JUNCTION SHELL

• US 3,794,960 A
• Filed: 11/30/1972
• Issued: 02/26/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ITT Corporation (ITT, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Joseph Sugar
• Inventors: Sugar, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Guest, Alfred R.
• Application Number:
  US05/310,924
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 339/107,13R,13M,104,105
• US Class Current: 439/459
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5804 comprising a separate cable clamping part H01R13/5841 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/595 Bolts operating in a direction transverse to the cable or wire

Abstract

An electrical connector junction shell comprising a housing having an opening therein through which a cable extends. A first clamp engages the cable inside the housing. A second clamp is provided for clamping the cable outside of the housing in a position at a right angle to the axis of the opening. Thus, the cable may extend either straight or at a right angle with respect to an electrical connector mounted in the shell. The clamps may be self-locking cable ties.

Claims

1. An electrical connector junction shell comprising:

a vertically split hollow housing comprised of a pair of half sections, said housing defining an electrical connector receiving recess opening at the bottom thereof;

means for releasably securing said housing half sections together;

a vertically extending opening in said housing extending from said recess to the upper wall of said housing, said opening being adapted to receive a cable therethrough having conductors therein for connection to said connector, said opening being defined by complementary recesses formed in the opposed surfaces of said housing half sections;

first clamping means engageable with the cable inside said housing for clamping the cable to said housing;

said housing upper wall being formed with a concave channel extending from said opening to the edge of said wall, said channel being adapted to receive said cable when bent at a right angle with respect to said opening axis, a relatively smooth convex surface joining said opening and said channel, said channel being defined by complementary grooves formed in the opposed upper surfaces of said housing half sections; and

second clamping means for clamping said cable in said channel when bent at said right angle, said second clamping means extending transversely over said channel and being releasably attached to said housing.

2. A junction shell as set forth in claim 1 wherein at least one of said clamping means comprises:

a self-locking cable tie.

3. A junction shell as set forth in claim 1 wherein:

a passage extends through said housing spaced from said opening and generally normal to said opening axis; and

said second clamping means extends into said passage.

4. A junction shell as set forth in claim 3 wherein:

said second clamping means comprises a self-locking cable tie having a head at one end provided with a passage which receives the other end thereof.