Cable gland with compression limiting assembly

A cable gland comprising:

• a body configured to receive at least a portion of a cable;
• a grounding mechanism disposed at least partially in the body;
• a gland nut configured to receive at least a portion of the cable and removably couple to the body;
• a compressible bushing disposed in the gland nut;
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• a stacked wave spring disposed in the gland nut between the compressible bushing and the grounding mechanism, wherein upon coupling of the gland nut to the body, the stacked wave spring is configured to limit compression of the compressible bushing;
• wherein an interior wall of the gland nut defines a first portion having threads and a second portion being free of threads, the spring being disposed entirely in the second portion of the gland nut, and wherein the second portion includes a first diameter section and a second diameter section, the second diameter section having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the first diameter section, at least a portion of the spring being disposed in the second diameter section.

A cable gland comprising:

• a gland nut defining a longitudinal axis, the gland nut comprising an interior wall defining a gland nut opening;
• a bushing disposed within the gland nut, wherein the bushing is compressible and defines a bushing opening configured to receive a cable therein;
• a body defining a body opening configured to receive at least a portion of the cable therein, the body configured to couple to the gland nut, wherein upon coupling of the gland nut to the body, the gland nut moves along the longitudinal axis compressing the bushing around the cable;
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• a compression limiting assembly disposed at least partially within the gland nut and configured to maintain a constant contact pressure between the cable gland and the cable, the compression limiting assembly comprising a compression limiter moveably disposed at least partially within the gland nut, and a spring disposed between the compression limiter and the bushing;
• wherein the interior wall of the gland nut defines a first portion having threads and a second portion being free of threads, the spring being disposed entirely in the second portion of the gland nut, and wherein the second portion includes a first diameter section and a second diameter section, the second diameter section having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the first diameter section, at least a portion of the spring being disposed in the second diameter section.