3M Innovative Properties Company

Michael L Black

Richard J Scherer

Jerome P Dattilo

Jenny L Blankinship

Jess A Mann

Joseph N Castiglione

An electrical cable assembly includes a carrier having an insulating housing and at least one retention clip for managing and securing terminated cable assemblies to the carrier. The side exterior walls of the insulating housing are configured to enable side-to-side and end-to-end placement of a plurality of carriers for mating to a pin header, resulting in a high speed, high density electrical connector system.

Electrical connector assembly

Hermaphroditic electrical connector

An electrical connector for terminating electrical conductors includes a housing and a cap mounted to the housing. The housing includes a first housing section extending between a front wall and a base, a first wire groove formed through the front wall, and an insulation displacement connector (IDC) element disposed in the first housing section and configured for attachment to a printed circuit. The cap includes a pivot portion pivotally mounted to the housing and a cover portion extending from the pivot portion, where the pivot portion defines a wire receiving recess. In this regard, the cap is rotatable between an open position in which the first recess is linearly aligned with the first wire groove, and a closed position in which the cover portion is coupled to the front wall and the pivot portion is offset from the base to define a wire cavity.

Connector assembly including insulation displacement elements configured for attachment to a printed circuit

Cover for terminated cables

A closure system includes two longitudinally-extending shell members, each having flanges. Each of the flanges have inner and outer surfaces such that in a closed state the inner surfaces of each of the flanges contact one another to form at least one longitudinal seam. Several longitudinally extending ramp pairs are disposed on the outer surfaces of the flanges One ramp of each ramp pair is disposed on the outer surface of one flange and another ramp of each ramp pair is disposed on the outer surface of the other flange. The ramp pairs are inclined away from the longitudinal seam when viewed along a first direction. A clamping rail has an inner surface that includes a guide channel interlocking with the ramp pairs so that the first and second flanges compress the seam. Additional longitudinally extending ramp pairs can be disposed on the outer surfaces of the flanges, in which case a second clamping rail having an inner surface that includes a second guide channel interlocks with the additional ramp pairs. In this case, the additional ramp pairs are each inclined away from the longitudinal seam when viewed along a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.

Splice case having a seam sealed by at least one clamping rail

Cable splice enclosure

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Michael L Black