Pinch Sleeve Assembly With Locking Feature
AssigneeTE Connectivity Nederland BV
InventorFreddy Jean Philip Dendas
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Abstract
A pinch sleeve for pinching an electric cable in an electric connector includes a plurality of pinch fingers that extend in an axial direction from a base to a free end and a ring member connecting the bases of the pinch fingers in a circumferential direction extending around the axial direction. The pinch fingers are arranged in the circumferential direction and surround an interior volume that receives the electric cable. The interior volume penetrates the pinch sleeve in the axial direction. The ring member has a plurality of coupling teeth that protrude from the ring member for rotational engagement.
Claims20
A pinch sleeve for pinching an electric cable in an electric connector, comprising:
- a plurality of pinch fingers that extend in an axial direction from a base to a free end, the pinch fingers are arranged in a circumferential direction extending around the axial direction, the pinch fingers surround an interior volume that receives the electric cable, the interior volume penetrates the pinch sleeve in the axial direction;
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- a ring member connecting the bases of the pinch fingers in the circumferential direction, the ring member has a plurality of coupling teeth that protrude from the ring member for rotational engagement.
An assembly, comprising:
- a pinch sleeve including a plurality of pinch fingers that extend in an axial direction from a base to a free end and a ring member connecting the bases of the pinch fingers in a circumferential direction extending around the axial direction, the pinch fingers are arranged in the circumferential direction, the pinch fingers surround an interior volume that receives the electric cable, the interior volume penetrates the pinch sleeve in the axial direction, the ring member has a plurality of coupling teeth that protrude from the ring member for rotational engagement.
An electric connector, comprising:
- a pinch sleeve including a plurality of pinch fingers that extend in an axial direction from a base to a free end and a ring member connecting the bases of the pinch fingers in a circumferential direction extending around the axial direction, the pinch fingers are arranged in the circumferential direction, the pinch fingers surround an interior volume that receives the electric cable, the interior volume penetrates the pinch sleeve in the axial direction, the ring member has a plurality of coupling teeth that protrude from the ring member for rotational engagement;
- a housing element of an electric connector having a plurality of complementary coupling teeth engaging the coupling teeth of the pinch sleeve;
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- a tightening device having a driver extending between a pair of neighboring pinch fingers of the plurality of pinch fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.