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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2018
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Patrick David Reibel, Paradise, TX (US);
Jeremy William DeWaters, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Matthew Ryan Carr, Hurst, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A hinged strain relief backshell, selectively disposed about a cable, adjacent to a cable connector for selective assembly with the connector, includes a first integral semi-cylindrical backshell half and a second integral semi-cylindrical backshell half second hinged to the first integral backshell half. The integral semi-cylindrical backshell halves configured to be to be selectively disposed about the cable with one another. Each integral semi-cylindrical backshell half defining complementary half-threads defined by the respective backshell half and corresponding wrench flats defined in an outside surface portion of each backshell half. At least one of the integral semi-cylindrical backshell halves defining at least one strain clamp ear portion extending from a connector distal portion of the backshell half for retraining the cable at least in a direction parallel to the cable.