Connector for a cable and kit for assembling the same
AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorAlbertus Van Zanten
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a connector for a cable containing one or more conductors within a common shielding, which connector comprises a housing that comprises two or more constituent parts, a shielding and a passage for the cable and that accommodates at least one terminal block with terminals connected to the conductors in the cable. The shielding of the cable is placed over a rigid bush and is pressed against the bush by means a resilient ring washer that is placed over the shielding and that is compressed by the constituent parts of the housing.
Claims10
Connector for a cable containing one or more conductors within a common shielding, which connector comprises a housing that comprises two or more constituent parts, a shielding and a passage for the cable and that accommodates at least one terminal block with terminals connected to the conductors in the cable, characterised in that the shielding of the cable is placed over a rigid bush and that the shielding is pressed against the bush by means a resilient ring washer that is placed over the shielding and that is compressed by the constituent parts of the housing.
Connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the bush is provided with a groove around its circumference, which groove is positioned under the ring washer.
Connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the bush comprises a rim that has an outer diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the passage for the cable.
Connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the shielding of the cable comprises or consists of an electrically conductive braid.
Kit for assembling a connector for a cable containing one or more conductors within a common shielding according to any one of the preceding claims, at least comprising a housing that comprises two or more constituent parts and that is provided with a passage for a cable, a rigid bush, and a ring washer for clamping the shielding of the cable against the bush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.