Abstract: A high density electrical termination assembly made by forming a terminal assembly including separate thermoplastic sections having confronting surfaces. An in-line array of conductor receiving slots open through the confronting surface of one of the sections and a plurality of elongate spaced apart energy directors project from and extending along the confronting surface of the other of the sections. Stacking within the grooves portions of the conductors to be connected are stacked within slots in the terminal section. The thermoplastic sections positioned in juxtaposed stacked relationship to each other along the confronting surfaces with the energy directors extending across the slots in axially transverse relationship to the conductors stacked within the slots.

Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention comprises two parts; an apparatus for automatically installing the supplemental (shunt) joint, and the shunt joint itself. The shunt joint provides both mechanical and electrical connection between two ends of an electrical cable, augmenting the existing joint which may remain in place. The installation device comprises a frame which may be lifted into place over the power line by a crane or helicopter. The frame is provided with a first linear actuator for placing at least first and second wedge elements fitted at each end of an existing socket joint. The frame also comprises a second linear actuator for placing first and second wedge sockets at least partly surrounding the line and cooperating with corresponding wedge elements. At least one threaded shaft, powered by an actuator motor, is provided to pull together the wedge sockets with the wedge elements. Together, the wedge elements and wedge sockets surround and lock around the line at each side of the socket joint.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing electrical conductivity between the opposing surface edges of gaps and joints in composite and metallic structures comprises fiber flocking a first and second set of conductive fibers in a direction normal to the surface edge of each side of the gap or joint. The first and second set of conductive fibers are positioned such that the conductive fibers interdigitate with respect to each other providing a compliant electrically conductive path between the opposing surface edges of the structural gaps and joints. After assembly, the defined joint or gap containing the interdigitated sets of carbon fibers may be filled with a polymer material or materials which constitute state of the art matrix materials used for conductive joints. Applications for this technology include electromagnetic shielding and low observables.

Abstract: A metal electromagnetic shielding sheath is provided on a multibranched bundle of electrical conductors. The sheath includes sheath elements braided directly on the branches of said bundle, and at least one of the ends of said sheath elements is held captive between two superposed rings gripping the corresponding branch of the bundle.

Abstract: A cable connector used to connecting between a portable communication device and an exterior charger apparatus . The cable connector has a number of contact arranged in a same plane but soldering positions of such contacts are located in different planes that are spaced apart by a larger distance. The contacts are divided into two groups of different contact structures disposed in the housing in an alternate arrangement so that the soldering portion of each contact has a larger space apart from that of the adjacent contacts, and the soldering process of contacts is convenient for manufacturer.

Abstract: A method of automatically manufacturing cable harnesses, and an apparatus and assembly for implementing the method. The assembly includes a main conveyor capable of transporting wires by means of transfer clamps, a secondary conveyor capable of transporting unique transfer trays, themselves capable of receiving at least one component. Transfer trays are loaded into the secondary conveyor, where they pass through a component loading station for receiving components, then the trays travel to an insertion zone. The insertion zone includes a device for transferring the loaded trays from the secondary conveyor to the main conveyor, where the components receive the wire ends for forming the cable bundles. The formed bundles are then transferred away from the insertion zone by the main conveyor.

