Enclosure for spliced cable
First Claim
1. An electrical connector housing having first and second housing parts movable between open and closed positions, said first and second housings cooperating to define a cable receiving opening into said housing, said first housing part having a first strain relief member positioned adjacent said opening, for gripping a cable of a first dimension, and said second housing part having a second strain relief member positioned adjacent said opening for gripping a cable of a second dimension, said first and second strain relief members having respective first and second cable receiving slots, and when in the closed position, said first strain relief member defines a first cable receiving slot profile, and said second strain relief member defines a second cable receiving slot profile, different in configuration than said first cable receiving slot profile, whereby alternative cables of either first or second dimension may be positioned within alternative first or second cable receiving slots and through said opening.
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Abstract
An electrical connector housing is shown which is profiled for use as a splicing enclosure for telephone cable. The enclosure is adapted to accommodate two different sized cables, two 2-twisted pair cable or two 6-twisted pair cable. Two separate strain relief devices are provided for gripping retention of the two cables. The enclosure is embodied as a bi-partite housing having two hinged housing halves which can be folded over to form the enclosure. The two separate strain relief members are located at opposed positions within different housing halves, and include a plurality of gripping edges formed to grip and retain the cables.
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- 1. An electrical connector housing having first and second housing parts movable between open and closed positions, said first and second housings cooperating to define a cable receiving opening into said housing, said first housing part having a first strain relief member positioned adjacent said opening, for gripping a cable of a first dimension, and said second housing part having a second strain relief member positioned adjacent said opening for gripping a cable of a second dimension, said first and second strain relief members having respective first and second cable receiving slots, and when in the closed position, said first strain relief member defines a first cable receiving slot profile, and said second strain relief member defines a second cable receiving slot profile, different in configuration than said first cable receiving slot profile, whereby alternative cables of either first or second dimension may be positioned within alternative first or second cable receiving slots and through said opening.
- 13. An electrical connector for connection with a cable, having an insulative housing having at least one connection device therein for connection to a wire of the cable, said housing comprising an opening therethrough for receipt of the cable and a strain relief device proximate said opening, said strain relief device including a plurality of tandemly arranged walls having a longitudinal cable receiving slot therein, substantially transverse to said tandemly arranged walls, said tandemly arranged walls including opposed side wall sections and lower wall sections, said opposed side wall sections and said lower wall sections forming said cable receiving slot, and said opposed side wall sections and said lower wall sections having barbed edges for gripping the cable.
- 21. An electrical connector housing having first and second housing parts movable between open and closed positions, said first and second housing parts cooperating to define a cable receiving opening into said housing, said first housing part having a first strain relief member positioned adjacent said opening for gripping a cable of a first dimension, said first strain relief member comprised of at least one upstanding wall section having a first cable receiving slot formed therein, with gripping edges on said wall section, and said second housing part having a second strain relief member positioned adjacent said opening for gripping a cable of a second dimension, said second strain relief member being profiled as a central wall section having a second cable receiving slot therethrough for receiving a cable of a second dimension, said central wall section having a top surface with a width narrower than said first cable receiving slot, said first and second strain relief members cooperating, such that when in the closed position, said second strain relief member being positioned intermediate said first strain relief member, and said top surface is opposed from said gripping edges of said first strain relief member, whereby alternative cables of either first or second dimension may be positioned within alternative first or second cable receiving slots and through said opening.
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