Multicore cable and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeMd Elektronik GmbH
InventorsLenka Pegel, Ralph Freudenstein, Alexander Wald, Klaus Bramhofer
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Abstract
A cable includes an electric line having a plurality of cores with contacts being attached to ends of the cores. A plug connector has a contact carrier which accommodates the contacts in such a manner that the contacts are disposed in the contact carrier with a directional component that is oriented in parallel to a first direction. A collar is integrally formed on the contact carrier. The collar fixes the electrical line in position and bends the cores such that the cores have a directional component that is oriented in parallel to a second direction. The first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.
Claims12
A cable comprising:
- an electric line having a plurality of cores and an insulating sheath;
- contacts attached to ends of the cores;
- a plug connector having a contact carrier with an integral design which accommodates the contacts in such a manner that the contacts are disposed in the contact carrier with a directional component that is oriented in parallel to a first direction, the plug connector having an extrusion coating and the cores being at least partially surrounded by the extrusion coating;
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- a collar integrally formed on the contact carrier, the collar fixing the electrical line in position and bending the cores such that the cores have a directional component that is oriented in parallel to a second direction, the first direction being orthogonal to the second direction, the collar having a stop against which an end side of the insulating sheath abuts.
A method for manufacturing a cable having a plug connector, the method comprising:
- preparing an electric line having a plurality of cores and an insulating sheath;
- attaching contacts to ends of the cores;
- inserting the contacts into an integral contact carrier in such a manner that the contacts are disposed in the contact carrier with a directional component that is oriented in parallel to a first direction;
- securing the electric line to a collar that is integrally formed on the contact carrier such that the collar bends the cores to have a directional component that is oriented in parallel to a second direction, the first direction being orthogonal to the second direction, the collar having a stop against which an end side of the insulating sheath abuts;
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- extrusion coating the cores such that the cores are at least partially surrounded by an extrusion coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.