Amerace Corporation

Wayne G Cook

Dumitru Cotoara

A method and connector to connect a first shielded cable to another electrical element, such as a second shielded cable, is disclosed. The first and second shielded cables comprise a cable shield applied over an insulated conductor. The connector comprises a contractible opening with a shield connector, such as a spring clip, located on the inner surface of the opening and contractible therewith. The opening can be resiliently deformable from a biased position, which permits easy insertion of the first cable, to an unbiased or contracted position, which can frictionally hold the first cable. To insert the first cable, the opening is biased to the biased position. Upon insertion of the cable to an inserted position, the opening is allowed to resiliently deform about the first cable, such that the first cable is frictionally held in the opening and the shield connector is in electrical contact with the cable shield of the first cable. A shield conductor, such as a wire, is electrically connected to the shield connector and extends to the exterior of the housing for electrical connection to another electrical element, such as the shield of the second cable or to ground. An electrical contact is attached to the insulated conductor which can mate to an electrical contact on the second conductor thereby electrically connecting the conductors.

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Toronto, Canada

Wayne G Cook