Abstract: A method of connecting two strips (1, 3) each provided with a conductor pattern, an insulating coating (9, 11) and a set of free conductor portions (5a, 7a) of the conductor pattern, which free conductor portions are disposed outside the coating. The strips are positioned in such a manner relative to one another that the one set of free conductor portions faces the other set of free conductor portions and the coatings overlap one another at least partly. After this, the two strips are pressed against one another and the one set of free conductor portions is soldered to the other set of free conductor portions. However, before the strips are pressed against one another an adhesive is applied to at least one of the coatings at such a location that after positioning of the strips the adhesive is situated in an overlapping area between the coatings.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wire for a press-connecting terminal which has a high flexibility, and achieves a high reliability for a connection portion at the time of press-connection, and also provides a method of producing a conductor of such a wire. The wire provides a stranded conductor and an insulator covering the conductor. Wire elements of the stranded conductor are concentrically twisted in layers in the same direction at the same pitch, and the stranded conductor is compressed into a circular cross-section in such a manner that a space factor of the cross-section of the conductor is not less than 99%. The present invention also provides a multi-layer compressed concentric stranded conductor which enables a uniform compression of a base stranded wire.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring harness including the steps of making plural kinds of electric wires each having a predetermined length for each kind in lots each having several tens to several hundreds wires, the plural kinds of wires constituting a wiring harness and including terminal-equipped wires with one or both ends connected with a terminal and terminal-free wires with both ends connected to no terminal; temporarily holding groups of wires thus made in predetermined wire holders in the order of lots; and wire arrangement accomplished by forming a set of wires for the wiring harness with the groups of wires constituting the wiring harness intensively hung on one or more wire clamps in such a manner that one wire w1 is taken out from the wire holder H1 to lock its one or both ends to predetermined one or two wire clips of the wire clamp provided with plural wire clips, and subsequently, the wires (w2, w3, . . .) are taken out in order one-by-one from each of the wire holders (H2, H3, . . .

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method and to a preferred fixture, for aligning and bonding a plurality of discrete insulation jacketed conductors to facilitate handling and insertion of the conductors into an electrical connector housing to be electrically terminated therein. The method comprises the steps of selecting plural discrete insulation jacketed conductors arranged in at least two different planes, arranging and aligning the ends of plural conductors in side-by-side fashion in a common plane on a fixture, and bonding the insulation jackets of adjacent wire ends to form a unitary ribbon type cable for ease of handling and termination. A preferred bonding procedure is by the application of localized heat to the wire ends to effect a melting and bonding of the insulation jackets.

Abstract: A method and assembly are disclosed for bundling wires utilized in a head gimbal assembly of a magnetic disk storage device. According to the method of the present invention, a number of wires are routed along a predetermined path on a surface of the arm of the head gimbal assembly. While the wires are maintained along the predetermined path, an adhesive is dispensed at selected locations along the predetermined path. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive is applied in a contiguous manner along the length of the wires extending beyond the end of the arm. Finally, the adhesive is cured to encapsulate a portion of the wires within a sleeve of adhesive. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive is dispensed over the wires in a plurality of non-contiguous segments.

Abstract: In the covered-wire connection method and structure in which at least one of members to be conductively connected to each other is a covered wire comprising a conductive wire portion and a cover portion of resin which is coated around the outer periphery of the conductive wire portion, both of the members are overlapped with each other at connection portions thereof, the overlapped connection portions are pinched between a pair of resin chips, and then the cover portion are melted and dispersed by ultrasonic vibration while pressing the connection portions of the members from the outside of the resin chips to conductively connect both of the members to each other at the connection portions thereof. Thereafter, the pair of the resin chips are melted to be fixed to each other, so that the connection portions are sealed with the melted resin chips.

Abstract: A low resistance splice for electrically connecting the ends of two superconducting cables and a method for making the splice. Two cables formed from superconducting material are positioned in close proximity, either overlapping or axially aligned and extending in opposite directions away from the splice. At least one strand of superconducting material is wrapped over both cables in a pressure relationship assuring good electrical contact between cable ends and strands. Solder is melted and applied to hold the strands against the cables. Where the cables overlap, solder may be used at the overlap interface to add mechanical strength. The strands may be in the form of a helical winding around overlapping cable ends or in the from of a braided tube surrounding and pressed against either overlapping or axially aligned cables. In the axial embodiment, the cables with the strand wrap may be pressed into a slot and the slot filled with solder to hold the cables and strands in position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of forming a solder connection between a plurality of elongate bodies, comprises:(i) forming an initial connection between the elongate bodies by inserting them into an induction heatable connecting element of a connector, the connector comprising a dimensionally heat-recoverable sleeve and, retained within the sleeve, the connecting element and a solder insert that is in thermal contact with the connecting element; and(ii) heating the connector (a) by subjecting the connecting element to an alternating magnetic field so that it is heated by induction thereby melting the solder insert, and (b) subjecting the sleeve to hot air and/or infrared radiation, thereby causing the sleeve to recover.The apparatus for applying heat to an elongate connector, comprises a first heat source which comprises an induction coil, and a second heat source arranged to generate hot air or infrared radiation.

