US 12,438,347 B2
Method of cutting shielding conductor of a high voltage cable and apparatus to be used therefore
John Kightlinger, Canfield, OH (US); and Shawn Alan Chernushin, Columbiana, OH (US)
Assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,831.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,952, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170675 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/1256 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to cut a shield conductor of a shielded electrical cable that is flared outwardly from the shielded electrical cable, the apparatus comprising:
a two-piece clamping die comprising an aperture extending therethrough in which the shielded electrical cable is secured, a side surface of the clamping die serving as a cutting surface, the two pieces of the clamping die being configured to be opened and closed around the shielded electrical cable;
a cutting tube configured to receive an end of the shielded electrical cable and to press against the cutting surface of the clamping die while the flared shield conductor is disposed between an edge of the cutting tube and the cutting surface of the clamping die, thereby cutting a portion of a free end of the flared shield conductor; and
a cutting tube rotation mechanism connected to a lever configured to rotate the cutting tube around a longitudinal axis of the shielded electrical cable.