Claims
- 1. A method of making an integral electrical contact at a forward end of an electrical cable, the contact being of the type having a plurality of conductive strands aligned for intermingling mating with a mateable electrical contact having a plurality of aligned conductive strands in close bundled relation and the cable being of the type having a plurality of spirally wound conductive strands surrounded by an insulating sheath, the steps of the method comprising:
- removing the insulation from the forwardmost end portion of the electrical cable to expose the plurality of conductive strands therein at the forward end thereof;
- mounting a sleeve around the exposed forwardmost end portion of the strands at a location spaced rearwardly from their forward ends and forwardly of the insulation, said mounting maintaining the forwardmost end portion of end of the strands in close bundled relation;
- cutting the exposed strands along an acute angle to the cable axis such that each strand end has its end face disposed at an acute angle relative to its axis; and
- aligning the exposed spirally wound conductive strands so that their axes are parallel and their ends define a plane substantially perpendicular to the cable axis, the strand ends being radially spreadable for intermingling mating with the aligned strands of said mateable electrical contact;
- whereby the sleeve and forwardmost end portion of said conductive strands provide the cable with an integral electrical contact for mating with the aligned strands of said mateable electrical contact.
- 2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said sleeve is metallic and including the step of applying a protective housing of thermoplastic material around the metallic sleeve to insulate the electrical connection from the environment and provide a mateable contact.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 90,198 filed on Nov. 1, 1979, now abandoned, which was a division of application Ser. No. 890,339 filed on March 27, 1978 and issued on June 10, 1980 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,206,958. This application is related to application Ser. No. 269,134 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,392,703, filed on June 1, 1981, a division of Ser. No. 890,339.
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