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Strain relief shell for an electrical connector

  • US 5,211,706 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1992
  • Issued: 05/18/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a strain relief shell for relieving stress between an electrical connector and an electrical cable, including a pair of complementarily interengageable shell halves each having a generally flat body wall and end walls defining an interior cavity where the flat body walls are parallel to each other and the end walls of one shell half abut the end walls of the other shell half, means operatively associated between the shell halves releaseably engaging the electrical connector on a given center line, wherein the improvement comprises a pair of cable exit openings through the shell at different orientations in the end walls such that the cable can exit from one opening in a direction generally parallel to said center line and from the other opening in one of two directions generally transverse to the center line, and holding means integral with the generally flat body wall of each shell half accessible from the interior cavity for holding a cable tie about the cable within said interior cavity respectively in one of any of said directions.

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