A tool for wrapping a formed wire around a cable is provided. The tool includes a handle portion and a head portion. The handle portion has an elongated body and a hand grip portion attached to the elongated body. The head portion has a cover pivotably attached to a base. When the cover is pivoted into contact with the base a cable receiving opening is formed between the cover and the base. The head portion also includes a pusher member extending from the cover or the base into the cable receiving opening. The pusher member is adapted to contact and push strands of a formed wire when the tool is in use.

The invention relates to a method of connecting electrical wires, conductors, or connections together by rotating the connector ends in an enclosure to tightly twist the wire ends together and also includes a clamping mechanism to prevent the wires from untwisting, becoming loose, or falling out of the enclosure. The present invention increases the holding ability of current rotating tools for electrical wires and connections.

A wire preparation device includes a motor, a device housing coupled to the motor, and a wire spinner held by the device housing. The wire spinner is mechanically connected to the motor via power coupling components. The wire spinner extends to a wire end that protrudes from the device housing. The wire spinner includes a collet sleeve defining a channel configured to receive an end of one or more wires of a cable therein through an opening at the wire end. The wire spinner further includes an outer collar surrounding the collet sleeve and selectively movable relative to the collet sleeve to force the collet sleeve to contract radially inward for releasably securing the one or more wires within the channel. The wire spinner is rotated by the motor relative to the device housing to untwist or straighten the one or more wires secured within the collet sleeve.

The present disclosure discloses a cable connector, which comprises: a plurality of cables, each cable comprising a signal portion, the signal portion surrounded by an insulative member, a shielding layer surrounding the insulating layer and an insulative covering surrounding the shielding layer; a housing structure, the housing structure including a conductive bottom shell and a conductive upper shell configured to form a receiving portion; and a conductive grounding member disposed on each of the cables, the grounding member formed from a compressible material and contacts the shielding layer, wherein each cable of the plurality of cables is accommodated in the receiving portion and the grounding member of each one of the cables contacts the grounding member of an adjacent cable of the plurality of cables and at least one of the conductive shells when the conductive shells are secured together.

A twist-on wire connector is releasably engageable with a tool. The connector and the tool are provided with complimentary driving features which allow the tool to be moved independent of and relative to the connector when the tool is moved in one rotational direction and which place the tool and connector into driving engagement when the tool is moved in the opposite rotational direction such that the connector is moved with the tool to apply the connector onto a plurality of electrical conductors. The complimentary driving features are provided to the tool and the connector by providing to each of the tool and the connector one or more engagement surfaces positioned adjacent to a slipping surface.

A twist-on wire connector is releasably engageable with a tool. The connector and the tool are provided with complimentary driving features which allow the tool to be moved independent of and relative to the connector when the tool is moved in one rotational direction and which place the tool and connector into driving engagement when the tool is moved in the opposite rotational direction such that the connector is moved with the tool to apply the connector onto a plurality of electrical conductors. The complimentary driving features are provided to the tool and the connector by providing to each of the tool and the connector one or more engagement surfaces positioned adjacent to a slipping surface.

The present disclosure discloses a cable connector, which comprises: at least one cable, the at least one cable comprises an insulating sheath, a shielding layer inside the insulating sheath and at least one conductive wire; a connector, the connector comprises a metal shell, the metal shell is provided with a cable receiving portion mounting the at least one cable, the at least one cable is inserted into the connector to allow the connector and the at least one conductive wire to be electrically connected. The shielding layer is exposed out of the insulating sheath at an end of the at least one cable, a conductive elastomer is sheathed on the exposed shielding layer, when the cable receiving portion squeezes the at least one cable, the conductive elastomer is deformed and fills most of a gap between the cable receiving portion and the at least one cable.

A cable connector assembly includes a first connector having a mating portion and a rear portion; a cable connected with the first connector; and a seizing structure bundling the cable. The seizing structure includes a metal wire wrapping the cable, a middle insulative layer cladding the metal wire, and an outer insulative layer wrapping the middle insulative layer.

A cable connector assembly includes a first connector having a mating portion and a rear portion; a cable connected with the first connector; and a seizing structure bundling the cable. The seizing structure includes a metal wire wrapping the cable, a middle insulative layer cladding the metal wire, and an outer insulative layer wrapping the middle insulative layer.

An apparatus includes a backshell, the backshell having a shell defining an interior space, the interior space configured to encase a portion of a plurality of core cables between an entry component and a connector body in a steel wire armored (SWA) cable, wherein the portion represents an excess amount of the core cables when the SWA cable is uncoiled.