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Panel mount ground termination apparatus

  • US 4,739,126 A
  • Filed: 01/16/1987
  • Issued: 04/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for terminating an outer conductor of an electrical cable comprising:

  • a housing having a cylindrical aperture for receiving a cable to be terminated;

    an annular termination member positioned within said housing aperture and surrounding the space to be occupied by at least a portion of said cable, said termination member having a plurality of pairs of electrically conductive contact prongs positioned around the circumference of said termination member and extending inwardly toward said cable space;

    a compression member having a compression surface for engaging said termination member; and

    means for urging said compression member into said housing aperture between the sidewall of said aperture and said termination member, said compression surface engaging said termination member and compressing said termination member inwardly for driving said plurality of electrically conductive contacts into said cable and into electrical contact with said outer conductor;

    wherein said compression surface comprises an annular, tapered compression surface for compressing said termination member inwardly by an increasingly greater extend as said compression member is urged into said housing aperture by said urging means for driving said plurality of electrically conductive contact prongs into said cable;

    and wherein said termination member includes a plurality of curved surface portions to be engaged by the outer surface of said cable and by said compression surface during compression of said termination member inwardly for deforming said termination member to turn the prongs of each pair of prongs toward one another to retain said outer conductor therebetween.

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