Patent ID: 8123548
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for electrical earthing an outer conductor or shield of a coaxial cable, the arrangement comprising a receiver and a drop unit wherein the drop unit is connected to the receiver to be articulated about an axis, the drop unit by rotation is adapted to be brought to a folded position with the receiver, wherein the receiver comprises a cleft that is defined by a bottom element, two opposing side elements, and two opposing open sides and adapted to receive the cable, the drop unit comprising a connection to earth and a penetration device that is in electrical connection with said earth connection and adapted to penetrate through an outer insulating protective cover of the cable to contact the outer conductor of the cable, when the arrangement is brought in its folded position, wherein the drop unit comprises an upper part to which the connection to earth is attached and a lower part arranged to fit between the side elements of the receiver and in a position surrounding the coaxial cable in conjunction with said side elements and the bottom element of the receiver, the drop unit and the receiver are detachably connectable to each other by cooperating tracks and pins arranged in the drop unit and the receiver and that the both parts can be connected together for mutual rotation via the axis, wherein the axis extends through each of the both opposing side elements, and is located such that the coaxial cable, extending through each of the open sides, can be located arbitrarily along its length in the cleft before the drop unit and the receiver are clamped together, whereby the penetration device is designed to be in tangentially contact with the outer conductor or shield of the cable in the clamped position.