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Braided fine wire cable is prepared for termination by electrical terminals by a coating of dielectric material such as curable varnish which coats and embeds the myriad of fine wires. The coating upon hardening imparts structural integrity to the otherwise very flexible cable, enabling handling. Th

Braided fine wire cable is prepared for termination by electrical terminals by a coating of dielectric material such as curable varnish which coats and embeds the myriad of fine wires. The coating upon hardening imparts structural integrity to the otherwise very flexible cable, enabling handling. The coating also retains the wire portions many of which may be severed during application of electrical terminals thereto to obtain electrical connection of portions of the terminals with ends or surfaces of many of the wires, thus preventing disintegration of the cable\s termination region when the terminals are applied. The hardened coating also enables the cable region to be shaped and formed to some extent, even including cutting or notching the cable, to adapt the cable region to the structure of the terminals, enabling use of existing terminals used for terminating solid flat conductor cable, for example.

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A method of preparing cable for termination by electrical terminals, where the cable is of the type constituting a plurality of braided arrays of fine conductive wires not coated by or embedded in insulative material, comprising the steps of: selecting a region of the cable to be terminated by termi

A method of preparing cable for termination by electrical terminals, where the cable is of the type constituting a plurality of braided arrays of fine conductive wires not coated by or embedded in insulative material, comprising the steps of: selecting a region of the cable to be terminated by terminal means; and embedding the plurality of wires in said selected region with a dielectric material of the type which flows between at least most of the individual wires prior to solidifying whereafter the plurality of wires are adhered together locally by said dielectric material, whereby said cable region is provided with and thereafter retains substantial structural integrity sufficient to support said terminal means after termination thereby and said wires substantially remain adhered within said region after termination by said terminal means even if wire portions are severed from remaining lengths of at least some of said plurality of wires by application of said terminal means to said cable region.