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Title: Cable shield connecting device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:863411

A cable shield connecting device for installation on a high voltage cable of the type having a metallic shield, the device including a relatively conformable, looped metal bar for placement around a bared portion of the metallic shield to extend circumferentially around a major portion of the circumference of the metallic shield while being spaced radially therefrom, a plurality of relatively flexible metallic fingers affixed to the bar, projecting from the bar in an axial direction and spaced circumferentially along the bar, each finger being attached to the metallic shield at a portion located remote from the bar to make electrical contact with the metallic shield, and a connecting conductor integral with the bar.

DOE Contract Number:
E(49-18)-1559
Assignee:
Amerace Corporation (New York, NY)
Patent Number(s):
US 4164621
OSTI ID:
863411
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English