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US 2008/0188141 A1Published application
Pressure module
AssigneeADC GmbH
InventorsUlrich Hetzer, Frank Moessner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a pressure module (30) for locking a female connector in a connecting socket, comprising a guide body (31), a spring (32) and a cable fixing element (33), with the spring (32) being able to act on the cable fixing element (33).
Claims20
A connecting socket comprising:
- a housing defining an interior and an open side providing access to the interior, the housing also defining a first port providing access to the interior;
- a first female connector arranged within the interior of the housing, the first female connector being configured to receive a complementary male connector through the first port of the housing;
- a first cable extending from the first female connector through the open side of the housing, the first cable being configured to couple to a second cable terminated by the complementary male connector received through the first port of the housing;
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- a pressure module arranged within the interior of the housing adjacent the open side, the pressure module including a cable fixing element biased against the first cable to provide strain relief to the first cable.
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A method comprising:
- providing a housing defining an interior and an open side providing access to the interior, the housing also defining a first port providing access to the interior;
- arranging a first female connector within the interior of the housing, the first female connector being configured to receive a complementary male connector through the first port of the housing;
- routing a first cable from the first female connector through the open side of the housing;
- inserting a pressure module into the interior of the housing through the open side to secure the first female connector within the housing;
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- releasing a latch on the pressure module to bias a cable fixing element against the first cable to provide strain relief for the first cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.