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US 12,136,777 B2Granted
Electrical multi-core cable crimp ferrule, and crimping method
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorDominik Klingler
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Abstract
A crimp ferrule includes an assembly portion assembled on a non-circular internal cross section of a multi-core cable and a diameter compensation portion forming a circular external cross section of the crimp ferrule on the multi-core cable. The assembly portion and the diameter compensation portion are arranged successively in an axial direction of the crimp ferrule.
Claims16
A crimp ferrule, comprising:
- an assembly portion assembled on a non-circular internal cross section of a multi-core cable, the assembly portion has an assembly device establishing the crimp ferrule on the non-circular internal cross section, the assembly device has an assembly tongue connected by a tongue root to the crimp ferrule, the assembly tongue is rectilinear in a direction extending away from the tongue root and is bendable with respect to the tongue root, the assembly tongue is rectilinear in a crimped state of the assembly portion, the assembly device is one of a plurality of assembly devices arranged in a circumferential direction of the crimp ferrule;
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- a diameter compensation portion forming a circular external cross section of the crimp ferrule on the multi-core cable, the assembly portion and the diameter compensation portion are arranged successively in an axial direction of the crimp ferrule.
A method of assembly of a crimp ferrule, comprising:
- providing the crimp ferrule having an assembly portion and a diameter compensation portion;
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- crimping the assembly portion onto a non-circular internal cross section of a multi-core cable, the assembly portion has an assembly device establishing the crimp ferrule on the non-circular internal cross section, the assembly device has an assembly tongue connected by a tongue root to the crimp ferrule, the assembly tongue is rectilinear in a direction extending away from the tongue root and is bendable with respect to the tongue root, the assembly tongue is rectilinear in a crimped state of the assembly portion, the diameter compensation portion forms a circular external cross section on the multi-core cable, the assembly device is one of a plurality of assembly devices arranged in a circumferential direction of the crimp ferrule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.