Abstract: A family of retainer clip holders can each be adjusted to properly position a retainer clip at a desired location on a wire harness. In the past, it has sometimes been complicated to properly position a retainer clip holder relative to the base, and mount the holder base on a jig for assembling wire harnesses. There have typically been too many fixtures required on the jig. Thus, the prior art has attempted to assemble the retainer clips by individually tailoring hundreds of retainer clip holders for the particular orientation demanded by the particular retainer clip application. The inventive family of retainer clip holders allows the selection of the proper adjustable retainer clip holder and the adjustment of that retainer clip holder to accommodate the particular retainer clip application demanded. In this way, the invention replaces the hundreds of previously required holders with seven basic tools.

Abstract: An improved current mode coupler comprising a base (100), a housing (300) mountable to a panel. The coupler base (100) includes a pair of wire retainers (200) for securing the wires (230,231) of a twisted pair cable within wire receiving channels (204,205) of a wire nest (202) of the coupler base (100). Each wire retainer (200) has an arm (232), a strut (236) extending from one end thereof to a cylindrical hinge (234) disposed in a pivot region of the coupler base (100), a vertical section (240) proximate the other end including a latch (242), and a wedge (244) on the lower surface of the arm (232). Upon rotation of the wire retainer about hinge (234) to a closed position, wedge (244) is engageable with a lower one of the conductors (230) to urge it fully into a deeper one of the channels (204) adjacent a channel intersection proximate a conductor crossover.

Abstract: A device for forming an electrical connection between a plurality of elongate electrical conductors comprises an electrically insulating sleeve, and contained within the sleeve a resiliently deformable tapering coil and a quantity of fusible polymeric material, the device being arranged so that the elongate electrical conductors may be connected by twisting them into the coil so that at least part of the coil is deformed and heating the device so that at least some of the fusible polymeric material melts and then, when solidified, substantially binds the coil in its deformed state.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical connection from a drive circuit to an electrical device is provided. An electrical connection structure includes: electrodes formed on a device side, electrodes formed on a flexible film carrier having an electrode pattern connected to a drive circuit; and an anisotropic conductive film having metal particles or metal plated particles dispersed therein, interposed between the electrodes on the device side and the electrodes on the flexible film carrier, for electrically connecting the electrodes facing each other through thermocompression bonding. The electrodes, on the flexible film carrier are exposed by removing the flexible film at an electrical connection area, and the length of each exposed electrode is from 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.

Abstract: A device for forming an electrical connection between part of an elongate electrical conductor between its ends and one or more other electrical conductors comprises and electrically insulating sleeve, a metallic connecting element located within the sleeve, and a quantity of solder for forming a permanent electrical connection between the conductors. The electrically insulating sleeve and the connecting element have two open ends to allow the elongate electrical conductor to extend through them, and the connecting element has a tapering internal surface which has a screw thread to enable the other electrical conductor or conductors to be held in contact with the elongate electrical conductor by twisting the connecting element about the conductors.

Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly includes a plurality of identical conductors having a longitudinal direction and a stacking direction perpendicular thereto. At least one insulating layer is to be inserted between each two respective conductors and stacked therewith in the stacking direction. Each of the conductors has two substantially flat main sides oriented perpendicular to the stacking direction and a maximum thickness in the stacking direction. Each of the conductors has at least one set of slots in succession approximately in the longitudinal direction. Each of the slots leads approximately in the stacking direction through a respective one of the conductors and has a sharp-edged mouth in each of the main sides.

