US 12,230,927 B2
Cable gland with torque sensor
Jayram Shivajirao Desai, Kolhapur (IN); and Himanshu Gangadhar Khokle, Nagpur (IN)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,849, filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148404 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 4/10 (2006.01); H01R 24/00 (2011.01); H02G 15/013 (2006.01); H02G 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6683 (2013.01) [H01R 4/10 (2013.01); H01R 24/00 (2013.01); H02G 15/013 (2013.01); H02G 15/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable gland comprising:
a hub body having a first end configured for attachment to a structure and a second end opposite the first end, the hub body defining an internal passage;
a gland nut configured for attachment to the second end of the hub body to secure a cable in the cable gland, the gland nut defining an internal passage such that the internal passage of the gland nut communicates with the internal passage of the hub body when the gland nut is attached to the hub body; and
a torque sensor module mounted to one of the hub body and the gland nut and configured for measuring and indicating a component of an applied torque as a result of attaching the gland nut to the hub body when securing the cable in the cable gland.