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Bulkhead penetrator and method for separating cables from a bulkhead penetrator

  • US 6,039,324 A
  • Filed: 01/20/1998
  • Issued: 03/21/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a bulkhead penetrator comprising a housing, a first grommet plate having peripheral recesses therein and adapted to be received by said housing, a grommet for disposition adjacent said first grommet plate in said housing and having bores therein alignable with said recesses, a second grommet plate for disposition adjacent said grommet in said housing and having peripheral recesses alignable with said bores of said grommet, and a retaining ring for connection to said housing to lock said second grommet plate, said grommet, and said first grommet plate in said housing, said second grommet plate recesses and said grommet bores and said first grommet plate recesses being adapted to receive and retain cables extending from outside said bulkhead, substantially axially through said penetrator, into a compartment defined in part by said bulkhead, an improvement wherein:

  • said retaining ring comprises a plurality of discrete annular sections, each of said sections being mountable on said housing upon disconnection from said housing, being movable away from said cables in directions transverse to an axis of said penetrator; and

    said grommet comprises a plurality of discrete portions, each of said grommet portions having one of said bores therein, and a slit therein extending from said one bore to a periphery of said grommet, each of said portions having a peripheral edge comprising, a portion of a circle, and first and second edges extending from a center of the circle radially outwardly to said peripheral edge, each of said grommet portions being movable along only one of said cables and being movable radially outwardly from the axis of the penetrator.

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