HF COAXIAL CABLE WITH ANGULAR PLUG CONNECTION, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

• US 20160336697A1
• Filed: 07/27/2016
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Spinner GmbH
• Original Assignee: Spinner GmbH
• Inventors: Fischer, lngolf, Zimmerhaeckel, Bernd, Mutze, Falk
• Application Number:
  US15/220,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20160336697A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/564 Corrugated cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/28 for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups H01R43/02 - H01R43/26

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a HF coaxial cable that comprises a cable inner conductor and a cable outer conductor, as well as an angular plug connection at at least one of its two cable ends. The method comprises steps of providing a straight HF corrugated cable including a cable outer conductor, preparing the cable end by trimming the HF corrugated cable, connecting a straight plug connector to the prepared cable end; and cold forming a region of the HF corrugated cable by applying a bending force directed transversely to a longitudinal extent of the HF corrugated cable and a tensile force directly longitudinally to the HF corrugated cable to permanently bend the HF corrugated cable to have a bending radius which alters line impedance to be a maximum of 1 ohm.

Claims

1. A method for producing an angular plug connection on a cable end of a HF coaxial cable including a cable inner conductor and a cable outer conductor, comprising:

providing a straight HF corrugated cable including the cable outer conductor comprising a metal corrugated tube which centrally surrounds the cable inner conductor and is embedded in a dielectric, has a line impedance Z_k and has a minimum bending radius r_k,min;

preparing the cable end by trimming the HF corrugated cable;

connecting a straight plug connector to the prepared cable end by joining the cable inner conductor with an inner conductor of the straight plug connector and the cable outer conductor of the HF corrugated cable with an outer conductor of the straight plug connector;

cold forming a region of the HF corrugated cable attached to the plug connector or separated from the plug connector by applying a bending force directed transversely to a longitudinal extent of the HF corrugated cable and a tensile force directed longitudinally to the HF corrugated cable to permanently bend the HF corrugated cable to have a bending radius r_α

, wherein 0.2 r_k,min≦

r_α

≦

0.9 r_k,min, which alters the line impedance Z_k to a maximum of 1 ohm.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

coating at least the bend of the HF corrugated cable with a plastic or an adhesive.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

forming the HF corrugated cable to cause the plug connector to be joined to the cable end while the cable is releasably attached to a retaining means, which is guided pivotably relatively to a bending guide to form the bend; and

wherein

the retaining means, including the plug connector joined to the HF corrugated cable is pivoted relative to the bending guide, the HF corrugated cable being attached to or following the plug connector and contacts the bending guide while an orthogonal bending force is applied to the bending guide, and an axial force is applied to the HF corrugated cable longitudinally to the HF corrugated cable in a region spaced apart from the plug connection and the axial force creates tensile stress within the HF corrugated cable during the pivoting of the retaining means.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

forming the HF corrugated cable to cause the plug connector to be joined to the cable end while the cable is releasably attached to a retaining means, which is guided pivotably relatively to a bending guide to form the bend; and

wherein

the retaining means, including the plug connector joined to the HF corrugated cable is pivoted relative to the bending guide, the HF corrugated cable being attached to or following the plug connector and contacts the bending guide while an orthogonal bending force is applied to the bending guide, and an axial force is applied to the HF corrugated cable longitudinally to the HF corrugated cable in a region spaced apart from the plug connection and the axial force creates tensile stress within the HF corrugated cable during the pivoting of the retaining means.

5. The method according to claim 3, comprising:

applying orthogonal force to the HF corrugated cable during pivoting of the retaining means relative to the bending guide.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

applying orthogonal force to the HF corrugated cable during pivoting of the retaining means relative to the bending guide.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein:

the orthogonal force is applied by guiding a rolling or sliding body relative to the bending guide which contacts the HF corrugated cable.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein:

the orthogonal force is applied by guiding a rolling or sliding body relative to the bending guide which contacts the HF corrugated cable.

9. The method according to claim 7, comprising:

contacting the HF corrugated cable with the rolling or the sliding body which at least an eighth of a circumferential edge thereof.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein:

contacting the HF corrugated cable with the rolling or the sliding body which at least an eighth of a circumferential edge thereof.

11. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

cold forming the HF corrugated cable which joins the straight plug connector to the cable end while the cable end is fixed to a stationary retainer.

12. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

cold forming the HF corrugated cable which joins the straight plug connector to the cable end while the cable end is fixed to a stationary retainer.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

applying the bending force and the tensile stress during cold forming without altering an electrical diameter of the bend to vary more than 10% from an electrical diameter of a straight region of the HF corrugated cable.

14. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

bending the HF corrugated cable permanently to have a bending radius r_α

, where 0.4 r_k,min≦

r_α

≦

0.6 r_k,min, while the HF corrugated cable is attached to or follows the straight plug connector.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the angular plug connector includes a 90°

bend and a mating plug connector.

16. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the angular plug connection transmits frequencies greater than a 4 GHz while providing measuring or calibration.

17. The method of claim 7 wherein:

the angular plug connection transmits frequencies greater than 4 GHz while providing measuring or calibration.

18. The method of claim 9 wherein:

the angular plug connection transmits frequencies greater than 4 GHz while providing measuring or calibration.

19. The method according to claim 2, comprising:

bending the HF corrugated cable permanently to have a bending radius r_α

, where 0.4 r_k,min≦

r_α

≦

0.6 r_k,min, while the HF corrugated cable is attached to or follows the straight plug connector.

20. The method according to claim 3, comprising:

bending the HF corrugated cable permanently to have a bending radius r_α

, where 0.4 r_k,min≦

r_α

≦

0.6 r_k,min, while the HF corrugated cable is attached to or follows the straight plug connector.