Patent ID: 6162095
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A backshell assembly comprising: a first annular member having a plurality of castellations around one end forming a plurality of recesses and having locking teeth around its other end; a second annular member adapted to engage the one end of said first member, said second annular member having a plurality of projections shaped to extend within said recesses and form a gap between the recesses and the projections such that screening sleeves of cables extending within said first member can be threaded through said gaps; a body locked against rotation with said second annular member; a third annular member rotatably mounted at one end on said body and extending externally of said first member, said third annular member having a screw thread at an opposite end such that said third member can be screwed onto a fourth member to bring the said locking teeth on said first member into engagement with locking teeth on said fourth member and to apply a clamping force on said screening sleeves in said gaps, and wherein at least one of said first and second members is electrically conductive so that electrical connection is made to said screening sleeves.