Patent ID: 9450393
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G02B,H02G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A cable plug for use with a cable to be inserted in an enclosure, the enclosure including a cable receiving port, a mating member, and an axial retention member, the mating member having a cutaway of the cable receiving port, wherein the cable plug comprises: a body member configured to receive the cable therein and having a sealing portion that is configured to form an environmental seal with the cable receiving port of the enclosure when the cable is advanced axially into the port; an anti-rotation member that is configured to mate with the mating member of the cable receiving port to limit rotation of the cable when the cable is advanced axially into the port; and an engagement member that is configured to mate with the axial retention member of the cable receiving port when the cable is advanced axially into the port to a lock position to limit axial movement of the cable out of the port, wherein the body member includes a substantially cylindrical portion that is received in the cable receiving port, wherein the cylindrical portion has an outer diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the cable receiving port and wherein the anti-rotation member of the cable plug comprises a protrusion on the cylindrical portion that has an outer diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the cable receiving port and, wherein the protrusion is configured to be conformally received in the cutaway when the plug is in the lock position to limit rotational movement of the plug.