Patent ID: 6722034
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of connecting a flat cable to a connecting terminal, in which the flat cable having a plurality of flat conductors, arranged in parallel and having surfaces thereof covered with an insulating material, is connected to the connecting terminal, by piercing a plurality of crimp pieces, formed integrally with a substrate of the connecting terminal, into a desired conductor of the flat cable and by inwardly bending leading ends of the crimp pieces penetrating the flat cable to hold the desired conductor therebetween, comprising the steps of:piercing the crimp pieces into the desired conductor with a gap left between the substrate and the flat cable; and bending the leading ends of the crimp pieces while maintaining a contact position unchanged at which each of the crimp pieces penetrating the conductor is in contact with the conductor.