Claims
- 1. A strain relief assembly for a connector used with a plurality of flat cables, each flat cable including at least one flat conductor of substantial width and incremental thickness, the connector being suitable for housing terminations of terminal means to respective ends of ones of the cable conductors for transmission of electrical power at substantial levels of current and voltage across a mating interface, at least two said flat cables extend rearwardly from a rearward face of a shell member of the connector, and the strain relief assembly being securable to the rearward shell face, said assembly comprising:
- at least first and second members, each said first and second member including lateral walls joined to a common end wall of said member at a first side remote from the other of said first and second members and extending laterally from said common end wall to edges at an opposed second side such that said edges are spaced apart to receive lateral edges of at least a respective one of said flat cables therebetween extending form terminations thereof housed within said shell, said first and second members securable together upon being moved laterally relatively together from respective said lateral edges of said flat cables to define at least one cable passageway extending from forward portions of said first and second members adjacent said rearward shell face to a cable exit such that said at least two flat cables are surrounded by said first and second member until extending therefrom at said cable exit, and said at least first and second members including peripheral portions of said forward portions associated with peripheral portions of said rearward shell face surrounding said flat cables extending therefrom and adapted to fit thereagainst upon said first and second members being secured to said rearward shell face; and
- said strain relief assembly having a support section at said cable exit and including means for clamping said flat cables to said support section to protect said terminations of said terminal means to respective said flat cables from stress otherwise transmittable thereto by said flat cables,
- whereby said strain relief assembly is adapted to be securable along said rearward shell face behind rearward ends of said housed terminations after said terminations have been housed within said shell member and surround said plurality of flat cables extending from said rearward shell face, and be clamped to said flat cables, and said strain relief assembly defining a covering for said rearward shell face enabling said rearward shell face to include a plurality of openings for insertion of respective said terminated cable ends thereinto to be housed.
- 2. A strain relief assembly as set forth in claim 1 for a connector having dielectric means each housing two said terminations to two respective said flat cables, four said flat cables thereby extending rearwardly from said at least one upper and one lower housing-receiving cavities in said shell member, said strain relief assembly defining two said cable passageways along each of which two of said flat cables extend as a pair to respective said cable exits, and said strain relief assembly includes a support section extending therefrom between said cable exits, and said means clamping said flat cables are mounted to said support section clamping both said cable pairs thereto.
- 3. A strain relief assembly as set forth in claim 2 for a connector having a shell member including two said upper and said lower housing-receiving cavities spaced laterally apart, in which are disposed respective said dielectric means each housing respectively at least one said termination to a respective said flat cable, such that at least four said flat cables extend rearwardly from said shell member in two laterally spaced pairs, said strain relief assembly comprising an inner member extending vertically between said laterally spaced pairs of flat cables, and two outer members each securable to said inner member on respective sides thereof after being moved laterally theretowards over respective ones of said laterally spaced pairs of flat cables to enclose said cable pair within said strain relief assembly.
- 4. A strain relief assembly as set forth in claim 3 for a connector having dielectric means each housing two said terminations to two respective said flat cables, eight said flat cables thereby extending rearwardly from said shell member in two upper laterally spaced pairs and two lower laterally spaced pairs, said strain relief assembly defining upper and lower ones of said cable passageways along each side of said inner member along which a said upper and lower cable pair extends respectively to a respective said cable exit, and each said outer member includes a support section extending therefrom between said cable exits, and said means clamping said flat cables are mounted to each said support section clamping both said cable pairs thereto.
- 5. A strain relief assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said cable passageways extend around a right angle from said rearward shell face to said cable exits, whereby said cables exit said connector at a right angle.
- 6. A strain relief assembly as set forth in claim 5 for a connector including a jackscrew extending through a central vertical wall of said shell member and includes a rearward shank extending rearwardly from said rearward face of said shell member to an actuation end, said inner strain relief member including an aperture through which said rearward jackscrew shank extends.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/511,662 filed Apr. 20, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,007,858.
US Referenced Citations (9)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (2)
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IBM Bulletin, Martin, vol. 3, No. 6, p. 2, 11-1960, copy in 439/472. |
AMP Catalog 73-162, "ARINC 404 Rack and Panel Connectors", pp. 1-11 and 18-22, Revised 2-90, AMP Inc., Harrisburg, PA. |
Divisions (1)
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Apr 1990 |
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