US3772545A
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Cable connector assembly
Assignee: Meggitt SA
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Filing: 1972-12-22
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Granted: 1973-11-13
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Expires: 1992-12-22
Abstract
Abstract A cable connector assembly for minerally insulated electric cables and comprising a cable plug disposed at the cable end and a socket adapted to receive the cable plug. The cable plug is composed of contact members and of insulators disposed in consecutive aligned relationship and being of cylindrical shape, the outside diameter thereof corresponding in size to the cable diameter. The socket comprises contact elements separated by insulating discs provided with a common passage extending therethrough which is adapted to receive the cable plug.
Inventors
- 👤 R Hatschek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:03
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/533
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
383 words
A cable connector assembly adapted for use in completing connection to equipment or interconnecting electric cables having a pair of conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a metal tube, said assembly comprising: cable plug means including, a first cylindrical insulator of main body diameter less than that of the cable metal tube outer diameter and having one end of reduced diameter that is fittingly received within said cable metal tube with the cable conductors passing through longitudinally extending openings in said insulator, a hollow cylindrical metal tube of outer diameter substantially identical to that of the cable tube fittingly received onto a reduced diameter end portion of said first insulator, one of said cable conductors being connected to said metal tube at an interior surface, a second cylindrical insulator having an End of reduced diameter fittingly received within the hollow cylindrical metal tube and spaced from the first insulator end portion, said second insulator having a main body diameter not more than the outer diameter of said hollow cylindrical metal tube, said second insulator being provided with an opening extending longitudinally thereof through which the other cable conductor passes, and a cylindrical metal cap of diameter substantially identical with that of the cable metal tube having an open end received onto a reduced diameter portion of the other end of said second insulator and a closed end wall with an axially extending opening through which the other cable conductor extends for securement to the metal cap on its outer surface, said reduced diameter end portions of said first and second insulators being metallized and bodies of brazing means interconnecting said metallized end portions and the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and cylindrical metal cap, respectively, hermetically sealing the interior of said plug means; and socket means for receiving therewithin said cable plug means and the end portion of the cable tube received onto said first insulator including, individual contact means for the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap arranged in mutually spaced relation and having a common opening therethrough through which said plug means and cable tube passes, insulating discs separating the contact means, and individual spring means resiliently electrically interconnecting the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap to the respective contact means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
383 words
A cable connector assembly adapted for use in completing connection to equipment or interconnecting electric cables having a pair of conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a metal tube, said assembly comprising: cable plug means including, a first cylindrical insulator of main body diameter less than that of the cable metal tube outer diameter and having one end of reduced diameter that is fittingly received within said cable metal tube with the cable conductors passing through longitudinally extending openings in said insulator, a hollow cylindrical metal tube of outer diameter substantially identical to that of the cable tube fittingly received onto a reduced diameter end portion of said first insulator, one of said cable conductors being connected to said metal tube at an interior surface, a second cylindrical insulator having an End of reduced diameter fittingly received within the hollow cylindrical metal tube and spaced from the first insulator end portion, said second insulator having a main body diameter not more than the outer diameter of said hollow cylindrical metal tube, said second insulator being provided with an opening extending longitudinally thereof through which the other cable conductor passes, and a cylindrical metal cap of diameter substantially identical with that of the cable metal tube having an open end received onto a reduced diameter portion of the other end of said second insulator and a closed end wall with an axially extending opening through which the other cable conductor extends for securement to the metal cap on its outer surface, said reduced diameter end portions of said first and second insulators being metallized and bodies of brazing means interconnecting said metallized end portions and the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and cylindrical metal cap, respectively, hermetically sealing the interior of said plug means; and socket means for receiving therewithin said cable plug means and the end portion of the cable tube received onto said first insulator including, individual contact means for the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap arranged in mutually spaced relation and having a common opening therethrough through which said plug means and cable tube passes, insulating discs separating the contact means, and individual spring means resiliently electrically interconnecting the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap to the respective contact means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A cable connector assembly as in claim 1, wherein the common passage provided in the contact elements of the socket extends through the insulating discs and is smaller in diameter than the outside diameter of the spring means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
366 words
