Patent ID: 7923636
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A strain relief device for connecting a cable to a housing of an electronic device, the housing including a wall having an opening through which the cable can pass, the strain relief device comprising: an elongated sleeve, the sleeve including first and second opposite ends and a sleeve passage extending in an axial direction through the sleeve; and an insert, the insert including a first portion surrounded by the sleeve, a second portion protruding from the second end of the sleeve, and an insert passage extending in an axial direction through the insert, the insert passage being aligned with the sleeve passage; wherein the insert is more rigid than the sleeve, and the second portion of the insert is shaped to be non-rotatably received by the wall opening of the housing; wherein the sleeve passage has a first diameter sized such that the sleeve frictionally engages the cable when the cable is arranged to extend through the sleeve passage.