CN102831985B - There is the cable assembly and related methods of protector - Google Patents

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CN102831985B
CN102831985B CN201110211397.5A CN201110211397A CN102831985B CN 102831985 B CN102831985 B CN 102831985B CN 201110211397 A CN201110211397 A CN 201110211397A CN 102831985 B CN102831985 B CN 102831985B
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I·A·吉布斯
P·马利根
R·B·拉夫纳尔
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The cable assembly (4) of a kind of improvement, including at least the first elongated signaling bearer cable (8) and protector (12), protector includes the elongated cladding system (20) connecting signaling bearer cable.Cladding system includes the elastic (24) with a number of fold (32).Signaling bearer cable is contained in cladding system, and elastic moves to contracting overlapping state from free state.Signaling bearer cable and cladding system are at least partially received in a certain amount of uncured potting compound, then allow described compound cures.

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There is the cable assembly and related methods of protector
Technical field
Disclosed and claimed invention relates generally to cable, and more particularly, to a kind of cable assembly with protector, described protector protects cable during use by potting compound.
Background technology
Well known, the most eurypalynous potting compound is used in combination with Electrical and Electronic equipment.Potting compound is typically initially at liquid and is solidified into semi-solid organosilicon or polyurethane material.All the electric component of mechanical package would generally be filled with such potting compound, so that electric component can experience a shock and vibrate and damp proof insulation and anticorrosion.But, the use of this potting compound is not without circumscribed.
The shortcoming using potting compound relates to the physical characteristic of potting compound.Such as, some potting compound are heated when normal use and can produce thermal expansion.Encapsulating material a large amount of encapsulating materials, several cubic feet is used to the occasion of filling large electric component, and the degree of thermal expansion can be clearly.And, the potting compound of solidification is not necessarily rigidity, is likely to vibration and shake in some cases.Can clearly in the occasion using a large amount of potting compound to fill electric component, such vibration and shake.
This thermal expansion, the result vibrated and shake are to cause being loosened by some contact in the electric component of embedding or disconnecting.As example, in the electronic assembly using a large amount of potting compound, fiber junctions is particularly easy to break down.It is thus desirable to overcome the shortcoming that these and other are relevant to using a large amount of potting compound in electronic building brick.
Summary of the invention
Correspondingly, the cable assembly of improvement and arrange that in a certain amount of potting compound the method for cable assembly overcomes these and other shortcomings known in the art accordingly.The cable assembly improved includes at least the first elongated signaling bearer cable and protector, and protector includes the elongated cladding system being connected with signaling bearer cable.Cladding system includes elastic, and it has a number of fold and can move between free state and contracting overlapping state.Signaling bearer cable is placed in cladding system, and elastic moves to contracting overlapping state from free state.Fixture may be provided between signaling bearer cable and cladding system, so that elastic to be held in its compressive state.Signaling bearer cable and cladding system are at least partially received in a certain amount of uncured potting compound, then allow this compound cures.
Correspondingly; one aspect of disclosed and claimed invention is: make elastic be in the state that contracting is folded, i.e. compress after a certain amount of potting compound is cured; residual pressure to be applied on the electrical socket of the signaling bearer cable that the electronic component with electric component is connected, thus keep the connection between socket and electronic component.
Another aspect of disclosed and claimed invention is: the thermal expansion preventing the use with potting compound to be associated and vibration.
Correspondingly, an aspect of disclosed and claimed invention is to provide the cable assembly of a kind of improvement, is configured at being partially positioned in a certain amount of potting compound.The overall characteristic of cable assembly can be described as including at least the first elongated signaling bearer cable and protector, and protector includes the elongated cladding system being connected with at least the first signaling bearer cable.Cladding system can be described as the elastic including having a number of fold, being arranged at least partially in cladding system of at least a part of which the first signaling bearer cable.
The another aspect of disclosed and claimed invention is to provide the protector of a kind of improvement, is configured to house at least some of of at least the first elongated signaling bearer cable wherein, and is at least partially situated in a certain amount of potting compound.The overall characteristic of protector can be described as including elongated cladding system, and cladding system includes the elastic with a number of fold and is configured to be connected with at least the first signaling bearer cable.
The another aspect of disclosed and claimed invention is to provide a kind of improved method by least the first elongated signaling bearer cable arrangements in a certain amount of potting compound.The overall characteristic of the method can be described as including: being contained at least the first signaling bearer cable at least partially in the protector including elongated cladding system, thus cladding system and at least the first signaling bearer cable is linked together.Cladding system can totally be described as the elastic including having a number of fold.The method can be described as farther including: from free state, elastic is moved to contracting overlapping state, by being arranged at least partially in a certain amount of uncured potting compound of at least some of of at least the first signaling bearer cable and cladding system, and solidify a certain amount of uncured potting compound.
