Panel mount ground termination apparatus

Apparatus mounting a cable to a panel and for simultaneously terminating an outer conductor of said cable, comprising:

• a housing having an aperture extending axially therethrough for receiving said cable;
• means for mounting said housing to said panel with said housing aperture aligned with an aperture in said panel;
• a cable extending through said housing aperture and said panel aperture, said cable having an outer conductor to be terminated;
• an annular termination member positioned within said housing aperture and surrounding said cable, said termination member including an outer surface and having a plurality of pairs of electrically conductive prongs extending substantially inwardly toward said cable;
• an annular compression member having an internal, tapered, compression surface;
• said termination member includes curved surface portions engaged by the outer surface of said cable and by said compression surface for deforming said termination member for causing the prongs of each prong pair to turn toward one another to retain said outer conductor therebetween.

Apparatus for mounting a cable to a panel and for simultaneously terminating an outer conductor of said cable, comprising;

• a housing having an aperture extending axially therethrough for receiving said cable;
• means for mounting said housing to said panel with said housing aperture aligned with an aperture in said panel;
• a cable extending through said housing aperture and said panel aperture, said cable having an outer conductor to be terminated;
• an annular termination member positioned within said housing aperture and surrounding said cable, said termination member including an outer surface and having a plurality of electrically conductive prongs extending substantially inwardly toward said cable;
• an annular compression member having an internal, tapered, compression surface;
• a closure member threadably attached to said housing and provided for closing said housing, said closure member including a drive surface for urging said compression member into said housing aperture between the outer surface for said termination member and the sidewall of said housing aperture when said closure member is attached to said housing, said tapered compression surface engaging the outer surface of said termination member as it is urged into said housing aperture to compress said termination member inwardly to drive said plurality of prongs into said cable and into electrical contact with said outer conductor for terminating said outer conductor;
• and further including means for preventing rotation of said compression member as said closure member is threaded onto said housing and said compression member is urged into said housing aperture.