Patent ID: 8766619
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying individual coaxial cables in a bundle of disconnected coaxial cables, each coaxial cable comprising a center conductor and an associated conductive shield, said method comprising the steps of: (a) mounting first ends of a plurality of discrete coaxial cables in respective slots of a coaxial cable header, each slot comprising a single isolated contact to electrically connect with only the conductive shield of the discrete coaxial cable mounted in the slot, the center conductor of the discrete coaxial cable remaining electrically unconnected to the coaxial cable header; (b) establishing electrical conductive contact between the conductive shield of each discrete coaxial cable and the corresponding isolate contact of the coaxial cable header; (c) electrically connecting the coaxial cable header to an electrical tester; (d) transmitting a signal through a first end of the conductive shielding of a pre-determined discrete coaxial cable of the bundle of coaxial cables that is mounted to the coaxial cable header by way of the electrical tester; (e) connecting a test probe of the electrical tester to a second end of the conductive shielding of each discrete coaxial cable of the bundle of coaxial cables; (f) identifying whether the second end of the conductive shielding of a particular discrete coaxial cable of the cable bundle that is connected to the test probe corresponds with the conductive shielding of the pre-determined discrete coaxial cable through which the signal is transmitted by way of the electrical tester; (g) mounting the second end of the pre-determined discrete coaxial cable in a slot of another coaxial cable header when said correspondence is identified, said another coaxial cable header identical to the coaxial cable header; and (h) repeating steps (d) through (f) until every slot of said another coaxial cable header is occupied with a discrete coaxial cable.