Tool operable for attaching a solid pin to a stranded wire
The invention describes, in combination, a pin and a pin holding device and discloses a method for electrically and mechanically connecting the stranded center conductor of a microcoaxial cable to the pin without the use of traditional soldering or crimping methods. The invention allows a cable installer to connect an end of a microcoaxial cable having a stranded center conductor to a male coaxial cable connector which requires a solid center conductor such as a pin for greatest reliability. The invention provides a stranded conductor to solid wire adaptor. In a preferred embodiment, the invention utilizes a twist-wirelock section to affix a stranded wire center conductor to a solid pin.
1. A tool operable for attaching a solid pin having a hollow recess on a trailing end thereof to the stripped end of a stranded center conductor of a microcoaxial cable wherein said center conductor comprises a plurality of conductive strands, said tool comprising:
(a) a pin holder comprising an elastically deformable member dimensioned to be grasped between the fingers, said elastically deformable member having an axial bore in a trailing end thereof; and
(b) a pin having a solid leading end and a trailing end, said trailing end having a substantially conical recess therein with threads thereon, said pin being releasably housed within said axial bore;
wherein said pin holder has a longitudinal slot therein extending forwardly from said trailing end of said pin holder and inwardly from an outer surface of said pin holder to said axial bore.