Abstract: A device 1 for forming an electrical connection between a plurality of electrical conductors comprises an electrically insulating sleeve (3), a metallic connecting element (4) located within the sleeve and a quantity of solder (8) for forming a permanent electrical connection between the conductors. The connecting element (4) has an external surface that is uneven so that a significant proportion of any radiation that is radially inwardly directed onto the external surface of the element will be reflected at least twice by the external surface of the element.This uneveness enables the response of the device to heating by infrared radiation to be significantly improved. The connecting element may be formed for example by coiling a wire having a polygonal, e.g. square, cross-section into a frusto-conical helix.

Abstract: A device (1) for forming an electrical connection at the end of a bundle of wires (2) comprises an electrically insulating, preferably heat-shrinkable, sleeve (3), a metallic connecting element (4) located within the sleeve, and a quantity of solder (8) for forming a permanent electrical connection between the conductors. The connecting element (4) has a tapering internal surface which has a screw thread so that a temporary electrical connection can be formed by screwing the bundle of wires into the connecting element. Preferably the connecting element is formed by winding a wire, e.g. hard tempered copper wire, into a frusto-conical form. Splices in wire bundles may be made by means of a device in which the connecting element has a pair of internally threaded portions into which different cable bundles can be screwed.

Abstract: A method of making a nerve electrode is performed by forming an electrically insulative resilient array having an elongate backbone member with a plurality of spaced-apart substantially parallel bands, each spanning 360.degree., linked together by the backbone member and skewed from a direction normal to the backbone member; providing non-aligned single openings in the bands to render each of them incomplete with the remaining segments of each band linked by the backbone member and adapted to be spread apart to mount the array over the nerve and, when released, to resiliently close about the nerve; and securing an electrically conductive filament within at least one of the bands.

Abstract: A broadband directional coupler and method of constructing same is disclosed. The coupler is formed from a first and second coaxial cable each of which has an inner conductor surrounded by an insulating material and an outer conductive shielding sleeve about the insulating material. An elongated opening is formed in the outer conductive shield sleeve axially along a predetermined length of the cable. The insulating material in the elongated openings is formed with mating surfaces extending substantially parallel to the inner conductor along a predetermined length. The first and second coaxial cables are connected together along a predetermined length of the mating surfaces with the surfaces in juxtaposed contact and the shielding sleeves of the first and second cables fused together about the elongated opening.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure in which circuit and componentry bearing cards are retained in contact with an intermediate card that has component and circuitry areas, and socket insertion contacts.

Abstract: A device for forming an electrical connection between a number of electrical wires comprises an electrically insulating sleeve and a hollow connecting element, for example in the form of a coil, which is formed from solder for forming a solder joint between the wires. The connecting element has a tapering internal surface that is provided with a screw thread, for example by means of the coil windings, arranges so that a temporary electrical connection may be formed between the conductors by twisting them into the connecting element. The device can be higher and, when installed have reduced size compared with connectors that are provided with infusible connecting elements.

Abstract: A versatile, electrically insulating, waterproof electrical junction and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The electrical junction comprises three layers to effect waterproof encapsulation of two electric leads: a first layer defined by a pair of rubber collars for each of the two leads; a second layer defined by a pair of metal sleeves, a male and a female sleeve; and a third layer defined by a rubber sheath surrounding and encompassing both layers. The three-layered electrical junction preferably is the first and the seconcrimped along its entire axial length to compact the three layers into a waterproof electrical connector characterized by a high packing density.

Abstract: A mapping catheter assembly 10 including a flexible lead body 12 and a deformable lead body 14. A lumen 22 is provided to accept a reference catheter 18 which includes a distal tip electrode assembly 29. In use an array 16 of electrode sites are deformed into a spherical shape after the assembly is placed in a heart chamber. The reference electrode assembly 29 is advanced into contact with the heart wall to provide calibration information for the array 16.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automating superconducting tape splices is disclosed. In particular, a TIG welding torch is automatically traversed in front of two superconducting foils which are held in an overlapping relationship so that a weldment is created between the two foils and a splice is eventually created. The torch is automatically traversed by use of a stepper motor and a motor control which controls the direction of traverse and the traverse speed.

