Method and system of feeding cable through an enclosure while maintaining electrognetic shielding
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorThomas M. Cipolla
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Abstract
An exemplary embodiment disclosed herein relates to a method of feeding cable through a wall. The method includes, cutting an outer jacket of a cable, and pulling the outer jacket away from the cut thereby exposing an electromagnetic interference shielding layer. The method further includes, clamping a conductor around the shielding layer, securing the clamped conductor to a conductive wall, and electrically connecting the clamped conductor to the conductive wall.
Claims17
A method of feeding cable through a wall, comprising:
- cutting an outer jacket of a cable;
- pulling the outer jacket away from the cut thereby exposing an electromagnetic interference shielding layer;
- clamping a conductor around the exposed shielding layer;
- securing the clamped conductor to a conductive wall;
- and
- electrically connecting the clamped conductor to the conductive wall.
A method of electromagnetic interference shielding a cable protruding through a wall of an enclosure, the method comprising:
- circumferentially cutting a jacket radially outward of an electromagnetic interference shielding layer of the cable;
- exposing the shielding layer by sliding the jacket away from the circumferential cut;
- clamping the circumference of the shielding layer with an electrically conductive clamp;
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- electrically attaching the conductive clamp flush with a wall of an enclosure through which the cable is routed.
A system for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding a cable through an enclosure wall, the system comprising:
- at least one cable with an electromagnetic shielding layer exposed by a circumferential cut through an outer jacket thereof;
- at least one layer of conductive tape with conductive adhesive wrapped circumferentially around the exposed shielding layer;
- at least one electrically conductive clamp electrically connected to and clamped around the circumference of the tape wrapped cable;
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- an electrically conductive wall of an enclosure with an opening, the opening being receptive of the cable and the wall being receptive of the at least one conductive clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.