Patent ID: 8147273

Claim:
An electrical connector for connecting the ends of a plurality of insulated high-voltage transmission lines ( 4 ) with an electrical device, comprising: (a) a housing ( 12 ; 12 ′) containing a longitudinally-extending open-ended chamber (C); (b) a rigid preassembly frame ( 11 ) including: (1) a pair of parallel spaced vertical end walls ( 13 , 14 ); and (2) a plurality of parallel horizontal longitudinally-extending studs ( 15 - 18 ) connected between said end walls; (c) first transmission line mounting means ( 10 ) for mounting intermediate portions of the insulated transmission lines in openings contained in a first one ( 13 ) of said end walls, respectively, each of the insulated transmission lines including a core conductor ( 5 ), a first layer ( 6 ) of insulating material arranged concentrically about the core conductor, a braided conductive shield layer ( 7 ) arranged concentrically about the first insulation layer, and an outer layer ( 8 ) of insulating material arranged concentrically about the braided shield layer; (d) second transmission line mounting means ( 2 , 26 , 31 ) for mounting the free ends of the insulated transmission lines in openings contained in the second one ( 14 ) of said end walls, respectively; (e) frame mounting means ( 32 , 34 , 36 ) for mounting said preassembly frame longitudinally in said housing chamber; and (f) grounding means ( 22 ) mounted on said first end wall for electrical engagement with exposed portions of the braided shield layers of the transmission lines at locations at which the outer insulation layer has been removed, thereby to ground the transmission lines, said first end wall being formed from an electrically insulating synthetic plastic material, said grounding means including: (1) a vertical conductive grounding plate ( 22 ) adapted for connection with ground; (2) grounding plate connecting means ( 23 ) connecting said grounding plate to one of the side surfaces of said first end wall; and (3) a plurality of integral shield contact projections ( 25 ) extending from said grounding plate for electrical engagement with the exposed braided shield layer portions of the transmission lines.