Patent ID: 6625849
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A strain relief for cables comprising: a retainer for receiving a cable and a clip for holding a cable to the retainer, said retainer including a top end and opposite outwardly facing end faces, said retainer having a cable receiving slot that opens outwardly at said top end and at both of said end faces, said slot having a slot length in the direction that a cable extends through the slot, said slot having a slot width perpendicular to the direction in which a cable extends through the slot, said slot having a slot depth in the direction in which a cable is moved into the upwardly open slot, said slot having a slot bottom, said clip having a clip projection receivable in said slot, said clip projection having a clip projection tip engageable with a cable received in said slot between said slot bottom and said retainer top end so that said projection tip is spaced toward said slot bottom from said retainer top end, said slot having opposite slot sidewalls diverging upwardly from said slot bottom so that said slot width progressively increases in a direction upwardly from said slot bottom, said clip projection having clip projection side faces that are positioned between and face toward said slot sidewalls, and said clip projection side faces diverging in a direction upwardly from said clip projection tip.