US5387124A
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Cable termination assembly
Assignee: Fujikura Ltd
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Filing: 1993-04-22
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Granted: 1995-02-07
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Expires: 2013-04-22
Abstract
Abstract The purpose of the present invention is to improve the performance properties of the cable terminal end assembly and to make its configuration compact. A cable having signal wires and a ground wire are arranged laterally in a casing which is provided with a coupling section for coupling to the electrical device. The signal wires and the ground wires are separated by an insulation plate, and extend out from the ends of the cable into the casing. Signal wires and ground wires are bonded, to specific respective contact strips disposed inside the coupling section. The electrical connections inside the casing are molded with moulding. The advantage of the assembly configuration is that the cables are arranged laterally to house many cables compactly in the casing, and the insulation plate eliminates any possibility of shorting between the signal and ground wires, and signal distribution to the device is made possible, without the necessity for such costly parts as printed circuit board, by customized selection of the contact strips to be joined to the signal wires and to the ground wires in accordance with the requirements of the device.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoyuki Shinohara
- 👤 Ken Yasuoka
- 👤 Shigeru Ashida
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Hirahara
- 👤 Koji Ueda
- 👤 Hideki Zako
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 00:05
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/59; H01R12/594; H01R12/596; H01R12/70; H01R12/77; H01R12/778; H01R4/00; H01R4/02; H01R43/00; H01R43/20; H01R43/24; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49174; Y10T29/49179; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/532; Y10T29/53209; Y10T29/53213; Y10T29/53217
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A cable termination assembly having a forward end and a rearward end for electrically connecting a plurality of cables to an electrical device through a coupling section disposed at the forward end of said assembly, wherein each cable includes at least one first wire and a second wire, said assembly comprising: (a) a casing in which terminal ends of said plurality of cables are disposed laterally at the rearward end of said casing; (b) a plurality of first wires extending forwardly from said terminal ends of said plurality of cables and a plurality of second wires extending forwardly from said terminal ends of said plurality of cables; (c) an insulation plate having a flat, top, major surface extending from said rearward end to said forward end disposed in a connection section of the assembly between said plurality of first wires and said plurality of second wires; wherein said first wires and said second wires are electrically connected to said coupling section and the space surrounding the connection section of said first wires, second wires with said coupling section is filled with a molding, said insulation plate supports the plurality of first wires on said flat, top, major surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A cable termination assembly having a forward end and a rearward end for electrically connecting a plurality of cables to an electrical device through a coupling section disposed at the forward end of said assembly, wherein each cable includes at least one first wire and a second wire, said assembly comprising: (a) a casing in which terminal ends of said plurality of cables are disposed laterally at the rearward end of said casing; (b) a plurality of first wires extending forwardly from said terminal ends of said plurality of cables and a plurality of second wires extending forwardly from said terminal ends of said plurality of cables; (c) an insulation plate having a flat, top, major surface extending from said rearward end to said forward end disposed in a connection section of the assembly between said plurality of first wires and said plurality of second wires; wherein said first wires and said second wires are electrically connected to said coupling section and the space surrounding the connection section of said first wires, second wires with said coupling section is filled with a molding, said insulation plate supports the plurality of first wires on said flat, top, major surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A cable termination assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing houses a ground section and contact strip means, wherein said second wires are electrically connected to said ground section and said first wires are electrically connected to said contact strip means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
82 words
A cable termination assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said ground section comprises a common ground part and a comb part which is stepped so as to dispose said comb part at a different elevation level than said common ground part, wherein said second wires are electrically connected to said common ground part with said insulation plate disposed on top of the ground section, and said comb part is electrically connected to said contact strip means housed in said coupling section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A cable termination assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein said comb part is coplanar with said first wire.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A cable termination assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing comprises an end block disposed at the rearward end of said assembly including a curved part extending along the direction of said cable for receiving said cable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
350 words
A cable termination assembly having a forward end and a rearward end for electrically connecting a plurality of cables to an electrical device, the assembly having a coupling section connected to the forward end of the assembly for connecting the assembly to the electrical device, an end block connected to the rearward end of the assembly for receiving the plurality of cables arranged laterally, each of the plurality of cables including a signal wire and a ground wire, the assembly comprising: a hollow casing for enclosing the plurality of cables; an insulation plate having a flat major surface, the insulation plate centrally disposed within the casing such that no part of the insulation plate contacts the casing, the insulation plate separating and electrically insulating the signal wire from the ground wire for each of the plurality of cables, wherein the signal wire being disposed on the flat major surface such that a significant space lies between the casing and the signal wire and no part of the signal wire for each of the plurality of cables contacts the casing, and wherein the signal wire for each of the plurality of cables lies in a single plane on the flat major surface; a comb having a contiguous portion disposed on the side of the insulation plate opposite the flat major surface and a toothed portion disposed in the single plane in which the signal wire for each of the plurality of cables are laterally disposed, the contiguous portion connecting the ground wire for each of the plurality of cables; contact strips connecting the comb to the coupling section such that a ground connection is completed to the coupling section and connecting the signal wire of each of the plurality of cables to the coupling section; and molding injected into the significant space for maintaining a structure of the assembly, wherein the molding is allowed to flow freely and unobstructed through the hollow casing due to the flat major surface, the significant space, and the comb being in the single plane of the signal wire for each of the plurality of wires.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
350 words
A cable termination assembly having a forward end and a rearward end for electrically connecting a plurality of cables to an electrical device, the assembly having a coupling section connected to the forward end of the assembly for connecting the assembly to the electrical device, an end block connected to the rearward end of the assembly for receiving the plurality of cables arranged laterally, each of the plurality of cables including a signal wire and a ground wire, the assembly comprising: a hollow casing for enclosing the plurality of cables; an insulation plate having a flat major surface, the insulation plate centrally disposed within the casing such that no part of the insulation plate contacts the casing, the insulation plate separating and electrically insulating the signal wire from the ground wire for each of the plurality of cables, wherein the signal wire being disposed on the flat major surface such that a significant space lies between the casing and the signal wire and no part of the signal wire for each of the plurality of cables contacts the casing, and wherein the signal wire for each of the plurality of cables lies in a single plane on the flat major surface; a comb having a contiguous portion disposed on the side of the insulation plate opposite the flat major surface and a toothed portion disposed in the single plane in which the signal wire for each of the plurality of cables are laterally disposed, the contiguous portion connecting the ground wire for each of the plurality of cables; contact strips connecting the comb to the coupling section such that a ground connection is completed to the coupling section and connecting the signal wire of each of the plurality of cables to the coupling section; and molding injected into the significant space for maintaining a structure of the assembly, wherein the molding is allowed to flow freely and unobstructed through the hollow casing due to the flat major surface, the significant space, and the comb being in the single plane of the signal wire for each of the plurality of wires.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A cable termination assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said insulation plate is elongated in the direction of arrangement of said first wires.
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