Enclosure for spliced cable
US5606150A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G15/18
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An enclosure (10) having a pair of covers (12,14) fastenable together to close about and seal a cable splice (200,300) between end portions of a pair of multiconductor shielded cables (202,204;302,304) in either a butt-splice or in-line arrangement. A pair of routing channels (24,26) are provided at a first end (20) and a single routing channel (28) at the second end (22), with a splice-receiving region (90) provided adjacent inner ends (44,46,50) of the routing channels. A grounding region (100) between inner ends of the routing channels (24,26,28) includes a ground contact (102) having two pairs of cable-receiving slots (110,112;114,116) each pair being aligned with a respective routing channel for ends of respective cables to be received thereinto with at least one of the slots engaging an exposed shield portion of the cable.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.