A wire holding jig for apparatus which installs electrical wires into a connector assembly and a method of manufacturing the jig

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EP 0 046 022 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.10.1982 Bulletin 1982/40

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.02.1982 Bulletin 1982/07

(21)	Application number: 81303370

(22)	Date of filing: 23.07.1981

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

04.08.1980 US 174784

(71)	Applicant: AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation)
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(72)	Inventor:
	Sprunger, Thomas Ralph ()

(54)	A wire holding jig for apparatus which installs electrical wires into a connector assembly and a method of manufacturing the jig

(57) A wire holding jig is disclosed, for apparatus which installs electrical wires into a connector, and a method of manufacturing the jig is disclosed, in which a metal blank (1), shown in Figure 1, has a a row of apertures (4) formed by etching. A ridge (12) at a bend in the blank (1) is intercepted by the apertures (4) thereby providing wire holding passageways. The peripheries (6) of the apertures are whet to keen edges that trim to length, any wires (54) laid into the passageways.

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