Partly pre-assembled cable joint
AssigneeTyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
InventorThilo Simonsohn
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Abstract
A cable joint includes a cable joint body, a conductive connector disposed within the cable joint body and electrically connecting a first cable to a second cable, and a first conductive element electrically connecting a first shielding layer of the first cable to a second shielding layer of the second cable. The cable joint body includes a first insulating sleeve and a re-jacketing sleeve at least partly encompassing the first insulating sleeve. The re-jacketing sleeve forms a channel along a longitudinal axis of the first insulating sleeve. The first conductive element is disposed within the channel. The channel is collapsed after heat shrinking the first insulating sleeve and the re-jacketing sleeve.
Claims13
A cable joint, comprising:
- a cable joint body including a first insulating sleeve and a re-jacketing sleeve at least partly encompassing the first insulating sleeve, the re-jacketing sleeve forms a channel along a longitudinal axis of the first insulating sleeve, the channel is collapsed after heat shrinking the first insulating sleeve and the re-jacketing sleeve;
- a conductive connector disposed within the cable joint body and electrically connecting a first cable to a second cable;
- a first conductive element disposed within the channel and electrically connecting a first shielding layer of the first cable to a second shielding layer of the second cable;
- a second conductive element surrounding the first shielding layer;
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- a third conductive element electrically connecting the first conductive element and the second conductive element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.