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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Jorg Welschholz, Herscheid, DE;
Roland Drees, Bonen, DE;
Norbert Bendicks, Hemer, DE;
Detlef Kerkmann, Nachrodt, DE;
Berthold Eesders, Schalksmuhle, DE;
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Ludenscheid, DE;
Abstract
A method for fitting a carrier with a cable harness having main and branch conductors and with a device. A contact element is arranged on the carrier. A top portion of the main conductor, a bottom portion of a first end of the branch conductor, and a top portion of a second end of the branch conductor are exposed. The conductors are arranged on the carrier with the main conductor lying on the carrier, the exposed bottom portion of the branch conductor contacting the exposed top portion of the main conductor, and the exposed top portion of the branch conductor placed on the contact element for realizing a plug connector. The carrier is fitted with a device having a plug connector such that the device is electrically connected to the branch conductor and mechanically connected to the carrier via a connection between the plug connector and the contact element.