Abstract: A device is described for welding the ends of electrical conductors, especially strand ends, by means of ultrasonics which comprises a sonotrode, provided with a plurality of different projections, and an anvil, associated with the sonotrode, which anvil is provided with a plurality of different or like recesses which, together with the sonotrode projections, constitute compaction spaces for the strand ends. The anvil is disposed with its longitudinal axis coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the sonotrode, and the cross-sections of the compaction spaces can be simultaneously varied by rotation of the anvil relative to the sonotrode about the common longitudinal axis, so that a plurality of strand ends can be simultaneously welded by only one anvil. Several alternatives for the rotational drive of the anvil are also described.

Abstract: Electrical connection between electrode arrangements formed on first and second substrates is described. The first substrate is placed over the second substrate with a UV light curable adhesive between them. The UV light curable adhesive carries first and second particles dispersed therein. The first and second substrates are pressed against each other and exposed to UV light in order to harden the adhesive. The first particles are made from conductive particles and preferably resilient and function to form current paths between the electrodes of the first and second substrates. The second particles function to prevent the first particles from being destroyed by excess deformation.

Abstract: A process is indicated for producing an electrical connection between a ribbon line and a connecting line, which have at least two electrical conductors each. To relieve the strain on the conducting areas, the exposed ends of the conductors of both lines are placed in a support which is made of insulated material and is equipped with corresponding recesses. Subsequently, the conductors of the lines to be connected are soldered to each other. Finally, an insulation material cover, which adheres firmly to the support, is molded over the connections of the conductors and the ends of both lines.

Abstract: A method of connecting an end portion of an enameled wire forming a winding of an electric motor to one end of a conductor of a lead includes the steps of heating an enamel coating on the end portion of the enameled wire by a high-frequency current to separate the enamel coating from a conductor of the enameled wire, and removing the separated enamel coating to expose a corresponding end portion of the conductor of the enameled wire. The enameled wire thus processed is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the insulating layer of the lead to form a few turns, and the exposed end portion of the conductor of the lead is then wound around the exposed end portion of the conductor of the enameled wire to form a connection. Thereafter, the two conductors are welded together at an end of the connection by TIG welding, thereby completing the connection.

Abstract: A miniature, electrically-insulated multi-conductor electrical cable suitable for implantation in living bodies and readily connected to sensors or electrodes with terminal pads or to conductors such as printed flex circuit traces of electrical circuits, and a method for preparing such cables. Individual electrical conductors are coated with at least one layer of insulating material. The insulated individual conductors are stranded together, or optionally bound together by an additional layer of insulating material which is compatible with implantation in living bodies. The individual conductors are separated from one another in terminal portions of the cable and are encapsulated in a ribbonizing resin which is trimmed to expose portions of the individual conductors, held by the ribbonization resin at a predetermined pitch to facilitate connection of each of the conductors to a respective conductor trace of a printed circuit or flex circuit.

Abstract: An H-shaped compressible connector having a main body and two pairs of opposed legs extending in opposite directions from the main body. Each pair of opposed legs is provided with one leg which is curved inwardly with respect to the second leg. During the crimping process, this curved leg would move below the interior surface of the second leg in each pair, thereby providing a completely closed connector for various conductor sizes.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a stranded conductor for use in an electric power cable, the cross-sectional shapes of wires being drawn towards or through a rotatably driven lay plate by which the wires are laid helically in a layer around the axis of the conductor are so modified that, on emerging from the lay plate and passing into at least one die downstream of the lay plate, the wires of modified cross-sectional shape fit tightly together and, if present, around a central wire or a preceding layer of helically applied wires. The wires of each layer preferably are initially of the same cross-sectional shape and size as one another, e.g. approximately circular, and, preferably, the modified cross-sectional shapes imparted to the wires of each layer are the same as one another, e.g. approximating to a sector of an annulus. No compacting of the wires is required in the die or dies and, as a consequence, a capstan drawing the wires through the die or dies is not subjected to a undesirable load.

