terminal is properly crimped to a wire or cable. If the process analyzer determines that the terminal has not been properly crimped to the wire cable, the removal of the defectively crimped terminal and wire or cable from the wire termination apparatus is prevented until a code or key is entered.

20230018581, Jan 19, 2023

Sep 23, 2022

17/934622

- Schaffhausen, CH
Christopher John KARRASCH - Middletown PA, US

TE Connectivity Services GMBH - Schaffhausen

H01R 43/048

A wire termination apparatus for terminating an electrical terminal to a wire or cable include an upper tooling member which is movable between an open position and a closed position. A lower tooling member is attached to a base member of a frame of the wire termination apparatus. A process analyzer determines if a crimped terminal is properly crimped to a wire or cable. If the process analyzer determines that the terminal has not been properly crimped to the wire cable, the removal of the defectively crimped terminal and wire or cable from the wire termination apparatus is prevented until a code or key is entered.

20210299734, Sep 30, 2021

Nov 3, 2020

17/088037

- Schaffhausen, CH
Christopher John Karrasch - Middletown PA, US

TE Connectivity Services GmbH - Schaffhausen

B21D 43/28
H01R 43/048

A cable clamping device includes a pair of grip jaws, a reset mechanism, and a handle connected to the grip jaws by the reset mechanism. The handle is pivotable about a handle pivot between a first position in which the grip jaws are in an open position and a second position in which the grip jaws are in a closed position around a cable. The reset mechanism pivots the handle from the second position to the first position before moving to a reset position of the reset mechanism that holds the handle in the first position.