METHOD OF ATTACHING A WIRE CABLE TERMINAL TO A MULTI-STRAND WIRE CABLE, WIRE CABLE FORMED DURING SAID METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SAID WIRE CABLE

摘要

A wire cable configured to be attached to a wire cable terminal. An uninsulated end of the wire cable is formed into a nugget having a shape that generally defines a rectangular cuboid or rectangular prism. The nugget includes one face that defines a longitudinal concavity, indentation, or channel, which is oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the wire cable. The nugget may be formed by ultrasonically welding the wire strands together. The concavity reduces the occurrence of fracturing the nugget when it is attached to the terminal by wire crimping wings. The wire cable may be formed of aluminum-based material. An apparatus for forming an end of a wire cable into a nugget shape having a longitudinal concavity and a method of attaching a wire cable having an end formed into a nugget shape having a longitudinal concavity to a terminal is also presented.

主权项

1. A method of attaching a wire cable terminal to a multi-strand wire cable, comprising the steps of:
providing said multi-strand wire cable and said wire cable terminal having a pair of crimping wings; forming an uninsulated end of said wire cable into a shape generally defining a rectangular cuboid having one face that defines a longitudinal concavity; and crimping said wire cable terminal to said shaped end of the wire cable such that free ends of said pair of crimping wings are disposed within said longitudinal concavity.