Patent ID: 8033222

Claim:
In a connector clip for retaining one or more signal transmission lines in proximity to a detonator having an explosive end, the clip having a longitudinal axis and comprising: a body member configured to receive and retain such detonator therein, a closure member and a line retainer, the line retainer and the body member cooperating to define a line-retaining slot having an access opening configured: (i) to laterally receive therein one or more signal transmission lines in signal-transfer proximity to the explosive end of such detonator, and (ii) to retain at least those portions of such lines as are confined within the slot disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the clip; the improvement comprising that: (a) the closure member and the body member are mounted one on the other for movement relative to each other along a travel path between (1) an open position in which the line-retaining slot is accessible to lateral insertion therein of one or more signal transmission lines, and (2) a closed position in which the line-retaining slot is closed to secure such signal transmission lines therein, and (b) the travel path is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the connector clip, and one of the body member and the closure member defines a cavity within which at least part of the other is encased during said movement between the open position and the closed position.