Patent ID: 7598455

Claim:
A method of making a shielded electric cable assembly comprising a shielded electric cable and a shield terminal comprising the steps of: providing a shielded electric cable having a conductive core, an inner insulation jacket surrounding the conductive core, a conductive layer surrounding the inner insulation jacket and an outer insulation jacket surrounding the conductive layer, providing a shield terminal comprising an inner ferrule and an outer ferrule wherein the inner ferrule is made of a first material and the outer ferrule is a separate member that is made of a second material that is harder than the first material, exposing and flaring an end portion of the conductive layer, positioning the inner ferrule and the outer ferrule coaxially on the shielded electric cable so that the inner ferrule is between the inner insulation jacket and the end portion of the conductive layer and the outer ferrule is around the end portion of the conductive layer and radially outward of the inner ferrule with the end portion of the conductive layer between the inner ferrule and the outer ferrule, and crimping the outer ferrule about the end portion of the conductive layer so that the inner ferrule grips the inner insulation jacket frictionally and outer ferrule is interlocked axially with the inner ferrule with the end portion of the conductive layer trapped tightly between the inner ferrule and the outer ferrule.