US 11,901,687 B2
Method for manufacturing an electrical connector for a multi-wire electrical cable
Thomas Halbig, Dietfurt (DE); and Peter Krause, Rattenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH, Waldkraiburg (DE)
Filed by MD ELEKTRONIK GmbH, Waldkraiburg (DE)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,007.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 119 478.1 (DE), filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029373 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 43/24 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01); H01R 13/6591 (2011.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); H01R 13/405 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/24 (2013.01) [B29C 45/1418 (2013.01); H01R 13/405 (2013.01); H01R 13/65912 (2020.08); H01R 43/16 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3462 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing an electrical connector on an end portion of a multi-wire electrical cable whose wires are surrounded annularly in cross section in the end portion by an outer conductor, the outer conductor being partially radially compressed toward the wires by at least one die, and being partially provided with an overmold in an injection mold, the method comprising:
after the outer conductor is deformed, positioning the at least one die on the outer conductor in such a way that the at least one die partially bounds a mold cavity to be filled with a plasticized molding compound to form the overmold; and
moving at least one mold part of the injection mold toward the outer conductor and positioning the at least one mold part in a vicinity of the outer conductor so as to further bound the mold cavity.