Methods and arrangements to attenuate an electrostatic charge on a cable prior to coupling the cable with an electronic system

An electronic system to attenuate electrostatic discharges from a cable having one or more conductors, the system comprising:

• an enclosure comprising circuitry and a grounding structure;
• a discharge element to couple at least one conductor of the cable with the grounding structure;
• and
• a first connector coupled with the enclosure to couple with a second connector of the cable to interconnect the electronic system with the cable, wherein the first connector comprises:
• a mounting coupled with the discharge element to position the discharge element to couple with the at least one conductor of the cable to reduce an electrostatic charge on the at least one conductor of the cable prior to coupling the at least one conductor of the cable with the circuitry and;
• an isolator coupled with the discharge element to move to couple the at least one conductor of the cable with the circuitry.

An apparatus to attenuate electrostatic discharges from a cable having more than one conductors to an electronic system, the apparatus comprising:

• discharge elements;
• and
• a first connector of the cable to couple with a second connector of the electronic system to interconnect the electronic system with the cable, wherein the first connector comprises:
• a mounting coupled with the discharge elements to position the discharge elements to couple with two or more of the conductors of the cable to reduce an electrostatic charge on at least one of the two or more of the conductors of the cable prior to coupling the two or more of the conductors of the cable with conductors of the electronic system and subsequently to couple the two or more of the conductors of the cable with the conductors of the electronic system;
• and
• an isolator coupled with the discharge elements to move to disconnect the discharge elements from each other to disconnect the discharge elements from a ground of the first connector.