BRANCH-OFF ARRANGEMENT

• Main Authors: MILES, GRAHAM, BARRAT, ALAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.05.2002
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CONDUCTORS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; INSULATORS; LINE CONNECTORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

An arrangement for enclosing a branch-off in an electrical cable or harness comprises a dimensionally recoverable hollow open-ended moulded article (t) that can be positioned about the branch-off, and one or more clips (10) which can be positioned about opposed walls of the article to divide the article into channels for t he cable branches. The article has one end of larger di- ameter than the other end in its unexpanded state. A branch-off in an electrical cable or harness can be enclosed by: (i) position- ing a dimensionally recoverable hollow open-ended moulded article (1) about the branch-off, the article having, in its fully rec- overed configuration, one end (2) of larger diameter than the other end (3), and being positioned so that the end (3) of smaller diameter is located about the cable (6) of relatively large diameter; (ii) positioning a clip (10) about opposed walls of the article at the end of larger diameter to divide that end into a plurality of outlets fo r the branches; and (iii) causing the article to recover about the branch-off.