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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Hardik Parikh, Danbury, CT (US);
Owen R. Barthelmes, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Gino S. Antonini, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Hardik Parikh, Danbury, CT (US);
Owen R. Barthelmes, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Gino S. Antonini, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
A device of and method for making a multi-port cable connector is disclosed. The device comprises a connector housing having a plurality of orifices and a clip receiving portion extending into each orifice, each orifice being adapted to receive a corresponding cable connector therein and each clip receiving portion including, at least one grooved engagement surface disposed in a sidewall of the clip receiving portion and defining a first stage, and at least one second grooved engagement surface disposed below the at least one first grooved engagement surface in a sidewall of the clip receiving portion and defining a second stage; and comprises a plurality of retention clips adapted to slide between the first stage and the second stage in a corresponding clip receiving portion, each retention clip including a pair of engagement arms having a notched engagement surface for alternately engaging the pair of first engagement surfaces and the pair of second engagement surfaces.