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In the representative embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein, new and improved termination assemblies for multi-conductor electrical cables are manufactured by first molding a unitary fluid barrier around the cable conductors for integrally bonding or fusing this barrier around the co

In the representative embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein, new and improved termination assemblies for multi-conductor electrical cables are manufactured by first molding a unitary fluid barrier around the cable conductors for integrally bonding or fusing this barrier around the conductor insulating sheaths so as to block fluid-leakage paths within the barrier and along the exterior of the conductor sheaths. The forward face of the barrier and the rear face of the contact support member of an electrical connector are also specially prepared so that as a selected thermosetting polymer, such as an unvulcanized elastomer, is subsequently molded to form a body individually surrounding each of the conductors extending ahead of the barrier, the now-vulcanized elastomer will be bonded to both the contact support member and the fluid barrier so to block fluid-leakage paths within the body and ahead of the fluid barrier which might otherwise intercommunicate the interiors of these sheaths.

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A method for terminating an electrical cable having miltiple conductors respectively enclosed within thermoplastic sheaths collectively arranged within a cable covering and with laterally-separated end portions protruding therefrom comprising the steps of: introducing a molten thermoplastic around s

A method for terminating an electrical cable having miltiple conductors respectively enclosed within thermoplastic sheaths collectively arranged within a cable covering and with laterally-separated end portions protruding therefrom comprising the steps of: introducing a molten thermoplastic around said separated end portions for integrally fusing a unitary fluid barrier Around each of said thermoplastic sheaths to block potential leakage paths through said fluid barrier and exterior of said thermoplastic sheaths; arranging electrical terminals respectively on each of said end portions; and thereafter sealingly bonding a moldable polymer body around each of said electrical terminals respectively and to at least those surfaces on the forward face of said fluid barrier respectively encircling each of said end portions passing therethrough for blocking other potential leakage paths within said polymer body which are ahead of said fluid barrier and would otherwise intercommunicate the interiors of two or more of said thermoplastic sheaths.