Shielded electric cable assembly and method

A method of making a shielded electric cable assembly comprising a shielded electric cable and a shield terminal, comprising the steps of:

• providing a shielded electric cable having a conductive core, an inner insulation jacket surrounding the conductive core, an intermediate conductive layer surrounding the inner insulation jacket, and an outer insulation jacket surrounding the intermediate conductive layer,
• providing a shield terminal comprising a ferrule of one-piece construction comprising an inner ferrule portion and an outer ferrule portion, the outer ferrule portion being radially spaced from the intermediate conductive layer and the inner ferrule portion before crimping, and the outer ferrule portion attached to the inner ferrule portion by an annular end wall to define an annular chamber having an annular closed end and an open end opposite the closed end that has a larger diameter than the annular end wall, said inner and outer ferrule portions being contiguous and uniform about its entire circumference and free of seams,
• providing the outer ferrule of the one piece ferrule has a ring-like part adjacent the end wall, an outwardly radially curved extending wall section extending from the ring-like part and an open end at an end opposite the end wall that is larger than the ring-like part,
• cutting the outer insulation jacket and stripping an elongate end portion of the outer insulation jacket to expose an end portion of the intermediate conductive layer,
• flaring the exposed end portion of the intermediate conductive layer to space the exposed end portion of the intermediate conductive layer from an end portion of the inner insulation jacket,
• positioning the flared exposed end portion of the intermediate conductive layer in the chamber between the inner ferrule portion and the outer ferrule portion, and
• crimping the outer ferrule portion about the flared exposed end portion of the intermediate conductive layer so that the inner ferrule portion is crimped tightly around the inner insulation jacket and the flared end exposed portion of the intermediate conductive layer is clamped between the inner ferrule portion and the outer ferrule portion of the shield terminal.