Patent ID: 7249964
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for providing strain relief between an electrical connector and a wiring harness having one or more wires or cables joined to contacts of the connector, comprising: a solid plate having a length and width respectively corresponding to a length and width of the connector; a pair of opposing, oppositely facing U-shaped structures respectively disposed at opposite sides of the plate, the structures depending from a front edge of the plate and perpendicularly to a plane thereof, each of the U-shaped structures including a pair of parallel, inwardly directed, front and rear flanges spaced apart so as to receive a corresponding mounting flange of the connector therebetween; and, an elongated member coplanar with and extending rearward from a rear edge of the plate, the member being located so as to overlie a potion of the harness extending rearward from the connector in a generally parallel relationship.