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When reading in conjunction with the accompanying, it is further appreciated that disclosed and claimed invention from hereafter description of preferred embodiments:
The front view of the cable assembly of the improvement of invention disclosed and claimed according to Fig. 1;
Fig. 2 is the end-view of the elastic of cable assembly;
Fig. 3 is the sectional view of the 3-3 line intercepting along Fig. 2;And
Fig. 4 is a flow chart, which depict some aspect of improved method according to disclosed and claimed invention.
The most identical labelling represents identical parts.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 generally describes the cable assembly 4 of the improvement according to disclosed and claimed invention.Cable assembly 4 includes signaling bearer cable 8 and protector 12, in the interior zone being arranged in protector 12 at least partially of signaling bearer cable 8.Signaling bearer cable 8 includes cable 14, and cable 14 connects plug 16A at one end and connects another plug 16B at the other end.Signaling bearer cable 8 can be used for the design transmitting fiber-optic signal, the signal of telecommunication or other signals without deviating from the present invention.The electronic component that plug 16A is configured to electric component is connected.More particularly, plug 16A is configured to be positioned at one the electronic component of a certain amount of potting compound and is connected, and in FIG, potting compound is schematically depicted as and is generally located at the lower section of the straight line shown in label 18.Plug 16B is configured to connect another electronic component, and this electronic component can be located at or not be positioned at potting compound.
Protector 12 can be described as including an elongated cladding system 20 and fixture (clip) 22.Cladding system 20 includes elastic 24 and the tube element 28 linked together.Elastic 24 is formed by elastomeric material, such as synthetic rubber, and it is EPDM in the present embodiment, or can be formed by the material of another elastic characteristic.As described herein, word " elastic " and modification thereof typically refer to return to the characteristic of original form or position after being bent, compress or stretching.
Elastic 24 can be described as including a number of fold 32 between protuberance 36 and adapter 40.As described herein, word " some " and modification thereof typically refer to the quantity of any non-zero, including one.Fold 32 makes elastic 24 can move between contracting overlapping state in free state substantially as shown in Figure 3 with the most as shown in Figure 1.
Adapter 40 includes a socket 44, and one end of tube element 28 is contained in the inside of this socket 44.Tube element 28 is elongated hollow pipe, by hard but have flexibility plastic compound formed and there is a cable 14 being disposed therein.Protuberance 36 is formed as having a passage 48 extended through by cable 14.In exemplary embodiment here, the cable 14 of signal is bifilar fiber optic cables, thus passage 48 shown generally shapes to house cable 14 wherein for such as Fig. 2 and 3.
Most typically ground, the cable assembly 4 of improvement assembles together with being placed in socket 44 one end of tube element 28 and around the outer surface attachment clip 52B of adapter 40 thus being securely connected with tube element 28 by adapter 40.Then, a segment length of cable 14 is housed inside through tube element 28, through the inside of fold 32 and through passage 48.Another fixture 52A attaches to the outer surface of protuberance 36, together with being securely connected with cable 14 by protuberance 36.Then plug 16A and 16B is connected to the end of cable 14.
It should be noted that when fixture 52A and 52B is positioned in elastic 24, cable 14 is effectively fixed to protuberance 36 by passage 48, to form anti-liquid stream connection (fluidresistantconnection) between cable 14 and passage 48.Similarly, when on the outer surface that fixture 52B is placed in adapter 40, anti-liquid stream is formed in connection between tube element 28 and socket 44.However, it is noteworthy that connect despite the presence of fixture 52B and the anti-liquid stream being formed between tube element 28 and socket 44 resulted from, near adapter 40, cable 14 still may pass through tube element 28 and slides.
In use, and the most former stating after mode constructs cable assembly 4, tube element 28 translates relative to cable 14, to move the fold 32 of elastic 24 to its contracting overlapping state.Then, fixture 22 is placed in one end of tube element 28, and extends between tube element 28 and cable 14.When installing in such as Fig. 1, elastic 24 is held in its contracting overlapping state by fixture 22 shown generallyly, and the anti-liquid stream between the end of the tube element 28 simultaneously also providing for cable 14 and fixture 22 place seals.
Once plug 16A is connected to be enclosed the electronic component in potting compound and relative plug 16B is connected to enclose or not enclose another electronic component in potting compound, in uncured potting compound just can be poured into including the electric device of electronic component, wherein cable assembly 4 is applied in combination with electric device.Then allow or potting compound solidified, afterwards, if it is desired, fixture 22 can be removed.
It should be noted that elastic 24 can be moved to contracting overlapping state, the installing prior to one or both of plug 16A and 16B and the connection of its respective electronic component or carry out the design without deviating from the present invention after realizing such connection of fixture 22.Without departing from the inventive concept, these operations of mentioned above other can perform with the order in addition to the order being specifically described at this.
