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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1991
Dawn Barile, Euclid, OH (US);
John T Venaleck, Madison, OH (US);
Randy G Cloud, Painesville, OH (US);
Michael McCoy, Euclid, OH (US);
Ohio Associated Enterprises, Inc., Painesville, OH (US);
Abstract
A cable termination assembly including a multiconductor ribbon cable of the woven or Teflon insulation type includes loop connection portions for respective conductors with a stiffening insert located in respective loops, the loops being coupled to contacts via a printed circuit board interface for connecting the cable conductors to an external member, and a strain relief system including a rigid bar-like member directly molded or otherwise affixed to the cable and to which a housing portion of the cable termination assembly may grab in order to transmit force between the cable and housing without applying forces to the connections of the loops and the circuit board and/or contacts to which such loops are connected.