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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Andrew Smith, Skelmorlie, GB;
Ian McFarlane Denny, Greenock, GB;
Joseph James Hall, Erskine, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/358 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/358 ;
Abstract
A strain relief for a plurality of cables comprises two portions which act together to clamp the cables in position without the use of tools in a manner which is intuitive to a user. The first portion has hook elements projecting from a surface, each hook element being for retention of a cable. A second set of hook elements is also provided. A second portion has a cable receiving opening corresponding to the cable receiving opening in the first portion. The second portion latches to the first portion, so as to clamp the cables.