A cable connector assembly adapted for completing connection to equipment or interconnecting electric cables having a pair of conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a cylindrical metal sheath, said assembly comprising: cable plug means including, a first cylindrical insulator of main body diameter less than that of the cable metal sheath outer diameter and having one end fittingly received within said cable sheath with the cable conductors passing through respective longitudinally extending openings in said insulator, a hollow cylindrical metal tube of outer diameter substantially identical to that of the cable tube received onto the other end portion of said first insulator, one of said cable conductors being connected to said metal tube at an interior surface thereof, a second cylindrical insulator having an end received within the hollow cylindrical metal tube and spaced from the first insulator end portion, said second insulator having a main body diameter not greater than the outer diameter of said hollow cylindrical metal tube and said second insulator being provided with an opening extending longitudinally thereof through which the other cable conductor passes, and a cylindrical metal cap of diameter substantially identical and no greater than that of the cable metal sheath having an open end received onto the other end portion of said second insulator and a closed end wall with an axially extending opening through which the other cable conductor extends for securement to the metal cap, said end portions of said first and second insulators being metallized and bodies of brazing means interconnecting said metallized end portions and the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and cylindrical metal cap, respectively, thereby hermetically sealing the interior of said plug means; and socket means for receiving therewithin said cable plug means and the end portion of the cable sheath received onto said first insulator including, individual contact means for the cable sheath, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap arranged in mutually sPaced relation and having a common opening through which said plug means and cable sheath passes, insulating discs separating the contact means, and individual spring means resiliently electrically interconnecting the cable sheath, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap to the respective contact means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
366 words
A cable connector assembly adapted for completing connection to equipment or interconnecting electric cables having a pair of conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a cylindrical metal sheath, said assembly comprising: cable plug means including, a first cylindrical insulator of main body diameter less than that of the cable metal sheath outer diameter and having one end fittingly received within said cable sheath with the cable conductors passing through respective longitudinally extending openings in said insulator, a hollow cylindrical metal tube of outer diameter substantially identical to that of the cable tube received onto the other end portion of said first insulator, one of said cable conductors being connected to said metal tube at an interior surface thereof, a second cylindrical insulator having an end received within the hollow cylindrical metal tube and spaced from the first insulator end portion, said second insulator having a main body diameter not greater than the outer diameter of said hollow cylindrical metal tube and said second insulator being provided with an opening extending longitudinally thereof through which the other cable conductor passes, and a cylindrical metal cap of diameter substantially identical and no greater than that of the cable metal sheath having an open end received onto the other end portion of said second insulator and a closed end wall with an axially extending opening through which the other cable conductor extends for securement to the metal cap, said end portions of said first and second insulators being metallized and bodies of brazing means interconnecting said metallized end portions and the cable tube, hollow cylindrical metal tube and cylindrical metal cap, respectively, thereby hermetically sealing the interior of said plug means; and socket means for receiving therewithin said cable plug means and the end portion of the cable sheath received onto said first insulator including, individual contact means for the cable sheath, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap arranged in mutually sPaced relation and having a common opening through which said plug means and cable sheath passes, insulating discs separating the contact means, and individual spring means resiliently electrically interconnecting the cable sheath, hollow cylindrical metal tube and metal cap to the respective contact means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
254 words
A cable connector assembly adapted to be used for connecting to equipment or interconnecting minerally insulated electric cables having two conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a metal tube, said assembly comprising: a cable plug disposed at the cable end and a socket adapted to receive the cable plug; the cable plug being composed of two tubular contact members connected to the cable conductors and of two substantially cylindrical insulators of ceramic material electrically insulating the contact members from one another, the outside diameters of the contact members and of the insulators corresponding at least substantially to the metal tube size of the cable, the two tubular contact members and the insulators being disposed in consecutive aligned relationship so that the first insulator follows the metal tube, the first contact member being disposed between and engaging at both ends thereof over the two insulators and the second contact member being engaged like a cap on the outside end of the second insulator, the insulators being metallized on their surfaces in contact with the metal tube and with the contact members and being hermetically secured thereto by brazing; and the socket including at least two consecutive contact elements provided with at least one common passage extending therethrough and insulating discs separating the contact elements from one another, spring means being inserted into the contact elements and cooperating with the contact members of the cable plug which is adapted to be plugged into the common passage in the contact elements of the socket.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
254 words
