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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David R. Radliff, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/358 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/358 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector housing is shown which is profiled for use as a splicing enclosure for telephone cable. The enclosure is adapted to accommodate two different sized cables, two 2-twisted pair cable or two 6-twisted pair cable. Two separate strain relief devices are provided for gripping retention of the two cables. The enclosure is embodied as a bi-partite housing having two hinged housing halves which can be folded over to form the enclosure. The two separate strain relief members are located at opposed positions within different housing halves, and include a plurality of gripping edges formed to grip and retain the cables.