Electrical cable connector

US9178303B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9178303-B2
Application numberUS-201214114935-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 3, 2012
Priority dateMay 4, 2011
Publication dateNov 3, 2015
Grant dateNov 3, 2015

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A cable connector includes a housing, a first screwed cable gland for receiving a first cable, and a second screwed cable gland for receiving a second cable. The first cable can be connected to the second cable using a contact device. The cable connector also includes a locking device which, when screwing at least one screwed cable gland to the housing, locks said screwed cable gland to the housing so that the cables are mounted on the housing in a protected manner.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A cable connector, comprising; a housing; a first screwed cable gland configured to receive a first cable; a second screwed cable gland configured to receive a second cable; a contact device configured to connect at least the first cable to the second cable; a locking device configured to lock, upon a screwing of at least one of the first screwed cable gland and the second screwed cable gland to the housing, the at least one of the first screwe…

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What does patent US9178303B2 cover?
A cable connector includes a housing, a first screwed cable gland for receiving a first cable, and a second screwed cable gland for receiving a second cable. The first cable can be connected to the second cable using a contact device. The cable connector also includes a locking device which, when screwing at least one screwed cable gland to the housing, locks said screwed cable gland to the hou…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Franke Jens, Fuehrer Thomas, Feldner Ralf, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R13/59. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).