An orbital knife including a support structure; a yoke rotatably attached to the support structure constituting a yoke hub and a plurality of yoke arms; one or more rotatable knife rolls securely connected to at least one of the plurality of yoke arms; one or more blades attached to each of the one or more knife rolls and including a cutting element; one or more sun gears rotatably attached to the support structure; an anvil roll rotatably attached to the support structure; and one or more planet gears wherein each knife roll has rotatably attached thereto at least one planet gear and each planet gear is mated with a sun gear.

An orbital knife including a support structure; a yoke rotatably attached to the support structure having a yoke hub and a plurality of yoke arms; one or more rotatable knife rolls connected to at least two of the plurality of yoke arms; one or more blades attached to each of the one or more knife rolls; one or more sun gears rotatably attached to the support structure; an anvil roll rotatably attached to the support structure; one or more idler gears wherein each such idler gear is mated with one of the one or more sun gears; and one or more planet gears wherein each knife roll has rotatably attached thereto at least one planet gear and each planet gear is mated with one of the one or more idler gears, with the sun gear driving the idler gear which in turn drives the planet gear.

A method of forming an electrical cable assembly includes providing a multiconductor flat cable comprising wires arranged in a coplanar fashion with each other and encased within a planar dielectric structure, cutting a slot in the planar dielectric structure intermediate the wires, thereby forming wing features in the dielectric structure extending from the wires, removing portions of the dielectric structure from ends of the wires, wherein portions of wing features remain, attaching the exposed wires to terminals, wherein the terminals define prongs, and attaching the portions of the wing features to by inserting the prongs within holes defined in the portions of the wing features, thereby retaining the wires to the terminals.

The present invention relates to a secondary battery electrode production system. The secondary electrode production system according to the present invention comprises: an unwinding portion (100) having multiple electrode material supply reels so as to continuously supply an electrode material; a notching portion (200) disclosed on a path of movement of the electrode material supplied from the unwinding portion (100); a cutting portion (400) disposed on the path of movement of the electrode material supplied from the notching portion (200) so as to generate the electrode; a vision inspection portion (600) for confirming whether the electrode is acceptable or not; and an electrode discharge portion (800) comprising a magazine for aligning and storing the electrode while interworking with the vision inspection portion.

An electrical cable assembly is presented herein. The electrical cable assembly includes a multiconductor flat cable including a first and second electrically conductive wire arranged in a coplanar fashion with each other and encased within a planar dielectric structure. A slot is defined in the planar dielectric structure intermediate the first and second wires, thereby forming first wing features in the dielectric structure extending from the first wire and second wing features extending from the second wire. Exposed portions of the first and second wires extend beyond the first and second wing features. A method of forming the electrical cable assembly, an apparatus for forming the electrical cable assembly, and an electrical terminal configured for use in the electrical cable assembly is also presented. The wing features may include holes and the terminals may include prongs to be received in the holes.

The present invention relates to a drive device for driving an apparatus (100) for notching, wherein the apparatus (100) for notching comprises a frame with a stand (104) and a headpiece (106), a plunger (114) coupled to the headpiece (106) and movable along a punching axis (116) oriented along a y axis, and optionally an indexing head (120) for receiving a workpiece (102) to be machined. The drive device comprises an electrical direct drive (118) for driving the plunger (114).

The present invention relates to a drive device for driving an apparatus (100) for notching, wherein the apparatus (100) for notching comprises a frame with a stand (104) and a headpiece (106), a plunger (114) coupled to the headpiece (106) and movable along a punching axis (116) oriented along a y axis, and optionally an indexing head (120) for receiving a workpiece (102) to be machined. The drive device comprises an electrical direct drive (118) for driving the plunger (114).

An electrical cable assembly is presented herein. The electrical cable assembly includes a multiconductor flat cable including a first and second electrically conductive wire arranged in a coplanar fashion with each other and encased within a planar dielectric structure. A slot is defined in the planar dielectric structure intermediate the first and second wires, thereby forming first wing features in the dielectric structure extending from the first wire and second wing features extending from the second wire. Exposed portions of the first and second wires extend beyond the first and second wing features. A method of forming the electrical cable assembly, an apparatus for forming the electrical cable assembly, and an electrical terminal configured for use in the electrical cable assembly is also presented.

A notching apparatus for notching an object comprises a movable notching head including two or more profiled slots, shaped and sized to receive a portion of the object, a notching tool coupled to the notching head for cutting a notch in the object when received within one of the profiled slots, a notching actuator connected to the notching tool for moving the tool relative to the head, and a multi-axis positioning device for positioning the notching head relative to the object to be notched so as to align one of the two or more profiled slots with the object to be notched.

A notching apparatus for notching an object comprises a movable notching head including two or more profiled slots, shaped and sized to receive a portion of the object, a notching tool coupled to the notching head for cutting a notch in the object when received within one of the profiled slots, a notching actuator connected to the notching tool for moving the tool relative to the head, and a multi-axis positioning device for positioning the notching head relative to the object to be notched so as to align one of the two or more profiled slots with the object to be notched.