Patent ID: 8969742
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H01R,H02G

Abstract:
1. A cable gland ( 1 ) comprising: a screw sleeve ( 2 ) which is insertable into a wall or a pipe coupling, a union nut ( 3 ) which interacts with said screw sleeve ( 2 ), the screw sleeve ( 2 ) including an opening which faces the union nut ( 3 ), a clamping insert ( 5 , 6 ) which is acted on by the union nut ( 3 ) and is adapted to be pressed against a cable ( 4 ) which is to be retained by tightening the union nut ( 3 ), wherein the cable ( 4 ) has a reinforcement ( 7 ), and a clamping device ( 8 ) for clamping a portion of the reinforcement ( 7 ) is provided in the cable gland ( 1 ), said clamping device ( 8 ) partially engaging in the screw sleeve ( 2 ) in an axial direction in a use position and being acted on by the union nut ( 3 ) outside the screw sleeve ( 2 ), and an engagement portion ( 8 a ) of the clamping device ( 8 ) which engages in the screw sleeve ( 2 ) at an engagement region of the screw sleeve ( 2 ) acts in an interlocking connection on an inner face of the screw sleeve ( 2 ) in a rotation direction in the use position, wherein the screw sleeve ( 2 ) in the engagement region and the clamping device ( 8 ) in the engagement portion ( 8 a ) have matching non-round cross sections, and the clamping device ( 8 ) has, in the engagement portion ( 8 a ), a circumferential groove having a radially projecting retaining ring or O-ring ( 19 ), which engages in said circumferential groove, and the screw sleeve ( 2 ) has, at the opening facing the union nut ( 3 ), an undercut ( 20 ) which engages over the retaining ring or O-ring ( 19 ) in the use position.