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Junction between an intelligent contact terminal and a cable

  • US 6,135,806 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1999
  • Issued: 10/24/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A junction between an intelligent contact terminal (3) and a cable (1, 2), said junction comprising at least two blunt-ended connector pins (4) extending from the intelligent contact terminal (3), the at least two blunt-ended connector pins (4) having been forced into preliminary holes, made in the cable (1, 2) with a pointed tool and said preliminary holes in said cable having a diameter which is slightly smaller than that of the at least two blunt-ended connector pins (4), said at least two blunt-ended connector pins having slightly conical or tapered side face and penetrating into a cable insulation sheath (1) and at least two flat conductors of said cable through said preliminary holes, said at least two blunt-ended connector pins piercing said at least two flat conductors, said at least two flat conductors included in the cable and provided with lip portions (10) pressing against the lateral faces of the pins, the blunt ends of the connector pins (4) remaining inside the cable sheath (1), wherein each of the flat conductors (2) forms a single multilayered conductor whereby, at a junction between the conductor (2) and the pin (4), the lip portions (10) produce an increased contact area which presses against said slightly conical or tapered side face of the connector pin (4).

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