Stress relief backshell assembly
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorCraig S. Mello
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Abstract
A stress relief backshell assembly made in two halves to allow the backsh to be fastened on either side of a cable. The backshell elements are assembled to an electrical connector, without cable/connector disassembly. The stress relief backshell prevents stress from affecting the connection between the cable elements and the connector and thus causing a gap in the connection. The backshell assembly includes two backshell halves with ring shaped front portions for engaging and gripping the cable end of the connector, ears extending rearward along the cable, and clamp members which clamp to the ears compressing the cable therebetween. This divided backshell assembly thus allows backshells to be easily removed and replaced. Backshell assemblies may be manufactured in both straight and angled configurations.
Claims9
A device for relieving stress in a cable joined to a connector comprising:
- two backshell halves, disposed about said cable, each half having a semicircular front portion with flat bases at the ends of the front portion and at least one ear portion extending rearwardly away from said connector in a direction generally parallel to said cable;
- clamping means, disposed about the rearmost portion of said ears, for clamping said backshell halves to said cable in such a way that said clamped backshell halves form a cylindrical assembly having a longitudinal axis parallel to said cable;
- engagement means, formed integrally with the inside surface of said front portion of said backshell halves, for fixedly attaching said backshell halves to said connector in such a way as to restrain motion in a direction parallel to said cable;
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- fastener means, affixed to said front portion of each of said backshell halves, for fixedly fastening the flat bases of the front portion of said backshell halves together about said connector in such a way as to act in cooperation with said engagement means to restrain parallel and transverse motion of said backshell assembly relative to said connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.