Patent ID: 6362427
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
An adapter for securing a cable to a housing, comprising:a flange that is attachable to the housing; and a plurality of concentric cable ports connected to the flange, each cable port having a side wall, the side wall of each cable port overlapping a side wall of an adjacent one of the plurality of cable ports, wherein: each cable port has a respective diameter and a respective height with respect to the flange, the heights of the cable ports increase as the diameters of the cable ports decrease, each cable port other than the cable port having the smallest diameter has a flat surface at a distal end opposite the flange, one of the cable ports other than the cable port having the largest diameter has a ledge proximate to the distal end, said one of the cable ports being an inner one of an adjacent pair of cable ports within the plurality of cable ports; and the ledge of said inner one is located at the same height as the flat surface at the distal end of an outer one of the pair of cable ports.