Shielded jacketed flat cable and grounding clip for use therewith
First Claim
1. The combination of a metallic grounding clip and a shielded, jacketed flat cable of the type comprising a main portion having a plurality of spaced signal conductors, an offset portion joined to said main portion and including a drain wire spaced from a distal side of said offset portion, and a metallic shield which encompasses said signal conductors and extends into said offset portion in contact with said drain wire, said clip comprising:
- a first leg;
a second leg; and
a web joining said legs and defining therewith a channel receiving said offset portion, at least one of said legs comprising a termination means piercing said offset portion to contact said drain wire whereby said clip can be attached to said cable, remote from said signal conductors, at any desired location along its length and the shield of said cable can extend to the cable ends.
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Abstract
The combination of a metallic grounding clip and a shielded, jacketed flat cable of the type including a main portion having a plurality of spaced signal conductors, an offset portion including a drain wire, and a metallic shield which encompasses the signal conductors and extends into the offset portion in contact with the drain wire. The clip has a first leg, a second leg, and a web joining the legs and defining therewith a channel for receiving the offset portion. At least one of the legs has a termination member for piercing the offset portion to contact the drain wire. Thus the clip can be attached to the cable remote from the signal conductors at any desired location along the length of the cable and the shield of the cable can extend to the cable ends.
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10 Claims
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1. The combination of a metallic grounding clip and a shielded, jacketed flat cable of the type comprising a main portion having a plurality of spaced signal conductors, an offset portion joined to said main portion and including a drain wire spaced from a distal side of said offset portion, and a metallic shield which encompasses said signal conductors and extends into said offset portion in contact with said drain wire, said clip comprising:
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a first leg; a second leg; and a web joining said legs and defining therewith a channel receiving said offset portion, at least one of said legs comprising a termination means piercing said offset portion to contact said drain wire whereby said clip can be attached to said cable, remote from said signal conductors, at any desired location along its length and the shield of said cable can extend to the cable ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A shielded, jacketed flat cable comprising:
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a main portion including a plurality of spaced signal conductors; an offset portion including a drain wire; a metallic shield encompassing said signal conductors and extending into said offset portion in contact with said drain wire; and means for holding said drain wire a substantially constant distance, throughout the length of said cable, from the distal side of said offset portion whereby the drain wire can be terminated at any desired location along the length of said cable, without interference from said signal conductors, by using the distal side as a reference to locate said drain wire. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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Specification