Electrical connector with a compliant cable strain relief element
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorShawn Phillip Tobey
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a wire termination sub-assembly having a housing holding a plurality of contacts at a wire termination end of the housing. The contacts are configured to be electrically coupled to wires of a cable. The wire termination sub-assembly further includes a strain relief element coupled to the housing. The strain relief element includes an end wall having an opening therein, and the strain relief element includes a flexible beam extending axially inward from the opening. The flexible beam is configured to engage the cable.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- a wire termination sub-assembly comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts at a wire termination end of the housing, the contacts being configured to be electrically coupled to wires of a cable, the wire termination sub-assembly further comprising a strain relief element coupled to the housing, the strain relief element including an end wall having an opening therein, the strain relief element including a flexible beam extending axially inward from the opening, the flexible beam being configured to engage the cable;
- wherein one of the housing and the strain relief element includes a rail that corresponds with the flexible beam, the rail being positioned radially outward with respect to the corresponding flexible beam, wherein the rail defines a flex limit for the flexible beam when the flexible beam engages the rail.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a jack housing having a mating end and a wire terminating end;
- a contact sub-assembly received in the jack housing, the contact sub-assembly having a plurality of jack contacts mounted to a substrate;
- and
- a wire termination sub-assembly coupled to the wire termination end of the housing, the wire termination sub-assembly having a housing holding a plurality of contacts that are configured to be electrically coupled to the jack contacts and to wires of a cable, the wire termination sub-assembly further having a strain relief element coupled to the housing, the strain relief element including an end wall having an opening therein, the strain relief element including a plurality of flexible beams extending axially inward from the opening, the flexible beams being configured to engage the cable.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a cable strain relief coupled to the housing, the cable strain relief including an end wall having an outer surface and an inner surface generally facing the housing, the end wall includes an opening therethrough configured to receive a cable, the cable strain relief having a plurality of flexible beams circumferentially spaced around the opening and extending axially from the opening, each of the flexible beams having a retention feature extending radially inward from the flexible beams, the retention feature configured to engage and hold the cable, wherein the strain relief element further includes a boss extending outward from the end wall, the boss defining a channel therethrough for receiving the cable with the opening providing access to the channel, the flexible beams extending along the radially inner surface of the boss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.