Patent ID: 11862889
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method of installing a ribbon cable on a connector, the method comprising:
linearly sliding a cover of the connector away from a housing of the connector to create a cable access pathway to an open top of the housing while the cover and the housing remain engaged, the cable access pathway defined as a space between the cover and a first side wall, a second side wall, and a first end wall of the housing, wherein sliding the cover away the housing includes sliding the cover away the housing so that a rib of the cover slides along a track of the housing until a notch in the rib engages an upper detent of the track;
aligning the ribbon cable on a cable organizer positioned within the open top of the housing; and
linearly sliding the cover toward the housing to entrap the ribbon cable within the housing between the cover and the cable organizer, wherein sliding the cover toward the housing includes pressing the cover toward the housing so that the rib of the cover slides along the track of the housing until the notch in the rib engages a lower detent of the track positioned below the upper detent.