An automated apparatus for installing a sleeve on a cable includes a split funnel assembly, a cable feeding mechanism, a robot comprising a robot tool mounting flange and a plurality of robot motors, a sleeve gripper mounted to the robot tool mounting flange, a plurality of heaters, and a computer configured to output commands in accordance with a predetermined computer program. The split funnel assembly includes an actuator and a split funnel comprising a pair of funnel halves which are able to open and close in response to activation of the actuator. Each funnel half comprises a cable guide channel and a funnel extension. While the split funnel is in the funnel closed state, the funnel extensions form a seat for the sleeve and the cable guide channels form a repeatable path for the cable to follow through the funnel. The apparatus further includes a cable centering gripper, a cable clamp assembly, a slug puller assembly, and a ground lead management system.

The present invention discloses a flexible cable jumper structure including a cover layer, a first metal layer stacked on the cover layer and having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a first dielectric layer stacked on the first metal layer, a first adhesive layer applied on the first dielectric layer, a second metal layer stacked on the first dielectric layer to which the first adhesive layer is applied and having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a heat resistant layer stacked on the second metal layer, and a terminal layer formed in one region of the heat resistant layer and electrically connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a flexible cable jumper device coupled to one side of the flexible cable jumper structure and including an RF connector including a plug having an electrode electrically connected to the terminal layer, and the flexible cable jumper device of the present invention has heat resistance and low loss characteristics by using a heat resistant material and a low dielectric constant material in a hybrid structure.

The present invention discloses a flexible cable jumper structure including a cover layer, a first metal layer stacked on the cover layer and having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a first dielectric layer stacked on the first metal layer, a first adhesive layer applied on the first dielectric layer, a second metal layer stacked on the first dielectric layer to which the first adhesive layer is applied and having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a heat resistant layer stacked on the second metal layer, and a terminal layer formed in one region of the heat resistant layer and electrically connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a flexible cable jumper device coupled to one side of the flexible cable jumper structure and including an RF connector including a plug having an electrode electrically connected to the terminal layer, and the flexible cable jumper device of the present invention has heat resistance and low loss characteristics by using a heat resistant material and a low dielectric constant material in a hybrid structure.