Patent ID: 7117984

Claim:
A housing assembly for accommodating and retaining a communications cable of a vehicle diagnostic recorder device and further retaining components of the vehicle diagnostic recorder device which communicate with an onboard control computer of a vehicle comprising: an upper lip portion; a lower lip portion; a recessed channel portion having a length, a top portion and a bottom portion wherein the recessed channel portion is located on an exterior surface of the housing assembly and defined between the upper lip portion and the lower lip portion, wherein the recessed channel portion accommodates a length of communications cable connected to one of the components; an access hole for receiving the communications cable from an interior of the housing assembly; a recessed cable channel located in and perpendicular to the length of the recessed channel portion such that the communication cable extents from the access hole and rest in the recessed cable channel to reach the top portion of the recessed channel portion; and a clamp mechanism generally located at the bottom portion of the recessed channel portion for retaining a portion of the communications cable on the housing.