Patent ID: 7677812

Claim:
A strain relief boot for a cable connector comprising: an elongated sleeve member defining a central channel, said central channel extending along a longitudinal axis and being dimensioned to receive a cable, said sleeve member comprising: a bend limiting portion and a mounting portion, said bend limiting portion comprising a plurality of links separated by a plurality of gaps spaced in a direction of said longitudinal axis, each of said plurality of gaps having a respective width in the direction of the longitudinal axis, a first gap of said plurality of gaps having a first width that is greater than a second width of a second gap of said plurality of gaps, and a plurality of ribs, each of said ribs extending in the direction of said longitudinal axis to connect adjacent ones of said links, each of said ribs having a length in a circumferential direction of said sleeve member, a first rib of said plurality of ribs having a first circumferential length and a second rib of said plurality of ribs having a second circumferential length different than said first circumferential length.