Patent ID: 6478609
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A strain relief assembly for an electrical connector having a housing and a plurality of terminals terminated to respective wires of at least one cable extending from the connector, the strain relief assembly comprising:a connector receiving frame having a forward face and a rearward face perpendicular to an insertion axis, the frame being dimensioned to receive the electrical connector inserted into the frame along the insertion axis; a pair of members hingedly secured to and extending from the frame wherein in a first, open position the members extend divergently to each other and to the axis of insertion and in a second, closed position the members extend in the same direction and substantially parallel to the insertion axis and being securable together to define a wire receiving cavity; and at least one cable securing arm extending outwardly from each of the hinged members to a leading end, each leading end being dimensioned to surround at least a portion of the at least one cable.