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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Noritsugu Enomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yamamura, Tokyo, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of connecting a flat cable and a terminal in which a flat cable comprising a flat conductor ( ) insulated with an insulation ( ) in the form of a tape and a terminal ( ) having a cramp piece ( ) are connected by sticking the cramp piece ( ) through the flat cable at a place corresponding to an intended portion of the flat conductor, and bending the cramp piece that has been stuck through the flat cable, toward the flat conductor to clamp the flat cable. An end portion of the cramp piece ( ) is made to project from the flat cable by a length that is in the range of 50˜5% of the length of the cramp piece, and then the end portion of the cramp piece is bent.