Abstract: A new and improved electronic circuit connector and method of producing the same is provided by forming a groove on a surface of a first section of ultrasonically weldable material, inserting an elongated contact partially within the groove whereby one end of the contact protrudes out from an end of the connector, overlaying an elongated lead wire on the contact within the groove whereby the lead wire also extends beyond the connector boundary but in an opposite direction of the protruding end of the contact, fitting a second section of ultrasonically weldable material on top of the first section whereby the second section includes a protrusion shaped to interconnect with the groove of the first section, and ultrasonically welding the first and second sections together. Engaging means may be employed on the groove and corresponding protrusion to facilitate alignment of the first and second sections of material.

Abstract: A twist-on or wire-nut electrical connector having a rigid, electrically insulative upper body, a flexible, elastic, electrically insulative lower skirt, and a coil spring within the body for gripping wires which may be inserted therein. The provision of a flexible, elastic skirt allows the insertion of a larger number of wires (or larger sized wires) into the connector; the skirt further deforms to fit more easily within a crowded junction box or other high-density wiring environment. Unlike prior art twist-on connectors, the lower skirt is attached directly to the open end of the polymeric body, allowing greater application of torque to the rigid body. In the preferred embodiment, the upper body is formed of polypropylene, the lower skirt is formed of a styrenebutylene compound or an olefinic thermoplastic vulcanizate, and the connector is constructed by multicomponent injection molding.

Abstract: An electric wire conductor for use in automobiles made by twisting a plurality of strands together. Each of the strands has a surface layer made of copper or a copper alloy and a core made of steel containing carbon and other elements such as Si, Mn, Ni and Cr. Also, the core may be made of an Fe-based alloy containing Ni or Cr. This structure allows a substantial reduction in the weight of conductor.

Abstract: A twisted wire manufacturing apparatus is provided with a plurality of injection dies communicating with an annular groove formed in a rotary head. An annular shoe for gradually reducing a sectional area of the annular groove is slidably fitted to the annular groove. Raw material is supplied into the annular groove and raw wires are injected from the injection dies. One of the plurality of injection dies provides an increased injection resistance to reduce the injection speed of a core raw wire injected from that injection die relative to the injection speed of outer layer raw wires injected from other injection dies.

Abstract: A method for joining two or more superconducting wires each comprising a bundle of filaments of tin (Sn) and niobium (Nb) contained within a binder metal with a superconducting joint. The filaments on the ends of the wires to be joined are first exposed by etching the binder metal away with acid and then the exposed filaments are intertwined. The exposed filaments are then sealed in a copper-enriched chamber and heated to a temperature and for a time sufficient for the Sn and Nb to diffuse together and form Nb.sub.3 Sn at their interface. Preferably, the filaments are sealed by forming a tubular jacket, placing the tubular jacket over the exposed filaments and the wire ends adjacent thereto, and swaging the ends of the tubular jacket to the wire ends adjacent the exposed filaments.

Abstract: A waterproof and fire retardant connector having a rotatable wire connector with an end cap attached thereto with the wire connector filled with a sealant to permit the user to simultaneously compress the junction ends of electrical wires into low resistance electrical contact while forming a waterproof covering and spark inhibiting compound surrounding the twisted junction end of the wires. The process includes inserting the junction ends of electrical leads into a wire connector, which is filled with a waterproof and fire retardant sealant, and then either crimping or rotating the wire connector to simultaneously form an electrical connection and waterproof and spark inhibiting seal around the twisted junction ends of the wires.

