IP Library Granted Patent US 7,507,907
Granted Patent B2
US 7,507,907 · App. 11/526,091 · Granted Mar 24, 2009

Cable feed-through

Assignee: Lapp Engineering & Co.
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Patent No.
US 7,507,907
App. No.
11/526,091
Granted
Mar 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cable feed-through is provided in accordance with the present invention. The cable feed-through comprises a housing which can be fixed to an appliance, a fixing device for a cable held on the housing and a shield contact element held on the housing. The shield contact element comprises a bristle element for making contact with a cable shield with elastic and electrically conductive bristles.

Claims (56)

1. Cable feed-through, comprising:

a housing fixable to an appliance,

a fixing device for a cable held on the housing, and

a shield contact element held on the housing,

the shield contact element comprising a bristle element having a circle of a plurality of bristles making contact with a cable shield with elastic and electrically conductive bristles by forming a bristle curtain between the cable and the housing.

2. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristle element is insertable into the housing via an outer opening of the housing and securable in the housing.

3. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 2 , wherein the bristle element is adapted to abut on a support provided on the housing.

4. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 3 , wherein the bristle element is in electrically conducting contact with the support.

5. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 3 , wherein the bristle element is arranged in the housing between the support on a housing side and the fixing device.

6. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 5 , wherein the bristle element is secured as a result of its position between the support on the housing side and the fixing device.

7. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 6 , wherein the fixing device acts on the bristle element with an elastic force in a direction of a contact surface on a housing side.

8. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 7 , wherein a fixing in position of the cable in the fixing device generates a force on the fixing device acting on the bristle element in a direction of a contact surface on a housing side.

9. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 2 , wherein the support has a contact surface on a housing side facing the outer opening.

10. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristle element is in electrically conducting contact with an inner surface of the housing.

11. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 10 , wherein the bristle element abuts on the inner surface of the housing by means of an element spreading outwards as a result of elastic tensioning.

12. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristle element is fixed in the housing in a force locking manner.

13. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 12 , wherein the bristle element abuts on an inner surface of the housing in a force locking manner as a result of an element spreading elastically outwards.

14. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the fixing device comprises an insert insertable into the housing, the cable being fixable in said insert.

15. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 14 , wherein the insert has elastic areas adapted to be acted upon by a cap nut.

16. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 15 , wherein the cap nut acts on the insert in a direction of a contact surface on a housing side.

17. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 16 , wherein the insert acts on the bristle element in the direction of the contact surface on the housing side.

18. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristle element has at least one circle of bristles extending at least partially around a central axis of a cable feed-through channel.

19. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 18 , wherein the bristle element has two circles of bristles arranged so as to be offset relative to one another in the direction of the central axis.

20. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristles extend transversely to a central axis of the cable feed-through channel in a state not making contact with the cable shield.

21. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristles extend approximately radially to a central axis in a state not making contact with the cable shield.

22. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristles extend from the bristle support as far as a central opening.

23. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristles have an approximately round or oval cross section.

24. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristles have a cross section with a flat side.

25. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 1 , wherein the bristles have a cross sectional surface area with a maximum diameter smaller than 1 mm.

26. Cable feed-through, comprising:

a housing fixable to an appliance,

a fixing device for a cable held on the housing, and

a shield contact element held on the housing,

the shield contact element comprising a bristle element making contact with a cable shield with elastic and electrically conductive bristles,

the bristle element having a bristle support designed in a C shape or like a ring, the bristles being anchored in said support by means of a U-shaped bent portion,

the bristles being designed as double bristles, each bristle extending from a respective arm of the U-shaped bent portion.

27. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 26 , wherein the bristle support forms an outwardly spreading element.

28. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 26 , wherein the bristle support has an inner member, the U-shaped bent portion engaging around said inner member.

29. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 28 , wherein the U-shaped bent portion engages around the inner member from a side facing away from a central axis.

30. Cable feed-through comprising:

a housing fixable to an appliance,

a fixing device for a cable held on the housing, and

a shield contact element held on the housing,

the shield contact element comprising a bristle element making contact with a cable shield with elastic and electrically conductive bristles,

the bristle element having a bristle support,

the bristle support being designed as an annular member provided with a radial slot and forming an outwardly spreading element, and the bristles being anchored in the bristle support by means of a U-shaped bent portion.

31. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 30 , wherein the bristles are designed as double bristles and each bristle extends from a respective arm of the U-shaped bent portion.

32. Cable feed-through comprising:

a housing fixable to an appliance,

a fixing device for a cable held on the housing, and

a shield contact element held on the housing,

the shield contact element comprising a bristle element making contact with a cable shield with elastic and electrically conductive bristles,

the bristle element having a bristle support,

the bristles being anchored in the bristle support by means of a U-shaped bent portion engaging around an inner member, and

the bristle support having an outer member keeping the bristles in abutment on the inner member in an area of the U-shaped bent portion.

33. Cable feed-through as defined in claim 32 , wherein the outer member is formed onto a unit consisting of the bristles and the inner member as a result of deformation.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 3, 2021
From: LAPP ENGINEERING & CO.
To: LAPP ENGINEERING AG
Reel/Frame 057379/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2006
From: MUELLER, DANIEL; RUNZE, PETER
To: LAPP ENGINEERING & CO.
Reel/Frame 018664/0914 →
Continuity (1)
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