A method for processing a cable includes a drawing-out step and a placement step. In the drawing-out step, a loop of the cable is drawn out over a guide body arranged on a loop placement surface. The loop is drawn out to a specified length using a driven dog. In the placement step, the loop is placed onto the loop placement surface by the dog. In the process, the loop is placed over the guide body.

A method of assembling a connector for automotive applications, comprising the steps of: providing a cable having at least one inner conductor; connecting an elongated inner signal contact of the connector to a stripped end of the at least one inner conductor; surrounding the elongated inner signal contact by an insulating element; placing a first shielding part of the connector around a first portion of the insulating element from a first radial direction; placing a second shielding part of the connector around a second portion of the insulating element from a second radial direction generally opposite to the first radial direction; and joining the first and second shielding parts to form a shielding contact of the connector surrounding the insulating element.

A method of assembling a connector for automotive applications, comprising the steps of: providing a cable having at least one inner conductor; connecting an elongated inner signal contact of the connector to a stripped end of the at least one inner conductor; surrounding the elongated inner signal contact by an insulating element; placing a first shielding part of the connector around a first portion of the insulating element from a first radial direction; placing a second shielding part of the connector around a second portion of the insulating element from a second radial direction generally opposite to the first radial direction; and joining the first and second shielding parts to form a shielding contact of the connector surrounding the insulating element.

An electromagnetic crimp terminal includes an electric wire and a terminal plate. The electric wire includes a conductor portion, an insulation portion which covers the conductor portion, and an exposed portion which is a part of the conductor portion exposed from the insulation portion. The terminal plate includes a crimped portion. The crimped portion is crimped onto the exposed portion. The crimped portion includes a first side edge and a second side edge. A vicinity of the first side edge and a vicinity of the second side edge overlap each other.

An electric-wire-equipped terminal and the method of manufacturing the wire-equipped terminal includes an electric wire having a conductor including a plurality of strands and an insulation coating covering the conductor, and a terminal connecting the electric wire. The terminal has an insulation-coating crimping section crimping the insulation coating; a conductor crimp section crimping the conductor exposed to the outside by removing the insulation coating; and an intermediate crimp section disposed between the insulation-coating crimp section and the conductor crimp section, crimping over the conductor exposed and the insulation coating, and being in a state where there is no gap for water to enter inside the electric wire.

An electric-wire-equipped terminal and the method of manufacturing the wire-equipped terminal includes an electric wire having a conductor including a plurality of strands and an insulation coating covering the conductor, and a terminal connecting the electric wire. The terminal has an insulation-coating crimping section crimping the insulation coating; a conductor crimp section crimping the conductor exposed to the outside by removing the insulation coating; and an intermediate crimp section disposed between the insulation-coating crimp section and the conductor crimp section, crimping over the conductor exposed and the insulation coating, and being in a state where there is no gap for water to enter inside the electric wire.

An inspection device for inspecting a cable end of a cable, with and without a connected crimp contact, includes a mirror arrangement having a central axis along which the cable end can be arranged for inspection. The mirror arrangement includes a plurality of mirrors arranged at a predetermined angle to one another and at a predetermined angle to the central axis, each mirror viewing the cable end from a different angle. The inspection device includes a camera for generating images of the cable end from the different viewing angles of the mirrors. A transparent disk is arranged between the camera and the mirror arrangement to prevent dirt and/or dust from moving from the mirror arrangement to the camera. A compressed air cleaning device cleans the disk and/or the mirrors with compressed air ejected along the disk and/or along at least a part of the mirrors.

A method is disclosed for producing a PTC heating element comprising a PTC element and contact plates which are contacted to face side surfaces of the PTC element in an electrically conductive manner such that the PTC element is, at its face side surfaces, reliably electrically contacted to contact surfaces. The contact plates are connected to one another by way of electrically insulatable bridge elements while leaving a seat free for the PTC element. The method includes deforming the contact plates to shape or form a contact projection abutting against one of the face side surfaces.

An electric contact terminal configured to be forcibly inserted into an accommodation recess formed in a surface of an electrically conductive object and thus be reliably mounted on the electrically conductive object. The electric contact terminal includes: a metal body having a flat surface on at least an upper side thereof; and at least two projections protruding from a lateral side of the body, wherein the projections are sized such that the projections are placed on an edge of the accommodation recess.

An electric contact terminal configured to be forcibly inserted into an accommodation recess formed in a surface of an electrically conductive object and thus be reliably mounted on the electrically conductive object. The electric contact terminal includes: a metal body having a flat surface on at least an upper side thereof; and at least two projections protruding from a lateral side of the body, wherein the projections are sized such that the projections are placed on an edge of the accommodation recess.