Abstract: A terminal assembly tester comprises a contact probe module having electrical contact probes. The contact probes have a contact surface biasable against tips of electrical terminal mounted in cavities of a connector housing. The connector housing comprises integrally moulded resilient locking lances that are separated from housings walls by a slot. Extensions of the contact probes are insertable into the housing slots when contacting the terminal tips. If a terminal is not fully inserted into a cavity, the resilient locking lances are biased into the slot and prevent insertion of the contact probe tip thereinto thereby ensuring that the contact probe does not electrically contact the terminal. The latter thus ensures that even almost completely inserted terminals will not be electrically contacted and thus provides for a reliable testing mechanism.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making electrical harnesses of flat cable (30) terminated at respective opposite ends in electrical connectors (13) with individual conductors electrically connected to corresponding contacts of rows of contacts in conductor-receiving faces of the connectors (13). The flat cable (30) is fed longitudinally along a path extending towards a terminating station adjacent the feed path (12) along which the contact rows extend and a loop is formed in a leading end with the plane of the cable (30) and the loop axis extending perpendicularly to the contact rows and conductor-receiving faces. The leading and trailing ends of the cable loop are then rotated in opposite senses through 90.degree. to extend parallel to the plane of the conductor-receiving faces of the connectors (13) with individual conductors aligned with respective contacts and terminated therein.