Cable connection unit for a connection box
AssigneeHarting Electronics GmbH
InventorsMarc Genau, Rainer Bussmann
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Abstract
A cable connection unit for a connection box is provided including a cable, which has at least two electrical conductors surrounded by a cable sheath; a cable seal, which radially surrounds the cable sheath; and a cable organizer, in which the at least two electrical conductors are held in a fanned-out arrangement. A matching connection box has at least one receiving region for the cable connection unit, in which the cable seal and the cable organizer can each be placed. A cover of the connection box may then be folded down, whereby the electrical conductors of the cable are pressed into respective insulation displacement contacts of the connection region and thereby electrically contacted.
Claims18
A cable connection unit for a connection box, the cable connection unit comprising:
- a cable having at least two electrical conductors which are surrounded by a cable sheath;
- a cable seal radially enclosing the cable sheath, wherein the cable seal is configured to be received in a cable seal socket of the connection box in a form-fitting manner to assist in providing a sealed environment within the connection box;
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- a cable manager wherein the at least two electrical conductors are held fanned out.
A system, comprising:
- a connection box;
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- a cable connection unit including a cable having at least two electrical conductors which are surrounded by a cable sheath, a cable seal radially enclosing the cable sheath, and a cable manager wherein the at least two electrical conductors are held fanned out,
- wherein the connection box has at least one socket region for the cable connection unit in which the cable seal and the cable manager can each be inserted, and
- wherein the at least one socket region of the connection box includes a cable seal socket, and the cable seal is configured to be received in the cable seal socket of the connection box in a form-fitting manner to assist in providing a sealed environment within the connection box.
A method for connecting a cable connection unit to a connection box, the method comprising:
- inserting a cable seal and a cable manager connected to one end of a cable of the cable connection unit into a connection region of the connection box, including inserting the cable seal of the cable connection unit into a cable seal socket within the connection region of the connection box;
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- folding down a cover of the connection box as a result of which electrical conductors of the cable are each pushed into an insulation displacement contact of the connection region and thereby electrically contacted, and whereby the cable seal of the cable connection unit engages the cable seal socket within the connection region of the connection box in a form-fitting manner to assist in providing a sealed environment within the connection box.
A method for connecting a cable connection unit to a connection box, the method comprising:
- inserting a cable seal and a cable manager connected to one end of a cable of the cable connection unit into a connection region of the connection box, including inserting the cable seal of the cable connection unit into a cable seal socket within the connection region of the connection box such that the cable seal of the cable connection unit at least partially engages the cable seal socket in a form-fitting manner to assist in providing a sealed environment within the connection box;
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- pushing the cable manager down with a test device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.