A punchdown tool for fitting wires into connectors including a housing with a front side, a back side, a front end, a rear end opposite the front end, a leading surface on the front end, and an interior defined between the front and back sides. The punchdown tool also includes a drive mechanism with a hammer, an anvil, and a drive spring. The drive mechanism is positioned in the interior of the housing adjacent the front end. The punchdown tool further includes a circuit board positioned in the interior of the housing adjacent the rear end with a controller. The punchdown tool also includes a light positioned on the leading surface of the housing that is electrically coupled to the controller and at least one battery positioned in the interior of the housing for supplying power to the light and the circuit board.

A method is provided where a compression tool is used for fastening a cable to a connector comprising an elongated tool frame, an anvil secured to one end of the tool frame, a compression plunger slidable along a portion of the tool frame, a handle set adapted to move the compression plunger toward and away from the anvil and a spacer block for securing the connector a distance from the anvil. The handle set may include a first handle movable from a first position wherein the plunger is a first distance from the anvil to a second position wherein the plunger is a second distance from the anvil. The spacer block may include a first end and a second end having a different depth from the first end and be rotatable so that the first end when rotated to the active position secures the connector a first distance from the anvil and the second end, when rotated to the active position secures the connector a second distance from the anvil.

A connector assembly (10) is disclosed in which a connector part (12) and a cable manager part (20) are provided. The cable manager part (20) can be provided with a separable lacing fixture (24) that functions to retain the severed portions (6a) of the wires (6) that result from the termination process, rather than allowing the severed wire portions (6a) to fall to the floor in an uncollected state. In one aspect, the cable manager part (20) has a main body (22) to which the separable lacing fixture (24) is attached via a plurality of breakaway portions (34). During installation, the connector part (12) is inserted onto the cable manager part (20) and is placed in a wire termination tool (7) which fully inserts the connector part (12) onto the cable manager part (20). This action causes the connector part (12) to cut the wires (6) and to sever or break the breakaway portions (34) such that the separable lacing fixture (24) is separated from the fully formed connector (10).

A crimping hand tool used for crimping a housing and a plurality of wires of a cable together to be a connector is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first body having a guiding structure, a second body pivoted to the first body, a linking member having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, a crimping assembly, and at least one blade. The second end is pivoted to the second body. The crimping assembly is pivoted to the first end and slidably coupled to the guiding structure. The first and the second bodies rotate so as to move the linking member and drive the crimping assembly to crimp the wires into the housing in a crimping direction. The blade moves with the crimping assembly to cut off a portion of the wires extending out of the housing simultaneously.

A crimping hand tool for crimping a plurality of wires of a cable and a housing together to form a connector is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth linking bodies, and a crimping assembly movably disposed in the second body. The first linking body has a first and a second ends opposite to each other, and the first end is pivoted to the first body. The second linking body has a third and a fourth ends opposite to each other, and the third end is slidably coupled to the second body. The second linking body has a fifth and a sixth ends opposite to each other, and the fifth end is pivoted to the second body. The second, the fourth, and the sixth ends are pivoted coaxially. The crimping assembly is pivoted to the third end.

A tool comprising a receptacle for receiving and holding a cable terminating assembly comprising a plurality of conductors and a plurality of piercing contacts, the tool comprising a pair of handles which actuate opposed presses and blades, the presses pushing the piercing contacts into the conductors while the blades trim the ends of the conductors.

A coring tool for a coaxial cable has a tool holder and cutter bit mounted to the tool holder. The cutter bit is constructed from a conductive metal or alloy which is durable for rotatably drilling out and removing a dielectric core surrounding a central conductor of the coaxial cable, as the central conductor is preserved by passing into a central bore formed in the cutter bit. The cutter bit also includes a non-conductive sleeve or coating which prevents the cutter bit from electrically interconnecting, e.g., shorting, the central conductor to an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.

An electrical connector housing is provided. A slot is provided in the housing between a plurality of contact blades and the front surface of the electrical connector housing. The slot extends perpendicularly from the top surface of the electrical connector housing to communicate with a plurality of passages in the housing for receiving insulated wires. A cutting blade is received and secured in the slot for cutting portions of the insulated wires that exceed the slot or the cutting blade in the lengthwise direction of the electrical connector housing. The housing is able to prevent electrical shorts, sparks and other electrical risks arising from exposed or open wire ends on the connector.

A terminating apparatus for terminating a plurality of wires of a cable to a plurality of connection terminations of a communication module, the communication module comprises at least one upright walls each provided with at least one receiving slots for receiving the connection terminations each of which is electrically connected with one wire. The terminating apparatus comprises: at least one terminating portion into which the upright walls of the communication module are able to be inserted, each terminating portion separately holding the plurality of wires of the cable; and at least one cutting apparatus mounted in the terminating portions outside the receiving slot of the communication module and constructed to cut off parts of the wires which extend out the receiving slots after the wires are terminated to the connection terminations of the communication module. The wires may be easily and quickly terminated to the communication module. External protection layers of the wires are pierced and conductors of the wires are electrically connected to the communication module during terminating the wires. It does not need to peel off the external protection layers of the wires before terminating the wires.

A crimping plier includes a clamp handle mechanism, a crimping mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The clamp handle mechanism includes a first clamp handle and a second clamp handle pivoted to each other. The crimping mechanism includes a main body, a crimping tooth member and a crimping member. One end of the crimping tooth member has a tooth-shaped structure, and the tooth-shaped structure corresponds to a terminal accommodation portion of the main body. The crimping member has a flat end positioned in a first position or a second position. The driving mechanism includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod respectively connected to the first clamp handle and the second clamp handle. The first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are jointly connected to the crimping tooth member and the crimping member.