Cable strain relief apparatus and associated cable assembly

An apparatus that provides strain relief for a cable that has a connector attached thereto, the connector including a shoulder portion and a rotatable body, the apparatus comprising:

• a first elongated member including:
• a first rigid terminal section having a first diameter and being sized and shaped to partially surround the shoulder portion of the connector;
• a first rigid cable section having a second diameter and being sized and shaped to partially surround a portion of the cable, the first cable section being aligned with the first terminal section along a central longitudinal axis, wherein the second diameter is less than the first diameter;
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• a protrusion extending from an exposed face of a wall of the first cable section;
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• a second elongated member including:
• a second rigid terminal section sized and shaped to partially surround the shoulder portion of the connector;
• a second rigid cable section sized and shaped to partially surround the portion of the cable;
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• a protrusion receptacle integrated into at least an exposed face of a wall of the second cable section;
• wherein when the first member and the second member are mated together, the first terminal section and the second terminal section define a first compartment sized and shaped to snugly surround the shoulder portion of the connector, the first cable section and the second cable section define a second compartment sized and shaped to snugly surround the portion of the cable, and the protrusion mates with the protrusion receptacle.

A cable assembly comprising:

• a cable;
• a connector attached to a terminal portion of the cable, the connector including a shoulder portion and a rotatable body;
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• a cable apparatus providing strain relief at the terminal portion of the cable, the cable apparatus including:
• a first elongated member that includes:
• a first rigid terminal section having a first diameter and being sized and shaped to receive and partially surround the shoulder portion of the connector;
• a first rigid cable section having a second diameter and being sized and shaped to receive and partially surround a portion of the cable, the second diameter being less than the first diameter;
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• a protrusion extending from an exposed face of a wall of the first cable section;
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• a second elongated member mated with the first member, the second member including:
• a second rigid terminal section sized and shaped to receive and partially surround the shoulder portion of the connector;
• a second rigid cable section sized and shaped to receive and partially surround the portion of the cable;
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• a protrusion receptacle integrated into an exposed face of a wall of the second cable section;
• wherein the protrusion of the first member mates with the protrusion receptacle of the second member, the first terminal section and the second terminal section snugly surround the shoulder portion of the connector, and the first cable section and the second cable section snugly surround the portion of the cable.