Patent ID: 6364690
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Method for connecting a first conductor cable to a second conductor cable in an uninterrupted connection area, comprising the steps of:providing a cable connector with a connecting device for connecting the first conductor cable to the second conductor cable and a linking device in a housing for receiving the second cable and for electrically connecting the first conductor cable to the second conductor cable, the linking device being arranged at an angle to the connecting device; removing an outer cable insulation from the second cable in said connection area; after removing the outer cable insulation in the connection area, pushing portions of the second cable at opposite sides of the connection area towards each other in a manner causing individual insulated wires of the cable to spread apart from each other; inserting each of the spread apart individual insulated wires into a respective groove in a lower housing part of the housing extending at least partially obliquely to a longitudinal axis of the housing; placing an upper housing part of the housing on the lower housing part in a manner causing knife-switch prongs of the cable connector to cut through the wire insulation of the individual wires of the second cable and connecting the second cable with the first cable.