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Method for terminating sheath covered cable and for providing a wiring system

  • US 4,075,758 A
  • Filed: 08/26/1976
  • Issued: 02/28/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a method for preparing a sheath covered three conductor cable, including two outer conductors individually covered with insulation and a centrally located uninsulated ground conductor, for assembly with electrical terminals contained in a housing, the improvement comprising the steps of:

  • piercing said sheath on opposite sides of said ground conductor,slicing entirely through said cable intermediate the ends thereof and longitudinally on both sides of said ground conductor and between said ground conductor and each of said insulation covered conductors to divide said sheath into longitudinal slitted portions overlying said conductors,spreading apart said insulation covered conductors laterally from said ground conductor while maintaining said slitted portions of said sheath over said insulation covered conductors,locating said ground conductor and said spread apart insulation covered conductors together with said slitted portions of said sheath over corresponding electrical terminals in said housing, with said conductors and with said outer sheath extending uninterrupted from one open end of said housing to another open end thereof,forcibly inserting said spread apart conductors together with said slitted portions of said sheath in between two slicing edges of corresponding spaced apart electrical terminals, thereby forcing the slicing edges to slice through the slitted portions of said sheath and the insulation covering said outer conductors, resulting in a high speed termination of said three conductor cable without interrupting either the conductors or the outer sheath.

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