Device for dividing a bundle of insulated electrical conductors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9484663-B2
Application number	US-201514677158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Priority date	Apr 15, 2014
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A device for dividing at least one bundle of insulated electrical conductors is provided, where in the housing, is arranged a contact part, consisting of metal, which protrudes outwardly beyond the profile of the housing and has at its end projecting out of the housing at least one throughhole and at its end located in the housing a connecting element for electrically conductively connecting a conductor. In the assembly position at least one electrical individual line extends through one of the openings into the housing. The line has at least two conductors, wherein one of the conductors is electrically conductively connected to the contact part, while the other conductor of the individual line projects through one of the openings out of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Device for dividing at least one bundle of insulated electrical conductors, in which a plurality of conductors is combined into a unit, into at least two partial strands, into which a portion of the conductors of the bundle are respectively combined, each portion has a housing composed of insulating material in which openings are provided for passing the bundle and the partial strands therethrough, said device comprising:
in the housing, a contact part of metal is mounted which protrudes outwardly beyond the profile of the housing and has at its end projecting out of the housing at least one throughhole and at its end located in the housing a connecting element for electrically conductively connecting a conductor, and
in the assembly position, at least one electrical individual line extends through one of the openings in the housing which has at least two conductors, one of the conductors is electrically conductively connected to the contact part while the other conductor of the individual line extends out of the housing.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact part is fastened in a wall of the housing.

3. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact part with its end containing the throughhole is placed in an expanded portion of the housing and is surrounded at its sides by the material of the side edges.

4. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the parts of the housing are connected to each other in the assembly position in moisture proof manner, particularly in a splash water tight manner, and
that the openings of the housing with the conductors in the assembly position are sealed in a moisture tight manner, particularly in a splash water tight manner.

5. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact part serves for the conductor connected thereto as connecting element to a reference potential, particularly an earth potential.

Assignees

• Nexans

Inventors

• Kreuzer Thomas
• Linner Andreas
• Fischer Roland
• Dittrich Jurgen

Classifications

• H02G15/113

  Boxes split longitudinally in main cable direction · CPC title

• H01R4/02

  Soldered or welded connections {(H01R4/625, H01R4/723, H01R12/59 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H02G3/16

  structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box · CPC title

• H02G3/086

  Assembled boxes · CPC title

• H01R4/18

  by crimping {(H01R4/01, H01R4/2495 take precedence; for coaxial cables H01R9/0518)} · CPC title