Shielded cable termination assembly
US4985000A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/775
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cable termination assembly comprises a shielded electrical cable or cables including plural wire conductors and an electrical shield or shields therefor, an electrical bus electrically connected to the cable shield or shields, a housing for supporting therein plural electrical contacts and the bus, a printed circuit board electrically connecting the contacts to the respective wire conductors, an electrical shield attached to and at least partly surrounding the housing, the housing including a wire management comb including plural slots for positioning at least some of the wire conductors in a predetermined arrangement for electrical connection to the printed circuit board and an electrically non-conductive body molded directly to the cable or cables, comb, bus and contacts to form a unified structure therewith, and the bus having a portion thereof extending externally of the molded body and electrically connected to the housing shield. Also disclosed is another cable termination assembly including a conductor-contact management comb for relatively positioning shielded twisted pair cables, a drain bus, a ground bus and contacts. The management comb includes access openings through…
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