Method of assembling an electrical connector and an electrical connector
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsDuane Brantingham, David R. Peterson
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Abstract
A method of assembling an electrical connector includes the steps of providing an insulated flexible flat cable having a plurality of electrical conductors, inserting the flat cable within a connector housing, inserting the flat cable within a terminal housing, attaching a plurality of electrical terminals to the plurality of electrical conductors, pulling the flat cable to draw the plurality of electrical terminals within a plurality of terminal cavities defined in the terminal housing, and pulling the flat cable to further draw the terminal housing within the connector housing. An electrical connector assembly which may be made by this method is also disclosed.
Claims18
A method of assembling an electrical connector, comprising:
- a) providing an insulated flexible flat cable having a plurality of electrical conductors;
- b) inserting the flat cable within a connector housing;
- c) inserting the flat cable within a terminal housing;
- d) attaching a plurality of electrical terminals to the plurality of electrical conductors;
- e) pulling the flat cable to draw the plurality of electrical terminals within a plurality of terminal cavities defined in the terminal housing;
- f) pulling the flat cable to further draw the terminal housing within the connector housing;
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- g) attaching the plurality of electrical terminals to the plurality of electrical conductors while the plurality of electrical terminals are held in a jig.
An electrical connector produced by a process comprising:
- a) providing an insulated flexible flat cable having a plurality of electrical conductors;
- b) inserting the flat cable within a connector housing;
- c) inserting the flat cable within a terminal housing;
- d) attaching a plurality of electrical terminals to the plurality of electrical conductors;
- e) pulling the flat cable to draw the plurality of electrical terminals within a plurality of terminal cavities defined in the terminal housing;
- f) pulling the flat cable to further draw the terminal housing within the connector housing;
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- g) attaching the plurality of electrical terminals to the plurality of electrical conductors while the plurality of electrical terminals are held in a jig.
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- an insulated flexible flat cable having a plurality of electrical conductors, wherein a portion of each of the plurality of electrical conductors is exposed;
- a plurality of electrical terminals formed of unfolded sheet metal and attached to the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the plurality of electrical conductors are folded over edges of the exposed portions of the plurality of electrical conductors;
- a terminal housing having a plurality of terminal cavities in which the plurality of electrical terminals is disposed;
- a terminal cap attached to an end of the terminal housing;
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- a connector housing in which the terminal housing is disposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.