Split backshell for wire bundles

A backshell for a wire bundle, the backshell comprising:

• a first shell member having a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a first channel extending between the first end and the second end;
• a second shell member having a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a second channel extending between the first end and the second end, the second shell member being configured to interface with the first shell member at a parting line so that, when interfaced,
• the first end of the first shell member is adjacent the first end of the second shell member and defines a backshell first end,
• the second end of the first shell member is adjacent the second end of the second shell member and defines a backshell second end, where the parting line extends between the backshell first end and the backshell second end, and
• the first channel of the first shell member and the second channel of the second shell member form a wire bundle passage extending between the backshell first end and the backshell second end;
• a coupling ring configured to engage both the first shell member and the second shell member at the backshell first end to couple the first shell member to the second shell member;
• and
• at least one clamp member configured to engage both of the first shell member and the second shell member at the backshell second end to couple the first shell member to the second shell member;
• wherein one or more of the coupling ring and the at least one clamp member maintains the first shell member and the second shell member in a predetermined relationship relative to each other to prevent backshell first end removal from the coupling ring, and
• wherein the first shell member interfaced with the second shell member forms an interference fit within an interior of the coupling ring, such that an outer diameter of the backshell first end within the interior of the coupling ring is larger than an inner diameter of the coupling ring through which the first shell member and the second shell member extend.

A method of using a backshell, the method comprising:

• angling a first shell member relative to a second shell member, where
• the first shell member has a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a first channel extending between the first end and the second end,
• the second shell member has a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a second channel extending between the first end and the second end, the second shell member being configured to interface with the first shell member at a parting line so that, when interfaced, the first end of the first shell member is adjacent the first end of the second shell member and defines a backshell first end, the second end of the first shell member is adjacent the second end of the second shell member and defines a backshell second end, where the parting line extends between the backshell first end and the backshell second end, and the first channel of the first shell member and the second channel of the second shell member form a wire bundle passage extending between the backshell first end and the backshell second end;
• inserting, with the first shell member and the second shell member angled relative to each other, the backshell first end through an aperture in a coupling ring;
• interfacing the first shell member and the second shell member at the parting line to form the wire bundle passage such that the coupling ring engages both the first shell member and the second shell member at the backshell first end to couple the first shell member to the second shell member;
• and
• coupling at least one clamp member to both of the first shell member and the second shell member at the backshell second end to couple the first shell member to the second shell member,
• wherein one or more of the coupling ring and the at least one clamp member maintains the first shell member and the second shell member in a predetermined relationship relative to each other to prevent backshell first end removal from the coupling ring.