Electrical connector including removable tether and cap assemblies and associated methods

An electrical connector for a plurality of electrical cables comprising:

• an electrically conductive body having a plurality of spaced apart cable-receiving passageways for receiving respective electrical cable ends therein, each cable-receiving passageway having a cable inlet opening;
• said electrically conductive body also having at least one respective fastener-receiving passageway intersecting each of the cable-receiving passageways;
• an insulating cover on said electrically conductive body and comprising a respective integrally molded tubular fastener inlet aligned with each of the fastener-receiving openings;
• a respective removable fastener inlet closure cap for each of said tubular fastener inlets;
• and
• a respective flexible tether having a proximal end removably connected adjacent a corresponding one of said tubular fastener inlets and a distal end integrally molded with a corresponding one of said removable fastener inlet closure caps, each of said flexible tethers comprising a flexible elongate base with the proximal end thereof having a ring shape defining an opening to be removably positioned surrounding a corresponding one of said tubular fastener inlets.

A method for making an electrical connector for a plurality of electrical cables comprising:

• forming an electrically conductive body to have
• a plurality of spaced apart cable-receiving passageways for receiving respective electrical cable ends therein, each cable-receiving passageway having a cable inlet opening, and
• at least one respective fastener-receiving passageway intersecting each of the cable-receiving passageways;
• forming an insulating cover on the electrically conductive body and comprising a respective integrally molded tubular fastener inlet aligned with each of the fastener-receiving openings;
• and
• forming a respective flexible tether and cap assembly comprising a flexible tether having a proximal end to be removably connected adjacent a corresponding one of the tubular fastener inlets and a distal end integrally molded with a corresponding removable fastener inlet closure cap.