Repairable cable assembly
First Claim
1. A repairable cable assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector having an electrically conductive shell and electrical contacts mounted inside said shell and accessible through a rear opening in said shell;
an electrically conductive coupling member removably engaging said shell over said rear opening;
a cable having an electrically conductive stiff sleeve and wiring inside said stiff sleeve, said electrically conductive stiff sleeve providing electrical shielding for said wiring; and
an axially collapsible and electrically conductive back shell electrically connected at one end to an end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve and at an opposite end to said coupling member, said wiring extending frown the end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve, through said axially collapsible back shell and coupling into said connector and connected by electrical connections to said electrical contacts, said coupling member being removable from said connector shell and axially retractable from said connector shell by axial collapse of said axially collapsible back shell to provide access to said electrical connections, said axially collapsible and electrically conductive back shell providing sole electrical shielding for said wiring between said end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve and said electrically conductive coupling member with said coupling member connected to said shell.
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Abstract
A repairable cable assembly includes a corrugated metal tubing backshell secured at one end to the end of stiff preferably electrically shielding cable sleeve and at the other end to a coupling assembly which is detachable from a connector and retractable along wiring extending from the cable sleeve through axial collapse of the corrugated metal tubing to provide access to the connections of the wiring to electrical contacts housed in the connector. Where the cable sleeve is braided wire, a waterproof thermosetting polymer cover is provided over the braided wire and its connections to the corrugated metal tubing backshell. The coupling assembly can include a straight, right or other angle tubular member to which the corrugated tubing is secured.
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19 Claims
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1. A repairable cable assembly comprising:
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an electrical connector having an electrically conductive shell and electrical contacts mounted inside said shell and accessible through a rear opening in said shell; an electrically conductive coupling member removably engaging said shell over said rear opening; a cable having an electrically conductive stiff sleeve and wiring inside said stiff sleeve, said electrically conductive stiff sleeve providing electrical shielding for said wiring; and an axially collapsible and electrically conductive back shell electrically connected at one end to an end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve and at an opposite end to said coupling member, said wiring extending frown the end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve, through said axially collapsible back shell and coupling into said connector and connected by electrical connections to said electrical contacts, said coupling member being removable from said connector shell and axially retractable from said connector shell by axial collapse of said axially collapsible back shell to provide access to said electrical connections, said axially collapsible and electrically conductive back shell providing sole electrical shielding for said wiring between said end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve and said electrically conductive coupling member with said coupling member connected to said shell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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13. A repairable cable assembly comprising:
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an electrical connector having an electrically conductive shell and electrical contacts mounted inside said shell and accessible through a rear opening in said shell; an electrically conductive coupling member removably engaging said shell over said rear opening, said coupling member including a rigid tubular member and a connecting member removably connecting said tubular member to said rear opening in said connector shell; a cable having an electrically conductive stiff sleeve and wiring inside said stiff sleeve; and an axially collapsible and electrically conductive back shell electrically connected at one end to an end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve and at an opposite end to said tubular member of said coupling member, said wiring extending frown said end of said electrically conductive stiff sleeve through said axially collapsible back shell and said coupling member to said connector and connected by electrical connections to said electrical contacts, said coupling member being removable from said connector shell and axially retractable from said connector shell by axial collapse of said axially collapsible back shell to provide access to said electrical connections, said axially collapsible and electrically conductive back shell providing sole electrical shielding for said wiring between said end of said electrically conducive stiff sleeve and said tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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