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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Steven Zoltan Muzslay, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A combination of a connector ( ) and an armored cable ( ), where several inches of the front end of the cable armor tube ( ) are stripped away to allow a front portion of the cable to bend up to about 90°. A flexible polymer overmold ( ) is molded around the front of the armor tube and the rear of the connector and the several inches of wire extending forward of the armor tube. The wire front portions ( ) are twisted at least a full turn about the cable axis ( ) prior to the overmolding, to reduce wire tension when the front portion of the cable is bent. The overmold has flanges ( ) that bottom on one another at a 90° bend of a moderate radius of curvature (R). A wire mesh braiding ( ) has a rear end clamped ( ) and soldered to the armor and a front end clamped ( ) to the connector. An air valve ( ) is automatically opened when connectors mate.