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US 2006/0133201 A1Published application
Universal seismic cable connector
AssigneeGeo-X Systems, Ltd.
InventorsDonald Chamberlain, Randall Cameron
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AssigneeGeo-X Systems, Ltd.
InventorsDonald Chamberlain, Randall Cameron
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A hermaphroditic connector for a multiple conduit cable assembly comprises a cylindrical protective collar surrounding an inner cylindrical core. The collar is axially secured to the inner core but partially rotatable about the core. The distal end of the collar is formed to rotatively mesh with another collar of the same shape to mechanically secure a joint of two collars. Cable conduits enter the assembly through one axial end for electrical junction to terminals imbedded within the inner core. The terminals are functionally aligned with one of four parallel chord sections on the distal end-face of the inner core. The cross-sectional area of the inner core end-face is divided into two half-area sections; two parallel chord sections in each half-area section. The distal end-faces of the several chord sections are profiled to three, axially spaced, cross-sectional planes to axially mesh respective connector pins and sockets.
A hermaphroditic electric cable connector for a multiplicity of electric conduits, each conduit being electrically insulated from others in a cable consolidated assembly, said connector having a substantially cylindrical configuration about an axis of revolution and comprising an outer annulus that is at least partially rotatable about a substantially cylindrical core and substantially fixed axially relative to said core;
An electric cable connector for substantially simultaneously connecting a consolidated plurality of electrically isolated terminals to a corresponding consolidated plurality of electrically isolated terminals, said connector having an outer collar that is at least partially rotatable about an inner core and substantially fixed relative to a length of said core, said core length having a cable receipt end and a connector interface end, a transverse profile of said interface end comprising first and second half-area sections, a first chord section of said first half-area section contiguously aligned with a second chord section of said second half-area section, a distal end-face of the first chord section disposed in a first transverse plane displaced from a second transverse plane respective to a distal end-face of said second chord section, a third chord section respective to each of said half-area sections having a distal end-face disposed in a third transverse plane substantially midway between and parallel with said first and second transverse planes.
A data transmission cable assembly comprising a plurality of data conductors having distal ends terminating in a connector, said connector having an outer collar that is at least partially rotatable about an inner core and substantially fixed relative to a length of said core, said core length having a data conductor receipt end and a connector interface end, a transverse profile of said interface end comprising first and second half-area sections, a first chord section of said first half-area section contiguously aligned with a second chord section of said second half-area section, a distal end-face of the first chord section disposed in a first transverse plane displaced from a second transverse plane respective to a distal end-face of said second chord section, a third chord section respective to each of said half-area sections having a distal end-face disposed in a third transverse plane substantially midway between and parallel with said first and second transverse planes.
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