Patent ID: 6648675
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A method for fitting a carrier with a cable harness having flexible flat main and branch electric conductors and an electric device to be connected to a branch conductor, the method comprising:arranging a contact element on a carrier; exposing a top surface portion of a flexible main conductor; exposing a bottom surface portion of a first end of a flexible branch conductor; exposing a top surface portion of a second end of the branch conductor; arranging the main conductor and the branch conductor in an intended configuration on the carrier with the bottom surface of the main conductor and the non-exposed bottom surface of the branch conductor lying directly on the carrier, the exposed bottom surface portion of the first end of the branch conductor lying on and contacting the exposed top surface portion of the main conductor, and the exposed top surface portion of the second end of the branch conductor being placed on the contact element of the carrier and facing away from the carrier for realizing a plug connector assigned to the carrier; and fitting the carrier with an electric device having a plug connector part realized complimentary to the contact element of the carrier such that the electric device is electrically connected to the exposed top surface portion of the branch conductor and is mechanically connected to the carrier via a mechanical and electrical connection between the plug connector part of the electric device and the contact element of the carrier.