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US 5,183,417 AGranted
Cable backshell
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorWilliam G. Bools
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrical cable assembly comprising a cable termination piece adapted to engage a backshell nut. The cable outer shield is terminated at the termination piece. The backshell assembly comprises an outer backshell cable shield connected between two backshell nuts such that the backshell may be disengaged from the connector and, or the cable termination piece to access the signal wires in the cable.
Claims2
An electrical cable assembly comprising:
- a first cable termination piece including a threaded portion;
- a first backshell nut including a threaded portion adapted to mate with said threaded portion of said first cable termination piece;
- a second backshell nut including a threaded portion adapted to mate with a threaded portion of a connector;
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- a backshell cable shield;
- a first backshell cable termination attached to said first backshell nut and freely rotatable with respect thereto, a first end of said backshell cable shield being affixed to said cable termination;
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- a second backshell cable termination attached to said second backshell nut and freely rotatable with respect thereto, a second end of said backshell cable shield being affixed to said cable termination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.