Slotted, clamped termination ring for an electrical connector assembly

摘要

A termination ring for an electrical connector has slots for receiving multiple inner conductive shields of a cable. The shields pass through the slots, are folded back onto a rear portion of the termination ring, and are clamped onto the termination ring. After assembling a backshell onto the connector over the termination ring, a void remains between the interior surface of the backshell and the clamped inner conductive shields, thereby enabling proper mechanical engagement of the connector, termination ring, and backshell.

主权项

1. An article comprising an electrically conductive termination ring and a circumferential clamp for an electrical connector assembly on an electrical cable, wherein:
(a) the termination ring includes forward and rearward ends, an outer surface with a rearward portion thereof having a diameter smaller than that of a forward portion thereof, and a central axial passage, and is structurally arranged so as to (i) accommodate through the central passage one or more insulated electrical wires of the cable and one or more inner conductive shields of the cable and (ii) enable non-rotatable engagement with a front connector body of the connector assembly and with a backshell assembly of the connector assembly; (b) the termination ring includes one or more slots, each slot extends from the outer surface through the termination ring into the central passage, and each slot extends from the forward end of the termination ring rearward at least to the rearward portion of the outer surface; (c) the circumferential clamp is structurally arranged so as to (i) at least partly encircle the rearward portion of the outer surface and (ii) retain against the rearward portion of the outer surface folded-back portions of the one or more inner conductive shields that extend forward from the cable, are received and extend forward into the central passage, and are folded back through a corresponding one of the one or more slots onto the rearward portion of the outer surface; and (d) the diameter of the rearward portion of the outer surface is sufficiently small so that, upon assembling the connector assembly, a void remains between (i) an interior lateral surface of the backshell assembly and (ii) the folded-back portions of the inner conductive shields retained by the clamp against the rearward portion of the outer surface.