US 11,855,427 B2
Clamping device for cable connector assembly
Lee Frizzell, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB); and Martin Swan, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
Assigned to CMP PRODUCTS LIMITED, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
Appl. No. 17/794,246
Filed by CMP PRODUCTS LIMITED, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050200
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/148254, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20153677 (EP), filed on Jan. 24, 2020; and application No. 2016199 (GB), filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133454 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H02G 3/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/06 (2006.01); H01R 9/05 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/0666 (2013.01) [H01R 9/0521 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable connector assembly, comprising:
a clamping device for clamping an armour layer of a cable in a cable connector, the clamping device comprising:
an insert adapted to be received in a cable connector, wherein the insert defines an aperture for receiving an inner part of a cable and defines at least one clamping surface adapted to engage an armour layer of the cable; and
a clamping member adapted to be arranged outwardly of the insert in a direction transverse to an axial direction of the cable to clamp the armour layer between at least one said clamping surface and the clamping member, wherein at least part of at least one said clamping surface is displaceable towards the inner part of the cable when said inner part extends through said aperture as a result of engagement of the insert with the armour layer clamped between the clamping surface and the clamping member to enable a range of thicknesses of said armour layer to be clamped between the clamping surface and the clamping member when the insert and the clamping member are in a predetermined position relative to each other;
a first housing part adapted to receive said insert;
a second housing part adapted to engage said first housing part to maintain said insert and said clamping member in position relative to each other to clamp the armour layer of the cable between at least one said clamping surface and said clamping member;
wherein the first and second housing parts are co-operatively threaded such that engagement of the first housing part by the second housing part causes one housing part to abut the insert and the other housing part to abut the clamping member to move the clamping member to surround the insert and to thereby engage the armour layer between the clamping member and at least one said clamping surface of the insert; and
wherein a position of the first housing part relative to the second housing part is defined by abutment with said insert and said clamping member and abutment of the first housing part with one of said insert and said clamping member, and abutment of the second housing part with the other of said insert and said clamping member, and by abutment of said insert with said clamping member in an axial direction of the cable when said armour layer is clamped between the insert and the clamping member.