A securing sleeve for securing a shield of an electric conductor to a shielding contact includes a securing section having a bottom disposed between a pair of wings. The bottom supporting the electric conductor. The wings are spaced apart at a free end of each of the wings distal from the bottom by a slot extending in an axial direction in an open state of the securing sleeve. The wings have a plurality of complementary positive locking element at the free ends that secure the securing sleeve in a circumferential direction in a closed state.

An enclosure and method for an electrical component having a base portion and a cover portion. The base portion has a first channel which extends about at least a portion of a periphery of the base portion. The cover portion has a second channel which extends about at least a portion of a periphery of the cover portion. The second channel is aligned with the first channel to form a sealant receiving channel. A sealant is provided in the sealant receiving channel. The cover portion has at least one inlet opening configured to receive the sealant as the sealant is injected into the sealant receiving channel. The cover portion has at least one outlet opening configured to allow excess sealant of the sealant to escape from the sealant receiving channel as the sealant is injected into the sealant receiving channel.

A wire harness that includes an electric wire that includes a core wire, an insulating inner cover that covers an outer circumference of the core wire, and a conductive shield that covers an outer circumference of the insulating inner cover; a conductive bracket including a plate that includes an insertion hole through which the electric wire is inserted and a protrusion protruding from an edge of the insertion hole in the plate; a fastener that fastens a folded-back portion of the shield that is folded back to an outer circumferential side of the protrusion to the protrusion; and a body made of resin that sandwiches the plate in a thickness direction.

A grounding connector has a body including a first side, a second side, and a mid-section extending therebetween, with an opening extending through the body from the first side to the second side. The body of the grounding connector includes a lock joint configured to join the grounding connector with a second grounding connector, with the lock joint including a recess inset into the mid-section of the body and a protrusion adjacent the recess extending from the mid-section.

A ground termination system may include a backshell for an electrical connector, a grounding insert and a ferrule. The grounding insert includes an outer peripheral edge and a centrally disposed aperture. The outer peripheral edge may be sized to fixedly engage a surrounding portion of the backshell and the centrally disposed aperture may be defined by a plurality of lobes. A first group of the lobes may be sized to receive power conductors of a variable frequency drive power cable. The ferrule may include a crimp barrel and a sleeve. The crimp barrel may receive a ground conductor and be rigidly clamped thereto. The sleeve of the ferrule may fixedly engage one of the lobes in the second group of lobes and anchor the ferrule in the aperture.

A ground termination system may include a backshell for an electrical connector, a grounding insert and a ferrule. The grounding insert includes an outer peripheral edge and a centrally disposed aperture. The outer peripheral edge may be sized to fixedly engage a surrounding portion of the backshell and the centrally disposed aperture may be defined by a plurality of lobes. A first group of the lobes may be sized to receive power conductors of a variable frequency drive power cable. The ferrule may include a crimp barrel and a sleeve. The crimp barrel may receive a ground conductor and be rigidly clamped thereto. The sleeve of the ferrule may fixedly engage one of the lobes in the second group of lobes and anchor the ferrule in the aperture.

A cable shield connecting assembly is arranged to secure and ground a cable to the housing of an electrical device. The cable includes a cable jacket and braided shielding extending from an end portion of the cable jacket. The cable shield connecting assembly includes: a mounting plate having a cavity and an aperture arranged on a bottom side of the cavity; and a grommet having an inner diameter inside which the end portion of the cable jacket is fitted, and upper and lower portions extending on both sides of an edge of the aperture of the mounting plate. The upper portion of the grommet is fitted inside the cavity. The cable shield connecting assembly further includes a clamp pressed-fitted against the upper portion of the grommet inside the cavity to squeeze therebetween the braided shielding.

The invention as described herein in includes a traveling gate grounding assembly that includes a traveling gate having a gate panel with a front surface, a conducting cable that extends from an initial attachment point on the gate panel to a terminal attachment point on the gate panel. The traveling gate is electrically connected to the conducting cable. Also included is a floating ground comprising at least one grounding pulley that is electrically connectable to a ground line, wherein the conducting cable is slideably engaged with a wheel of the grounding pulley and is electrically connectable to a ground line via the grounding pulley.

Also included are traveling gate grounding systems that can be retrofitted to a gate panel including a conducting cable, at least one fastener capable of securing the conducting cable to a gate panel; and a floating ground comprising at least one grounding pulley that is electrically connectable to a ground line and to the conducting cable, wherein a wheel of the grounding pulley is capable of being slideably engaged with the conducting pulley and is simultaneously electrically connectable to a ground line and the conducting cable; wherein, in situ, the gate panel is in electrical communication with the floating ground.

A ground bar comprising a planar body having a wedge shape in that a width of a top end of the planar body is greater than a width of a bottom end of the planar body. The planar body is constructed of an electrically-conductive material. A plurality of upper hole pairs are defined in the planar body. Each of the first hole pairs is adapted to have a corresponding electrical wire to be grounded selectively affixed thereto.

An electrical connection system includes a mounting stud having a base configured for mounting to a conductive surface. One or more one ring-shaped lugs, formed of an electrically conductive material, are configured for being positioned on the mounting stud for surrounding the mounting stud. The ring-shaped lug includes one or a plurality of interior channels extending around the inside diameter thereof. A contact spring is seated within a respective interior channel and is electrically conductive and dimensioned to extend radially inwardly from the channel and contact the mounting stud when the ring-shaped lug is positioned thereon. The contact spring is configured to at least partially collapse in the radial direction and to provide a spring bias against the mounting stud for providing an electrical connection between the ring-shaped lug and mounting stud. A locking cap is positioned on the mounting stud over the at least one ring-shaped lug for locking with the mounting stud and securing the ring-shaped lugs on the mounting stud for a secure electrical connection.