Abstract: Superconducting tapes having an inner laminate comprised of a parent-metal layer, a superconductive alloy layer on the parent-metal, a reactive-metal layer, and an outer laminate soldered thereon are joined in a superconducting joint by the method of this invention. The outer laminate, reactive-metal layer, and superconductive alloy layer are removed to form exposed sections of the parent metal layer. The tapes are positioned so that the exposed sections are in contact. Metallurgical bonding, for example by spot welding, forms bridges between the parent-metal layers. The joined exposed sections are heated in a protective atmosphere, and in the presence of excess reactive metal to form a continuous layer of the superconductive alloy on the bridge and the exposed areas that is continuous with the superconductive alloy layer on the superconducting tape.

Abstract: A device for connecting the grounding shield layer of a cable in a splice connection. A flat strap, such as a mesh of metallic wires, is wrapped at least 270.degree. around the shield layer. The ends of the strap or braid are folded over, forming two generally parallel tails. The central portion of the braid is secured to the shield with a constant force spring, and the free ends of the braid are fastened to the shield layer on the opposite side of the splice. A second braid may be used in a similar manner to bridge the connection across the splice. By providing two tails emanating from a single braid, current surges in the shield layer are divided along two current paths, reducing current density and minimizing failures in the cable shield connection.

Abstract: A waterproof connector having a rotatably wire connector with a housing attached thereto with the wire connector and the housing filed with a sealant to permit the user to simultaneously compress the junctions ends of electrical wires into low resistance electrical contact while forming a waterproof covering surrounding the twisted junction end of the wires. The process includes inserting the junction ends of electrical leads into a rotatable wire connector connected to a sleeve, which is filled with a waterproof sealant, and then rotating the wire connector while preventing the sleeve and the electrical leads from rotating.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating and orienting conductors from a bundled array into a planar array includes a grooved template and means for fixedly uniting the conductors when disposed in the groove. A cable adapted for connection to a flat ribbon cable connector includes a portion of bundled connectors, and a portion including conductors separated by hand into the grooves on a template and fixedly retained in position by a laminate material connected thereto. The method involving use of the apparatus to produce the product described above is also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A cryogenically coolable inductive coil including: a multicomponent conductor comprising a plurality of components, each component including a cable of conductive material having a longitudinal axis about which the cable is twisted, the cable being wrapped helically and being compacted, after wrapping, to minimize voids in the cable and to give the component a polygonal profile, the components being disposed parallel, and adjacent, to one another with mutually facing sides of adjacent components being in contact with one another; and an electrical insulating and support structure at least partially surrounding the conductor for supporting stresses induced in the conductor due to magnetic fields created by the flow of current through the conductor, the conductor and the structure being wound to form the coil.

Abstract: An electrical conductor or cable splice is formed by passing the conductor ends from which any insulation has been removed through a ceramic insert so that portions of the conductor ends protrude out of the ceramic insert. These protruding portions are then mechanically and electrically connected to each other, by example, by soldering, welding, or brazing. A metal sleeve is then pushed over the ceramic insert and the ends of the sleeve are hermetically sealed to the metal jackets of the conductors or cable. The seal is accomplished, for example, for soldering. In this manner a so-called parallel connection is easily made in which the conductors double back. A longitudinal connection can also be made in which the conductors continue in the same direction through two inner sleeves and through an outer sleeve.

Abstract: A terminal assembling tool connects multiple terminated wire with a common bus connector. The tool includes first and second jigs which pre-position the wires and the connector and are movable between a load/unload position and a connecting position. The jig for the connector includes a retainer member which interacts with the connector to assist in removing the terminated wires from the other jig following connection.

Abstract: A method is described for making an electrical through connection between a first conduction line comprising a flat conductor to a second conduction line comprising a round conductor. The steps of such method comprise removing end portions of insulation layer from the flat conductor and the round conductor; placing a positioning ring about the exposed end of the round conductor; bonding the round conductor to the flat conductor; extending the bonded conductors with the positioning ring into an injection molding apparatus and axially fixing the round conductor by compressive engagment of the positioning ring by a plunger element; and injecting a plastic material into the injection molding apparatus to form an insulating seal longitudinally about the bonded conductors and the positioning ring.