Cable organizer for electrical connector
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorChin Hua LIM
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Abstract
A cable organizer for use with an electrical connector terminated to an electrical cable includes a monolithic insulative housing including a base portion and a cover portion hingedly secured to and extending from the base portion. The base portion includes a bottom wall and opposing first side walls extending from the bottom wall. The cover portion includes a top wall and opposing second side walls extending from the top wall. The bottom wall, top wall, and first side walls cooperatively define a channel configured to retain the electrical cable when the cable organizer is assembled to the terminated electrical connector. The cable organizer may include a spring clip disposed in the channel and configured to assist in retaining the electrical cable.
Claims13
A cable organizer for use with an electrical connector terminated to an electrical cable, the cable organizer comprising:
- a monolithic insulative housing including a base portion and a cover portion hingedly secured to and extending from the base portion, the base portion including a bottom wall and opposing first side walls extending from the bottom wall, the cover portion including a top wall and opposing second side walls extending from the top wall,
- wherein the bottom wall, top wall, and first side walls cooperatively define a channel configured to retain the electrical cable when the cable organizer is assembled to the terminated electrical connector,
- the cable organizer further comprising a spring clip disposed in the channel and configured to assist in retaining the electrical cable.
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An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector terminated to an electrical cable having a plurality of conductors;
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- a cable organizer assembled to the terminated electrical connector and comprising:
- a monolithic insulative housing including a base portion and a cover portion hingedly secured to and extending from the base portion, the base portion including a bottom wall and opposing first side walls extending from the bottom wall, the cover portion including a top wall and opposing second side walls extending from the top wall,
- wherein the bottom wall, top wall, and first side walls cooperatively define a channel configured to retain the electrical cable;
- the cable organizer further comprising a spring clip disposed in the channel and configured to assist in retaining the electrical cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.