Patent ID: 9660388
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector module comprising: a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between a mating end and a cable end, the housing defined by a first shell and a second shell that mate at a seam and define an interior chamber therebetween, the first shell and the second shell each including a cable exit segment, the cable exit segments together defining a cable exit region of the housing that includes the cable end, the cable exit segments of the first and second shells each including multiple cable positioning features extending from an inner surface of the respective cable exit segment, each cable positioning feature including two posts and a slot defined therebetween, the slot is defined by inner walls of the two posts and a curved base that extends between the inner walls of the two posts, wherein the cable positioning features of the cable exit segment of the first shell are interleaved along the longitudinal axis with the cable positioning features of the cable exit segment of the second shell, the cable positioning features of the first shell being offset from the cable positioning features of the second shell along the longitudinal axis such that each cable positioning feature of the first shell is axially spaced relative to each cable positioning feature of the second shell, and wherein the slots of the cable positioning features of the first and second shells are configured to receive a cable between the two posts of each corresponding cable positioning feature, the cable within the slots engaging the inner walls of the posts and the curved bases of the cable positioning features of both the first and second shells, the cable extending from the cable end of the housing.