Tubular cable grounding mechanism

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1998-06-30

2000-07-11

Reichard, Dean A.

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Boxes and housings

Hermetic sealed envelope type

174 59, 439 99, H02G 318

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active

060875844

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector assembly simply, and securely, grounds a shielding layer of a telephone cable to a conductive, grounded electrical box housing a protector module. During assembly, an insulation layer is removed from an end of the telephone cable to expose a portion of the shielding layer. The exposed portion of the shielding layer is folded back onto an adjacent, remaining portion of the insulation layer. A first sleeve is inserted into the end of the telephone cable and resides beneath a portion of the shielding layer. A second sleeve, formed of an electrically conductive material, is physically and electrically attached to the electrical box. The end of the telephone cable, having the first sleeve inserted therein, is inserted into the second sleeve. At least one crimp is formed in the second sleeve, which causes an inner conductive surface of the second sleeve to contact the folded back, shielding layer of the telephone cable to thereby establish an electrical connection between the electrical box and the shielding layer.

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patent: 5288946 (1994-02-01), Jackson et al.
patent: 5691506 (1997-11-01), Miyazaki et al.

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