Patent ID: 6729773
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A strain relief apparatus for mounting on a fiber optic connector housing, which provides strain relief for a fiber optic flat ribbon cable, or flat cable, comprising:a first flat cable adaptor that is fixed to said connector housing and that includes walls forming a first groove for receiving at least one fiber optic flat cable, said first groove having first and second end portions and a middle portion between said end portions, said end portions and middle portion each being of substantially rectangular cross-section, with a width and height wherein the width is a plurality of times the height, and each groove portion has a bottom wall; a strain relief jacket lying around a portion of the length of said flat cable which can fit into said passage middle portion; said jacket lying in said passage middle portion and portions of said at least one flat cable extend through each of said passage end portions, said jacket being clamped to walls of said passage middle portion.