Power cable adaptor

• US 10,535,964 B1
• Filed: 03/05/2019
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amphenol Fiber Optic Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Amphenol Fiber Optic Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Yan, Jun-Bei, Mo, Xing-Fu, Nguyen, Anh
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Harshad C
• Application Number:
  US16/292,397
• Time in Patent Office: 315 Days
• Field of Search: 439365, 439638
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/424 Securing in base or case composed of a plurality of insulating parts having at least one resilient insulating part
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/622 Screw-ring or screw-casing H01R13/623 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/06 Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/36 Conductive members located under tip of screw
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 15/013 Sealing means for cable inlets inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 15/04 Cable-end sealings
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 15/115 Boxes split perpendicularly to main cable direction
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0675 with bolts operating in a direction parallel to the conductors

Abstract

A power cable adaptor includes a casing that has a receiving space, a retaining sleeve disposed in the casing and conductive members disposed within the retaining sleeve. The conductive members respectively define conductive channels. A cap is detachably connected to the casing and covers the receiving space. A wire dispenser is detachably received in the receiving space. The cap has an opening communicating with the conductive channels through the receiving space. The wire dispenser has wire passages communicating with the conductive channels and the opening of the cap.

Claims

1. A power cable adaptor, comprising:

a first connection unit including a casing that has two opposite open ends and at least one receiving space proximal to one of said open ends, a retaining sleeve disposed within said casing distally from both of said open ends, and a plurality of conductive members disposed within said retaining sleeve, said conductive members respectively defining a plurality of conductive channels; and

a second connection unit including at least one cap that is detachably connected to one of said open ends of said casing and that covers said at least one receiving space, and at least one wire dispenser detachably received in said at least one receiving space, said at least one cap having an opening communicating with said conductive channels through said at least one receiving space, said at least one wire dispenser having a plurality of wire passages communicating with said conductive channels and said opening of said at least one cap.

2. The power cable adaptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one cap includes two caps respectively and detachably connected to said two opposite open ends of said casing, said at least one receiving space includes two receiving spaces respectively covered by said caps, said at least one wire dispenser including two wire dispensers respectively received in said receiving spaces, said conductive members being disposed between said two wire dispensers.

3. The power cable adaptor as claimed in claim 2, wherein said casing has a first casing portion threadedly connected to one of said caps, and a second casing portion having two opposite ends respectively and threadedly connected to the other one of said caps and said first casing portion.

4. The power cable adaptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second connection unit further includes a limiting member that is disposed within said at least one receiving space to retain said at least one wire dispenser, said limiting member having a surrounding wall portion that surrounds said at least one wire dispenser, and a stopping flanged end portion that extends radially and inwardly from a periphery of said surrounding wall portion and that is disposed between said at least one cap and said at least one wire dispenser.

5. The power cable adaptor as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second connection unit further includes two limiting members that are respectively disposed in said two receiving spaces to respectively retain said wire dispensers, each of said limiting members having a surrounding wall portion that surrounds one of said wire dispensers, and a stopping flanged end portion that extends radially and inwardly from a periphery of said surrounding wall portion and that is disposed between said one of said wire dispensers and a corresponding one of said caps.