Cable termination for information handling systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12088029-B2
Application number	US-202117443046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	Jul 20, 2021
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A cable such as a server cable may have a tapered termination portion that when connected to other information handling system components reduces the loss of signal between the cable and the information handling system component. A method of making a cable with a tapered termination portion comprising heating a wire having an end and a body portion, the body portion having a first diameter; pulling the end relative to the body portion, for example with a clamp coupled to the end under tension, to obtain a location between the end and the body portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and cutting the wire at the location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
heating a wire, the wire having an end and a body, the body having a first diameter;
pulling the end relative to the body to obtain a location between the end and the body that has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and
cutting the wire at the location to separate the end from the body.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pulling the end relative to the body until the second diameter is less than or equal to 50% of the first diameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising ceasing to pull the end relative to the body when the distance between the end and the body reaches a predetermined distance.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising heating the wire with a broadly-focused YAG laser.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising cutting the wire with a tightly-focused YAG laser.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising heating and cutting the wire with a YAG laser.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising cutting insulation from the wire to expose the end of the wire using a first laser and cutting the wire at the location using a second laser.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pulling the end relative to the body with a clamp coupled under tension to at least the end.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising pulling the end relative to the body with the clamp while the wire is heated.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising heating the wire with electrical current prior to or while pulling the end relative to the body.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the electrical current is alternating current.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Mundt Kevin Warren
• Mutnury Bhyrav Murthy
• Farkas Sandor

Classifications

• H01B13/0006

  for reducing the size of conductors or cables · CPC title

• H01B13/0016

  for heat treatment · CPC title

• H02G1/128 Primary

  using radiant energy, e.g. a laser beam · CPC title

• H01R2201/04

  for network, e.g. LAN connectors · CPC title

• H01B13/003

  using irradiation · CPC title