Patent ID: 6842976
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of connecting a flat cable and a terminal in which a flexible flat cable comprising a flat conductor insulated with an insulation and a terminal having a plurality of cramp pieces are connected by sticking said cramp pieces through said flat cable in an area corresponding to an intended portion of said flat conductor to thereby connect said cramp pieces with said flat conductor, and bending said cramp pieces that have been stuck through said flat cable to thereby fix said cramp pieces to said flat cable, said method comprising a sticking step in which said cramp pieces are stuck through said flat cable to be received in corresponding receiving cavities that are provided to allow said cramp pieces to maintain their shapes, wherein in said sticking step, each of said cramp pieces is stuck through said flat cable in a position that allows the cramp piece to be received in a corresponding receiving cavity with a larger space on an inner side and a smaller space on an outer side, where the inner side is a side that is closer to an opposite receiving cavity; and a cramping step in which said cramp pieces that have been stuck through said flat cable are bent with a bending concave portion and thereby cramped to said flat cable, wherein when said each cramp piece is stuck through said flat cable, said flat conductor is drawn out longer on the larger space side before said flat conductor shears off, and a longer drawn-out and sheared off portion of said flat conductor is brought in contact with the cramp piece, and wherein in the cramping step, each of said cramp pieces is bent in such a manner that part of the longer drawn-out and sheared off portion, which is in contact with the cramp piece, of said flat conductor, is rolled in the cramp piece.