FORFARANDE OCH ANORDNING FOR SAMMANKOPPLING AV FLERLEDARKABLAR

摘要

In connecting flat multiconductor cables, one cable is placed atop another to provide a matrix of zones 26-50 in which connections may be made of any conductor of one cable to any conductor of the other cable. Selection is made of one zone 26 and it is perforated at 160. An insulation-piercing connector is inserted through the perforation and crimped to provide an electrical connection between the pair of cable conductors in registry with the selected zone. Selection of further zones for perforation and connector insertion is made progressively from those zones which do not have in registry therewith any conductor which was in registry with any previously selected zone. Apparatus 158 for implementing preferred connection zone selection precludes use of connecting zones other than a singular zone 26 for connection of one conductor pair and compels use of a selective few zones individually for connection of respective other conductor pairs, thereby lessening connection error likelihood.