Method of crimping an electrical HF connection device
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorOlivier De Cloet
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Abstract
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable includes the steps of crimping a ferrule into a mounting state wherein its maximum diameter is fixed, and arranging the ferrule in its mounting state over an exposed shielding conductor of the cable. A terminal is crimped onto an inner conductor of the cable, and a shielding contact sleeve is placed over the cable and crimped, at least in the area of the ferrule. A target impedance or impedance range of the resulting cable is set according to at least one of a dimension of at least one crimping tool used to perform the crimping steps, or at least one dimension of at least one of the resulting crimps performed by the at least one crimping tool.
Claims17
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable, the method comprising steps of:
- exposing a shielding conductor of the cable;
- crimping a ferrule into a mounting state;
- arranging the ferrule in the mounting state over the shielding conductor of the cable;
- crimping a terminal of the connecting device onto an inner conductor of the cable;
- crimping a shielding contact sleeve over the ferrule, the shielding contact sleeve extending in an axial direction to a protective sheath of the cable;
- and
- setting an impedance of the cable within a target impedance range by a selection of at least one of a dimension of at least one crimping tool configured to perform one of the crimping steps, or a dimension of at least one of crimps from one of the crimping steps performed by the at least one crimping tool.
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable, the method comprising steps of:
- exposing a shielding conductor of the cable;
- crimping a ferrule into a mounting state, including overlapping free ends of the ferrule and fixing the overlapped ends together in a locked state via at least one fixing hook, a diameter of the ferrule cannot be increased once placed in the locked state;
- arranging the ferrule in the mounting state over the shielding conductor of the cable;
- crimping a terminal of the connecting device onto an inner conductor of the cable;
- crimping a shielding contact sleeve over the ferrule;
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- setting an impedance of the cable within a target impedance range by a selection of at least one of a dimension of at least one crimping tool configured to perform one of the crimping steps, or a dimension of at least one of crimps from one of the crimping steps performed by the at least one crimping tool.
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable, the method comprising steps of:
- crimping a ferrule into an initial mounting state, including overlapping free ends of the ferrule and fixing the overlapped ends together in a locked state via at least one fixing hook;
- arranging the ferrule over the cable;
- crimping a shielding contact sleeve over the ferrule, during the step of crimping the shielding contact sleeve, the ferrule is released from its locked state;
- and
- setting a target impedance range of the cable by biasing the ferrule into a compressed mounting state on the cable, the target impedance range of the cable is set according to at least one predetermined dimension of the ferrule in the compressed mounting state.
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable, the method comprising steps of:
- exposing a shielding conductor of the cable;
- crimping a ferrule into a mounting state;
- arranging the ferrule in the mounting state over the shielding conductor of the cable;
- overlapping a free longitudinal end of the shielding conductor over at least a portion of the ferrule after the ferrule has been arranged over the shielding conductor;
- crimping a terminal of the connecting device onto an inner conductor of the cable;
- crimping a shielding contact sleeve over the ferrule, including crimping the shielding contact sleeve onto the shielding conductor;
- and
- setting an impedance of the cable within a target impedance range by a selection of at least one of a dimension of at least one crimping tool configured to perform one of the crimping steps, or a dimension of at least one of crimps from one of the crimping steps performed by the at least one crimping tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.