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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1977
George Harold Douty, Mifflintown, PA (US);
John Edward Lucius, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Larry Leon Leitzel, Klingerstown, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An improved strain relief assembly is disclosed for use with cables of a wide variety of cross-sectional areas. The assembly includes a pair of hermaphroditic housing members each of which receives therein one of a plurality of cable engaging members having a profiled cable engaging face and being of such dimension as to provide, in combination with another member, a wide variety of cable receiving openings. In an alternate embodiment, the cable engaging members include a resilient portion whereby the members are self biasing. The housing members have intermating latching members to secure them together in an assembled condition. The housing members also include a profiled forward end having connector housing engaging means whereby the strain relief assembly may be secured to a known connector.