US 12,431,699 B2
Cable gland
Craig Hooker, Indian Land, SC (US); and Jason Hoover, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/346,356, filed on May 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0387673 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 15/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/10 (2006.01); F16H 49/00 (2006.01); F16H 55/08 (2006.01); F16H 55/17 (2006.01); F16H 57/023 (2012.01); F16H 57/029 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); H02K 5/10 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 57/023 (2013.01) [F16H 1/10 (2013.01); F16H 49/001 (2013.01); F16H 55/0833 (2013.01); F16H 55/17 (2013.01); F16H 57/029 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); H02K 5/10 (2013.01); H05K 7/1427 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable gland, comprising:
a body configured to be received in an opening of a housing, the body having a tube defining a first cavity extending circumferentially about an axis;
a cover threadedly engaged with the tube and configured to seal the body to the housing, the cover including a top having a further opening extending therethrough, and the further opening being arranged coaxially with the first cavity; and
an insert disposed in the first cavity and defining a second cavity configured to receive a cable, the insert: i) directly contacting the top around the further opening, and ii) including a plurality of ribs engaged with the tube, and
in an uninstalled state, a diameter of the second cavity is smaller than a diameter of the cable.