A cable connector assembly adapted to be used for connecting to equipment or interconnecting minerally insulated electric cables having two conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a metal tube, said assembly comprising: a cable plug disposed at the cable end and a socket adapted to receive the cable plug; the cable plug being composed of two tubular contact members connected to the cable conductors and of two substantially cylindrical insulators of ceramic material electrically insulating the contact members from one another, the outside diameters of the contact members and of the insulators corresponding at least substantially to the metal tube size of the cable, the two tubular contact members and the insulators being disposed in consecutive aligned relationship so that the first insulator follows the metal tube, the first contact member being disposed between and engaging at both ends thereof over the two insulators and the second contact member being engaged like a cap on the outside end of the second insulator, the insulators being metallized on their surfaces in contact with the metal tube and with the contact members and being hermetically secured thereto by brazing; and the socket including at least two consecutive contact elements provided with at least one common passage extending therethrough and insulating discs separating the contact elements from one another, spring means being inserted into the contact elements and cooperating with the contact members of the cable plug which is adapted to be plugged into the common passage in the contact elements of the socket.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
290 words
A cable connector assembly adapted to be used for connecting to equipment or interconnecting minerally insulated electric cables having two conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a metal tube, said assembly comprising: a cable plug disposed at the cable end and a socket adapted to receive the cable plug; the cable plug being composed of two tubular contact members connected to the cable conductors and of two substantially cylindrical insulators of ceramic material electrically insulating the contact members from one another, the outside diameters of the contact members and of the insulators corresponding at least substantially to the metal tube size of the cable, the two tubular contact members and the insulators being disposed in consecutive aligned relationship so that the first insulator follows the metal tube, the first contact member being disposed between and engaging at both ends thereof over the two insulators and the second contact member being engaged like a cap on the outside end of the second insulator, the insulators being metallized on their surfaces in contact with the metal tube and with the contact members and being hermetically secured thereto by brazing; and the socket including at least two consecutive contact elements provided with at least one common passage extending therethrough and insulating discs separating the contact elements from one another, spring means being inserted into the contact elements and cooperating with the contact members of the cable plug which is adapted to be plugged into the common passage in the contact elements of the socket, said socket further including a piezoelectric signal generator having piezoelectric crystal discs separated by electrodes, the electrodes forming the contact elements and the crystal discs of the signal generator forming the insulating discs of the socket.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
290 words
A cable connector assembly adapted to be used for connecting to equipment or interconnecting minerally insulated electric cables having two conductors embedded in an inorganic insulating material enclosed by a metal tube, said assembly comprising: a cable plug disposed at the cable end and a socket adapted to receive the cable plug; the cable plug being composed of two tubular contact members connected to the cable conductors and of two substantially cylindrical insulators of ceramic material electrically insulating the contact members from one another, the outside diameters of the contact members and of the insulators corresponding at least substantially to the metal tube size of the cable, the two tubular contact members and the insulators being disposed in consecutive aligned relationship so that the first insulator follows the metal tube, the first contact member being disposed between and engaging at both ends thereof over the two insulators and the second contact member being engaged like a cap on the outside end of the second insulator, the insulators being metallized on their surfaces in contact with the metal tube and with the contact members and being hermetically secured thereto by brazing; and the socket including at least two consecutive contact elements provided with at least one common passage extending therethrough and insulating discs separating the contact elements from one another, spring means being inserted into the contact elements and cooperating with the contact members of the cable plug which is adapted to be plugged into the common passage in the contact elements of the socket, said socket further including a piezoelectric signal generator having piezoelectric crystal discs separated by electrodes, the electrodes forming the contact elements and the crystal discs of the signal generator forming the insulating discs of the socket.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
72 words
A cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the insulators of the cable plug are formed with axial passages threugh which the cable conductors extend, one conductor being secured to a place on the inside surface of the contact member between the two insulators, the other conductor extending through a central passage of the cap-like end contact member and being hermetically secured to the outside thereof by brazing or welding.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the insulators of the cable plug are reduced in diameter below that of the surfaces with which they contact the metal tube of the cable and the contact members.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
A cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the common passage provided in the contact elements of the socket extends through the insulating discs and is smaller in diameter than the outside diameter of the spring means inserted into the contact elements.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1976-11-12 | 1977-05-14 | 1977-11-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1980-11-12 | 1981-05-14 | 1981-11-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1984-11-12 | 1985-05-14 | 1985-11-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |