Te Connectivity Corporation

Tyco Electronics Corporation

Glen Gutgold

Tracy Lee Smith

Christopher Michael Pogash

Steven Kandybowski

A cable management clasp includes a clasp body extending between a connector end and a cable end configured to receive a cable array of cables through a cable entrance. The cable array exits the clasp body at the connector end through a cable exit. The clasp body holds the cables of the cable array in a parallel arrangement. The clasp body extends along mutually perpendicular longitudinal, lateral and elevation axes. The clasp body has a mandrel including a cable bend surface having a bend radius greater than a minimum bend radius of the cables. The cables transition around the cable bend surface between the cable entrance and the cable exit. The mandrel directs the cable array to rotate a roll angle about the elevation axis and the mandrel directs the cable array to rotate a yaw angle about the longitudinal axis.

Cable management clasp

A cable assembly includes a grommet, a cable, and a ferrule. The grommet has a cylindrical sleeve defining a cable channel therethrough and a flange extending radially outward from the cylindrical sleeve. The cable includes one or more insulated wires, a cable shield surrounding the one or more insulated wires, and an outer jacket surrounding the cable shield. The cable extends through the cable channel of the grommet. The cable shield and the one or more insulated wires protrude from an end of the outer jacket. The cable shield has an overlap portion extending around the end of the outer jacket and surrounding and engaging the cylindrical sleeve of the grommet to electrically connect the cable shield to the grommet. The ferrule surrounds and engages the overlap portion of the cable shield to secure the overlap portion to the cylindrical sleeve of the grommet.

Grounded cable assembly of a communication system

An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end, a rear end opposite the mating end, and an exterior wall extending at least partially between the mating end and the rear end. The exterior wall includes a cavity with a latch held on the housing at least partially received in the cavity and a latch actuator at least partially received in the cavity. The latch actuator has first and second release mechanisms. The first release mechanism includes a pull tab being linearly movable within the cavity during a pull release operation, and the second release mechanism includes a push button being movable within the cavity during a push release operation for interacting with the latch to release the latch during the push release operation.

Electrical connector having a dual-actuated releasable latch

A cable management clasp includes a clasp body having an upper locating member and a lower locating member joined to the upper locating member at opposite first and second ends. The upper and lower locating members are parallel to each other to form an elongated cable receptacle between the upper and lower locating members. The upper and lower locating members gang a plurality of cables in a parallel arrangement within the cable receptacle.

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Harrisburg, PA, United States of America

Glen Gutgold