Patent ID: 11870189
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. An electrical connecting device for connecting to an electrical cable, comprising:
an inner electrical terminal connecting to an inner conductor of the electrical cable;
a ferrule fitted over an outer conductor of the electrical cable, the ferrule including:
a body defining a circumferential center portion connecting a first flank and a second flank, the first and second flanks arranged opposite one another in a radial direction of the ferrule; and
at least one latch defined on at least one of the first or second flanks, the latch selectively fixing the flanks together and closing the ferrule in a latched state, the maximum diameter of the ferrule is fixed and the flanks are free to move relative to one another in a circumferential direction in the latched state resulting in the decrease in the diameter of the ferrule, free ends of the flanks overlap one another in the radial direction extending outward from a center of the ferrule in the latched state; and
an outer electrical terminal inserted over the ferrule after the ferrule has been fitted onto the outer conductor of the electrical cable.