Donald C Butterbaugh

US Patent:

20070193766, Aug 23, 2007

Filed:

Feb 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/358985

Inventors:

Aaron Hendershot - Webster NY, US
Donald Butterbaugh - Macedon NY, US
Wayne Bessell - Canandaigua NY, US

Assignee:

HARRIS CORPORATION - Melbourne FL

International Classification:

H02G 15/02

US Classification:

17407700R, 174093000

Abstract:

The invention relates to an improved stuffing tube assembly () and method for traversing a bulkhead with a cable. The stuffing tube assembly () can accommodate a plurality of cables of varying cross-sectional areas. The improved stuffing tube () can also allow cables to pass through the stuffing tube () without having to remove and/or resolder the cables' end connectors. The invention can include a resilient material that is positioned between two opposing flanges (). A cable bore () can define an opening extending through the resilient material. A compression device can include a system of opposing flanges (). When the compression device selectively applies a compressive force to the resilient material, the distance between the opposing flanges () can be varied. The compressive force can vary the cross-sectional profile of the cable bore (112) such that the cross-sectional profile of the cable bore () engages a peripheral portion of the cable where the cable passes through the cable bore ().