Patent ID: 6875046
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cable connector comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals mounted within said housing and having solder sections extending outwardly of said housing; a bulk cable having a plurality of twisted pairs of wires; and a twisted pair strain relief device disposed adjacent to said solder sections of said terminals and including a body which has a first side facing said solder sections, a second side opposite to said first side, and a plurality of passages extending between and opening at said first and second sides, each of said passages having a constricted section immediately adjacent to said first side, wherein each of said twisted pairs extends into and through a corresponding one of said passages in a twisted state, and said constricted section clamps and prevents the corresponding one of said twisted pairs from being untwisted into individuals, said twisted pairs having wire portions extending out of said passages through said first side and then connected electrically and respectively to said solder sections of said terminals.