Patent ID: 7371106
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A strain relief device for a communications cable, comprising: a communications connector for the communications cable, the communications connector including a housing at which the communications cable can be terminated, the housing defining an opening through which the communications cable can extend out from the communications connector; a base member, the base member including a body defining a hollow interior configured to receive the housing of the communications connector, the base member also defining a groove through which the communications cable can extend; a latching member, the latching member configured to mount to the base member adjacent the groove, the latching member including first and second limbs extending from a central region, the latching member being substantially rigid; and a closure member, the closure member configured to mount to the base member adjacent the groove, the closure member including first and second limbs extending from a support element, the support element being configured to cooperate with the central region of the latching member to arrest the communications cable adjacent the groove in the base member, the first and second limbs of the closure member being substantially flexible and being configured to couple to the first and second limbs of the latching member.