Cable Assembly With Protector, and Accompanying Method
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsIrving Albert Gibbs, Paul Mulligan, Richard B. Ravenell, Thomas A. Farr
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Abstract
An improved cable assembly includes at least a first elongated signal-carrying cable and a protector that comprises an elongated covering apparatus that is connected with the signal-carrying cable. The covering apparatus comprises a resilient portion having a number of corrugations. The signal-carrying cable is received within the covering apparatus, and the resilient portion is moved from a free state to a collapsed state. The signal-carrying cable and the covering apparatus are received at least partially in an uncured quantity of potting compound, and the compound is then permitted to cure.
Claims13
A cable assembly structured to be situated at least partially within a quantity of potting compound, the cable assembly comprising:
- at least a first elongated signal-carrying cable;
- and
- a protector comprising an elongated covering apparatus that is connected with the at least first signal-carrying cable, the covering apparatus comprising a resilient portion having a number of corrugations, at least a portion of the at least first signal-carrying cable being disposed within the covering apparatus.
A protector structured to receive therein at least a portion of at least a first elongated signal-carrying cable and to be situated at least partially within a quantity of potting compound, the protector comprising an elongated covering apparatus that comprises a resilient portion having a number of corrugations, the covering apparatus being structured to be connected with the at least first signal-carrying cable.
A method of disposing at least a first elongated signal-carrying cable within a quantity of potting compound, the method comprising:
- receiving at least a portion of the at least first signal-carrying cable within a protector that comprises an elongated covering apparatus to connect together the covering apparatus and the at least first signal-carrying cable, the covering apparatus comprising a resilient portion having a number of corrugations;
- moving the resilient portion from a free state to a collapsed state;
- situating at least a portion of the at least first signal-carrying cable and at least a portion of the covering apparatus in an uncured quantity of potting compound;
- and
- curing the uncured quantity of potting compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.