Device for connecting a coaxial cable end to a contact socket
First Claim
1. A device for connecting a cut-back coaxial cable to a coaxial contact socket having a receiving end through which the coaxial cable is inserted and being electrically connected to an electrical device, comprising:
- (i) a seal extending at least part of the way between the receiving end of the contact socket and the end of cut-back insulation on the coaxial cable,(ii) a further socket element surrounding the contact socket, projecting at least partially over said seal, and extending at least part of the way between the receiving end of the contact socket and the end of the cut-back insulation on the coaxial cable,(iii) a pressing element operatively associated with said seal for deforming said seal into contact with the inner surface of said further socket element and the outer surface of the coaxial cable, and(iv) a cable end-plug on the end of the cut-back coaxial cable, said cable end-plug mating with said contact socket, and wherein said seal extends from the end of said plug that is towards the inserted coaxial cable at least as far as the cut-back insulation of the coaxial cable.
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Abstract
Device for connecting a coaxial cable end to a contact socket A device for connecting a coaxial cable end (2a) which may be provided with a cable end-plug (4) to a contact socket (3) comprises a further socket element (9) surrounding the contact socket (3), a seal (8) positioned between the further socket element (9) and the coaxial cable (2a), and a pressing element (11,12) which can deform the seal into contact with the coaxial cable (2a) and the further contact element (9). The device provides both a good seal, and strain relief to the completed connection.
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13 Claims
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1. A device for connecting a cut-back coaxial cable to a coaxial contact socket having a receiving end through which the coaxial cable is inserted and being electrically connected to an electrical device, comprising:
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(i) a seal extending at least part of the way between the receiving end of the contact socket and the end of cut-back insulation on the coaxial cable, (ii) a further socket element surrounding the contact socket, projecting at least partially over said seal, and extending at least part of the way between the receiving end of the contact socket and the end of the cut-back insulation on the coaxial cable, (iii) a pressing element operatively associated with said seal for deforming said seal into contact with the inner surface of said further socket element and the outer surface of the coaxial cable, and (iv) a cable end-plug on the end of the cut-back coaxial cable, said cable end-plug mating with said contact socket, and wherein said seal extends from the end of said plug that is towards the inserted coaxial cable at least as far as the cut-back insulation of the coaxial cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for connecting a cut-back coaxial cable to a coaxial contact socket having a receiving end through which the coaxial cable is inserted and which is electrically connected to an electrical device, comprising:
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(i) positioning the cable in a seal extending at least part of the way between the receiving end of the contact socket and the end of cut-back insulation on the coaxial cable, the contact socket being surrounded by a further socket element projecting at least partially over the seal and extending at least part of the way between the receiving end of the contact socket and the end of the cut back insulation on the coaxial cable, (ii) activating a pressing element associated with the seal to deform the seal into contact with the inner surface of the further socket element and the outer surface of the inserted coaxial cable, (iii) the end of the coaxial cable being provided with a cable end-plug, the end-plug mating with the contact socket, and (iv) positioning the cable and end-plug so that the seal extends from the end of the plug that is towards the inserted coaxial cable at least as far as the cut-back insulation of the coaxial cable.
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