Claims
- 1. A ribbon coax cable assembly, comprising:
- a ribbon coax cable including a series of coax cable means covered by a dielectric jacket, each of the coax cable means including a center conductor surrounded by a dielectric sheath on which is disposed an outer conductor with a drain conductor extending along and in electrical engagement with the outer conductor, braid means including insulating jacket means covering the ribbon coax cable, ends of the center and drain conductors being exposed, an end of the braid means being exposed, strain relief means extending along at least the exposed end of said braid means;
- electrical connector means including insulating housing means and electrical terminal means, said terminal means having contact section means and conductor-securing section means, said insulating housing means having passageway means in which said contact section means and said conductor-securing section means are secured, said passageway means along which said conductor-securing section means extend being exposed, the exposed ends of the center conductors and drain conductors being terminated in respective conductor-securing section means;
- moldable dielectric means disposed in the exposed portions of the passageway means covering the conductor-securing section means, the exposed ends of the center and drain conductors terminated in the conductor-securing section means and an end of the ribbon coax cable;
- cover means secured onto said insulating housing means thereby causing said moldable dielectric means to mold into the exposed portions of the passageway means, onto and about the conductor-securing section means and the exposed ends of the center and drain conductors terminated therein and onto the end of the ribbon coax cable, the molded dielectric means curing to a consistency whereby the exposed ends of the conductors are secured in position so that the exposed conductor ends are isolated and will not move so as to short one another and twisting stresses applied to the ribbon coax cable will be absorbed by said molded and cured dielectric means;
- clamp body means having profiled section means in which said electrical connector means with said cover means are secured thereon and, said strain relief means, said exposed end of said braid means and an end of said insulating jacket means are disposed;
- clamp cover means secured onto said clamp body means covering said electrical connector means with said cover means secured thereon as well as, said strain relief metal means, said exposed end of said braid means and the end of said insulating jacket means; and
- means on said clamp body means and said clamp cover means clamping the exposed end of said braid means into engagement with said strain relief means thereunder.
- 2. A ribbon coax cable assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said clamping means also clampingly engages the insulating jacket means
- 3. A ribbon coax cable assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said clamp body means and said clamp cover means are metal.
- 4. A ribbon coax cable assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said strain relief means extends along the length of the braid means and onto which the braid means is disposed.
- 5. A ribbon coax cable assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein said moldable dielectric means comprises a vulcanizable elastomeric material.
- 6. A ribbon coax cable assembly as set forth in claim 5, wherein the elastomeric material in its cured condition has a durometer substantially the same as that of said insulating jacket means.
- 7. A ribbon coaxial cable assembly comprising an electrical connector and a ribbon coaxial cable comprised of elongated and conductive drain conductors, elongated and conductive center conductors, each center conductor being surrounded concentrically by a separate corresponding dielectric sheathing means, each dielectric sheathing means and a corresponding drain conductor being mutually engaged along their corresponding lengths and together encircled by a separate corresponding conductive outer conductor means, and a dielectric jacket covering and separating the outer conductor means one from the other.
- the electrical connector further comprising and insulative housing, passageways in the housing, conductive electrical terminals in and along respective passageways, said terminals having respective contact sections and respective conductor-securing sections electrically connected to respective center conductors or respective drain conductors, the improvement comprising:
- said housing having a portion supporting said conductor securing sections and an opening exposing said conductor securing sections and the respective center conductors and respective drain conductors secured to said conductor securing sections,
- said respective center conductors and said respective drain conductors having conductive projecting portions that project outwardly from said conductor securing portions and outwardly of said passageways and into a remainder of said cable,
- a space between said remainder of said cable and said portion of said housing supporting said conductor securing sections, said conductive projecitng portions projecting through said space,
- moldable dielectric material having applied in said space to flow and surround individually each of said conductive projecting portions of said respective drain conductors and said respective center conductors and to isolate them one from the other, and
- dielectric cover means circumferentially surrounding the dielectric material and with the dielectric material filling said space, and said cover means having molded the circumferential exterior of the dielectric material in conformity with the interior of said cover means,
- said cover means being secured to said housing and surrounding said space and surrounding and engaging a portion of said remainder of said cable.
- 8. A coaxial cable assembly as set forth in claim 7, wherein the improvement further comprises: said cover means includes latching means for removably securing and latching said cover means to said housing.
- 9. A coaxial cable assembly as set forth in claim 7, wherein the improvement further comprises: a bipartite metal shell removably enclosed over said housing and said cover means and said portion of said cable.
- 10. A coaxial cable assembly as set forth in claim 7, wherein the improvement further comprises: said cover means covers said opening of said housing.
- 11. A coaxial cable assembly as set forth in claim 10, wherein the improvement further comprises: said dielectric material extends into said housing and surrounds said conductor securing sections and projects through said opening of said housing to engage said cover means.
Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 323,164 filed Nov. 20, 1981, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (14)
Continuations (1)
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