Electrical connectors – With or having flexible guard or support for cable or conductor – Resilient
Patent
1990-11-29
1991-07-09
Askin, Laramie E.
Electrical connectors
With or having flexible guard or support for cable or conductor
Resilient
174135, 439449, H01R 1356
Patent
active
050301357
ABSTRACT:
An improved strain relief device is connectable to a cable end portion to resiliently resist both bending and torsional loads imposed thereon. The strain relief device is formed from a resilient material and includes a tubular body portion which receives and is fixedly secured to the cable end portion to be protected. Projecting radially outwardly from the outer side surface of the tubular body are a circumferentially spaced series of elongated, resilient rib members which extend lengthwise in a direction parallel to the axis of the strain relief body. The ribs taper radially outwardly along their lengths and collectively function to progressively resist both bending and torsional loads imposed upon the cable end portion in a manner maintaining a generally linear relationship between the bending and torsional loads on the cable end portion and the resulting axial lengths of the strain relief body portion being bent or twisted. In a preferred embodiment of the strain relief device, an electrical connector member is formed integrally with one end of the strain relief body and may be operatively connected to the complementarily configured electrical connector structure to conductively link the same to the cable end portion protected by the externally ribbed strain relief body.
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Askin Laramie E.
Compaq Computer Corporation
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