A cable connection structure includes a cable, a sheet-like wiring member, and a cable junction connector. The cable junction connector includes a first fitting and a second fitting. A connection portion of the first fitting and a connection portion of the second fitting interlock with each other in a state in which a part of a conductor formed on the sheet-like wiring member is sandwiched between a plate portion of the first fitting and a plate portion of the second fitting. The first fitting has an insulation-displacement contact which includes an open-ended slot. The cable is forced into the open-ended slot. A direction in which the cable is forced into the open-ended slot is perpendicular to a direction in which the cable extends and is parallel to a direction in which the part of the conductor is sandwiched between the plate portion of the first fitting and the plate portion of the second fitting.

[Problem] To provide a connector with improved reliability of electrical connection between a cable and a mating connector. [Resolution Means] A plurality of electrical contact terminals is provided on one side in a length direction and is provided with a first contact portion that is inserted into a support member and can contact a cable supported by this support member and a second contact portion that is provided on another side in the length direction and can contact terminal portions of a mating connector. A base member is provided with a bulkhead portion formed between a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion and a protruding wall portion protruding to the other side in the length direction from the bulkhead portion toward the second receiving portion. A plurality of channel portions that penetrates in the length direction and can receive the terminal portions of the mating connector is formed in the protruding wall portion and the bulkhead portion, the plurality of channel portions is formed so as to be separated from each other in a width direction orthogonal to the length direction, and the second contact portion of the plurality of electrical contact terminals is housed in the plurality of channel portions.

A connecting method includes: arranging the connection terminal such that a rear surface of a base portion in a flat plate shape of the connection terminal comes into contact with a front surface of the flexible substrate; with a rising portion of the connection terminal extending from the rear surface side of the base portion toward the base portion and a tip end bending portion of the connection terminal extending from a tip end of the rising portion in a direction inclined with respect to the rising portion, displacing the rising portion toward the base portion so that the tip end bending portion protrudes from a front surface of the base portion; and holding a part of the flexible substrate between a pressing portion formed at the rising portion and a pressed portion formed at the base portion, whereby the conductive portion of the flexible substrate is electrically connected to at least one of the pressing portion and the pressed portion.

A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and the first and second sidewalls define an opening configured to receive the conductor therein. The first sidewall includes a first section attached to the base and a second section attached to the first section on an end opposite the base. In a crimped state of the terminal, the first sidewall rotated into the opening such that the first section at least partially surrounds the second section, and the second sidewall is rotated in a direction opposite the first section such that the first section at least partially surrounds the second section, for crimping the conductor within the opening and against the protrusion.

A plug connector for flexible conductor films having film-insulated conductors, having a plug connector housing, in which at least one plug contact element is arranged, and having a coupling region, in which blades electrically conductively connected to the at least one plug contact element penetrate and fix at least one film-insulating conductor by producing an electrical contact, wherein the plug connector housing comprises two housing parts that can be fitted together, whose first housing part supports the blades and the at least one plug contact element electrically conductively connected to them, and whose second housing part receives and supports the flexible conductor film and has the at least one blade receiver adjusted to the blades, whose boundary surfaces are formed in such a way that at least one part of the blades is bent when fitting the two housing parts together in the direction of the film-insulated conductor, wherein at least one part of the blades is formed flexibly.

A flat flexible cable (FFC) is configured to facilitate high-speed communications, such as USB Superspeed 3.0 signals, between processors. The FFC includes at least two differential signal pairs arranged directly adjacent to one another on opposite sides of an isolation gap consisting of non-conductive material. The size of the isolation gap may be tailored in proportion to the frequency of signals supported by the FFC.

A housing assembly for a plier-operated insulation-displacement connector includes a first housing section and a second housing section. The first housing section and the second housing section are movable with respect to one another. Each of the first housing section and the second housing section has a top surface grippable by a jaw of a plier. The top surface of the first housing section has a concave area in a first direction. The top surface of the second housing section at least one of: has a concave area in the first direction, and is slidably arranged along the first direction with respect to the top surface of the first housing section.

A connector for receiving a ribbon cable is provided. The connector includes a housing including an open top and a guide wall including a track and a cable organizer configured to be positioned within an interior of the housing and the open top and to receive the ribbon cable along a surface thereof. The connector also includes a cover configured to selectively cover the open top of the housing to enclose the cable organizer within the interior of the housing. The cover includes a rib configured to slide along the track so that the cover moves relative to the housing along a linear trajectory.

A method of manufacturing a wiring harness assembly includes the steps of forming a plurality of electrically conductive wires encased within a substrate formed of a dielectric material, forming an opening in the substrate located and sized such that a section of the plurality of electrically conductive wires is exposed within the opening, disposing a support segment within the opening, securing a connector segment including a plurality of terminals to the support segment, and placing the plurality of terminals in mechanical and electrical contact with the plurality of electrically conductive wires.

A wiring harness assembly includes a plurality of electrically conductive wires encased within a substrate formed of a dielectric material, a location feature integrally formed with the substrate, and an opening defined in the substrate located within a predetermined tolerance relative to the location feature. A section of the plurality of electrically conductive wires is exposed within the opening.