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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Mark E. Davidsz, Oak Creek, WI (US);
David D. Brandt, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Yutao Wang, Brookfield, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A connector for receiving a ribbon cable is provided. The connector includes a housing with an open top, and a cable organizer configured to be positioned within an interior of the housing and the open top and to receive the ribbon cable. The cable organizer includes a surface with a first cable grab hook adjacent a first end thereof, configured to receive a first portion of the ribbon cable via a snap-fit engagement. The connector also includes cover configured to selectively cover the open top of the housing to enclose the cable organizer within the interior of the housing. The cover includes a notch extending therethrough, sized to receive an upper detent of the cable organizer so that the upper detent extends through the notch and remains viewable when the cover encloses the cable organizer within the interior of the housing.