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.
Claims20
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable, the method comprising the 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;
- and
- setting an impedance of the cable within a target impedance range by the selection of at least one of a dimension of at least one crimping tool used to perform one of the crimping steps, or a dimension of at least one of the crimps performed by the at least one crimping tool.
The method of step 1, wherein the selection of the one of more crimping tools is dependent on least one of a crimping diameter, a crimping height or a crimping width of the crimping tool in a closed position.
A method for crimp mounting a high-frequency (HF) electrical crimp connecting device to an electrical cable, the method comprising the steps of:
- crimping a ferrule into an initial mounting state;
- arranging the ferrule over the cable;
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.