Fixture 52A and 52B advantageously stops uncured potting compound to invade the inside of cladding system 20.Fixture 22 stops uncured potting compound to enter cladding system 20 the most in an advantageous manner.The potting compound being in solid state keeps elastic 24 to lie substantially in its contracting overlapping state, and this can provide a residual pressure on the direction of the electronic component connected generally towards plug 16A plug 16A, and this advantageously assists in keeping the integrity of connection.However, it is noteworthy that in order to enable the invention to successfully work, such residual pressure is not necessarily.Even if potting compound thermal expansion, vibrate and shake in the case of these situations occur alone or in combination, the elastic 24 being in contracting overlapping state also will provide a residual pressure to plug 16A, to maintain the integrity of the connection of plug 16A electronic component associated therewith.In other examples, elastic can encapsulate the electronic component being connected with plug 16A in whole or in part.
Describe one the most roughly and cable assembly 4 and signaling bearer cable 8 thereof are arranged in the improved method in a certain amount of potting compound.As totally with indicated by 104, signaling bearer cable 8 being placed in cladding system 20.Then, as totally with indicated by 108, elastic 24 moved to its contracting overlapping state.Then, as shown at 112, signaling bearer cable 8 and cladding system 20 is made to be positioned in uncured potting compound.Then, as shown at 116, it is allowed to potting compound solidifies.As denoted elsewhere herein, the particular order of operation can change without departing from the present invention.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the various changes and modifications of these details can be obtained according to the overall teaching of the present invention.Therefore, purpose that disclosed special layout is merely to illustrate and do not limit the scope of the invention, the scope of the present invention is limited by appended claim and any and all of equivalents.

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1. a cable assembly (4), is configured at being partially positioned in a certain amount of potting compound, and described cable assembly includes:
At least the first elongated signaling bearer cable (8);With
Protector (12); it includes the elongated cladding system (20) of at least the first signaling bearer cable described in connection; described cladding system includes the elastic (24) with a number of fold (32), being arranged at least partially in described cladding system of described at least the first signaling bearer cable;
Wherein, described elastic is configured to move to contracting overlapping state from free state;
Being configured at least partially of at least some of and described cladding system of described at least the first signaling bearer cable is disposed in a certain amount of uncured potting compound;And
Described a certain amount of uncured potting compound is configured to be cured.
Cable assembly the most according to claim 1, wherein said cladding system farther includes the elongated tube element (28) being connected with described elastic, being arranged at least partially in described tube element of described at least the first signaling bearer cable.
Cable assembly the most according to claim 2, wherein said elastic includes the adapter (40) being connected with described tube element.
Cable assembly the most according to claim 3, wherein said adapter includes socket (44), and one end of described tube element is contained in described socket (44).
Cable assembly the most according to claim 2; wherein said elastic can move between free state and contracting overlapping state; and wherein said protector further includes at the fixture (22) extended between described tube element and described at least the first signaling bearer cable, and described elastic is maintained in contracting overlapping state by described fixture.
Cable assembly the most according to claim 1, wherein said elastic is connected with described at least the first signaling bearer cable.
7. a protector (12), it is configured to house at least some of of at least the first elongated signaling bearer cable (8) wherein, and be at least partially situated in a certain amount of potting compound, described protector includes elongated cladding system (20), described cladding system includes the elastic (24) with a number of fold (32), and be configured to be connected with described at least the first signaling bearer cable, wherein, described elastic is configured to move to contracting overlapping state from free state, at least some of and the described at least the first signaling bearer cable of described cladding system be configured at least partially be disposed in a certain amount of uncured potting compound, and described a certain amount of uncured potting compound is configured to be cured.
Protector the most according to claim 7, wherein said cladding system farther includes the elongated tube element (28) being connected with described elastic.
Protector the most according to claim 8, wherein said elastic includes the adapter (40) being connected with described tube element.
Protector the most according to claim 9, wherein said adapter includes socket (44), and one end of described tube element is contained in described socket (44).
At least the first elongated signaling bearer cable (8) is arranged in the method in a certain amount of potting compound by 11. 1 kinds, and described method includes:
Being contained at least partially of described at least the first signaling bearer cable is included that the protector (12) of elongated cladding system (20) is interior (104); thus described cladding system and described at least the first signaling bearer cable are linked together, described cladding system includes the elastic (24) with a number of fold (32);
Described elastic is moved to contracting overlapping state (108) from free state;
At least some of of described at least the first signaling bearer cable and described cladding system be arranged in (112) in a certain amount of uncured potting compound at least partially;
Solidify described a certain amount of uncured potting compound (116).
12. methods according to claim 11, farther include to be applied to fixture (22) described between at least the first signaling bearer cable and described cladding system, before curing described elastic is maintained in compressive state.
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