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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1995
John Voltz, Hockessin, DE (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector system includes a housing, at least one electrical cable assembly, at least one retaining member and a resilient locking member. The housing has formed therethrough at least one retention window and at least one shaped aperture which is formed through a rear portion of the housing. The at least one retaining member is dimensioned to substantially mirror the dimension of the at least one shaped aperture. The at least one retaining member has an internal surface which defines a channel portion having a predetermined diametral dimension. The channel portion terminates to a slot. The at least one retaining member snap-fittingly engages an individual at least one electrical cable. The at least one electrical cable and the at least one retaining member are insertably received by an individual shaped aperture. A resilient locking member is made integral with each at least one retaining member. The resilient locking member is resiliently moveable, back and forth, from a first, retention window engaging position to a second, retention window disengaging position.