Wire management cover and system
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsKeith Richard FOLTZ, Galen M. MARTIN
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Abstract
A wire management cover having a cover body configured to detachably engage a connector and having an opening configured to allow passage of one or more wires. The cover includes a wire management portion hingedly attached to the cover body. The wire management portion has a plurality of channels, each channel configured to receive at least one of the one or more wires. The wire management portion is capable of latching engagement with the cover body. The cover body includes features permitting orientation of the cover in a plurality of directions with respect to the connector.
Claims20
A wire management cover comprising:
- a cover body configured to detachably engage an electrical connector and having an opening configured to allow passage of one or more wires;
- a wire management portion hingedly attached to the cover body, the wire management portion having at least three channels, each channel extending through a wall of the wire management portion and configured to receive at least one of the one or more wires, the wire management portion being capable of latching engagement with the cover body;
- wherein the opening and each channel are positioned such that upon insertion of at least one of the one or more wires through the opening and hingedly moving the wire management portion about the cover body, the at least one of the one or more wires is bent to provide strain relief thereto.
A connector system comprising:
- an electrical connector;
- a wire management cover detachably engaged to the electrical connector, the wire management cover comprising:
- a cover body configured to detachably engage the electrical connector and having an opening configured to allow passage of one or more wires;
- a wire management portion hingedly attached to the cover body, the wire management portion having at least three channels, each channel extending through a wall of the wire management portion and configured to receive at least one of the one or more wires, the wire management portion being capable of latching engagement with the cover body;
- wherein the opening and each channel are positioned such that upon insertion of at least one of the one or more wires through the opening and hingedly moving the wire management portion about the cover body, the at least one of the one or more wires is bent to provide strain relief thereto.
A connector kit comprising:
- an electrical connector;
- a wire management cover capable of engagement with the electrical connector, the wire management cover and electrical connector being arranged in one of an engaged arrangement or a separated arrangement, the wire management cover comprising:
- a cover body configured to detachably engage the electrical connector and having an opening configured to allow passage of one or more wires;
- a wire management portion hingedly attached to the cover body, the wire management portion having at least three channels, each channel extending through a wall of the wire management portion and configured to receive at least one of the one or more wires, the wire management portion being capable of latching engagement with the cover body;
- wherein the cover body includes features permitting orientation of the cover in a plurality of directions with respect to the electrical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.