Cable grounding assembly for telecommunications enclosure
AssigneeCommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
InventorsDirk Kempeneers, William J. Curry, Mark A. Harvell, Philippe Coenegracht, Peterson V. Moreira
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Abstract
Grounding assemblies for cables entering telecommunications enclosures. The grounding assemblies include a cable fixation subassembly and a grounding subassembly that are electrically coupled together to ground strength members and a conductive shield of a cable. The cable fixation subassembly can fixate the cable such that the strength members lie in a plane that is at a non-zero angle relative to each of a horizontal reference plane and a vertical reference plane.
Claims18
A grounding assembly for a cable, the cable having an outer jacket defined by a central axis, at least one optical fiber, a conductive shield coaxial with the central axis, and at least one strength member extending parallel to the central axis and at least partially positioned between the central axis and the outer jacket, the grounding assembly comprising:
- a cable fixation unit for fixing the outer jacket of the cable;
- a strength member grounding unit;
- a first grounding conductor;
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- a second grounding conductor, the cable fixation unit having a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity removably receiving and securing opposing ends of a cable strap, the second cavity removably receiving and securing a mounting portion of the strength member grounding unit, the strength member grounding unit being adapted to receive the at least one strength member, the first grounding conductor being electrically coupled to the conductive shield and a grounding bar and extending therebetween, the second grounding conductor being electrically coupled to the strength member grounding unit and the grounding bar and extending therebetween.
A grounding assembly for a cable, the cable having an outer jacket defined by a central axis, at least one optical fiber, and two strength members, each of the two strength members being positioned between the central axis and the outer jacket and having a longitudinal axis parallel to the central axis of the cable, the longitudinal axes of the two strength members being on opposing sides of the cable, the grounding assembly comprising:
- a cable fixation unit for fixing the outer jacket, the cable fixation unit including a cavity and a bottom surface, the bottom surface defining a first plane;
- a strength member grounding unit, the strength member grounding unit comprising a mounting portion removably received by the cavity and a grounding portion integral with the mounting portion and having at least one receiving area for receiving the strength members, the at least one receiving area defining a second plane that is parallel to the longitudinal axes of the strength members;
- wherein when the mounting portion of the strength member grounding unit is received by the cavity, the first plane and the second plane are oblique to each other.
A strength member grounding unit for a cable grounding assembly, the strength member grounding unit comprising a vertically oriented mounting portion, and a head portion integral with or coupled to the mounting portion, the head portion including a recessed platform at least partially surrounded by a wall, the recessed platform having a surface supporting at least one strength member of a cable, the surface defining a plane that is oblique to a vertical plane defined by the mounting portion, the strength member grounding unit further comprising a cover that is removably secured to the head portion and at least partially nests within the recessed platform.
A grounding assembly for a cable, the cable having an outer jacket defined by a central axis, at least one optical fiber, and at least one strength member extending parallel to the central axis and at least partially positioned between the central axis and the outer jacket, the grounding assembly comprising:
- a cable fixation unit for fixing the outer jacket of the cable;
- a strength member grounding unit;
- a first grounding conductor;
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- a second grounding conductor;
- wherein the cable fixation unit holds the strength member grounding unit;
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- wherein the strength member grounding unit receives the at least one strength member such that the at least one strength member is in electrically conductive contact with the strength member grounding unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.