Method and system for a connector alignment insert
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorCarl Evans Bonner
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Abstract
A method assembling a cable connector system and an alignment insert are provided. The alignment insert includes a body having a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a thickness extending therebetween. The body includes an outer peripheral surface sized complementarily to an inner surface of a first connector portion and further including one or more slots therethrough and extending from the outer peripheral surface inwardly a first predetermined distance. A first width of each of the one or more slots and the predetermined distance based on an orientation of a connector pin positioned within the first connector portion.
Claims7
A method of assembling a cable connector, said method comprising:
- inserting one or more connector pins through a shell insert of a connector shell;
- sliding a first alignment insert between at least a portion of the one or more connector pins, the alignment insert comprising a body having a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a thickness extending therebetween, the body comprising an outer peripheral surface sized complementarily to an inner surface of the connector shell, the body further comprising one or more slots therethrough and extending from the outer peripheral surface inwardly a first predetermined distance, a first width of each of the one or more slots and the first predetermined distance based on an orientation of the one or more inserted connector pins positioned within the shell insert;
- positioning the first alignment insert between the shell insert and a grommet of the backshell;
- sliding a second alignment insert between a remaining portion of the one or more connector pins;
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- clamping a backshell of the cable connector to a cable having at least one conduit communicatively coupled to a respective one of the one or more connector pins.
A cable connector system comprising:
- a connector shell comprising a shell insert having one or more connector pins extending therethrough;
- a first alignment insert positioned between at least a portion of the one or more connector pins, and between the shell insert and a grommet of the backshell, the alignment insert comprising a body having a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a thickness extending therebetween, the body comprising an outer peripheral surface sized complementarily to an inner surface of the connector shell, the body further comprising one or more slots therethrough and extending from the outer peripheral surface inwardly a first predetermined distance, a first width of each of the one or more slots and the predetermined distance based on an orientation of the one or more inserted connector pins positioned within the shell insert, the body further comprising an aperture through a center of said body;
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- a backshell of the cable connector configured to be coupled to said connector shell and to a cable extending from the one or more connector pins through the backshell, said backshell comprising a clamp configured to restrain movement of the cable with respect to the backshell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.