METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING A FIRST GROUP OF WIRES FROM OTHER WIRES OF A MULTI-WIRE CABLE, TEST CONNECTOR FOR USE IN THIS METHOD AND A KIT COMPRISING SUCH A MULTI-WIRE CABLE AND TEST CONNECTOR
First Claim
1. A method for distinguishing a first group of wires from other wires of a multi-wire cable,wherein the cable is connected to a first connector having a plurality of contact elements connected to the wires of the cable and adapted to be connected to a mating second connector andwherein the contact elements comprise a first group of contact elements connected to the first group of wires of the cable,wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- providing a mating test connector having contact elements to be connected to contact elements of the first connector, wherein the contact elements of the test connector comprises a first group of contact elements to be connected to the first group of contact elements of the first connector, and wherein the contact elements of the first group of the test connector are short-circuited,providing a testing device comprising first and second terminals and a power supply as well as at least one of a current, voltage or resistance indicator connected between the two terminals,electrically coupling the first terminal of the testing device to the short-circuited contact elements f the first group of the test connector andsequentially electrically coupling the second terminal of the testing device to the wires of the cable at their respective ends opposite the first connector, for distinguishing the wires of the first group from other wires of the cable in that a wire which at its end opposite the first connector is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the testing device, belongs to the first group of wires if the indicator indicates flow of a current, no or substantially no voltage and/or no or substantially no resistance, respectively.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for distinguishing a first group of wires from other wires of a multi-wire cable, i.e. a method for identifying those wires of a multi-wire cable which belong to one group. Moreover, the present invention relates to a test connector for use in the method referred to before. Finally the present invention relates to a kit including a multi-wire cable with a connector and a mating test connector for performing the identification method.
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1. A method for distinguishing a first group of wires from other wires of a multi-wire cable,
wherein the cable is connected to a first connector having a plurality of contact elements connected to the wires of the cable and adapted to be connected to a mating second connector and wherein the contact elements comprise a first group of contact elements connected to the first group of wires of the cable, wherein the method comprises the following steps: -
providing a mating test connector having contact elements to be connected to contact elements of the first connector, wherein the contact elements of the test connector comprises a first group of contact elements to be connected to the first group of contact elements of the first connector, and wherein the contact elements of the first group of the test connector are short-circuited, providing a testing device comprising first and second terminals and a power supply as well as at least one of a current, voltage or resistance indicator connected between the two terminals, electrically coupling the first terminal of the testing device to the short-circuited contact elements f the first group of the test connector and sequentially electrically coupling the second terminal of the testing device to the wires of the cable at their respective ends opposite the first connector, for distinguishing the wires of the first group from other wires of the cable in that a wire which at its end opposite the first connector is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the testing device, belongs to the first group of wires if the indicator indicates flow of a current, no or substantially no voltage and/or no or substantially no resistance, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23)
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24. Kit comprising:
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a multi-wire cable including at least one group of wires and further wires, wherein the cable is connected to a first connector having a plurality of contact elements connected to the wires of the cable and adapted to be connected to a mating second connector and wherein the contact elements comprise a first group of contact elements f connected to the first group of wires of the cable, and a mating test connector including a plurality of contact elements to be connected to contact elements of the first connector wherein the contact elements of the test connector comprise a first group of contact elements to be connected to the first group of contact elements of the first connector and wherein the contact elements of the first group of the test connector are short-circuited.
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