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Cable latch indicator and retainer

  • US 10,038,280 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2016
  • Issued: 07/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cable assembly comprising:

  • an inner backshell that connects a cable that extends from a cable-side of the inner backshell to a connector that extends from a connector-side of the inner backshell, the inner backshell comprising;

    a slot recessed from an upper side and between the cable-side and connector side of the inner backshell and a dual-position receptacle comprising dual positions, wherein the dual-position receptacle is recessed from the upper side of the inner backshell and contiguous with the slot;

    a handling tab that extends from the cable side of the inner backshell and is positioned within and slideable against the slot in a first direction from the cable-side of the inner backshell to the connector-side of the inner backshell and in a second direction from the connector-side of the inner backshell to the cable-side of the inner backshell, the handling tab comprising;

    a projection within the dual-position receptacle and a windowed flange comprising a cutout window through the windowed flange, wherein the windowed flange extends from the connector-side of the inner backshell toward the cable connector;

    a latch comprising an upward ramp and a downward ramp, wherein the upward ramp extends upwards from below the cutout window of the windowed flange to a pulling edge portion of the upward ramp that contacts a pulling edge of the cutout window of the windowed flange to a latch vertex above the cutout window of the windowed flange, wherein the downward ramp extends downwards from the latch vertex to below the cutout window of the windowed flange, and wherein the latch further comprises a protrusion at the distal end of the upward ramp relative to the latch vertex; and

    a pivot that contacts the latch between the pulling edge portion of the upward ramp and the protrusion.

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