Patent 7162909 was granted and assigned to DANIELS MANUFACTURING CORP. on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A compound indenter for a wire connector pin, the pin having an axial length and an opening at an end thereof for receiving a wire having an exposed portion and an insulation covered portion, the opening being sized to receive both the exposed portion and a length of the insulation covered portion comprises a first indenter having a plurality of indenting elements for engaging the pin in an axial location overlaying the exposed portion of the wire inserted in the pin and a second indenter having a plurality of indenting elements for engaging the pin in an axial location overlaying the insulation covered portion of the wire inserted in the pin. The apparatus advances the indenting elements of each of the first and second indenters generally concurrently for compressing respective sections of the pin into engagement with the exposed wire portion and the insulation covered portions of the wire.