Cable bracket assembly
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsBarry Wayne Allen, Thomas Ross Marmon
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to grounding assemblies for cables entering telecommunications enclosures. The grounding assemblies include a grounding attachment interface, a strength member fixation mount, and first and second cable fixation mounts that are electrically coupled together to ground strength members and a conductive shield of a cable.
Claims7
A method for bonding a fiber optic cable having an interior, a shield surrounding the interior, at least one strength member extending longitudinally adjacent the shield, and a jacket surrounding the shield and the at least one strength member, the fiber optic cable having a portion of the jacket removed to expose the underlying shield and the at least one strength member, the method comprising:
- establishing both an electrical and mechanical connection to an exposed shield portion of the fiber optic cable and a cable bracket assembly;
- grounding the at least one strength member and the shield of the fiber optic cable via a strength member fixation mount and a cable fixation mount of the cable bracket assembly;
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- providing an electrical passage in a longitudinal direction along the cable bracket assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.