A tool head assembly for crimping, the assembly including an internal cam that spins freely on a stationary shaft in one direction and locks onto the shaft in the other direction. That cam rotates against the moving slide forcing to move away from the stationary shaft opening a gap between rollers. A controller is programmed to have the drive rotate in one direction for a set time period, then reverse the rotation to begin the crimp process. The start rotation of the drive rotates the cam and opens the roller gap. The forward rotation allows the cam to swing, closing the gap and rotating the rollers around a seal. The tool eliminates the air cylinder and related pneumatic hoses and valve making the head smaller and allows a controller to communicate with any OEM production system to verify the tool has been used and was used correctly.

A garnish installing apparatus can include a housing, a static guide roller, and adjustable guide roller and a pressure assembly. The housing can include a housing body and an extension mechanism that is movable relative to the housing body. The extension mechanism can include a pneumatic cylinder. The static guide roller can be attached to the housing. The adjustable guide roller can be attached to the extension mechanism. The adjustable guide roller can be configured to provide a clamping force, with the static guide roller, on a door of a vehicle. The pressure assembly can be configured to apply pressure and detect application of pressure to a garnish of the door. The pressure assembly can include a pneumatic sensor.

A seal installation tool and method for applying a seal to a component includes a seal-supporting strip in which the seal is retained, a tool body having a through-slot which receives the seal-supporting strip, and a plunger that is supported within the tool body and movable relative to the seal-supporting strip for forcing the seal out of the seal-supporting strip and applying the seal to the component.

An insertion tool for use with a cable management cavity includes a grip for a user to grasp the insertion tool. The grip has a longitudinal axis. The insertion tool also includes an insertion flange extending from the grip. The insertion flange includes a first end attached to the grip and a second end shaped to contact a cable. The insertion flange is sized to fit within the cable management cavity and insert the cable into the cable management cavity to a desired depth. The insertion flange has a length defined between the first end and the second end in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The length is selected to allow the insertion flange to insert the cable into the cable management cavity to the desired depth.

A garnish installing apparatus can include a housing, a static guide roller, and adjustable guide roller and a pressure assembly. The housing can include a housing body and an extension mechanism that is movable relative to the housing body. The extension mechanism can include a pneumatic cylinder. The static guide roller can be attached to the housing. The adjustable guide roller can be attached to the extension mechanism. The adjustable guide roller can be configured to provide a clamping force, with the static guide roller, on a door of a vehicle. The pressure assembly can be configured to apply pressure and detect application of pressure to a garnish of the door. The pressure assembly can include a pneumatic sensor.

A method of inserting an H-Seal in a bearing, the H-Seal having two ends, two upper lips, two lower lips and a vertical flange positioned between the bearing that secures the upper and lower lips together, the bearing having seal faces, inner and outer rings and a gap therebetween. The method provides including an insertion tool assembly, priming the H-Seal into the insertion tool, sliding the tool with the H-Seal loaded therein within a slot, placing the lower lips back on their respective face, allowing the lower lips to recover their initial shape. The tool moves the lower lips to a vertical position (T shape), inserts the seal between the rings and the lower lips recover their initial shape and places them naturally back on their respective faces.

A handle supporting a mat roller head at an angle to the handle to make applying force to the adhesive acoustic damping mat easier in tight spaces. The angle is optionally adjustable. The roller head includes arms supporting a roller with a two-dimensionally corrugated surface to enable applying adhesive acoustic damping mats to irregular surfaces. Additionally, the roller head supports two LEDs to improve visibility of the workspace when adhesive acoustic damping mats are being applied. Power for the LEDs comes from batteries in a battery compartment in the handle. The screw-on battery compartment cap includes an ON/OFF switch. The handle has a top thumb rest and a bottom finger rest and has a partial tactile engagement surface.

A hammer for installing a gasket into a joint between two pipes, the hammer comprising two opposed substantially rectangular, non-square strike surfaces which are rotationally offset from one another by 90 degrees such that an appropriate substantially rectangular, non-square strike surface may be selected by the user and applied to a gasket by simply rotating the hammer in the user's hands without requiring the user to relocate around the gasket.

A hammer for installing a gasket into a joint between two pipes, the hammer comprising two opposed substantially rectangular, non-square strike surfaces which are rotationally offset from one another by 90 degrees such that an appropriate substantially rectangular, non-square strike surface may be selected by the user and applied to a gasket by simply rotating the hammer in the user's hands without requiring the user to relocate around the gasket.

Method and apparatus for an electrically powered hand tool which can be used to install a spline into the groove on a frame member of a screened-in porch or window screen wherein the tool uses a reciprocating roller to press the screen and spline into the groove of the frame member so that the screen can be secured to the frame member. The hand tool has a handle serving as a housing for an electric motor with a rotating output shaft connecting to a transmission for creating reciprocating motion of a drive shaft having a distal end supporting a rotatable wheel adapted to compress the spline in the groove containing a portion of the screen while the handle is moved along the spline in the groove by a user.