Coaxial-cable-assembly, ferrule, and method of making the same
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorDuane L. Brantingham
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Abstract
A coaxial-cable-assembly includes a coaxial-cable and a tubular-ferrule. The coaxial-cable includes an outer-jacket and an exposed outer-shield conductor. The tubular-ferrule includes a crimp-zone, a skirt-zone, and a transition-zone therebetween. The tubular-ferrule defines a relief-slot having an open-end, a closed-end, and two parallel-edges that extend from the crimp-zone to the skirt-zone. The crimp-zone is brought into forcible contact with the exposed outer-shield conductor by drawing the two parallel-edges into close proximity, such that a crimp-zone-diameter is reduced to less than a skirt-zone-diameter. As a result, the closed-end of the relief-slot forms an aperture in a junction of the transition-zone and the skirt-zone.
Claims19
A coaxial-cable-assembly comprising:
- a coaxial-cable having an outer-jacket and an exposed outer-shield conductor;
- a tubular-ferrule having a crimp-zone, a seamless skirt-zone, and a transition-zone therebetween, said tubular-ferrule defining a relief-slot having an open-end, a closed-end, and two parallel-edges that extend from the crimp-zone to the seamless skirt-zone, wherein the crimp-zone is brought into forcible contact with the exposed outer-shield conductor by drawing a portion of the two parallel-edges into close proximity such that a crimp-zone-diameter is reduced to less than a skirt-zone-diameter, and wherein the closed-end of the relief-slot forms an aperture in a junction of the transition-zone and the seamless skirt-zone, wherein the seamless skirt-zone overlaps the outer-jacket, and wherein the seamless skirt-zone is not crimped.
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A tubular-ferrule configured to be attached to a coaxial-cable, said coaxial-cable having an outer-jacket and an exposed outer-shield conductor, comprising:
- a crimp-zone;
- a seamless skirt-zone;
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- a transition-zone therebetween, said tubular-ferrule defining a relief-slot having an open-end, a closed-end, and two parallel-edges that extend from the crimp-zone to the seamless skirt-zone, wherein the tubular-ferrule is configured so that the crimp-zone is brought into forcible contact with the exposed outer-shield conductor of said coaxial-cable by drawing a portion of the two parallel-edges into close proximity such that a crimp-zone-diameter is reduced to less than a skirt-zone-diameter, thereby causing the closed-end of the relief-slot to form an aperture in a junction of the transition-zone and the seamless skirt-zone, wherein the seamless skirt-zone is configured to overlap the outer-jacket of the coaxial-cable, and wherein the seamless skirt-zone is not crimped.
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A method of forming a coaxial-cable assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing a coaxial-cable;
- providing a tubular-ferrule having a crimp-zone, a seamless skirt-zone, and a transition-zone therebetween, wherein said tubular-ferrule includes a relief-slot having an open-end, a closed-end, and two parallel-edges that extend from the crimp-zone to the seamless skirt-zone;
- removing a portion of an outer-jacket of the coaxial-cable to expose an outer-shield conductor;
- placing the tubular-ferrule over the coaxial-cable such that the crimp-zone envelops an exposed outer-shield conductor and the seamless skirt-zone envelops the outer-jacket attached to the coaxial-cable;
- drawing a portion of the two parallel-edges into close proximity such that a crimp-zone-diameter is reduced to less than a skirt-zone-diameter, said crimp-zone forcibly contacting the exposed outer-shield conductor, wherein the seamless skirt-zone is not crimped;
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- forming the closed-end into an aperture in a junction of the transition-zone and the seamless skirt-zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.