US 5,015,805 AGranted

Kellems grip construction for cable connector and method of using same

AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

InventorsDennis M. Beckloff, David L. Culberston

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Abstract

In providing a coaxial cable having reinforcing strands with a Kellems grip onnector, a length of the outer sheath is initially removed to expose the core, reinforcing strands and metallic braid. The exposed strands are formed into a multiplicity of bundles which are initially folded away from the end of the cable, and a metallic washer is placed over the exposed core and conductively bonded to the metallic braid. A Kellems grip connector having a connector element and a cylindrical mesh compression sleeve is inserted onto the core, and the sleeve extends over the washer and the strands. The washer is conductively connected to the connector of the Kellems grip connector which is spaced closely thereto. The bundles of strands are pulled outwardly through peripherally spaced openings in the mesh sleeve and looped about the intersections of the wires of the sleeve adjacent the connector. The bundles are then fed axially under the mesh sleeve towards the other end thereof and again looped around a peripherally spaced intersection of the wires of the mesh sleeve to firmly engage the reinforcing strands with the mesh sleeve. Thereafter, an insulating covering of resin is molded about the end of the cable so as to provide protective outer sheath to the connector itself.

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Dependent claims

In the method of assembling a grip connector onto a coaxial cable, the steps comprising:

selecting a coaxial cable having a conductive core, a dielectric coating thereover, a metallic braid thereabout, synthetic resin reinforcing strands outwardly of said braid, and an outer sheath;
removing a length of the outer sheath from an end portion of said cable to be provided with the connector, to expose said metallic braid and said reinforcing strands;
forming said exposed strands into a multiplicity of bundles spaced about the periphery of said metallic braid and folding said bundles upon themselves to extend away from said end of said cable;
placing a metallic washer over said exposed metallic braid and conductively bonding said metallic braid thereto;
sliding over said cable end a grip connector having a connector element at its outer end and a cylindrical mesh compression sleeve formed by interlaced wires, said mesh sleeve extending over said washer and said bundles of strands;
feeding said bundles of reinforcing strands outwardly through peripherally spaced openings in said mesh sleeve adjacent said connector element;
looping each one of said bundles about a peripherally spaced intersection of the wires of said mesh sleeve and feeding each axially under said mesh sleeve towards the end thereof spaced from said connector element;
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looping each one of said bundles about a peripherally spaced wire of said mesh sleeve adjacent said spaced end thereof, whereby said bundles of reinforcing strands are firmly interengaged with said mesh sleeve of said grip connector.

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