Patent ID: 8215986
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A method of making connections to a triaxial cable comprising the steps of: (a) removing by milling a section of material from the side of said triaxial cable to expose the three conductors therein without completely severing any of said three conductors; and (b) providing a potting enclosure, said potting enclosure having two apertures in the walls thereof, said apertures being disposed with collinear axes on opposite walls of said potting enclosure, said apertures having a size and shape matching the cross section of said triaxial cable; and (c) inserting a processing circuit assembly into said potting enclosure, and (d) threading said triaxial cable through said apertures in said potting enclosure, such that said exposed three conductors are fully within said potting enclosure; and (e) connecting a second set of three conductors between said exposed three conductors and said processing circuit assembly; and (f) encapsulating with encapsulant said exposed three conductors of said triaxial cable within said potting enclosure, said potting enclosure not being removed after curing of said encapsulant, whereby said method permits said processing circuit assembly to access the electrical signals on said triaxial cable, produces a compact assembly, stabilizes and seals said exposed three conductors, and provides a strain relief means by the wicking of said encapsulant into the internal structure of said triaxial cable past said walls of said potting enclosure, said wicking past said walls being enabled by said apertures having said size and shape matching said cross section of said triaxial cable.