An automated apparatus for installing a sleeve on a cable includes a split funnel assembly, a cable feeding mechanism, a robot comprising a robot tool mounting flange and a plurality of robot motors, a sleeve gripper mounted to the robot tool mounting flange, a plurality of heaters, and a computer configured to output commands in accordance with a predetermined computer program. The split funnel assembly includes an actuator and a split funnel comprising a pair of funnel halves which are able to open and close in response to activation of the actuator. Each funnel half comprises a cable guide channel and a funnel extension. While the split funnel is in the funnel closed state, the funnel extensions form a seat for the sleeve and the cable guide channels form a repeatable path for the cable to follow through the funnel. The apparatus further includes a cable centering gripper, a cable clamp assembly, a slug puller assembly, and a ground lead management system.

A wire harness having a shield structure that can exhibit a required shield effect and sufficiently meet demands for cost mitigation and weight reduction is provided. The wire harness is provided with an electrical line group that is held in a bundled manner, in which at least a portion of electrical lines that are positioned on the outer circumferential side of the electrical line group each have a metal thin-film for shielding as the outermost layer, the metal thin-film being formed so as to attach to an outer circumferential surface portion of a sheathing that surrounds a conductor of the electrical line, and a drain wire or another ground connection member that is grounded and comes into contact with the metal thin-films of the electrical lines.

In some embodiments, an apparatus for forming an electrical connection comprises a metal material transition connector for a solar array wiring system comprising a first metal portion and a second metal portion. The first metal portion comprises a first metal material and is configured to receive a conductor member comprising the first metal material. The the second metal portion comprises a second metal material and is configured to receive a second conductor member comprising the second metal material. The apparatus further comprises one or more temperature-activated sealing members that circumferentially surround and form a first seal against at least a portion of each of the first conductor member and the second conductor member. The apparatus further comprises an inner mold encapsulating the metal material transition connector and at least partially encapsulating the temperature-activated sealing member(s), and an outer mold encapsulating the inner mold.

A termination connection box for a direct-current (DC) cable, in which when an outer semiconducting layer, an insulating layer, and an inner semiconducting layer are sequentially removed, a conductor is exposed, the termination connection box, the termination connection box including: a connecting semiconducting layer configured to cover the exposed conductor and the insulating layer; a conductor withdrawal rod electrically connected to the conductor; and a heat shrinkable tube configured such that one portion thereof covers an outer circumferential surface of the cable insulating layer and one end and another end thereof are respectively electrically connected to the conductor and the outer semiconducting layer.

A method of splicing shielded wire cables includes the steps of providing a first, second, and third shielded wire cable each having a core conductor axially surrounded by a shield conductor which is axially surrounded by an insulative jacket, providing a flexible insulation layer, a flexible conductive layer, and a section of dual wall heat shrink tubing. The first portion of the flexible insulation layer about the joined first, second, and third core conductors, wrapping the flexible conductive layer about the first, second, and third shield conductors, and disposing the flexible conductive layer and portions of the first, second, and third insulative jacket within the section of dual wall heat shrink tubing, thus forming a shielded wire cable splice.

A splice kit is provided for repairing a cable having a central conductor, an insulator surrounding the central conductor, an outer conductive sheath surrounding the insulator, and a jacket surrounding the outer conductive sheath. The splice kit includes a central conductor joint that is electrically conductive and is configured to engage the central conductor of the cable such that the central conductor joint defines a portion of an electrical path of the central conductor. The splice kit also includes a dielectric insert configured to at least partially surround the central conductive joint and the central conductor of the cable, and an outer sheath joint that is electrically conductive and is configured to at least partially surround the dielectric insert. The outer sheath joint is configured to be electrically connected to the outer conductive sheath of the cable such that the outer sheath joint defines a portion of an electrical path of the outer conductive sheath. The splice kit further includes a jacket joint configured to at least partially surround the outer sheath joint and the jacket of the cable.

A multilayered heat-recoverable article 1 includes a base material layer 10 and an adhesive layer 11 disposed on the inner side of the base material layer 10. The adhesive layer 11 includes [A] a thermoplastic resin having a melt flow rate of 15 g/10 min to 1,000 g/10 min at 190 C. and a load of 2.16 kg, [B] an organically treated layered silicate, and [C] a deterioration inhibitor. The shear viscosity at 150 C. of the adhesive layer 11 is 300 Pa.Math.s or more at a shear rate of 0.1 s.sup.1 and 200 Pa.Math.s or less at a shear rate of 100s.sup.1.

An electrical splice connector may include a first splice terminal crimped to a first wire conductor of a first wire cable and crimped to a first wire conductor of a second wire cable. An electrical splice connector may include a second splice terminal crimped to a second wire conductor of the first wire cable and crimped to a second wire conductor of the second wire cable. An electrical splice connector include a dividing insulator formed of a dielectric material having a first cavity in which the first splice terminal is disposed and having a second cavity in which the second splice terminal is disposed. The second cavity is separated from the first cavity by a wall formed of the dielectric material.

Described is a peelable heat shrink tube composed of a fluororesin and having a determination coefficient calculated from [Equation 1] below using an elastic modulus ratio (%) of more than 0, but 0.90 or less: $\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{Determination}\mathrm{coefficient}={\left(\mathrm{correlation}\mathrm{coefficient}\right)}^2={\left[\frac{\left(\mathrm{covariance}\right)}{\left(\mathrm{standard}\mathrm{deviation}\mathrm{of}X\right)\left(\mathrm{standard}\mathrm{deviation}\mathrm{of}Y\right)}\right]}^2& \left[\mathrm{Equation}1\right]\end{array}$
where X, Y and covariance represent the following: X: Proportion of the position of each point, where the elastic modulus was measured, from the interior of the tube Y: Elastic modulus ratio in each region Covariance: Average of the product of deviations of X and Y.

A thermocouple cable is formed from a tubing and a plurality of thermocouple conductors bundled within the tubing, wherein each thermocouple conductor forms a junction with a shared thermocouple conductor to form a thermocouple junction, and each thermocouple junction is attached to a support cable in a thermocouple bundle. The cable is formed by pulling the thermocouple bundle into the tubing.