Improvements to Electrical Apparatus
AssigneePace Incorporated
InventorColin Fuller
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Abstract
The invention relates is to apparatus and components which can be provided and used in order to improve the manufacture of electrical apparatus which includes one or more connectors for the connection of one or more cables thereto. One type of connector to which the invention is suited is known as an F type connector. The invention allows a connection to be achieved using securing means to secure the connector body to a housing wall and access to be gained to the securing means whilst allowing the securing means to be substantially masked from external view as the securing means are substantially located with a recess portion formed in the wall.
Claims20
A housing for electrical apparatus, said housing including at least one wall with an aperture for the location therein of a cable connector body, said body provided for the receipt thereon of a securing means to allow the connector body to be secured to a portion of the wall of the housing adjacent the aperture and wherein the said portion is provided as a recessed portion of the said wall.
A housing according to any of the preceding claims wherein the housing includes an internal casing and an outer casing and the securing means and connector are located on a wall of the internal casing and in which the said recessed portion is provided.
A housing according to any of the preceding claims wherein there are provided a matching number of apertures and recessed portions in the housing walls to the number of connectors provided.
A cable connector assembly, said assembly including a sheet material with an aperture, a cable connector body passing through the aperture, a securing means received on the body to secure the connector body to a portion of the sheet material adjacent the aperture and wherein the said portion is provided as a recessed portion of the said sheet material and in which the said aperture is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.