Patent ID: 6643926
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for joining a shield terminal to a prescribed position on a shielded cable, the method comprising the steps of:providing the shielded cable having an inner core wire made of a conductor, an inner insulation covering that covers the inner core wire, a braid that is provided around an outside periphery of the inner insulation covering, and an outer insulation covering that covers the braid; setting a crimping part of the shield terminal over the outer insulation covering at a grounding position at an end of the shielded cable; causing a pre-heating current to flow between a pair of electrode tips while pressure is applied between the electrode trips so as to crimp the crimping part, thereby softening the outer insulation covering and removing the outer insulation covering by means of the applied pressure; and causing a welding current to flow between the pair of electrode tips, so as to achieve a weld between the crimping part of the shield terminal and the braid, wherein the welding current is different from the pre-heating current and the welding and pre-heating currents do not flow to the inner core wire.