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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence J Brekosky, Etters, PA (US);
David L Meyer, Jonestown, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439470 ; 439459 ; 439492 ;
Abstract
A gull-wing strain relief (10) for a flat multi-conductor ribbon cable (30) exiting a connector assembly (20). The gull-wing strain relief (10) is mounted directly on the connector assembly (20) and includes lateral flaps (14) which close around the connector assembly (20). The flaps (14) may be interlocked in a fully closed position wherein the ribbon cable (30) exiting the connector assembly (20) is held in compression to thereby protect against strain from twisting or pulling.