IP Library Granted Patent US 12,658,610
Granted Patent B2
US 12,658,610 · App. 18/567,826 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Cable connection member and cable connection structure

Inventors: Kengo Takasu (Yokohama-City, JP); Dai Horibe (Sagamihara, JP); Tsunehisa Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
H01R4/70
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Patent No.
US 12,658,610
App. No.
18/567,826
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cable connection member comprises a cold shrink tube, an impervious layer provided inside the cold shrink tube, and a cushion layer provided inside the cold shrink tube and bonded to an entire surface of the impervious layer.

Claims (30)

1 . A cable connection member comprising:

a cold shrink tube;

an impervious layer provided inside the cold shrink tube; and

a cushion layer provided inside the cold shrink tube;

wherein the cushion layer is configured by a foam tape and is bonded to an entire surface of the impervious layer.

2 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein the cushion layer has a thickness of 1 mm or more and 5 mm or less.

3 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein the cushion layer has a 25% compressive stress of 30 N/cm 2 or less.

4 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein a base material of the cushion layer has a shear strength of 150 N/cm 2 or more.

5 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein the cushion layer has a compression set of 80% or less.

6 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein the impervious layer is configured by a layered body of a metal and a resin.

7 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein the cold shrink tube constitutes an insulating tube of a cable connection portion attached to an end portion of a cable.

8 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the cushion layer is provided inside the cold shrink tube; and

the impervious layer is provided inside the cushion layer.

9 . The cable connection member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the cold shrink tube includes an inner layer and an outer layer located outside the inner layer; and

the cushion layer and the impervious layer are provided between the inner layer and the outer layer.

10 . A cable connection structure comprising

an insulating tube of a cable connection portion attached to an end portion of a cable, wherein a cable connection member according to claim 1 constitutes the insulating tube.

11 . The cable connection structure according to claim 10 , comprising:

an outer cold shrink tube covering at least a portion of the cable connection portion;

a cushion layer provided inside the outer cold shrink tube; and

an impervious layer provided inside the cushion layer.

12 . The cable connection structure according to claim 11 , comprising an inner cold shrink tube provided inside the outer cold shrink tube, wherein the inner cold shrink tube includes:

an inner layer and an outer layer located outside the inner layer;

an impervious layer provided between the inner layer and the outer layer; and

a cushion layer provided between the outer layer and the impervious layer.

13 . The cable connection structure according to claim 11 , comprising a sheath cover member that covers the outer cold shrink tube and a cable sheath of the cable.

14 . A cable connection structure comprising the cable connection portion of claim 1 attached to an end portion of a cable, the cable connection structure comprising a sheath cover member that covers a cable sheath of the cable and the cable connection portion.

15 . The cable connection structure according to claim 14 , comprising a band member attached to the cable sheath and located inside the sheath cover member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: TAKASU, KENGO; HORIBE, DAI; NAKAMURA, TSUNEHISA
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-096725 · Jun 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240213695A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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