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US 4,382,653 AGranted
Connector
AssigneeAvco Corporation
InventorLinden O. Blanchard
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for grounding the individual wire shields of plural conductors in a cable when making electrical interconnections is described. A metallic disc is provided with ferrules to which the wire shields are affixed. The conductors are passed through the ferrules and interconnections made. The disc is then secured about its periphery to a backshell structure and then grounded.
Claims7
Connector apparatus comprising:
- (a) at least one insulated electrical conductor, having a braided wire shield disposed along the length of the insulated conductor;
- (b) a planar electrically conductive member, having at least one hole disposed on the planar surface of said member;
- (c) a first tubular electrically conductive element adapted to be mechanically held in said hole in low-ohmic contact with said planar member, the inner diameter of said first element being large enough to enable the insulated conductor to pass through;
- (d) connecting means for electrically connecting the braided wire shield directly to the first element and thereby directly on said planar conductive member;
- (e) a support member disposed coaxial around the planar conductive member;
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- (f) fastener means for rigidly affixing the periphery of said conductive member in low-ohmic contact with the support member.
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The method of grounding the wire shields on insulated conductors to a connector having a connector insert positioned in the body of the connector comprising the steps of:
- (a) stripping the wire shield to an appropriate length and exposing the conductor wires;
- (b) passing an electrically conductive tubular member over the wire shield;
- (c) inserting the conductors through first ferrules mounted directly on a planar disk;
- (d) placing the wire shield around one end of the ferrules;
- (e) affixing the tubular member over the wire shield on the ferrule whereby the wire shield is held in direct low-ohmic contact against the ferrule and said planar disk;
- (f) affixing said conductor to the connector insert;
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- (g) placing said planar disk over the connector insert so that the planar disk is in low-ohmic and shielding contact with said body of the connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.