Patent ID: 6641429
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical cable assembly comprising:a back shell defining a chamber and a pair of receiving slots at one end thereof, an electrical cable having a plurality of insulated conductors received in the chamber and an insulator packaging the insulated conductors; a strain relief member having a bight portion and a pair of legs depending downward from the bight portion for being received into the receiving slots, each leg forming a plurality of burrs on a single lateral side thereof for being interferingly engaged with the receiving slot of the back shell; and a back shell cover coupled to the back shell; wherein the electrical cable forms a metal braiding packaging the insulator, and wherein the back shell further defines a receiving port between the pair of receiving slots receiving the metal braiding; wherein the bight portion of the strain relief member is overridden on the metal braiding of the electrical cable and forms a plurality of retaining tabs biting into the metal braiding of the electrical cable; wherein another lateral side opposite to the single side of the each leg of the strain relief member has a flat surface for easily insertion of the leg into the corresponding receiving slot; wherein the receiving port of the back shell forms a plurality of bosses for abutting against the metal braiding of the electrical cable; wherein the back shell cover defines an aperture and the back shell defines a receiving hole aligned with the aperture; wherein a screw passing through the aperture into the receiving slot for coupling the back shell cover to the back shell.