Clamp system for high speed cable termination
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFarrukh S. Syed, Brent A. Boudreaux, Eric C. Peterson, Richard Schumacher, Martha G. Peterson, J. Michael Andrewartha, Jeffrey Todd Haselby, Kirankumar Chhaganlal Patel
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Abstract
A shielded cable assembly contains a hardpoint that resists damage arising from possible collapse of the shielded cable assembly under strong compressional forces that are exerted by a clamp assembly in the form of a separable block having first and second opposed members. The hardpoint contains a conduit that protects a data transfer line or cable bundle by compressing electromagnetic shielding between the conduit and the clamp assembly.
Claims17
A shielded cable grounding device for use in establishing a grounded connection between a shielded cable and a chassis, comprising:
- an electrically conductive, separable block defining at least one aperture, and including structure for releasable attachment to the chassis;
- the separable block comprising a first generally L-shaped member defining a first portion of the aperture and a second generally L-shaped member defining a second portion of the aperture,
- the first generally L-shaped member and the second generally L-shaped member mated to form the separable block having a greater width dimension than a thickness dimension where the thickness dimension is coextensive with a longitudinal axis of the shielded cable when the shielded cable is clamped within the aperture;
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- the aperture being appropriately sized to compress the shielded cable for establishing the grounded connection through the separable block to the chassis.
A method of installing a shielded cable to establish a grounded connection with a chassis through use of a shielded cable grounding device that includes a separable block having a first generally L-shaped member and a second generally L-shaped member that meet to define an aperture, the method comprising the steps of:
- removing a portion of the shielded cable to create an exposed section of electromagnetic shielding;
- placing the first generally L-shaped member and the second generally L-shaped member around the exposed section of electromagnetic shielding such that the exposed section of electromagnetic shielding passes longitudinally through the aperture with all legs of the first generally L-shaped member and the second generally L-shaped member extending in transverse orientation to the longitudinal axis of the shielded cable;
- assembling the first and second generally L-shaped members together to compress the exposed shielding and establish a grounded connection and form an electromagnetic seal;
- inserting the first generally L-shaped member and the second generally L-shaped member into a mounting plate, and
- securing the separable block against the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.