Tools and Methods for Installing Cover Sleeves on Electrical Connections
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorMahmoud Seraj
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Abstract
A method for installing an elastomeric cover sleeve on an electrical connection including a connector and a cable having a cable axis includes: providing an installation tool including a slide portion; premounting the installation tool on the cable such that the slide portion extends along the cable axis and covers a portion of the cable; thereafter, sliding the cover sleeve onto the cable and onto the slide portion of the premounted installation tool to a parked position wherein the slide portion is interposed between the cover sleeve and the cable; installing the connector onto the cable; and thereafter, sliding the cover sleeve along the cable axis and the slide portion onto the connector.
Claims20
A method for installing an elastomeric cover sleeve on an electrical connection including a connector and a cable having a cable axis, the method comprising:
- providing an installation tool including a slide portion;
- premounting the installation tool on the cable such that the slide portion extends along the cable axis and covers a portion of the cable;
- thereafter
- sliding the cover sleeve onto the cable and onto the slide portion of the premounted installation tool to a parked position wherein the slide portion is interposed between the cover sleeve and the cable;
- installing the connector onto the cable;
- and thereafter
- sliding the cover sleeve along the cable axis and the slide portion onto the connector.
An installation tool for installing an elastomeric cover sleeve on an electrical connection including a connector and a cable having a cable axis, the installation tool comprising:
- a base ring;
- and
- a slide portion extending axially from the base ring;
- wherein the installation tool is configured to be premounted on the cable such that:
- the slide portion extends along the cable axis and covers a portion of the cable;
- the base ring extends about the cable and axially secures the slide portion to the cable;
- and, when the installation tool is so mounted:
- the cover sleeve can be slid onto the cable and onto the slide portion to a parked position wherein the slide portion is interposed between the cover sleeve and the cable;
- and
- the cover sleeve can thereafter be slid along the cable axis and the slide portion onto the connector.
An installation tool for installing an elastomeric cover sleeve on an electrical connection including a connector and a cable having a cable axis, the installation tool comprising:
- a base ring;
- and
- a slide portion including a plurality of elongate strands extending axially from the base ring;
- wherein:
- the base ring is configured to extend around the cable and to axially secure the elongate strands to the cable;
- and
- the elongate strands are configured to slide the cover sleeve over when the installation tool is mounted on the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.