Patent ID: 8435066

Claim:
A rotationally configurable backshell to be joined to an electrical connector, the rotationally configurable backshell comprising: a connector body having a connector interface and a shield interface, the connector interface configured to engage and form an electrical connection with the electrical connector; a shield termination body having a connector end and a relief end; the connector end joined to the connector interface of the connector body, a face of the connector end oriented at an angle with respect to a face of the relief end, the shield termination body configured to shield a cable extending from the electrical connector; and a strain relief having a shield end and a cable clamp end; a face of the shield end oriented at an angle with respect to a face of the cable clamp end, the shield end rotatably joined to the relief end of the shield termination body, the shield end of the strain relief freely rotatable with respect to the relief end of the shield termination body so that the face of the cable clamp end of the strain relief is positionable at any angle from 0 to 90 degrees with respect to the face of the connector end of the shield termination body, the cable clamp end of the strain relief configured to secure the cable extending from the electrical connector.