Cable termination assembly, nipping and knuckling machine, and method

Abstract

A cable termination assembly, includes a multiconductor electrical cable having plural electrical conductors and insulation, electrical contacts for effecting electrical connection between a respective conductor of said cable and a further member, said electrical contacts having a connecting means for connecting with a respective conductor of said cable and having contacting means for contacting with such further member, a separation between two adjacent parts of said insulation for exposing a portion of plural conductors along the major axial extent thereof, at least one of said conductors including at said separation a knuckle bent out of the major axial extent of the conductor for connecting with the connecting means of a respective electrical contacts, and at least a second of said conductors being generally continuous in the major axial extent thereof at said separation, at least one of said insulation parts having been slid along said second of said conductors to close the axial distance of said separation while also pushing part of said knuckles further away from the major axial extent of said one of said conductors, and a support for supporting said cable and contacts relatively fixed positions with respect to each other. The invention also relates to apparatus for preparing such cable for use in such cable termination assembly and to a method for making a cable termination assembly.